Birth of Thomas Cruise Mapother IV3 July 1962
Bith of Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
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Thomas Cruise Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Thomas Cruise, based on 14 World History Database records associated with United States of America.
14 records1962–200814 events0 places
Chronological biography
1962
1981
Endless Love1981
Tom Cruises first film role comes in a small role in Endless Love, a drama/romance film starring Brooke Shields
1983
The Outsiders1983
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
Legend1985
Appears in the fantasy film Legend directed by Ridley Scott
1986
Top Gun1986
Stars in Top Gun which becomes the highest grossing film of the year, taking in US$354 million in worldwide figures
1988
Cocktail1988
Stars in the lighthearted drama Cocktail. Stars in Martin Scorseses The Color of Money along with Paul Newman
1989
Rain Man1989
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 July1990
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 Firm1993
Stars in The Firm
1996
Mission: Impossible. Stars in Jerry Maguire1996
Stars in Mission: Impossible. Stars in Jerry Maguire
2000
Mission: Impossible II2000
Stars in Mission: Impossible II
2002
Minority Report2002
Stars in Minority Report
2006
Mission: Impossible III2006
Stars in Mission: Impossible III
2008
Tropic Thunder2008
Stars in Tropic Thunder
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.