Birth of Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Bith of Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Thomas Cruise Biography and Timeline
Follow Thomas Cruise through 14 dated historical records for United States of America.
Thomas Cruise, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
14Distinct records
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1962–2008Years on this page
1962
1981
Endless Love
Tom Cruises first film role comes in a small role in Endless Love, a drama/romance film starring Brooke Shields
1983
The Outsiders
One of many teenaged stars to appear in Francis Ford Coppolas The Outsiders. Cruises breakthrough comes after Risky Business is released, which helps to propel Cruise to stardom
1985
Legend
Appears in the fantasy film Legend directed by Ridley Scott
1986
Top Gun
Stars in Top Gun which becomes the highest grossing film of the year, taking in US$354 million in worldwide figures
1988
Cocktail
Stars in the lighthearted drama Cocktail. Stars in Martin Scorseses The Color of Money along with Paul Newman
1989
Rain Man
Stars in Rain Man, which also starred Dustin Hoffman and was directed by Barry Levinson, the film is praised by critics and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, and won four, including Best Picture and Best Actor
1990
Born on the 4th of July
Stars Oliver Stones Born on the 4th of July, which was based on the best selling autobiography of parapalegic veteran and anti-war activist Ron Kovic. Stars as hot-shot racecar driver "Cole Trickle" in Tony Scotts Days of Thunder
1993
The Firm
Stars in The Firm
1996
Mission: Impossible. Stars in Jerry Maguire
Stars in Mission: Impossible. Stars in Jerry Maguire
2000
Mission: Impossible II
Stars in Mission: Impossible II
2002
Minority Report
Stars in Minority Report
2006
Mission: Impossible III
Stars in Mission: Impossible III
2008
Tropic Thunder
Stars in Tropic Thunder
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.