Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is an actor and one of the highest-grossing box-office stars of all time. He has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or, the US Navy's highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. Additionally, he has been nominated for four Academy Awards. In 2025, he was honored with an Honorary Oscar at the 16th Annual Governors Awards in Hollywood, recognizing his significant contributions to the film industry over more than 40 years.

Cruise began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedy film "Risky Business" and the action film "Top Gun" in 1986. Notably, he reprised his role in "Top Gun: Maverick" in 2022, which became the highest-grossing film of his career. Critical acclaim came with his roles in the dramas "The Color of Money," "Rain Man," and "Born on the Fourth of July." For his portrayal of Ron Kovic in the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. As a leading Hollywood star in the 1990s, he starred in several commercially successful films, including the drama "A Few Good Men," the thriller "The Firm," the horror film "Interview with the Vampire," and the romance "Jerry Maguire," for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and received his second Academy Award nomination. Cruise's performance as a motivational speaker in the drama "Magnolia" earned him another Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Since then, Cruise has largely starred in science fiction and action films, establishing himself as an action star by often performing his own risky stunts. He has played Ethan Hunt in the "Mission: Impossible" film series since 1996, which includes eight films from 1996 to 2025. His other notable roles in the genre include "Vanilla Sky," "Minority Report," "The Last Samurai," "Collateral," "War of the Worlds," "Knight and Day," "Jack Reacher," "Oblivion," and "Edge of Tomorrow." In 2025, Cruise is starred in "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning," which he declared would be the last film in which he would portray Ethan Hunt.