Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is a global cultural icon who has made an immeasurable impact on cinema by creating some of the most memorable characters of all time in legendary films such as Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, Risky Business, Minority Report, Interview with the Vampire, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Rain Man, Collateral, The Last Samurai, Edge of Tomorrow and The Color of Money, among many others.

A consummate filmmaker involved in all aspects of film production, Cruise's versatility is evidenced by the films and roles he chooses. He has made tens of films, had a producing role on many of them, and worked with a remarkable list of celebrated film directors, including Francis Ford Coppola, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Martin Scorsese, Barry Levinson, Oliver Stone, Ron Howard, Rob Reiner, Sydney Pollack, Neil Jordan, Brian de Palma, Cameron Crowe, Stanley Kubrick, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ed Zwick, Steven Spielberg, Michael Mann, J.J. Abrams, Robert Redford, Brad Bird, Doug Liman and Chris McQuarrie.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol released in December 2011 went on to gross close to 700 million dollars. Combined, the Mission: Impossible franchise has brought in more than two billion dollars worldwide since Cruise conceived the idea for the films and began producing them, also staring as the legendary spy Ethan Hunt. The fifth film in the series, Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, hit theaters worldwide in 2015. 

Cruise's more recent films include Edge of Tomorrow which opened to massive critical acclaim, Oblivion and the suspense thriller Jack Reacher, which earned 218 million worldwide and was one of the most profitable films of 2012. Prior to that, Cruise's films included an appearance in Ben Stiller's comedy smash Tropic Thunder, as foul-mouthed Hollywood movie mogul Les Grossman. This performance, based on a character Cruise created, earned him praise from critics and audiences, as well as his seventh Golden Globe Award nomination.

Cruise received Academy Award® nominations for Best Actor for Born on the Fourth of July and Jerry Maguire, in addition to a Best Supporting Actor Oscar® nomination for Magnolia. He also garnered three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Actor wins for Born on the Fourth of July and Jerry Maguire, and one for Best Supporting Actor for Magnolia, as well as nominations for his roles in Risky Business, A Few Good Men, and The Last Samurai. In addition, Cruise has earned acting nominations and awards from BAFTA, the Screen Actors Guild®, the Chicago Film Critics Association, and the National Board of Review.

Cruise has also been honored with tributes ranging from Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Award, to the John Huston Award from the Artists Rights Foundation, and the American Cinematheque Award for Distinguished Achievement in Film. In addition to his artistic contributions, Cruise has used his professional success as a vehicle for positive change, becoming an international advocate, activist and philanthropist in the fields of health, education and human rights.

He has been honored by the Mentor-LA organization for his work on behalf of the children of Los Angeles and around the world, and in May 2011, he received the Simon Wiesenthal Humanitarian Award. In June of 2012, he received the Entertainment Icon Award from the Friars Club for his outstanding accomplishments in the entertainment industry and in the humanities. He is the fourth person to receive this honor after Douglas Fairbanks, Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra. Empire Magazine awarded Cruise the Legend of our Lifetime Award in 2014.

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