hyphon: March 2009

Birth Name

Tom Cruise
Birth Date

07/03/1962
Birthplace

Syracuse, New York
Credits

26 Movies, 0 TV appearances, 11 awards
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Family
Cousin: William Mapother
Born in 1965; appeared in "Mission: Impossible II" (2006)
Daughter: Isabella Jane Kidman Cruise
Born Dec. 22, 1992; adopted by Cruise and Kidman in January 1993
Daughter: Suri Cruise
Born April 18, 2006; mother
Father: Thomas Cruise Mapother III
Worked with the Canadian Army; divorced cruise's mother in 1974; Cruise told Parade Magazine his father was "a bully" and "a merchant of chaos"; Cruise reconciled with his father before his death of cancer in 1984
Mother: Mary Lee Mapother South
Left Cruise's father in 1974; raised Cruise and his sister with no financial help from their father; re-married to a plastics salesman named Jack South
Sister: Cass Mapother
Born c. 1963
Sister: Lee Anne DeVette
Born c. 1959; works in publicity and marketing for Cruise's company; took over as Cruise's publicist in 1994; dropped as publicist in order to oversee the day to day operations of Tom Cruise's philanthropic activities in 2005
Sister: Marian Mapother
Born c. 1961
Son: Connor Anthony Kidman Cruise
Born Jan. 17, 1995; adopted by Cruise and Kidman in February 1995
Step-Father: Jack South
Notes

"Cruise is very good. Consider that pack of novices in Francis Coppola's "The Outsiders" (1983). Cruise was not much noticed then among Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, and C. Thomas Howell (this team is a great tribute to the foresight of Coppola and his casting wizard Fred Roos). But he has gone on to so much richer and more coherent a career and so little wish to impose himself or his attitude upon his pictures. Cruise is one of the first young actors who seems unaffected by the impact of Brando or Clift, and much more inspired by the example of a Gable or a Grant. He wants to work." - David Thomson, "A Biographical Dictionary of Film" in New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1994
"He was a bully and a coward," the 43-year-old actor says of his father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III. "He was the kind of person where, if something goes wrong, they kick you. It was a great lesson in my life, how he'd lull you in, make you feel safe and then, bang!" - Cruise quoted to Parade magazine, April 2006
"His acting was so good it was almost bizarre. You'd look into his eyes and he'd really be there, he'd really be in love with you. You could see his heart and soul. And then the director would yell 'Cut,' Tom would leave the set, and you'd have to go into therapy for six months." - Renee Zellweger on working with Cruise in "Jerry Maguire" (1996) quoted in Entertainment Weekly, Dec. 20, 1996
"I think it's important in life to celebrate these things. You know, I'm just happy. I can't contain myself. And I'm not going to try. I refuse." - Cruise on publicly professing his love for Katie Holmes, Entertainment Weekly, June 17, 2005
"It's well known that I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life. [It's] something that has given me great stability and tools that I use, and it's also something that's enabled me to help others in a way that I've always wanted to, something substantial." - Cruise quoted in Cinema Confidential, Dec. 4, 2003
"Tom Cruise has a star named for him in the Hercules constellation, thanks to wife Nicole Kidman, who paid $40 to International Star Registry for the honor." - from the Daily News, Jan. 6, 1993
"We knew from the beginning the level of commitment needed. We felt honored to work with [Stanley Kubrick]. We were going to do what it took to do this picture, whatever time, because I felt, and Nic [Nicole Kidman] did too, that this was going to be a really special time for us. We knew it would be difficult. But I would have absolutely kicked myself if I hadn't done this." - Cruise about his decision to do "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999) quoted in Time magazine, July 5, 1999
"We laugh hysterically. My mom, my sisters, we piss ourselves with laughter. You know, even now, sometimes we go from country to country, and I'll be there with Lee Anne, and I'm getting on my airplane. And it's just that look of 'Can you f**king believe this? I don't think I will ever not be giddy about that. It may sound funny but, there's just an appreciation. A true damn appreciation for it." - Cruise on his megastar status to GQ magazine, December 2004
"You can't go through life always walking on the sidewalk," Cruise says, explaining why he was drawn to this role. "You've got to cross the street. I'm always asking myself, How far can I go? For me, that's what life is about. I'm going to continue taking risks because it's not about being bankable at the box office. I can't control that. I just have to be consistent and true to myself." - Cruise to Los Angeles Confidential, Summer 2004
April 2004, An organization co-founded by actor Tom Cruise raised $1.2 million to expand a treatment program for rescue workers exposed to potentially hazardous materials after the collapse of the World Trade Center; The project's program was developed by L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, of which Cruise is a member.
Cruise began practicing Scientology while married to Mimi Rogers, whose father was one of its founders.
Cruise is active in the Hollywood Education and Literacy Project (H.E.L.P.), an organization which gives free tutoring to children and adults and uses "study technology," a method developed by L. Ron Hubbard. Cruise says it was this method which helped him overcome his own learning problems.
In 1994, he was named Man of the Year by Harvard's Hasty Puddding Theatricals
In 1996, Cruise came to the rescue of people on three different occasions. March saw him take a Brazilian woman felled by a speeding car to the hospital and pay her $7000 bill when he found out she was without health insurance. Four months later, he spotted two young boys being crushed by surging crowds at the London premiere of "Mission: Impossible" and pulled them to safety, and then four weeks after that while yachting, he rescued five people when a nearby sail boat caught fire.
In 1998, Cruise and Kidman accepted substantial libel damages from Express Newspapers over allegations that their marriage was a "hypocritical sham"; the Cruises donated the money to charity
In February 2002, Cruise had clear braces put on his famous smile after his child's orthodontist expressed concern about his overbite.
In June 2001, Cruise filed a second $100 million lawsuit, this time charging defamation against Michael Davis, a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur who allegedly offered to sell a videotapes which he claimed showed Cruise engaging in homosexual activity.
On May 2, 2001, Cruise filed a $100 million lawsuit against porn actor Kyle Bradford (aka Chad Slater) charging that Bradford/Slater had issued a false story claiming that he and Cruise had engaged in a homosexual relationship.
Received an American Cinema Award for "distinguished achievement in film" (1991).

Milestones

(1999) Acted in Paul Thomas Anderson's ensemble drama "Magnolia"; played a misogynistic male guru; earned Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination
(1992) Along with former CAA agent Paula Wagner, signed an exclusive production pact with Paramount Pictures to produce his films
(1983) Breakthrough film role, as high school student Joel Goodson in "Risky Business"; earned a Best Actor Golden Globe nomination
(1974) Briefly lived in Canada, before moving back to the US with his mother and three younger sisters
(2008) Cast in a comedic supporting role in the Ben Stiller directed comedy "Tropic Thunder"; earned a Supporting Actor Golden Globe nomination.

If the latest round of Katie Holmes rumors is to be believed, then she's not only expecting a second baby but she prepared for the pregnancy by going on a special Scientology detox diet.

However, I have been assured by well-placed sources that neither is true.

Read on for the real story…

There is no dieting. The story apparently took off after first being reported in a U.K. tabloid that Tom Cruise was insisting she go on the diet to rid her bodies of toxins. "She is not on any diet," one source says. "She's working, and she's definitely eating."

As for claims that Holmes didn't attend the Oscars because the dieting had left her too lethargic to make the trip, she never had plans to go because she started preproduction work on her new independent movie The Extra Man in New York City just a day before the awards .

So, if she's not dieting, she must be eating for two, right?

Well, that's what OK! claims. The magazine reports that she and her hubby are trying to keep the big news a secret because it's so early in the pregnancy.

However, Suri, shouldn't be getting her hand-me-downs ready just yet.

While the Cruises have made no secret about wanting to have more kids together, I'm told there is no baby No. 2 on the way right now.

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