Tom cruise

Breaking into Acting

Cruise set to create their own career for themselves in a period of 10 years. He left school and moved to New York, appeared before landing in 1981'sEndless love struggling through interview after interview, Brooke Shields starred. Around the same time, he snagged a small role in the military school drama faucet (1981), co-starring Sean • Pan (Sean Penn).

His role in the faucet upgrade, after director Harold Becker saw Cruise's potential. His performance attracted the attention of critics and filmmakers. In 1983, Cruise appeared in Outsiders, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. His starring Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe prominent member of a group of young actors known as the "kid entertainment news package." Movie has not been well but it allows Cruise with the famous director of high-profile projects.

His next film, a high-risk business (1983), the box office receipts of $ 65 million. This cruise highly recognizable actor in no small part thanks to a very memorable scene the young stars dancing in his underwear.

Budding actor in 1986, after two years of silence to announce a big-budget fantasy film legend, it's poor box office performance. However, in the same year, Cruise's A-list status to confirm the release of "Top Gun", co-starring Kaili Mai Gillis, Anthony Edwards and Meg Ryan. The romantic testoterone fueled action, under the background of an elite Navy flight school, became the highest grossing film in 1986.

Cruise's "Top Gun," a huge success, with a string of critically acclaimed and commercially successful film. Paul Newman, Cruise starred in The Color of Money (1986) for the first time, with the cooperation of the star (Paul Newman), and then continue to work, and Dustin Hoffman in the blockbuster movie "Rain Man" (1988). Vietnam vet Ron Kovic's biopic, born in July (1989) IV won his next role cruise an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for Best Actor.

Personal Life

Cruise married actress Mimi Rogers in 1987. Rogers became a religious student, actor, writer L. Ron Hubbard founded Scientology. Cruise, are included in the church with his dyslexia treatment. But, although Cruise spiritual life is booming, his marriage soon dissolved. Rogers and Cruise divorced in 1990.

In the same year, the cruise day of racing drama Thunderwith Australian actress Nicole Kidman. Real chemical reaction between movie critics and fans is unpopular, the two main actors. On Christmas Eve of 1990, after a brief courtship, Cruise and Kidman in Telluride, Colorado, to get married.

In 1992, Cruz proved once again that he can insist on its own opposite screen legend, when he was co-starring Jack Nicholson in the military court drama, A FEW GOOD MEN. Movie box office receipts of more than 15 million U.S. dollars in the first weekend, Cruz won a Golden Globe nomination. Cruise several popular films, including (1993) andInterview and zombies in the next few years, co-starring Brad Pitt (1994).

Then, the cruise ship hit $ 64 billion dollars of the two huge Click on the big screen blockbuster, Mission: Impossible (1996), Cruise also produced and widely acclaimed Jieli Mai Maguire (1996), directed by Cameron Crowe. For the latter, Cruz won a second Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

Cruise and Kidman spent a lot of 1997 and 1998 in the UK shooting an eye-opener, this will be the erotic thriller directorStanley Kubrick's last film before his death in 1999. The movie is a mixed review published in the summer of 1999. In the same year, Cruz appeared in the ensemble film Magnolia. His performance in the film as a confident sex guru, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Award and an additional Academy Award nominations.

Cruise starred in the long-awaited smash hit Mission: Mission Impossible 2 in 2000 with Anthony Hopkins, Thandie Newton, Wing Rhames. In 2002, he starred in his second collaboration director Cameron Crowe, Vanilla Sky, and Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report."

Cruise started shooting trip to Australia in 2003 to $ 100 million movie, "The Last Samurai. Then in 2005, he again with Steven Spielberg's mega-hit, The War of the Worlds in the next few years, Cruise and Kidman found themselves fiercely defending the happiness and legitimacy of their marriage. They presented the story of two different lawsuits tabloid publications, they think of defamation. In each case, the couple received a published retraction and apology, along with a large settlement currency, they are donated to charity.

February 5, 2001, Cruise and Kidman announced their separation after 11 years of marriage. Couple cited the difficulties the two acting career, the time spent in addition to the work. Cruise asked for a divorce shortly after. The publicity around the disintegration of the surprising continued throughout the spring, Kidman's spokesman confirmed that the separation of the actress announced about a month after the unfortunate miscarriage. Divorce finalized the divorce AugustFollowing Cruises briefly dated Vanilla Sky co-star, Spanish actress Penelope Cruz (Penelope Cruz), followed by a much publicity and actress Katie Helms. A month later, he unmasked Holmes, Cruise declared his love in the now famous actress appeared in the Oprah Winfrey show. In an interview with reporters, his warm Winfrey on the sofa jumped up and shouted, "Yes!" And then a shy Holmes onto the stage.

In June 2005, after a two-month courtship, Cruise proposed to Holmes in the top of a restaurant in the Eiffel Tower. Then, he announced a couple of the participation of a large group of reporters. A few months later, in October 2005, Cruise and Holmes announced they are expecting their first child.

Hasty proposal and surprise pregnancy quickly became tabloid gossip. Cruise bigger headlines outspoken advocate for science. He publicly criticized former co-star Brooke Shields use of antidepressants in the recovery of her post-natal depression. He also denounced psychiatry and modern medicine, claiming Scientology held the key to true healing. Cruise's remarks sparked a fierce debate with news anchor Matt Lauer on the Today show in June 2005. Cruise apologized.

In 2006, Cruise and daughter Suri Helms, to the world. Married in the same year, the castle in Italy. Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Victoria Beckham and other stars attended the wedding. In June 2012, after five years of marriage, Cruise and Holmes announced they will split.

Recent Projects

Despite the setbacks in his career, Cruise appeared in director Steven Spielberg's remake of the science fiction classic, War of the Worlds (2005), later that year. The film grossed more than $ 230 million at the box office.

His next effort, Mission Impossible 3 (2006), has also made a good audience. However, the cruise facing a professional setback in August when Paramount Pictures ended its 14-year relationship with the actor. The chairman of the company mentioned Cruise's odd behavior and controversial views as the reason for the split. However, industry experts said, Paramount the end of the high-income partnership cruise Mission Impossible franchise easier. Cruise quickly rebounded, November 2, 2006, Cruise and film executive Paula Wagner and United Artists film studio has announced his new partnership. Cruise agree starred published by the American artist produced the film, while Wagner served as CEO. As a team, their first production of political drama Lions for Lambs (2007). Unfortunately, movieproved is a commercial disappointment, despite its strong cast, including the Meryl Streepand Robert Redford.Taking rest heavy material, cruise pleased the audience with his small role in the ubiquitous Tropic Thunder (2008) , starring Robert Downey andBen Stiller. He conceal his trademark good looks to play a bald, obese movie studio executive.

In December 2008, the cruise by American artist released his second project. Movie called Valkyrie is a World War II drama about the conspiracy to assassinate German leader Adolf Hitler. Cruise German officer involved in the conspiracy.