Tom Cruise has achieved unprecedented success as an actor and producer in a career spanning over two decades. He is a three-time Academy Award® nominee and a three-time Golden GloTom Cruise has achieved unprecedented success as an actor and producer in a career spanning over two decades. He is a three-time Academy Award® nominee and a three-time Golden Globe winner whose films have broken numerous records at the box office.
Cruise made his feature film debut in 1981 at the age of 18 in the romantic drama “Endless Love,” followed by the critically acclaimed “Taps,” co-starring Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton, and Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Outsiders.” His breakout performance in “Risky Business” earned him his first Golden Globe nomination in 1983. The role of Maverick in Tony Scott’s “Top Gun” catapulted Cruise to international stardom as the film went on to become the highest grossing picture of 1986.More >><< less