There can be only one. Only one who puts his life on the line to bring content unparalleled in action as well as class. Only one who maintains himself as an icon of Hollywood. Only one who goes on one too many missions to save the world. We’re talking about the maestro, Mr. Tom Cruise!
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, more lovingly known as Tom Cruise, is the recipient of numerous accolades including three Golden Globe Awards and an Honorary Palme d’Or. His work as an actor and a producer has collectively bagged him over $4 billion in the United States alone. Given the contribution he has made to action movies, the guy is no longer just a superstar, but an icon, a representation of Hollywood, and one of the highest-paid actors in the world.
Let’s check out some of Tom’s most prominent feats over the years.
Early Life
Tom was raised as a catholic Christian and spent his early years battling poverty and an abusive father. The actor’s parents were from Kentucky and shared ancestry that was English, German, and Irish. Cruise also has three sisters who did not follow him into professional acting.
Due to a tumultuous relationship with his father, Tom had to switch schools quite often. Leading him to attend 15 schools in a span of 14 years. Most of these schools were in Canada because of his father being stationed as a defense consultant for the Canadian Armed Forces. Tom eventually got done with education and graduated from Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
Acting Career
Tom started working toward building an empire at the ripe age of 18. He started off, not so hot, as a busboy in New York, only to then transition into acting roles by signing with CAA. His first acting role was in a movie named Endless Love, which put him on the map. Two years later, Tom starred in All the Right Moves and Risky Business. Both movies earned him recognition in the industry and solidified his career as an actor.
In 1986, Cruise earned his big break through the release of Top Gun. A classic and one of the best American movies to date. Using sheer class and phenomenal acting skills, Cruise propelled himself to become Hollywood’s golden boy.
Because of his fitness, stunts, and commitment to providing snappy action dialogues, Cruise went on to star in big roles. The first of which was portraying a Vietnam war veteran in Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July.
In 1996, Cruise was at the helm of the remake for Mission Impossible, which went on to become a smashing success for the superstar. The movie won multiple awards and made Tom Cruise reprise his role as Ethan Hunt in multiple sequels that continue to this day.
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Presence in Production
Cruise collaborated with Paula Wagner to form Cruise/Wagner Productions in 1993. This partnership proved quite fruitful as the company has co-produced many of Cruise’s movies including the very first Mission Impossible blockbuster movie.
The actor also knows how to market his product as many have noted his negotiating capabilities. With someone as influential as Edward Jay Epstein noting that he is, “one of the most powerful – and richest – forces in Hollywood.”
If Tom didn’t negotiate the way he typically does, he probably wouldn’t be enjoying fame and success on a scale as grand as the one he has today.
Marriage and Relationships
Cruise has been a hot topic for multiple women in and out of Hollywood. For firsts, he’s had an early relationship with someone as prominent as Cher. But the actor’s first official wife was Mimi Rogers who he wed in 1987. The marriage was short-lived as it lasted only three years, breaking off in a divorce in 1990.
His next wife was a serious upgrade in the form of Nicole Kidman, whom Cruise married in 1990. The couple had two children and a supposedly third one was on the way when Tom filed for divorce in 1991. The actor then went on a break from marriage and got into a relationship with Penelope Cruz that went on for three years and ended in 2004.
Conclusion
That’s a wrap for all we have on Tom Cruise and snippets of his life journey. The actor is still going strong and we expect a lot more from him in the coming years. Whether he chooses to stay committed to action is up to him but we can guarantee that wherever he goes, he’s going to be giving star-studded performances that are sure to attract fans in spades.
