Tom Cruise

Highest Rated: 97% Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

Lowest Rated: 7% Cocktail (1988)

Birthday: Jul 3, 1962

Birthplace: Syracuse, New York

An actor whose name became synonymous with all-American entertainment, Tom Cruise spent the 1980s as one of Hollywood's brightest-shining golden boys. Born on July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, NY, Cruise was high-school wrestler until he was sidelined by a knee injury. Soon taking up acting, he found that the activity served a dual purpose: performing satiated his need for attention, while the memorization aspect of acting helped him come to grips with his dyslexia. Moving to New York in 1980, Cruise's first big hit was Risky Business in 1982, in which he entered movie-trivia infamy with the scene wherein he celebrates his parents' absence by dancing around the living room in his underwear. The Hollywood press corps began touting Cruise as one of the "Brat Pack," a group of twenty-something actors who seemed on the verge of taking over the movie industry in the early '80s. Top Gun 1985 established Cruise as an action star, but again he refused to be pigeonholed, and followed it up with a solid characterization of a fledgling pool shark in the Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money in 1986, for which co-star Paul Newman earned an Academy Award. In 1988, he played the brother of an autistic savant played by Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, a dramatic turn for sure, though Cruise had not yet totally convinced critics he was more than a pretty face.His chance came in 1989, when he played a paraplegic Vietnam vet in Born on the Fourth of July. Though his bankability faltered a bit with the expensive disappointment Far and Away in 1990 (though it did give him a chance to co-star with his-then wife Nicole Kidman), 1992's A Few Good Men brought him back into the game. By 1994, the star was undercutting his own leading man image with the role of the slick, dastardly vampire Lestat in the long-delayed film adaptation of the Anne Rice novel Interview with the Vampire. Although the author was vehemently opposed to Cruise's casting, Rice famously reversed her decision upon seeing the actor's performance, and publicly praised Cruise's portrayal.In 1996, Cruise scored financial success with the big-budget action film Mission: Impossible, but it was with his multilayered, Oscar-nominated performance in Jerry Maguire that Cruise proved once again why he is considered a major Hollywood player. 1999 saw Cruise reunited onscreen with Kidman in a project of a very different sort, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. The film, which was the director's last, had been the subject of controversy, rumor, and speculation since it began filming. It opened to curious critics and audiences alike across the nation, and was met with a violently mixed response. However, it allowed Cruise to once again take part in film history, further solidifying his position as one of Hollywood's most well-placed movers and shakers.Cruise's enviable position was again solidified later in 1999, when he earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role as a loathsome "sexual prowess" guru in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia. In 2000, he scored again when he reprised his role as international agent Ethan Hunt in John Woo's Mission: Impossible II, which proved to be one of the summer's first big moneymakers. He then reteamed with Jerry Maguire director Cameron Crowe for a remake of Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar's Abre los Ojos titled Vanilla Sky. Though Vanilla Sky's sometimes surreal trappings found the film receiving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not be said for the following year's massively successful sci-fi chase film Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg , or of the historical epic The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick.For his next film, Cruise picked a role unlike any he'd ever played; starring as a sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann psychological thriller Collateral. He received major praise for his departure from the good-guy characters he'd built his career on, and for doing so convincingly. By 2005, he teamed up with Steven Spielberg

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Mission: Impossible 7	Ethan Hunt	—	2021
No Score Yet	Top Gun: Maverick	Producer Maverick	—	2021
82%	Kubrick by Kubrick (Kubrick par Kubrick)	Self	—	2020
97%	Mission: Impossible - Fallout	Ethan Hunt Producer	—	2018
86%	American Made	Barry Seal	$51.1M	2017
16%	The Mummy	Nick Morton	$80.1M	2017
38%	Jack Reacher: Never Go Back	Producer Jack Reacher	$58.7M	2016
94%	Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation	Producer Ethan Hunt	$155M	2015
91%	Winning: The Racing Life Of Paul Newman	Actor	—	2015
91%	Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow	Major William Cage	$77.2M	2014
53%	Oblivion	Jack Harper	$89.1M	2013
No Score Yet	Matarese Circle	Actor	—	2013
64%	Jack Reacher	Jack Reacher Producer	$80.1M	2012
43%	Rock of Ages	Stacee Jaxx	$38.6M	2012
93%	Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol	Producer Ethan Hunt	$209.4M	2011
52%	Knight & Day	Roy Miller	$76.5M	2010
No Score Yet	Together: The Hendrick Motorsports Story	Narrator	—	2009
62%	Valkyrie	Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg	$83M	2008
42%	Death Race	Producer	$36.1M	2008
82%	Tropic Thunder	Les Grossman	$110.5M	2008
22%	The Eye	Producer	$31.4M	2008
27%	Lions for Lambs	Senator Japser Irving	$15M	2007
71%	Mission: Impossible III	Ethan Hunt Producer	$133.4M	2006
35%	Ask the Dust	Producer	$0.7M	2006
28%	Elizabethtown	Actor Producer	$26.9M	2005
75%	War of the Worlds	Ray Ferrier Producer	$234.2M	2005
No Score Yet	H.G. Wells and the War of the Worlds: A Documentary	Actor	—	2005
No Score Yet	H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds: The Real Story	Actor	—	2005
86%	Collateral	Vincent	$100.1M	2004
No Score Yet	Narco	Executive Producer	—	2004
66%	The Last Samurai	Producer Capt. Nathan Algren	$111M	2003
92%	Shattered Glass	Executive Producer	$2.2M	2003
84%	Narc	Executive Producer	$10.3M	2002
90%	Minority Report	Det. John Anderton	$132.1M	2002
87%	Space Station	Narrator	$90.1M	2002
No Score Yet	America: A Tribute to Heroes	Actor	—	2001
42%	Vanilla Sky	David Aames Producer	—	2001
83%	The Others	Executive Producer	$96.1M	2001
86%	Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures	Narrator	—	2001
57%	Mission: Impossible 2	Ethan Producer	—	2000
No Score Yet	Behind the Mission: The Making of 'M:I-2'	Actor	—	2000
83%	Magnolia	Frank T.J. Mackey	—	1999
75%	Eyes Wide Shut	Dr. William Harford	—	1999
79%	Without Limits	Producer	—	1998
83%	Jerry Maguire	Jerry Maguire	—	1996
64%	Mission: Impossible	Producer Ethan Hunt	—	1996
63%	Interview with the Vampire	Lestat	—	1994
75%	The Firm	Mitch McDeere	—	1993
83%	A Few Good Men	Lt. Daniel Kaffee	—	1992
50%	Far and Away	Joseph Donelly	—	1992
38%	Days of Thunder	Cole Trickle	—	1990
85%	Born on the Fourth of July	Ron Kovic	—	1989
89%	Rain Man	Charlie Babbitt	—	1988
7%	Cocktail	Brian Flanagan	—	1988
89%	The Color of Money	Vincent Lauria	—	1986
56%	Top Gun	Lt. Pete `Maverick' Mitchell	—	1986
38%	Legend	Jack	—	1985
61%	All the Right Moves	Stefen Djordjevic	—	1983
92%	Risky Business	Joel Goodson	—	1983
20%	Losin' It	Woody	—	1983
63%	The Outsiders	Steve Randle	—	1983
68%	Taps	David Shawn	—	1981
28%	Endless Love	Billy	—	1981
No Score Yet	Merv Griffin Show - 40 of the Most Interesting People of Our Time	Actor	—	1962

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015	Guest	2018 2017 2016 2015
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2018 2017 2015 2014
No Score Yet	The Graham Norton Show 2007	Guest	2018 2017 2016 2014 2013
No Score Yet	Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003	Guest	2016 2014 2013 2012
No Score Yet	The Daily Show With Jon Stewart 1999-2015	Guest	2015 2013 2004
No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2014	Guest	2013 2012
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014	Guest	2013 2012 2010 2003 2002 2000
No Score Yet	Late Show With David Letterman 1993-2015	Guest	2011
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2010
No Score Yet	Top Gear 2002	Guest Actor	2010
31%	The Jay Leno Show 2009-2010	Appearing	2009
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2006
No Score Yet	Fallen Angels 1993-1995	Director
No Score Yet	Van Helsing 2016-2019	Van Helsing

Quotes from Tom Cruise's Characters

William Brandt:	23 minutes till door knock.
Ethan Hunt:	Your countdown, is not helping!

David Aames:

I don't know what's real.

Dr. Carter:	Have you seen anything strange?
Major William Cage:	Are you shitting me?

Benji:	Let me guess. Presumed dead?
Ethan Hunt:	Well tonight, I just made it official.

Ethan Hunt:

Nice shoes, by the way.

Ethan Hunt:

The syndicate is real!

Benji:	She tried to shoot me!
Ethan Hunt:	That doesn't make her a bad person.

Ethan Hunt:	Benji!
Benji:	Ethan?
Ethan Hunt:	Open The Door!
Benji:	Ok!
William Brandt:	Benji Open That Door Right Now!
Luther Strickell:	Come On!

Ethan Hunt:	Open the door!
Benji:	Yeah, yeah, yeah, ok, ok!

Joel Goodson:

It was great the way her mind worked. No guilt, no doubts, no fear. None of my specialties. Just the shameless pursuit of immediate gratification. What a capitalist.

Griff:	Lets get this show on the road. I gotta suit up.
Major William Cage:	Listen man, I've never been in one of these.
Griff:	Yeah, well I've never been with two girls at the same time before. But you can bet when that day comes, I'll make it work.

Major William Cage:

I was in ROTC in college.

Rita Vrataski:	Why does it matter what happens to me?
Major William Cage:	I wish I didn't know you, but I do.

Major William Cage:

For me, it's been an eternity.

Major William Cage:

Just kill me.

Rita Vrataski:	What do we do now?
Major William Cage:	I don't know, we've never made it this far before!

Major William Cage:	What day is it?
General Brigham:	For you? Judgment Day!
Master Sergeant Farell:	For you? Judgment Day!

Major William Cage:	Where is the safety?
Master Sergeant Farell:	Exactly!

Major William Cage:	Your from America?
Major William Cage:	You're from America?
Master Sergeant Farell:	No, I'm from Kentucky.
Master Sergeant Farell:	No sir, I'm from Kentucky.

Major William Cage:	"Wait a second! I've been thinking, I mean this thing's in my blood, so maybe there's some way I can transfer it to you?"
Rita Vrataski:	"I've tried everything it doesn't work!"
Major William Cage:	"Have you tried, you know, have you tried all, ALL of the options?
Rita Vrataski:	"Oh you mean sex? Yeah, tried it."
Major William Cage:	"How many times?!"

Major William Cage:

While it is an honor General I am afraid I'm going to have to decline. I can't stand the sight of blood, not so much as a papercut! Haha ha ha...hehe. Heh.

Major William Cage:

Believe me. the longer I talk, the more rational it gets.

Jack Harper:

This is bullshit. We won the war. Now we have to leave

Major William Cage:

What I am about to tell you sounds crazy. But you have to listen to me. Your very lives depend on it. You see, this isn't the first time.

Major William Cage:

What I am about to tell you sounds crazy. But you have to listen to me. Your very lives depend on it. You see, this isn't the first time.

Major William Cage:	I'm not a soldier
Rita Vrataski:	Of course not. You're a weapon

Major William Cage:

What next PT

Major William Cage:

What I am about to tell you sounds crazy but the longer I talk the more rational it's going to appear

Officer John Anderton:

Hello, Lamar. I just wanted to congratulate you. You did it: you created a world without murder. And all you had to do was kill someone to do it.

Lieutenant J.G. Daniel Kaffe:	You can't handle the truth!
Col. Nathan R. Jessep:	You can't handle the truth!

Miles:	I've got a trig midterm tomorrow, and I'm being chased by Guido the killer pimp
Joel Goodson:	My name is Joel Goodson. I deal in human fulfillment. I grossed over eight thousand dollars in one night. Time of your life, huh kid?

Lieutenant J.G. Daniel Kaffe:

Downey wasn't in his room. Wasn't even there. That was an important bit of information. Don'tcha think?

Jerry Maguire:	Towel?
Rod Tidwell:	Naah, I air dry
Rod Tidwell:	Nah, I air dry.

Officer John Anderton:

You see the dilemma, don't you? If you don't kill me, Precogs were wrong and Precrime is over. If you do kill me, you go away, but it proves the system works. Precogs were right. So, what are you gonna do now? What's it worth? Just one more murder.

Jack Harper:	How can a man die better…
Sally:	You don't have to die, Jack. She doesn't have to die.
Jack Harper:	Everybody dies, Sally. The thing is, to die well.

Jack Harper:

What Horatius said was, "How can a man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods."

Alice Harford:	Why do think Ziegler invites us to these things every year?
William Harford:	This is what you get for making house calls.

William Harford:

No dream is ever just a dream.

Jack Reacher:	Take the girl. (Hangs up phone)
Jack Reacher:	Take the girl.

Stacee Jaxx:

I'm a slave to rock n roll.

Frank "T.J." Mackey:

What am I doing? I'm quietly judging you.

Sofia Serrano:	What is your nickname?
David Aames:	Citizen Dildo.

Stacee Jaxx:

I AM on stage, Paul.

Jack Harper:

Yes Sally we are an effective team.

Jack Harper:

I am Jack Harper. And I am home.

Jack Harper:	If we have souls, they’re made of the love we share. Undimmed by time, unbound by death.
Jack Harper:	If we have souls, they're made of the love we share. Undimmed by time, unbound by death.

Jack Harper:	Is it possible to miss a place you’ve never been, to mourn a time you’ve never lived?
Jack Harper:	Is it possible to miss a place you've never been, to mourn a time you've never lived?

Jack Harper:

I wonder, if I come to you, at night, in dreams, in the day, as memories. Do I haunt your hours the way you haunted mine? And I wonder if you see me, when you look at her.

Jack Reacher:	Pay your cheque first.
Jeb:	I'll pay later.
Jack Reacher:	You won't be able to.
Jeb:	You think?
Jack Reacher:	All the time. You should try it.

Jack Harper:

We won the war.Why do we have to leave?

Jack Harper:

Fuck you, Sally.

Jack Harper:	Standdown
Jack Harper:	Standdown!
Jack Harper:	Stand down!

Jack Harper:	This is jack harper i'm good to go
Jack Harper:	This is Jack Harper. I'm good to go.

Vincent:

Everybody want heaven--nobody want dead!

William Brandt:	[After Ethan ropes down the Burj, only to stop] Your line's not long enough!
William Brandt:	Your line's not long enough!
Ethan Hunt:	NO SHIT!!!
Ethan Hunt:	No shit!

Jack Reacher:

Yout think I'm a hero? I am not a hero. I'm a drifter with nothing to lose.

Nathan Algren:	What does it say?
Katsumoto:	I belong to the warrior in whom the old ways have joined the new.

Katsumoto:	Life in every breath. That is the way of the warrior. That is Bushido!
Nathan Algren:	Hai.

Les Grossman:

Shut the fuck up & let me do my job!

Vincent:	Hey homie... Is that my briefcase?
Vincent:	Hey homie, is that my briefcase?

Katsumoto:	You believe a man can change his destiny?
Nathan Algren:	l think a man does what he can until his destiny is revealed to him.

Ponyboy Curtis:	They're thinking about putting me and Soda in a boys' home. No way! They ain't putting me in no boys' home.
Steve Randale:	Don't worry, Ponyboy, they don't do that to heroes. Hey, where is Soda and Super-dope, anyhow?

Vincent:	Tell him your an asshole.
Vincent:	Tell him he's an asshole.
Max:	Your an asshole.
Max:	You're an asshole.

Jerry Maguire:

I'll tell you why you don't have your $ million. You play for the money. You play with your head, not your heart. When you get on the field, it's all about what you didn't get. Who's to blame. Who's got the contract you didn't get. That is not what inspires people! Shut up! Play the game from your heart. Then I'll show you the kwan. And that's the truth!

Jerry Maguire:

All right, I'll tell you why you don't have your ten million dollars. Right now, you are a paycheck player. You play with your head, not your heart. In your personal life, heart. But when you get on the field it's all about what you didn't get. Who's to blame. Who won through the pass. Who's got the contract you don't. Who's not giving you your love. You know what, that is not what inspires people. That is not what inspires people! Shut up! Play the game, play it from your heart. And you know what, I'll show you the kwan. And that's the truth, man! That's the truth. Can you handle it? It's just a question between friends, you know. Oh, and when they call you 'shrimp,' I'm the one who defends you!

Jerry Maguire:	I am out here for you. You don't know what it's like to be ME out here for YOU. It is an up-at-dawn, pride-swallowing siege that I will never fully tell you about, ok? Help me... help you. Help me, help you.
Jerry Maguire:	I am out here for you. You don't know what it's like to be ME out here for YOU. It is an up-at-dawn, pride-swallowing siege that I will never fully tell you about, okay? Help me... help you. Help me, help you.

Jerry Maguire:

Hello. I'm looking for my wife. Alright. If this is where it has to happen, then this is where it has to happen. I'm not letting you get rid of me. How about that? This used to be my specialty. I was good in a living room. Send me in there, I'll do it alone. And now I just... I don't know...but our little company had a good night tonight. A really big night. But it wasn't complete, it wasn't nearly close to being in the same vicinity as complete, because I couldn't share it with you. I couldn't hear your voice, or laugh about it with you. I missed my wife. We live in a cynical world, and we work in a business of tough competitors, I love you. You complete me. And I just...

Dorothy Boyd:

Shut up. Just shut up. You had me at hello.

Jerry Maguire:	I'll go back to them.
Marcee Tidwell:	And say what? "Please remove your dick from my ass"?! I'm sorry. I'm just a little pregnant right now.

Rod Tidwell:	It's something very personal, a very important thing. Hell! It's a family motto. Are you ready Jerry? I wanna make sure you're ready, brother. Here it is: Show me the money. Show! Me! The! Money! Jerry, it is such a pleasure to say that! Say it with me one time, Jerry.
Jerry Maguire:	Show you the money.
Rod Tidwell:	No, no. You can do better than that! I want you to say it brother with meaning! Hey, I got Bob Sugar on the other line I bet you he can say it!
Jerry Maguire:	Yeah, yeah, no, no, no. Show you the money.
Rod Tidwell:	No! Not show you! Show me the money!

Ethan Hunt:	Saturn, take the leap.
William Brandt:	[exhales deeply] Ok. [clears throat] Jumping. Jumping now. Jump now?
Ethan Hunt:	Yes, commit, jump.
William Brandt:	Jump.
Ethan Hunt:	Jump.
Benji Dunn:	And I catch you.
Ethan Hunt:	Now.
William Brandt:	So, uh, you're sure about this suit, right, Benji?
Benji Dunn:	Pretty sure.
William Brandt:	[laughs sarcastically] Now you're pretty sure?

Ethan Hunt:	Comm check.
Ethan Hunt:	Come check.
William Brandt:	Saturn's got your five-by-five, Jupiter.
Benji Dunn:	This is Pluto. I have arrived at the party.

Emerson:	Awkward meeting you.
Jack Reacher:	Likewise
Jack Reacher:	Likewise.

Jerry Maguire:	Help me help you
Jerry Maguire:	Help me help you.

Roy Miller:	No one follows us or I kill myself and then her
Roy Miller:	No one follows us or I kill myself and then her.

Jack Reacher:

How about the inside of an ambulance?

Jack Reacher:	Just remember....you wanted this
Jack Reacher:	Just remember, you wanted this.

Jack Reacher:

You think I'm a hero? I am not a hero. And if you're smart, that scares you. Because I have nothing to lose.

Jack Reacher:	Does Sandy work here?
Jack Reacher:	[store clerk] What are you, a cop? I'm going to need to see some ID.
Jack Reacher:	Go get Sandy.
Jack Reacher:	[store clerk] Well I need to see something.
Jack Reacher:	How about the inside of an ambulance?

Vincent:

She carried you on her womb for 9 months.

Jack Reacher:	(guy in bar) Hey man...that's my sister you're talking about!
Jack Reacher:	[guy in bar] Hey man... that's my sister you're talking about!
Jack Reacher:	Is she a good kisser?

Les Grossman:

I will massacre you! I will FUCK YOU UP!

Jack Reacher:	"Get her number and lets go."- Robert Duvall
Jack Reacher:	Get her number and let's go.
Cash:	Get her number and let's go.

Roy Miller:

June Havens! You've got skills!

Roy Miller:

I don't believe in fate. I believe in luck.

Roy Miller:

Sometimes things happen for a reason.

Stacee Jaxx:	"Open your mouth...."
Stacee Jaxx:	Open your mouth...

Mitch McDeere:

I have a license to steal.

Mitch McDeere:	they make loop holes and we find them
Mitch McDeere:	They make loop holes, and we find them.

Jack:	You don't really plan on eating me, do you?
Meg Mucklebones:	Oh, indeed I do! Hahahahaha!
Meg Mucklebones:	Oh, indeed I do! Haha!

Stacee Jaxx:	I'm gonna burn this place to the ground.
Dennis Dupree:	Why?
Stacee Jaxx:	So the Fire Phoenix can be set free.
Dennis Dupree:	"..."
Dennis Dupree:	...
Stacee Jaxx:	I'm just kidding... you can't trap a Fire Phoenix.

Eddie Felson:	Do you smell that?
Vincent Lauria:	Smoke?
Carmen:	No, Money.

Eddie Felson:	You're some piece of work. You're also a natural character.
Vincent Lauria:	I've been telling her that. I got natural character.
Eddie Felson:	That's not what I said, kid. I said you are a natural character. You're an incredible flake. But that's a gift. Guys spend half their lives inventing that.

David Aames:

There is no murder. There is no murder!

Lestat:

I enjoy it. Take you aesthete's taste to purer things. Kill them swiftly if you will, but do it! For now doubt, you are a killer, Louis!

Officer John Anderton:	Everybody Runs.
Officer John Anderton:	Everybody runs.

Ron Kovic:

F*** You, Willie.

Ron Kovic:	Well, I Love America.
Ron Kovic:	Well, I love America.

Ron Kovic:	People Say That If You Don't Love America, Then Get The H*** Out.
Ron Kovic:	People say that if you don't love America, then get the hell out.

Joel Goodson:

Every now and then say, 'What the fuck'. It gives you freedom.

Stacee Jaxx:	I'm Stacee
Stacee Jaxx:	I'm Stacee.
Sherrie Christian:	Sherrie
Sherrie Christian:	Sherrie.
Stacee Jaxx:	Sherrie
Stacee Jaxx:	Sherrie.
Sherrie Christian:	When my hamster died... your music really helped me through.