Tom Cruise Biography and Works.

If you had told a Franciscan seminary student, Cruise Mapother IV that one day he would be considered one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to become a priest.

Nonetheless, this deeply religious youngster who was born in July 1962 in Syracuse, New York, was destined to become Tom Cruise, one of the highest paid and most sought-after actors in film history.

At the age of 18, Tom Cruise headed for New York and a possible acting career. The next 15 years of his life are the stuff of legends. He made his film debut with a small role in Endless Love in 1981 and from the outset, exhibited an undeniable box office appeal to both male and female audiences.

Some of the blockbusters given by Tom Cruise were The Color of Money, Top Gun, Rain Man and Born on the Fourth of July, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Mission Impossible, Mission Impossible II, Mission Impossible III, Vanilla Sky, Minority Report, The Last Samurai, Collateral, War of the Worlds, and Jerry Maguire.

He was married to actress Nicole Kidman until 2001. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV has indeed come a long way from the lonely wanderings of his youth.

Trivia

He was chosen by the Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history.

Quote

“I always look for a challenge and something that’s different.”