Thomas Cruise Mapother IV was born in Syracuse, New York, United States, on July 3, 1962, is an American actor. Young Tom Cruise first started acting in school theater productions. He began his professional acting career at age of eighteen, he signed with Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles. He made his big screen debut in romantic drama film Endless Love (1981) in role as Billy, at age of nineteen. He got his first big break as Joel Goodson in coming of age comedy movie Risky Business (1983). Tom's breakthrough performance came as LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in action drama film Top Gun (1986).
How tall is Tom Cruise and what is his weight? Tom Cruise's height is 5' 7" іn fееt аnd іnсhеѕ or 170 іn cеntіmеtrеѕ, his weight is 148 іn pоunds or 67 іn kіlоgrаmѕ. He is 62 years old. His shoe size is 9 US | 42 EU.
Tom Cruise
July 3, 1962
62 years old
United States
Cancer
Dark Brown
Green
5 ft 7 in | 170 cm
$570 Million
67 kg | 148 lbs
44 in | 111 cm
9 US | 42 EU
32 in | 81 cm
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his role as Ron Kovic in biographical war drama movie Born on the Fourth of July (1989).
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role as Gerald "Jerry" Maguire in romantic comedy drama sports film Jerry Maguire (1996).
He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Frank T.J. Mackey in epic drama film Magnolia (1999).
He played IMF agent Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible action spy film series:
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two (2025)
He portrayed Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in action drama films:
Top Gun (1986)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022), for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Actor
He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role as Joel Goodson in teen comedy drama film Risky Business (1983).
He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his role as Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee in mystery thriller film A Few Good Men (1992).
He won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Mystery/Thriller, On Video for his role as Lestat de Lioncourt in gothic horror movie Interview with the Vampire (1994).
He was nominated for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Drama/Romance for his role as Bill Harford in drama mystery film Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
He won the Empire Award for Best Actor for his performance as Chief John Anderton in neo-noir science fiction movie Minority Report (2002).
He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his role as Nathan Algren drama action movie The Last Samurai (2003).
He was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain for his role as Vincent in neo-noir crime action thriller film Collateral (2004).
He was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor for his role as Ray Ferrier in science fiction action disaster film War of the Worlds (2005).
He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his role as Les Grossman in satirical action comedy film Tropic Thunder (2008).
He was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Sci-Fi/Fantasy for his role as Jack Harper in post apocalyptic science fiction movie Oblivion (2013).
He was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in an Action Movie for his role as Major William Cage in science fiction action movie Edge of Tomorrow (2014).
Cocktail (1988) romantic comedy drama as Brian Flanagan
Rain Man (1988) comedy drama as Charlie Babbitt
Days of Thunder (1990) drama sport as Cole Trickle
He played Jack Reacher in action thriller films Jack Reacher (2012) and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016).
The Mummy (2017) action adventure as Nick Morton
Rock of Ages (2012) jukebox musical comedy as Stacee Jaxx
Vanilla Sky (2001) romantic science fiction psychological thriller as David Aames
American Made (2017) action comedy as Barry Seal
Attended Robert Hopkins Public School in Ottawa, Ontario.
He attended 15 schools in 14 years in the U.S. and Canada.
Graduated from Glen Ridge High School in Glen Ridge, New Jersey (1980).
Studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, under acting teachers Sanford Meisner and Phil Gushee.
Has English, German and Irish ancestry.
Has three sisters: Lee Anne Mapother, Marian Mapother and Cass Mapother.
He is a vegetarian.
Huge fan of professional wrestling.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6912 Hollywood Boulevard in 1986.
Tom's hobbies are skydiving, scuba diving and piloting his Pitts Special S-2B stunt plane.
He is longtime member of the Church of Scientology.
He founded film production company "Cruise/Wagner Productions", with his former talent agent Paula Wagner in 1993.
Good friends with Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton.
Received the John Huston Award for Artists Rights (1998).
Lives in Beverly Hills, California, and Telluride, Colorado.
He was married to:
Mimi Rogers (1986-1990)
Nicole Kidman (1989-2001), they adopted two children: daughter, Isabella Jane and son, Connor Antony
Katie Holmes (2005-2012), they have one daughter, Suri
He dated Elsina Khayrova (2023-2024), Hayley Atwell (2020), Yolanda Pecoraro (2012), Abbey Lee (2012), Cynthia Jorge (2012), Sofía Vergara (2005), Nazanin Boniadi (2004-2005), Penélope Cruz (2001-2004), Patti Scialfa (1985), Cher (1985), Rebecca De Mornay (1982-1985), Heather Locklear (1982), Melissa Gilbert (1982) and Diane Cox (1979-1981).