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    • Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer. Regarded as a Hollywood icon, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards. His films have grossed over $12 billion worldwide, placing him among the highest-grossi… See more

    BornThomas Cruise Mapother IV · July 3, 1962 · Syracuse, New York, U.S.
    SpousesMimi Rogers · (m. 1987; div. 1990) · Nicole Kidman · (m. 1990; div. 2001) · Katie Holmes · (m. 2006; div. 2012)
    Children3
    RelativesWilliam Mapother (cousin)
    Early life

    Cruise was born on July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, New York, to electrical engineer Thomas Cruise Mapother III (1934–1984) and special education teacher Mary Lee (née Pfeiffer; 1936–2017). His parents were both from … See more

    Acting career

    At age 18, with the blessing of his mother and stepfather, Cruise moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. After working as a busboy in New York, he went to Los Angeles to try out for television roles. He signed … See more

    Production

    Cruise partnered with his former talent agent Paula Wagner to form Cruise/Wagner Productions in 1993, and the company has since co-produced several of Cruise's films, the first being Mission: Impossible in 1996 which was … See more

    Acting credits and accolades

    In 2006, Premiere ranked Cruise as Hollywood's most powerful actor, as Cruise came in at number 13 on the magazine's 2006 Power List, being the highest ranked actor. The same year, Forbes magazine ranked hi… See more

    Personal life

    Cruise splits his time between homes in Beverly Hills, California; Clearwater, Florida; and the South of England, where Cruise has lived in various places such as Central London, Dulwich, East Grinstead, and Biggin Hill. … See more

    See also

    Miles Fisher – American actor and notable Cruise impersonator
    Supercouple
    Tom Cruise: Unauthorized (1998)
    Tom Cruise: All the World's a Stage (2006)… See more

    Further reading

    Morton, Andrew (2008). Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781429933902.
    • Peberdy, Donna (2010). "From wimps to wild men: Bipolar masculinity and the paradoxical performanc… See more