Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer. One of the world’s highest paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d’Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards.
Nonetheless, this sensitive, deeply religious youngster who was born in 1962 in Syracuse, New York, was destined to become one of the highest paid and most sought after actors in screen history.
With handsome movie star looks and a charismatic smile, within 5 years Tom Cruise was starring in some of the top-grossing films of the 1980s.
Cruise is “allowed” to do his own stunts because he wills it so; because he’s a big star.
Tom Cruise is an exception in the world of cinema, as he goes the extra mile to prepare for his own action scenes, which negates the need for stuntmen. This could be seen, for example, in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, when he climbed the Burj Khalifa, one of the tallest buildings in the world. Also in Jack Reacher, when he drove a car in pursuit, and in Mission Impossible 5, when he was suspended from a plane at 4,921 feet above sea level, he did it all himself.
Tom Cruise Is an Extraordinary and Unique Soul. Despite his fame and fortune, Cruise is a very compassionate person.
