Tom Cruise Age, Height, Career, Personal Life and Net Worth

Born on July 3, 1962, Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer known for doing his stunts to handle the intense, action-packaged role. It started with the release of Risky Business in 1983, and here are some of his greatest performances in other award-winning films. He gained international recognition due to the appearance of his character, Ethan Hunt, in Mission: Impossible movies. He is among the highest-earning actors, with films generating over $12 billion worldwide.

Real name	Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Famous as	Tom Cruise
Profession	Actor, Producer
Well Known For	Top Gun, Rain Man, Mission: Impossible series

Read more details on Tom Cruise’s biography, career, relation status, net worth, age, height, family, and lifestyle.

Early Life of Tom Cruise

Mary Lee Pfeiffer and Thomas Cruise Mapother III gave birth to Tom Cruise. Born to a poor family, he never experienced quality time with his dad because of violent acts. When Tom was still little, his parents separated, and Tom had to live in different houses and attend various schools.

At the age of four, during his childhood, he wanted to be an actor after appearing in a school play in Canada. He was also into football during high school and was kicked out of the team after being busted for drinking. He eventually settled on acting as a career.

Place of Birth	Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth	July 3, 1962
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
Religion	Christian
Parents	Thomas Cruise Mapother III (father), Mary Lee Pfeiffer (mother)
Siblings	Lee Anne, Marian and Cass (three sisters)
Educated from	Glen Ridge High School

Career life of Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise’s early life includes a role in the movie Endless Love. The following year, he even got cast in Taps. In 1983, he rose to fame through films. He gained mainstream fame with his movie Top Gun in 1986, when he played a role that made him a global superstar.

Not everything Cruise acted in during his earlier years was a success. By the 1990s, he was Hollywood’s top star, appearing at the box office. For Jerry Maguire in 1996, he received his second Golden Globe.

In 1996, he began producing the Mission: Impossible film franchise, a huge commercial success and one of the biggest action franchises. He further starred in major films, such as the dramas Vanilla Sky (2001) and War of the Worlds (2005), which grossed over $591 million worldwide.

The actor entered the 2010s with even greater success as he returned with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in 2011 and Edge of Tomorrow in 2014. 2018 Mission: Impossible – Fallout continued to feed his star status. It followed The Mummy in 2017, with his return as Maverick in 2022 as Top Gun: Maverick. Top actors and actresses have been his co-stars in all those years of his career, and his net worth has reached $570 million.

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Height, Age, Weight, Zodiac Sign and Net Worth

As of 2024, Tom Cruise is 62 years old. He is about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 68 kg. Tom has a net worth of approximately $570 million. His yearly earnings are approximately $50 million, mainly from his acting and producing occupation. He ranks among the best-paid actors in the industry. Most of his wealth was from his blockbuster films and the ventures he involved himself with.

Age	62 years old
Star Sign	Cancer
Weight	67kg
Height	5 feet 7 inches
Net Worth	$570 million

Personal Life of Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise claimed to have had relationships with famous women during the early 1980s, including Melissa Gilbert and Cher. His marriage to Rogers lasted until February 4, 1990, even before Cruise married actress Mimi Rogers on May 9, 1987.

They met through Scientology, an organization of which Rogers was a very active member at the time. Three years later, by the end of the marriage, Rogers had managed to cash out a $4 million settlement. In 1990, he married Nicole Kidman. In addition to adopting two kids, Connor and Isabella, they were wed on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1990.

They separated in 2001, stating they were experiencing irreconcilable differences. Since the end of three years ago, when he was with Kidman, he has dated Penelope Cruz, an actress. Then, he began dating Katie Holmes in April 2005 as TomKat. They married on November 18th, 2006, and have a daughter, Suri.

However, Holmes filed for divorce on June 29, 2012, and it was finalized shortly after that. According to Cruise, the divorce was partly for the protection of Suri from Scientology. She is no longer involved with the church.

Interesting Facts

When he was 14, Tom Cruise attended a Franciscan seminary for one year.
Paul sparked Cruise’s interest in automobile racing, and from then on, he would race for Newman’s team.
Cruise became licensed as a pilot in 1994.
He was the earliest film actor to have five Continuous starring roles in five consecutive releases. For his first two weekends of opening weekend sales, the US domestic box office topped $100 million.
Somehow, his children’s orthodontist encouraged him to get braces to correct his bite when Cruise was 39.
He was the first winner of the very first MTV Generation Award at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards.
In the fourth grade, Tom Cruise discovered his love for acting when he participated in a school play.
Tom Cruise has dyslexia, which makes reading difficult for him. Scientology helped him cope with this learning disability.
Tom Cruise is famous for doing stunts himself; some of the dangerous scenes he had to perform for his films were for the Mission: Impossible series.
He also engages in other charity work, such as supporting children’s hospitals and organizations that help the physically handicapped.
In 1986, Tom Cruise was given a star on the Walk of Fame for his contributions to the film industry.