Thomas Cruise "Tom" Mapother IV is an American actor, producer, and television director. Some of his best known film roles include Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible franchise (which he also produced), the titular character of the 1996 sports comedy-drama film Jerry Maguire, and Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the 1986 action film Top Gun and its 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick.
For Disney, he played Vincent Lauria in the 1986 Touchstone Pictures film The Color of Money and Brian Flanagan in Cocktail. He was also mentioned in the Lizzie McGuire episodes "Misadventures in Babysitting" and "In Miranda Lizzie Does Not Trust", The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, the Hannah Montana episode "Wherever I Go", and the What If...? episode "What If... Thor Was an Only Child?".
Cruise has also been attached to the long-in-development film Bob the Musical.[1]
Roles
Vincent Lauria
(The Color of Money)
(The Color of Money)
Brian Flanagan
(Cocktail)
(Cocktail)
Gallery
Tom Cruise arrives at the 66th annual Golden Globes in January 2009.
Tom Cruise speaks onstage at the 84th annual Academy Awards in February 2012.
Tom Cruise attending the 2013 San Diego Comic Con.
Tom Cruise visits The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in July 2015.
Tom Cruise speaks onstage at the 2018 CinemaCon.
Tom Cruise speaks at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con.
Trivia
- Cruise was considered to voice the role of Jim Hawkins in Treasure Planet, but turned it down due to his busy schedule. Thus, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was cast instead.
- He was the physical inspiration for the title character in Aladdin.
- Cruise was originally going to produce and star in the role of Tony Stark/Iron Man in Iron Man during its early years of development. He ultimately dropped out due to delays, and Robert Downey Jr. was cast in the role instead when it was finally produced.[2] Despite this, Cruise claimed that he was "not close" to the role.[3]
- He was considered for the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. However, Ewan McGregor was cast in the end.
References
- ↑ "Tom Cruise set to star in Disney comedy Bob the Musical". The Guardian (April 24, 2015).
- ↑ "A Complete List of All the Actors Originally Considered for Roles in the Marvel Universe". Pajiba (Apr 5, 2018).
- ↑ "Tom Cruise Talks Almost Being Iron Man, Praises Robert Downey Jr.". ComicBook.com (Apr 26, 2018).
External links
Tom Cruise on Wikipedia
Tom Cruise on IMDb
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