Tom Cruise

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, popularly known as Tom Cruise, was born on July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York. Cruise spent the early years of his life in Ottawa, Canada, where his father served as a Defence consultant with the Canadian army. As a child, Cruise attended the Robert Hopkins Public school and Henry Munro Middle School respectively. It was at the former place that he made his first foray into acting, playing the co-lead in a drama called 'IT'. Tom's parents were separated when he was just twelve, and the young boy went to live with his mother along with his sister.Cruise made his Hollywood debut in 1981, when he played a small role in the movie Endless Love.
He shot to prominence with some sterling performances in Risky Business and Top Gun, which he further cemented in movies like Born on the Fourth of July, Jerry Maguire and the Mission Impossible series. While filming on the sets of Days of Thunder, Cruise fell in love with Nicole Kidman, who became his wife after his divorce with Mimi Rogers. The relationship lasted eleven years, after which they parted ways in 2001. For a brief while, Cruise was romantically linked to actress Penelope Cruz, who starred in his film Vanilla Sky. In April 2005, he started dating Katie Holmes, an American actress.
He eventually settled down with her in November 2006 after a glittering marriage in Bracciano, Italy. Today, Cruise is one of the leading actor and producer of Hollywood, with a strong global fan following.Trivia· Cruise has won three Golden Globe Awards and has been nominated for three Academy Awards till date.· As agent Ethan Hunt, Tom Cruise has starred in three blockbuster movies of the Mission Impossible series.· Has been rated by the People magazine as one among the 50 most beautiful people in the world in the years 1990, 1991 and 1997.·
The actor is a devout follower of Scientology - a body of beliefs and related practices created by American speculative fiction author L. Ron Hubbard.· His public expressions of love for his wife Katie Holmes has been the subject of much speculation till date.