In 2006, actor Tom Cruise was named Forbes magazine’s most powerful celebrity, with three Golden Globe Awards, three Academy Award nominations, and an average paycheck of over $60 million dollars a film. The actor’s flair for dramatic intensity – paired with his on-screen charisma and boyishly handsome smile – were the stuff of bona fide movie stars, harkening back to the matinee idols of the 1940s and ‘50s. He had come a long way since 1983’s “Risky Business,” when his exuberant fit of dancing in his boxer shorts made film history....

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Filmography

Decoys - ( Producer / 2004 / Announced / )
A Treasure's Trove - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Carter Beats the Devil - ( / / Announced / )
Carter Beats the Devil - ( Producer / / Announced / )
City on Fire - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Criminal Conversation - ( Producer / / Announced / )
DEAD RECKONING (Cruise/Wagner Productions) - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Food Fight - ( - Cast / / Announced / )
Heartswap - ( Producer / / Announced / )
I Married A Witch - ( Producer / / Announced / )
I Married A Witch - ( / / Announced / )
Identity Crisis - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Meet the Shaggs - ( Producer / / Announced / )
One Shot - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Selling Time - ( - Cast / / Announced / )
Sleeper - ( - Cast / / Announced / )
Small Town Odds - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Sylvia - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Bridge - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Bridge - ( / / Announced / )
The Champions - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Devil's Banker - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Devil's Soldier - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Devil's Soldier - ( / / Announced / )
The Fall of the Warrior King - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Few - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Few - ( Billy Fiske / / Announced / )
The Gold of Exodus - ( / / Announced / )
The Ha-Ha - ( - Cast / / Announced / )
The Hardy Men - ( - Cast / / Announced / )
The Lost Regiment - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Patriot's Club - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Tourist (Spyglass) - ( - Cast / / Announced / )
The War Magician - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Winter Hill Gang - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Untitled (Cruise/Wagner/Motocross Project) - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Untitled (CW/Conquistador project) - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Untitled (Cw/Jon Sarking Project) - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Untitled (Cw/Jon Sarking Project) - ( Lead Actor(John Sarkin) / / Announced / )
Untitled (Flying Tigers / CW Project) - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Untitled (Paramount/Love Story Project) - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Untitled (Paramount/Love Story Project) - ( - Cast / / Announced / )
Untitled Chunnel Project (C/W Productions) - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Tropic Thunder - ( Les Grossman / 2008 / Released / )
Valkyrie - ( Col. Claus von Stauffenberg / 2008 / Released / )
Valkyrie - ( Executive Producer / 2008 / Released / )
Lions for Lambs - ( Senator Jasper Irving / 2007 / Released / )
Lions for Lambs - ( Studio Executive / 2007 / Released / )
Ask the Dust - ( Producer / 2006 / Released / )
Mission: Impossible III - ( Producer / 2006 / Released / )
Mission: Impossible III - ( Ethan Hunt / 2006 / Released / )
Elizabethtown - ( Producer / 2005 / Released / )
War of the Worlds - ( Ray Ferrier / 2005 / Released / )
Collateral - ( Vincent / 2004 / Released / )
Shattered Glass - ( Executive Producer / 2003 / Released / )
The Last Samurai - ( Producer / 2003 / Released / )
The Last Samurai - ( Captain Nathan Algren / 2003 / Released / )
Austin Powers in Goldmember - ( cameo / 2002 / Released / )
Minority Report - ( Chief John Anderton / 2002 / Released / )
Narc - ( Executive Producer / 2002 / Released / )
Space Station 3-D - ( Narrator / 2002 / Released / )
The Others - ( Executive Producer / 2001 / Released / Angel Scanbox Distribution )
Vanilla Sky - ( Producer / 2001 / Released / )
Vanilla Sky - ( David Aames / 2001 / Released / )
Mission: Impossible 2 - ( Producer / 2000 / Released / )
Mission: Impossible 2 - ( Ethan Hunt / 2000 / Released / )
Eyes Wide Shut - ( Doctor William Harford / 1999 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Magnolia - ( Frank T J Mackey / 1999 / Released / )
Without Limits - ( Producer / 1998 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Jerry Maguire - ( Jerry Maguire / 1996 / Released / )
Mission: Impossible - ( Producer / 1996 / Released / )
Mission: Impossible - ( Ethan Hunt / 1996 / Released / )
Interview With the Vampire - ( Lestat de Lioncourt / 1994 / Released / )
The Firm - ( Mitch McDeere / 1993 / Released / )
A Few Good Men - ( Lieutenant J G Daniel Kaffe / 1992 / Released / )
Far and Away - ( Joseph Donelly / 1992 / Released / UIP The Film Consortium )
Days of Thunder - ( From Story / 1990 / Released / )
Days of Thunder - ( Story By / 1990 / Released / )
Days of Thunder - ( Cole Trickle / 1990 / Released / )
Born on the Fourth of July - ( Ron Kovic / 1989 / Released / )
Cocktail - ( Brian Flanagan / 1988 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Rain Man - ( Charlie Babbitt / 1988 / Released / Danube International Picture )
The Color of Money - ( Vincent Lauria / 1986 / Released / )
Top Gun - ( Maverick / 1986 / Released / )
Legend - ( Jack / 1985 / Released / )
All the Right Moves - ( Stef / 1983 / Released / )
Losin' It - ( Woody / 1983 / Released / )
Risky Business - ( Joel Goodson / 1983 / Released / Columbia-EMI-Warner )
The Outsiders - ( Steve Randle / 1983 / Released / )
Endless Love - ( Billy / 1981 / Released / Barber Rose International Films Ltd )
Taps - ( David Shawn / 1981 / Released / )

TV Credits
The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ( 2008 / Released ): Actor
The 2008 MTV Movie Awards ( 2008 / Released ): Actor
The 10th Annual Critics' Choice Awards ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
The 2005 MTV Movie Awards ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
2004 IFP/Independent Spirit Awards ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
The 2004 ESPY Awards ( 2004 / Released ): Narrator / Actor
The 2004 MTV Movie Awards ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Concert ( 2004 / Released ): Host
The 76th Annual Academy Awards ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
Tom Cruise ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
E! Entertainer of the Year 2003 ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Back in the U.S. ( 2002 / Released ): Featuring
The 74th Annual Academy Awards ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
The Barbara Walters Special (03/24/02) ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
America: A Tribute to Heroes ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures ( 2001 / Released ): Actor / Narrator
The 2001 MTV Movie Awards ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Entertainers 2000 ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
The 2000 MTV Movie Awards ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Intimate Portrait: Melissa Etheridge ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Ron Howard: Hollywood's Favorite Son ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Fire & Ice Ball '97 ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
The 66th Annual Academy Awards Presentation ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Fox/MTV Guide to Summer '92 ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
Hollywood Hotshots ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
Rock the Vote ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
The Barbara Walters Special (03/30/92) ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
The 61st Annual Academy Awards Presentation ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
And the Winner Is ( Released ): Actor
Fallen Angels ( Released ): Director
The Bondswoman's Narrative ( Announced ): Executive Producer

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