Thomas Cruise "Tom" Map other IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American
film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy
Awards and has won
three Golden Globe Awards. He started his career at
age 19 in the 1981 film Endless Love. His first leading
role was in Risky
Business, released in August 1983. Cruise became a
full-fledged movie star after starring as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in Top Gun (1986). He is well known for his role
as secret agent Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible film series between 1996 and 2011.
