Tom Cruise facts for kids

Tom Cruise
Quick facts for kids Tom Cruise
	Cruise at San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2013.
Born	Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ; July 3, 1962 (age 59); Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, producer, writer
Years active	1981–present
Spouse(s)	Mimi Rogers (m. 1987–1990) ; Nicole Kidman (m. 1990–2001) ; Katie Holmes (m. 2006–2012) ;
Children	3

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3, 1962), widely known as Tom Cruise, is an American movie actor and producer. He has starred in many movies, including War of the Worlds and Jerry Maguire. He is one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood.

His first movie was Endless Love. His first leading role was in the movie Risky Business. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards. These were for the same movies: Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire (1996), Magnolia (1999).

Early life

Cruise was born in Syracuse, New York. He is the son of Mary Lee, a special education teacher, and Thomas Cruise Mapother III (died 1984), an electrical engineer. Cruise has three sisters, Lee Anne, Marian, and Cass. Cruise's surname originates from his great-grandfather, born Thomas Cruise O'Mara, who was renamed "Thomas Cruise Mapother" (Mapother is a Welsh surname). Cruise is of Irish, German and English ancestry. One of his paternal great-great-great-grandfathers, Patrick Russell Cruise, was born in North County Dublin, in 1799; he married Teresa Johnson in Warrenstown House, County Meath, in 1825. They left Ireland for America that same year and settled in New York.

Personal life

Cruise is a Scientologist. He is one of the most famous members of the organization.

Cruise has an adopted daughter and adopted son with his second wife Nicole Kidman. He has a daughter Suri (born April 2006), by Katie Holmes. He and Holmes married in November 2006 and separated in 2012.

Images for kids

Cruise in 1985 at a reception hosted by First Lady Nancy Reagan at the White House
Tom Cruise at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989
Cruise at the 2007 London Film Festival for the premiere of Lions for Lambs
Cruise in 2016
Tom Cruise Hollywood Star
Cruise with then-wife Katie Holmes in May 2009
Cruise and Mimi Rogers at the 1989 Oscars
Cruise in 2010