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Tom Cruise biography, Career, Family, Networth, Marriage

Who is Tom Cruise?

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV is an American actor and producer and is one of the highest-paid actors in the world. His movies have grossed over $4 billion in North America and over $10.1 billion worldwide and is one of the highest-grossing box office stars of all time. Cruise has obtained numerous accolades for his roles, which includes 3 Golden Globe Awards and 3 nominations for Academy Awards.

Tom Cruise’s Career

Cruise began out acting in the early 1980s and became well-known for his main roles in the comedy movie Risky Business (1983) and action drama movie Top Gun (1986). More fame came from his roles in drama movies The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988), and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). For his role of Ron Kovic in the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award and acquired a nomination for the Academy Award for BestActor.

Being a leading Hollywood star in the 1990s, he starred in numerous commercially successful movies, which includes the drama A Few Good Men (1992)and the thriller The Firm (1993). Also the horror movie Interview with the Vampire (1994), and the romance Jerry Maguire (1996). His position in the latter, won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and acquired his 2nd Academy Award nomination.

Tom Cruises performance as a motivational speaker in the drama movie Magnolia (1999) earned him another Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Being an action star, he has played Ethan Hunt in all six of the Mission: Impossible movies since 1996 to 2018.

Also he starred in science fiction and action movies, inclusive of Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (20020, The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), and War of the Worlds (2005). In addition to Knight and Day (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), Oblivion (2013), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and The Mummy (2017).

Tom Cruise’s Age

Cruise Mapother IV was born in Syracuse, New York in U.S. on July 3, 1962. He is aged 58 years as of 2021.

Tom Cruise’s Family

Tom Cruise’s Parents

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV was born to Thomas Cruise Mapother III (1934-1984) and Mary Lee (1936-2017). His father was an electrical engineer and his mother was a special education teacher. They were both from Louisville, Kentucky, and had English, German, and Irish ancestry.

Cruise was brought up in near poverty and had a Catholic upbringing. He was brought up in Canada throughout his childhood till his mother left his father and moved back to the USA with the children. She later married Jack South in 1978, later his father, Thomas, died of cancer in 1984.

Tom Cruise’s Siblings

Mapother IV was born in a family of 4 youngsters. He has 3 sisters, Lee Anne, Marian, and Cass. He also has a close cousin, William Mapother, who is additionally an actor and has appeared alongside cruise in 5 movies.

Tom Cruise’s Education

Cruise attended the new Robert Hopkins Public School for his fourth and fifth grade education. He joined Henry Munro Middle School in Ottawa for his 6th grade. After moving to United States, Cruise got a church scholarship and attended a Franciscan seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Later Cruise joined and graduated from Glen Ridge High School in Glen Ridge, New Jersey in 1980. He attended 15 schools in 14 years in total.

Tom Cruise’s Interests

Cruise had some interests while in school which included becoming a priest before he gained interest in acting. He additionally played soccer for the varsity team as a linebacker, but he was kicked from the squad after he was caught drinking beer before a game.

Cruise joined with his former talent agent Paula Wagner to form Cruise/Wagner Productions in 1993, and the company has since co-produced numerous of Cruise’s movies. The first movie was Mission: Impossible in 1996 which was additionally Cruise’s first project as a producer.

Tom Cruise’s Spouses

Cruise Mapother IV married Mimi Rogers on May 9, 1987 and divorced on February 4,1990. He later met his 2nd wife, actress Nicole Kidman and married on December 24, 1990. The couple adopted two children however they later divorced in February 2001.

Cruise was then linked to Penelope Cruz, his co-star in Vanilla Sky (2001) however the relationship ended in 2004. He then ended up in a short-time relationship with British-Iranian actress Nazanin Boniadi.

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He started dating actress Katie Holmes in April 2005. In April 2006 their first daughter was born and the couple married on November 18 at the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, in a Scientologist ceremony attended by many Hollywood stars. Holmes later filed for a divorce from Cruise on June 29, 2012 and on July 9 the couple signed a divorce settlement worked out by their lawyers.

Tom Cruise’s Children

Cruise has 3 youngsters in total, two adopted during his relationship with Nicole Kidman and one with Katie Holmes. The youngsters are, Isabella Jane Cruise, born in 1992, Connor Antony Cruise, born in 1995 and Suri Cruise born in April 2006.

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Where does Tom Cruise live?

Cruise owns and lives in his many homes. They include, Beverly Hills in California, Telluride in Colorado, Clearwater in Florida, Dulwich in London and East Grinstead in West Sussex.

Tom Cruise’s Height

Apart from his well-built and muscular body, Cruise also has a top of 5′ 7” (1.7 m).

Tom Cruise’s Net Worth

American actor and movie producer Cruise has been active since 1981 to date and is one of the best actors of all time. He has a net worth of $570 million, making him the third richest actor worldwide.