Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), better known by his screen name of Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards. His first leading role was the 1983 film Risky Business, which has been described as \"A Generation X classic, and a career-maker\" for the actor. After playing the role of a heroic naval pilot in the popular and financially successful 1986 film Top Gun, Cruise continued in this vein, playing a secret agent in a series of Mission: Impossible action films in the 1990s and 2000s. In addition to these heroic roles, he has starred in a variety of other successful films such as Days of Thunder (1990), Jerry Maguire (1996), Magnolia (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004) and War of the Worlds (2005).
In 2005, the Hollywood journalist, Edward Jay Epstein argued that Cruise is one of the few producers (the others being George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Jerry Bruckheimer) who are able to guarantee the success of a billion-dollar movie franchise. Since 2005, Cruise and Paula Wagner have been in charge of the United Artists film studio, with Cruise as producer and star and Wagner as the chief executive.
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In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away: Tom Cruise filmography, Endless Love (film), Taps (film), The Outsiders (film), Losin\' It, All the Right Moves, Risky Business, Legend (film), Top Gun (film), The Color of Money, Cocktail (1988 film), Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July (film), Days of Thunder, Far and Away, A Few Good Men (film), The Firm (1993 film), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Mission: Impossible (film), Jerry Maguire, Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia (film), Mission: Impossible II, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, Vanilla Sky, Space Station 3D, Minority Report (film), Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Last Samurai, Collateral (film), War of the Worlds (2005 film), Mission: Impossible III, Lions for Lambs (2007 film), Tropic Thunder, Valkyrie (film), Knight and Day
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