About Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise is 56 years old American actor and producer. He rose to fame as superstar playing role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in action drama Top Gun in 1986. He later earned his name from movies including Cocktail, Days of Thunder, Interview with the Vampire, Mission Impossible, Vanilla Sky and many others. As a producer, he worked on film “Mission Impossible” and its sequels starring in it as well and bringing more commercial success to his own production house. He recently acted in film, Mission: Impossible- Fallout (2018) and is planning for his upcoming movie, Top Gun: Maverick in 2020.
Early life
He was born to Mary and Thomas Cruise on 3rd July, 1962, a Catholic family. He was brought up with 3 of his sisters, Lee Anne, Marian and Cass. Having an abusive father was a real nightmare of his life. He was raised in Canada after family planned to move in Beacon Hill, Ottawa where he attended Robert Hopkins Public School and Henry Munro Middle School.
He was fond of playing games and was associated with football in school days. When he was in 6th his mother got separated from his father and they moved to America where he was aspired to become Catholic priest before choosing acting as profession.
Career
At the age of 19, he started his acting career by starring in a small role for film Endless Love in 1981 followed by a supporting role in Taps (1981). He was noticed by audience for his work in Risky Business (1983) and Top Gun (1986). In 1988, an American comedy-drama road movie, Rain Man, starred Tom in the role of Charlie Babbitt. This movie became the highest-grossing film of 1988 receiving four Oscars. He also earned his name from movies like Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Days of Thunder (1990), Interview with the Vampire (1994). In 1996 came his own produced film, Mission: Impossible, in which he also starred himself and film did a business of $457.7 million at box office. The film was a commercial success and this spawned the Mission: Impossible film series. He recently starred in sixth instalment of the Mission: Impossible film series in 2018 and is also planning for his upcoming American military action drama, Top Gun: Maverick, in 2020 which is also a sequel to Top Gun in 1986.
Achievement
He has received overall 29 awards all through his career. Recently, got nominated for 2018 People’s Choice Award under category The Male Movie Star of 2018 for movie, Mission: Impossible-Fallout.
Personal life
He went through three marriages with Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Homes. He has three children’s two are adopted named, Isabella and Connor Antony and one is his child from Katie Homes a daughter named, Suri.
Net worth
It is estimated to be around $550 million.