Tom Cruise ★ Biography ★ Quick Facts ★ Family ★ Networth ★ 2019

★ Tom Cruise ★ Biography ★ 

Tom Cruise is an award-winning American actor and filmmaker best known for movies in the ‘Mission: Impossible’ film series.

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BIOGRAPHY

1. Tom Cruise is an award-winning American actor and filmmaker best known for movies in the ‘Mission: Impossible’ film series in which he plays secret agent Ethan Hunt. 
2. He is considered to be one of the biggest movie stars in the United States and was Hollywood's highest-paid actor in 2012.
3. Born in New York to an abusive father and brought up in near-poverty, there was nothing in his early life to suggest that one day he would become one of the most famous actors 
4. in the world. Even as a teenager Cruise dreamed of becoming a priest, not an actor. 
5. However, destiny had other plans in store for him and he found himself playing a small role in a film ‘Endless Love’ as a 19 year old. 
6. He realized that acting came naturally to him and decided to seriously pursue acting as a career. 
7. Over the next few years he appeared in a lot of supporting roles before bagging his first major role in the romantic comedy ‘Risky Business’. 
8. Strikingly handsome and blessed with boyish charms, it did not take him long to take Hollywood by storm and soon he established himself as a much sought after A-list star. 
9. His popularity reached new heights when he bagged the role of secret agent Ethan Hunt in the ‘Mission: Impossible’ film series.
10. He was born as Thomas Cruise Mapother IV in Syracuse, New York, as the son of Mary Lee and Thomas Cruise Mapother III. 
11. His father was an electrical engineer and his mother worked as a special education teacher. He has three sisters.
12. He had a difficult childhood and grew up in near-poverty. His father was an abusive man who often used to beat young Tom at the slightest pretext.
13. The family moved to Canada when his father got a job with the Canadian Armed Forces. However, his parents broke up within a few years and Tom Cruise returned to the U.S. with his mother and sisters.
14. He became involved in drama as a school student and was encouraged by his teachers who sensed that the boy was naturally gifted with acting abilities. 
15. As a teenager he briefly attended a Franciscan seminary in Cincinnati on a church scholarship and aspired to become a Catholic priest.
16. The war drama film ‘Born on the Fourth of July’ (1989) is one of his best known movies. 
17. His portrayal of Ron Kovic in the movie earned Cruise an Academy Award nomination. The film was both, a critical and commercial success.
18. Tom Cruise is most famous for playing secret agent Ethan Hunt in the ‘Mission: Impossible’ films, a series of action spy thriller film based on the television series of the same name. 
19. The series is the 17th-highest-grossing film series of all time with over $2 billion worth of worldwide gross, and has helped maintain Cruise’s superstar status over the years.
20. Tom Cruise is the recipient of three Golden Globe awards, including Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama in 1990 for ‘Born on the Fourth of July’ and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical in 1997 for ‘Jerry Maguire’.
21. He received the Excellence in Mentoring Award from the National Mentoring Partnership in 2003 for his work with the organization.
22. He received the David di Donatello Awards’ ‘Special David’ in 2005.
23. In 2011, Cruise was awarded a humanitarian award from the Simon Wiesenthal Centre and Museum of Tolerance for his work as a dedicated philanthropist.
24. Tom Cruise, who overcame dyslexia as a youngster, became a founding Board Member for the Hollywood Education and Literacy Project, helping students learn how to read and succeed.
25. He has supported many charitable organizations including Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Friars Foundation, H.E.L.P., and Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation.
26. He married actress Mimi Rogers in May 1987. 
27. Rogers introduced Cruise to Scientology and he went on to become an outspoken advocate for the Church of Scientology. The marriage ended in February 1990.
28. His second marriage was to actress Nicole Kidman in December 1990. The couple adopted two children. This marriage also ended in divorce.
29. He tied the knot for the third time with Katie Holmes with whom he also has a daughter. This marriage too did not last long and ended in 2012.
30. Has three sisters: Marian, Lee Anne De Vette and Cass. Lee Anne became his publicist in 2004 after he left Pat Kingsley and left in 2005 to concentrate on production matters for his production company.
31. Mission: Impossible (1996) gave him a total of $70 million with percentage of gross included.
32. Cruise earned roughly $75 million for Mission: Impossible II (2000). He did this by turning down any upfront salary, 
33. for instead taking a back-end deal that landed him 30% of the film's gross for both his producing and acting duties.
34. He was voted the 31st Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
35. Has donated to charities such as The Ashley Flint Fund, The Tsunami Relief Fund, Themoms.biz Diabetes Fund, Hillary Clinton's Campaign and The Church of Scientology.
36. Tom Cruise has an estimated net worth of $500 million.

When you become successful in any type of life, there are people who are not contributing to the motion.

--Tom Cruise

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