 Born on July 3 1962, Syracuse, New York. Played David Shawn in Taps (1981),Steve Randle in The Outsiders (1983), Joel Goodsen in Risky Business (1983), Stef in All the Right Moves (1983), Lt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell inTop Gun (1986), Vincent in The Color of Money (1986), Brian Flanagan in Cocktail (1988),Charlie Babbitt
in Rain Man (1988), Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Cole Trickle in Days of Thunder (1990), Joseph Donnelly in Far and Away (1992), Lt. Daniel Kaffee in A Few Good Men (1992), and Jerry Maguire in Jerry Maguire (1996).
Considered for the role, in End of Days (1999), that went to Arnold Schwarzenegger. Was going to play as Tom Warshaw in House of D (2004) and opted to do War of the Worlds (2005) instead. In 1974, when Cruise was 11, his parents divorced. He is of German, English and Welsh descent.
Has "attended" Harvard Law School in 2 movies: A Few Good Men (1992) and The Firm (1993).
He once shared a record (with Tom Hanks and 'Will Smith) as the actor to star in the most consecutive $100 million-grossing movies (7). As of 2008, Smith holds the record alone with 8 movies. Was considered for the role of Frank Roberts in The Indian Runner (1991).
Went to an audition for the part of Howard Keach in Harry & Son (1984). He didn't get the part, but the director, Paul Newman remembered him, and decided that he wanted Cruise for The Color of Money (1986). His acting idol is Paul Newman. Much to the delight of Cruise, they became good friends during work on The Color of Money (1986). Newman got him into racing, and Cruise ultimately raced on his team.
He became good friends with Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton during the making of Taps (1981). Nine actors so far have got an Oscar nomination for their role in a movie co-starring Tom Cruise. Paul Newman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Holly Hunter, Cuba Gooding Jr, Ken Watanabe, Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.
From late January to early February 2009, he along with wife, Katie Holmes and daughter, Suri, spent several days in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil staying at the famous Copacabana Palace Hotel. They were in town for a vacation (which included a helicopter tour over Rio) as well as to promote his film Valkyrie.
Visited Moscow, Russia for the first time. He told the press that since he was a boy he had always dreamed of visiting the city. He stayed at the prestigious Ritz-Carlton which offered sweeping views of the Red Square, Bolshoi Theatre and the History Museum. Still owns a P-51D Mustang, but changed the nose art from "Montana Miss" to "Kiss Me Kate". Airplane is very rarely spotted out of hanger.
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