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Tom Cruise (born 03.07.1962) - American actor.
An actor whose name has become synonymous with All-Americantestosterone-driven entertainment, Tom Cruise spent the 1980s as one ofHollywoods brightest shining Golden Boys. With black hair, blue eyes,and unabashed cockiness, Cruise rode high on such hits as Top Gun andRain Man. Although his popularity dimmed slightly in the early 90s, hewas able to bounce back with a string of hits that re-established him asboth an action hero and, in the case of Jerry Maguire and Magnolia, atalented actor.Born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962, in Syracuse,NY, actor Tom Cruise led a peripatetic existence as a child, moving fromtown to town with his rootless family. A high school wrestler, Cruisewent into acting after being sidelined by a knee injury. This newactivity served a dual purpose: Performing satiated Cruises need forattention, while the memorization aspect of acting helped him come togrips with his dyslexia.Moving to New York in 1980, Cruise held down odd jobs untilgetting his first movie break in Endless Love (1981). His first big hitwas Risky Business (1982), in which he entered movie-trivia heaven withthe scene wherein he celebrates his parents absence by dancing aroundthe living room in his underwear. The Hollywood press corps begantouting Cruise as one of the "Brat Pack," a group of twenty-somethingyoung actors who seemed on the verge of taking over the movie industryin the early 80s. But Cruise chose not to play the sort of teen-angstroles that the other Bratpackers specialized in -- a wise decision, inthat he has sustained his stardom while many of his contemporaries havefallen by the wayside or retreated into direct-to-video cheapies. In2000, he scored again when he reprised his role as international agentEthan Hunt in John Woos MI:2, which proved to be one of the summersfirst big moneymakers. His status as a full-blown star of impressivedramatic range now cemented in the eyes of both longtime fans anddetractors, the popular actor next set his sights on reteaming withJerry Maguire director Cameron Crowe for a remake of Spanish directorAlejandro Amenabars (The Others) Abre Los Ojos titled Vanilla Sky.Though Vanilla Skys sometimes surreal trappings found the filmrecieving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not besaid for the following years massively successful sci-fi chase filmMinority Report. Based on a short story by science fiction writerPhillip K. Dick and directed by none other than Steven Spielberg,Minority Report scored a direct hit at the box office, and Cruise couldnext be seen gearing up for his role in Edward Zwicks The Last Samurai.Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

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