he went from one of the top 100 movie
stars of all time to a controversial
Hollywood personality welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking
a look at the legendary career of
superstar actor Tom Cruise
born on July 3rd 1962 in Syracuse New
York he spent his childhood moving
between dozens of homes and schools
until settling in Glen Ridge New Jersey
at the age of 14 there he developed a
deep passion for acting that surpassed
his longtime desire to join the
priesthood as a result he dropped out of
high school and headed back to New York
to pursue a career as an actor he
quickly made his film debut with a small
part in the 1981 drama romance endless
love later that year he got a larger
role alongside Sean Penn as a gung-ho
cadet in the military film taps
and appeared in Francis Ford Coppola
film adaptation of The Outsiders
overtaking a V in Sandy which means no
kids allowed big deal in 1983 Cruz
suddenly found himself overwhelmed with
acting work that year he got his first
starring role in the comedy losing it
before achieving instant stardom for
dancing in his briefs and risky business
he then became a huge box-office draw
and was paid half a million dollars to
start in Ridley Scott’s fantasy film
legend and four times that for the role
of fighter pilot lieutenant Pete
maverick Mitchell in 1986 is blockbuster
Top Gun you could be my wingman anytime
bullshit with unstoppable momentum
behind him he delivered a string of
critically acclaimed performances that
wooed naysayers such as that of a
hustler in the color of money
and as the self-serving brother of a man
with severe autism in Rain Man kickin
ass in Vegas Cleopatra Caesar over there
he then managed to counter his pro-war
persona by appearing in Oliver Stone’s
born on the 4th of July
before meeting future wife Nicole Kidman
on the set of Days of Thunder you are
selfish crazy I’m not scared I’m not
scary soon after he started opposite
Jack Nicholson in the court-martial
drama a few good men in an attempt to
shake things up a bit he then raised
eyebrows by starring opposite Brad Pitt
an interview with the vampire God kills
indiscriminately and socially and if his
box office might hadn’t yet overwhelmed
Hollywood it certainly did with the
release of his action-packed remake of
the classic television show Mission
Impossible which went on to receive
several big-budget sequels ironically
his demand was perfectly personified by
the catchphrase featured in Jerry
Maguire despite this he then decided to
take himself out of his traditional
Hollywood fare and starred in the drama
film Magnolia before appearing opposite
his then wife Nicole Kidman in Stanley
Kubrick’s final movie Eyes Wide Shut
shortly afterward he began his descent
into the realm of tabloid fodder due to
a bitter divorce from Kidman and a
short-lived romance with Spanish actress
Penelope Cruz ever been married
strangely he tried to embrace the bad
press by taking on an outrageously
self-referential cameo in
Austin Powers Goldmember yeah baby yet
in spite of continuing to rake in the
cash in films like Minority Report and
The Last Samurai
his reputation continued to take a
beating due to his newfound devotion to
Scientology and an outrageous couch
outburst in which he proclaimed his love
for actress Katie Holmes in front of
Oprah and the world meanwhile Steven
Spielberg was frustrated by the fact
that all of the attention being paid to
his remake of War of the Worlds was
centered on the hijinks of its unstable
star and the director wasn’t alone
following the release of Mission
Impossible three paramount announced the
end of their 14-year relationship with
Cruz’s own studio Cruz Wagner
productions but seriously
another smoky could be your job good
showing his outrage Cruz shot back at
the studio by playing the hilarious role
of a foul-mouthed studio executive in
Tropic Thunder a part in which Cruz was
barely recognizable proving that he’s
still unstoppable he returned to star in
the 2010 action comedy film night and
day and announced he would return for a
fourth Mission Impossible installment
stars of all time to a controversial
Hollywood personality welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking
a look at the legendary career of
superstar actor Tom Cruise
born on July 3rd 1962 in Syracuse New
York he spent his childhood moving
between dozens of homes and schools
until settling in Glen Ridge New Jersey
at the age of 14 there he developed a
deep passion for acting that surpassed
his longtime desire to join the
priesthood as a result he dropped out of
high school and headed back to New York
to pursue a career as an actor he
quickly made his film debut with a small
part in the 1981 drama romance endless
love later that year he got a larger
role alongside Sean Penn as a gung-ho
cadet in the military film taps
and appeared in Francis Ford Coppola
film adaptation of The Outsiders
overtaking a V in Sandy which means no
kids allowed big deal in 1983 Cruz
suddenly found himself overwhelmed with
acting work that year he got his first
starring role in the comedy losing it
before achieving instant stardom for
dancing in his briefs and risky business
he then became a huge box-office draw
and was paid half a million dollars to
start in Ridley Scott’s fantasy film
legend and four times that for the role
of fighter pilot lieutenant Pete
maverick Mitchell in 1986 is blockbuster
Top Gun you could be my wingman anytime
bullshit with unstoppable momentum
behind him he delivered a string of
critically acclaimed performances that
wooed naysayers such as that of a
hustler in the color of money
and as the self-serving brother of a man
with severe autism in Rain Man kickin
ass in Vegas Cleopatra Caesar over there
he then managed to counter his pro-war
persona by appearing in Oliver Stone’s
born on the 4th of July
before meeting future wife Nicole Kidman
on the set of Days of Thunder you are
selfish crazy I’m not scared I’m not
scary soon after he started opposite
Jack Nicholson in the court-martial
drama a few good men in an attempt to
shake things up a bit he then raised
eyebrows by starring opposite Brad Pitt
an interview with the vampire God kills
indiscriminately and socially and if his
box office might hadn’t yet overwhelmed
Hollywood it certainly did with the
release of his action-packed remake of
the classic television show Mission
Impossible which went on to receive
several big-budget sequels ironically
his demand was perfectly personified by
the catchphrase featured in Jerry
Maguire despite this he then decided to
take himself out of his traditional
Hollywood fare and starred in the drama
film Magnolia before appearing opposite
his then wife Nicole Kidman in Stanley
Kubrick’s final movie Eyes Wide Shut
shortly afterward he began his descent
into the realm of tabloid fodder due to
a bitter divorce from Kidman and a
short-lived romance with Spanish actress
Penelope Cruz ever been married
strangely he tried to embrace the bad
press by taking on an outrageously
self-referential cameo in
Austin Powers Goldmember yeah baby yet
in spite of continuing to rake in the
cash in films like Minority Report and
The Last Samurai
his reputation continued to take a
beating due to his newfound devotion to
Scientology and an outrageous couch
outburst in which he proclaimed his love
for actress Katie Holmes in front of
Oprah and the world meanwhile Steven
Spielberg was frustrated by the fact
that all of the attention being paid to
his remake of War of the Worlds was
centered on the hijinks of its unstable
star and the director wasn’t alone
following the release of Mission
Impossible three paramount announced the
end of their 14-year relationship with
Cruz’s own studio Cruz Wagner
productions but seriously
another smoky could be your job good
showing his outrage Cruz shot back at
the studio by playing the hilarious role
of a foul-mouthed studio executive in
Tropic Thunder a part in which Cruz was
barely recognizable proving that he’s
still unstoppable he returned to star in
the 2010 action comedy film night and
day and announced he would return for a
fourth Mission Impossible installment
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