Thomas Cruise Mapother IV pronounced /ˈtɒməs ˈkruːz ˈmeɪpɒθə born July 3, 1962 better known by his screen name of Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards. His first leading role was in 1983 film Risky Business which has been described as "A Generation X classic, and a career-maker" for the actor. playing the role of a heroic naval pilot in the popular and financially successful 1986 film Top Gun, Cruise continued in this vein, playing a secret agent in a series of Mission: Impossible action films in the 1990s and 2000s. In addition to these heroic roles, he has starred in a variety of other successful films such as Days of Thunder 1990 Jerry Maguire Vanilla Sky 2001 Minority Report 2002 The Last Samurai 2003 Collateral and War of the Worlds 2005
2005, Cruise and Paula Wagner have been in charge of the United Artists film studio with Cruise as producer and star and Wagner as the chief executive. Cruise is also known for his controversial support of and adherence to the Church of Scientology
Contents
1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Acting
+ 2.1.1 1981–1994
+ 2.1.2 2000s
o 2.2 Producing
+ 2.2.1 Breakup with Paramount
+ 2.2.2 Management of United Artists
* 3 Relationships and personal life
* 4 Popularity
* 5 Controversy
o 5.1 Scientology
o 5.2 Oprah Winfrey Show incident
o 5.3 Litigation
* 6 Filmography
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Early life
Cruise was born in Syracuse, New York, the son of Mary Lee née Pfeiffer special education teacher, and Thomas Cruise Mapother III, an electrical engineer Cruise's surname originates from his great-grandfather, Thomas Cruise O'Mara, who was adopted by a Welsh immigrant and renamed "Thomas Cruise Mapother Cruise is of German, Irish, and English ancestry.His oldest sister, Lee Anne, was born in his parents' native Louisville, Kentucky, while his older sister Marian was born in Syracuse, as were Tom and his younger sister, Cass.
Cruise attended Robert Hopkins Public School for grades three, four, and five. The Mapother family then moved to the suburb of Beacon Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, so Cruise's father could take a position as a defence consultant with the Canadian Armed Forces. There, Cruise completed grade six at Henry Munro Middle School, part of the Carleton Board of Education, he was active in athletics, playing floor hockey almost every night, showing himself to be a ruthless player, and eventually chipping his front tooth. In the game British bulldogs, he then lost his newly capped tooth and hurt his knee Henry Munro was also where Cruise became involved in drama, under the tutelage of George SteinburgThe first play he participated in was called IT, in which Cruise won the co-lead with Michael de Waal, one playing "Evil", the other playing "Good." The play met much acclaim, and toured with five other classmates to various schools around the Ottawa area, even being filmed at the local Ottawa TV station
When Cruise was twelve, his mother left his father, taking Cruise and his sister Lee Anne with herIn all, Cruise attended eight elementary schools and three high schools. He briefly attended a Franciscan seminary in Cincinnati a church scholarshipand aspired to become a Catholic priest. In his senior year, he played football for the varsity team as a linebacker, but he was cut from the squad after getting caught drinking beer before a game.
Cruise said that he was bullied in school, and by his father who he said was "a merchant of chaos", and that he learned early on that his father was – and, by extension, some people were – not to be trusted: "I knew from being around my father that not everyone means me well
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