Tom Cruise
An irrefutable Hollywood megastar who is equally magnetic and manic, revered and reviled, Cruise was just 21 when he landed his breakthrough role as a horny high-school hunk in 1983's sex romp Risky B...
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07/02/1962
Syracuse, NY |
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| Collaborated with screenwriter Robert Towne on four wildly successful films: Days of Thunder (1990), The Firm (1993), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Mission: Impossible II |
| Earned his pilot's license in 1994. |
| At age 39, he got braces to correct his bite on the recommendation of his kids' orthodontist. |
| Joined the Church of Scientology in the '80s while married to Mimi Rogers (whose father and first husband were active in the religion). Initially Cruise said that Scientology helped him overcome his d |
| Studied for one year at a Franciscan seminary. |
| At the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, he received the first-ever MTV Generation Award. |
| Volunteers with the Hollywood Education and Literacy Project (H.E.L.P.), which provides free tutoring to children and adults. |
