Date of Birth: July 3, 1962
Birth Location: Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Height: 173 cm
Mini Biograhy:
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American actor and film producer. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards. His first leading role was the 1983 film "Risky Business", which has been described as "A 'Generation-X' classic, and a career-maker" for the actor. After 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 also played other roles, such as the misogynistic male guru in "Magnolia" (1999) and a cool and calculating sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann crime-thriller film "Collateral" (2004).
Economist Edward Jay Epstein argues that Cruise is one of the few producers who are able to guarantee the success of a billion-dollar movie franchise. Since 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 support of and adherence to the Church of Scientology.
Cruise was married to Mimi Rogers on May 9, 1987 and they divorced on Feb. 4, 1990. Later he married Nicole Kidman on Dec. 24, 1990 and divorced on Aug. 8, 2001. the couple adopted two children, Isabella Jane and Connor Antony. They separated when Kidman was three months pregnant, just before their tenth wedding anniversary; she later miscarried. Cruise was next romantically linked with Penélope Cruz, and the relationship lasted for three years. In April 2005, Cruise began dating actress Katie Holmes. Shortly after they began their highly publicized relationship, on June 17, 2005, Cruise announced he had proposed to her at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. She accepted his proposal, and the couple married in Bracciano, Italy on Nov. 18, 2006. On April 18, 2006 Katie gave birth to a baby girl named Suri.
