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Trivia
Birth name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Date of birth: 3 July 1962
Place of birth: Syracuse, New York, USA
Nickname: Tom
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Spouse: Nicole Kidman (24 December 1990 - 8 August 2001) (divorced) 2 (adopted) children ,
Mimi Rogers (9 May 1987 - 4 February 1990) (divorced).
Cousin of actor William Mapother.
Chosen
by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history
(#41). [1995]
He and his wife Nicole
Kidman donated to Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for a seat in
the U.S. Senate representing New York. [2000]
Ranked #3 in Empire (UK) magazine's
"The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Chosen by "People" magazine as one
of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [1997]
Voted Best Dressed Male Movie Star [1997]
Stopped to help a hit and run victim and
paid her hospital bills. The victim was aspiring Brazilian actress
Heloisa Vinhas. [1996]
Caused a stir in the medical community when
he claimed, in an interview, that Scientology cured him of his dyslexia.
[1992]
While he was working with Paul Newman in the
The Color of Money (1986), he engaged in much conversation with the
politically active actor. The resulting conscious raising changed him
from an actor who ignored the jingoistic tone of Top Gun (1986) to a
performer who chose a film with a strong anti-war tone, Born on the
Fourth of July (1989) to counter his contribution to the former film.
Has three sisters: Marian, Lee Anne De Vette
and Cass. Lee Anne became his publicist in 2004 after he left Pat
Kingsley.
Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50
Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991]
Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50
Most Beautiful People in the world [1990]
Graduated from Glen Ridge High School [June
1980]
At age 14, he enrolled in a seminary to
become a priest. He dropped out after one year.
He took up acting after losing his place on
a high school wrestling team, due to a knee injury.
He and Nicole
Kidman adopted two children, Isabella and Connor.
Is right handed when writing, but does most
things left handed.
Mission: Impossible (1996) gave him a total
of $70 million with percentage of gross included.
Enjoys skydiving, scuba diving, and piloting
his Pitts Special S-2B stunt plane
Recently restored an older home in the
township of Biltmore Forest, a town within the city limits of Asheville,
North Carolina. [2000]
Chosen as People Magazine's Sexiest Man
Alive [1990]
Received the John Huston Award for Artists
Rights in 1998.
Was considered for the lead in The Matrix
(1999).
Cruise earned roughly $75 million for
Mission: Impossible II (2000). He did this by turning down any upfront
salary, for instead taking a back-end deal that landed him 30% of the
film's gross for both his producing and acting duties.
Attended Packanack School in Wayne, New
Jersey from first through third grade.
Filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit
against Michael Davis, a man who allegedly offered to sell videotapes of
himself having sex with the actor. The lawsuit accuses Davis of making
the statements "in order to hurt the plaintiff and gain widespread
publicity for himself." [May 2001]
Dated Vanilla Sky (2001) co-star Penélope
Cruz. [2001-January 2004]
Conor Antony (adopted son) born January 17,
1995.
Isabella Jane (adopted daughter) born
December 22, 1992.
Instead of his affair with Penélope
Cruz damaging both their careers, it only boosted it.
Suffers from dyslexia.
Earned his pilot's license in Toronto in
1994.
He didn't stay for the remainder of the 2002
Academy Awards after opening them because it was his turn to look after
his and ex-wife Nicole
Kidman's children. He reportedly left the Kodak Theatre by a back
door after opening proceedings and dashed home to watch the rest of the
event on TV with his adopted kids Conor and Isabella.
For 1988, he became the first actor to have
the distinction of starring in both the year's Oscar winner for Best
Picture, Rain Man (1988) and the year's Razzie "winner" for
Worst Picture, Cocktail (1988).
Ranked #14 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power
100 List. Had ranked #16 in 2002.
Ranked #4 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office
Stars of the 1990s (2003)
Father, Thomas Mapother III (15 October 1934
- January 1984), was an electrical engineer.
Has two dogs called Basil and Murray and a
cat called Harvey.
First actor in history to star in five
consecutive films that grossed $100 million in the USA: A Few Good Men
(1992), The Firm (1993), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire
Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996), Jerry Maguire (1996).
Briefly attended St. Xavier High School in
Louisville, Kentucky and was a paperboy for the Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Wore
braces on his flashy, million-dollar smile in 2002 to correct a
misaligned bite.
Announced that his relationship with Penélope
Cruz had ended in January 2004. [March 2004]
Has appeared in films opposite four
directors who have also directed his films. Sydney Pollack, who directed
The Firm (1993), appeared in Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Paul Thomas
Anderson, who directed Magnolia (1999), appeared as an extra in Minority
Report (2002). Minority Report (2002) director Steven Spielberg appeared
in Vanilla Sky (2001) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). Cameron
Crowe, who directed Jerry Maguire (1996) and Vanilla Sky (2001),
appeared in Minority Report (2002).
Will not allow his likeness to be used in
video games or for action figures.
While filming Days of Thunder (1990) at
Daytona International Speedway, he enjoyed playing football with the
truck drivers. He was the receiver - he loved going deep to catch a
pass.
While filming Days of Thunder (1990) at
Daytona International Speedway, he drove one of the Hendricks
Motorsports R&D cars around the track. The best time recorded was a
lap at 205 MPH.
He was voted the 31st Greatest Movie Star of
all time by Entertainment Weekly.
[September 2004] Lives with his sister Cass
and her three children in Los Angeles.
Spoke at his niece's [Lee Anne De Vette's
daughter] graduation from the Delphian School.
Ranked #18 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties
Lost out to actor Peter Barton for the lead
role in "The Powers of Matthew Star" (1982).
Renée Zellweger thanked him in her Oscar
acceptance speech when she won 'Best Actress in a Supporting Role' for
Cold Mountain (2003).
Attended the Neighborhood Playhouse in New
York City.
Channel 4's 'Ultimate Film' show states
that, in terms of UK cinema audience rather than revenue, Cruise's most
successful film in the UK was Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).
While a student at the Neighborhood
Playhouse School of Theatre, he studied one of his courses under
legendary acting teacher Sanford Meisner.
Studied drama at the prestigious
Neighborhood Playhouse, in conjunction with the Actors Studio, New
School University, New York.
Was named the #1 top money-making star at
the box office in Quigley Publications annual poll of movie exhibitors a
record six between 1986 and 2001. Bing Crosby and Burt Reynolds both
were named #1 for five consecutive years, and Clint Eastwood and Tom
Hanks also have been #1 five times, but non-consecutively.
Was #2, second only to Tom
Hanks, as a top money-making star at the box office in 2004, as
ranked by Quigley Publications' annual poll of movie exhibitors. Cruise
has been named to the Top 10 Poll of Money-Making Stars 17 times, tying
him for 4th place with Paul Newman. John Wayne is #1 on the all-time
list, with 25 appearances in the Top 10.
Has donated to charities such as The Ashley
Flint Fund, The Tsunami Relief Fund, Themoms.biz Diabetes Fund, Hillary
Rodham Clinton's Campaign and The Church of Scientology.
He was voted the 3rd Greatest Movie Star of
all time by Entertainment Weekly.
Studied with renowned acting coach Phil
Gushee at Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, New York.
His character Lt. Daniel Kaffee in A Few
Good Men (1992) was based on real life U.S. Navy JAG Corp Donald Marcari,
who now works as an attorney with Marcari, Russotto, and Spencer P.C. in
Cheaspeake, Virginia.
The name Mapother is pronounced like
"MAY bother", only with a P.
Time magazine once described him as a
"baby-faced Christopher Reeve".
Ranked #14 on Premiere's 2005 Power 50 List.
He is the highest ranked actor on the list.
Engaged to actress Katie
Holmes. [17 June 2005]
Proposed to Katie
Holmes at the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Was the original choice for the role of Tom
Ripley in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).
Emilio Estevez served as best man at his
wedding to Mimi Rogers
Celebrated his 43rd birthday atop the
holiday box office with War of the Worlds (2005)
His May 2005 appearance on "Oprah"
was named the #1 "Celebrity Meltdown Ever" by TV Guide
Magazine.
Owns and operates "Montana Miss" a
WWII P-51 Mustang.
He and his former girlfriend Penélope
Cruz appeared together in Vanilla Sky (2001)
He and ex-wife Nicole
Kidman made 3 movies together: Days of Thunder (1990), Eyes Wide
Shut (1999) and Far and Away (1992). They met on the set of Days of
Thunder (1990)
While attending the London premiere of War
of the Worlds (2005), he was squirted in the face with water during a
prank interview. His reaction on camera was stern but not livid. The
culprit was charged with assault.
He was in two different movies featuring the
song "Iko Iko" on its soundtrack - Rain Man (1988) by The
Belle Stars and Mission: Impossible II (2000) by Zap Mama.
He is a big fan of British singer Joss
Stone.
Expecting third child with fiancée Katie
Holmes [October 2005]
Has played a soldier in five different
movies. Taps (1981), Top Gun (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989),
A Few Good Men (1992) and The Last Samurai (2003).
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