Tom Cruise, in full Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, is an American
actor and producer, born on July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York, United States.
Over the last three decades, Cruise has starred in dozens of major blockbuster movies and
today is generally considered the most powerful celebrity in the world and one of the biggest
stars in Hollywood.
As one of the highest-grossing box office stars of all time, his films have grossed
over $4 billion in North America and over $10.1 billion worldwide.
Cruise has also received various accolades for his work, including three Golden Globe
Awards and three nominations for Academy Awards.
Cruise grew up in near poverty and had a Catholic upbringing.
His father was electrical engineer Thomas Cruise Mapother III and his mother was special
education teacher named Mary Lee.
He later described his father as a "bully", and a "coward" who beat his children.
Cruise has three sisters named Lee Anne, Marian, and Cass.
Young Tom spent his boyhood always on the move, and by the time he was 14 he had attended
15 different schools in the U.S. and Canada.
He finally settled in Glen Ridge, New Jersey with his mother and her new husband.
While in high school, Tom wanted to become a priest but pretty soon he developed an interest in acting.
He abandoned his plans of becoming a priest, dropped out of school, and at age 18 headed
for New York and a possible acting career.
Tom Cruise has had many high-profile relationships in the early-to-mid-1980s and has been married three times.
His first marriage to actress Mimi Rogers lasted from May 1987 to February 1990.
Cruise met his second wife, actress Nicole Kidman, on the set of their film Days of Thunder in 1990.
The couple married on December that same year and have adopted two children: Isabella Jane
and Connor Antony.
Cruise filed for divorce from Kidman in 2001, after 11 years together.
Cruise began dating actress Katie Holmes on April of 2005 and in April 2006, their daughter,
Suri, was born.
On November 18, 2006, Holmes and Cruise were married in a Scientologist ceremony attended
by many Hollywood stars.
In June 2012, Holmes filed for divorce from Cruise and the couple signed a divorce settlement
worked out by their lawyers.
Tom Cruise started his early career when he starred in a small role in the 1981 film Endless
Love when he was 19 years old.
He had his big break with 1983's Risky Business, the movie that secured Cruise as an up-and-coming
star and earned him his first Golden Globe nomination.
With handsome movie star looks and a charismatic smile, within a few years, Tom Cruise was
starring in some of the top-grossing films of the 1980s including Top Gun; The Color
of Money, Rain Man and Born on the Fourth of July.
By the 1990s he was one of the highest-paid actors in the world earning an average 15
million dollars a picture in such blockbuster hits as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire
Chronicles, Mission: Impossible and Jerry Maguire, for which he received an Academy
Award nomination for best actor.
Tom continued to be highly bankable and popular throughout 2000s with films such as Eyes wide
Shut, Vanilla Sky, Collateral, Jack Reacher and so on.
His biggest franchise, Mission Impossible, has also earned a total of $3 billion worldwide.
Throughout his career, Cruise's films have grossed over $4 billion in North America and
over $10.1 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing box office stars of all time.
Tom Cruise has also shown lots of interest in producing, with his biggest producer credits
being the Mission Impossible franchise.
Here are Cruise's 10 best movies according to ScreenRant:
As of 2021, Tom Cruise’s net worth is estimated to be roughly $600 million, according to Wealthy Gorilla.
Tom owns and has owned a number of extremely impressive properties around the US over the years.
His biggest one was the large mansion in Telluride, Colorado, which spans 320 acres.
The main home is 10,000 square feet with seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, horse stables and
a private helipad.
He listed this home in 2016 for $59 million.
Tom Cruise amassed a personal collection of luxury cars which he rarely shows the public.
Here are some of the cars in his garage.
The actor is seen riding the BMW 7-Series extensively, which is the German automaker’s
flagship product.
The model offers an optional V-12 engine with a price tag of around $90,000.
Cruise owns one of the rarest models, The Ford Mustang Saleen S281, on the road today.
The vehicle in his collection is equipped with a 400hp engine and cost around $33,000 for a 2002 model.
Bugatti Veyron is one of the most expensive cars in the world.
Tom Cruise is one of the few notable owners of the luxury sports car.
It costs you a whopping $1.7 million to own this scary fast exotic sports car.
Being famous comes with many perks, one of them is having your own celebrity private
jet instead of traveling in public.
Tom Cruise owns several airplanes, which he uses to travel from one destination to another,
including a Gulfstream IV.
The estimated price of this airplane is $36 million.
Although quite luxurious when flying privately, Cruise purchased a rugged World War II fighter
namely, a P-51 Mustang.
The Hollywood star seems to like this one best out of his collection, as he is usually
seen flying the plane, sometimes with a friend sharing the trip.
A P-51 Mustang worth around $4 million.