Tom Cruise was born as Thomas Mapother IV in 1962. He was born in Syracuse, New York, to Thomas Mapother III and Mary Lee Pfeiffer. When Tom was eleven, his father abandoned the family and refused to pay child support. This caused the family to live in near poverty throughout Tom's teenage years. They frequently moved throughout the United States and Canada. Due to all of the moving around, Cruise attended eight elementary schools and three high schools throughout the years. For a brief stint he also attended the Franciscan Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the intention of becoming a Catholic priest. He eventually graduated from Glen Ridge High School in New Jersey.It was thanks to an injury that Cruise ended up becoming involved in acting. Tom was sidelined from the wrestling team in high school because of an injury to his knees and during his recovery time he tried out for the lead role in the high school production of Guys and Dolls. It was after the success of the play that Cruise decided to pursue acting as a career after graduating high school in 1980.Tom's first role was a small part in Endless Love in 1981, which co-starred Brooke Shields. Much later, in 2005, Cruise publicly criticized Shields for using anti-depressants to treat her postpartum depression. Tom's first breakthrough role came in 1983 for his work in Risky Business. He made a reported $75,000 for the film. Cruise later went on to star in the Academy Award winning Rain Man in 1988, co-starring Dustin Hoffman.Around the time Rain Man was released, Cruise married his first wife, Mimi Rogers. It has been said that Rogers is the person who originally introduced Tom to the Church of Scientology. The marriage, however, lasted only three years and Cruise and Rogers were divorced in 1990.During the filming of Days of Thunder in 1990, Cruise co-starred with Nicole Kidman. By 1991, the two stars were married. In 1999, the couple teamed up again to co-star together in the film Eyes Wide Shut. Tom's reported salary for the film was a whopping 20 million dollars.Tom and Nicole have two adopted children together, Isabella and Connor. When Kidman was three months pregnant with their third child and just months shy of their ten year wedding anniversary, the couple decided to separate. It was said that during their relationship, Cruise introduced Kidman to the Church of Scientology but since the divorce, Kidman no longer affiliates herself with Scientology.In April of 2005, Tom met and fell in love with twenty-seven-year-old Katie Holmes, who was interested in playing a part in Mission: Impossible III. Fans first learned of Tom's deep love for Holmes as he jumped up and down on the couch on The Oprah Winfrey Show. It was at this point that many of Cruise's critics and fans said he was going crazy. Tom proposed to Katie on the top of the Eiffel Tower in June of 2005.Then in April of 2006, Holmes gave birth to her first child, Suri. To better observe the baby before it was bown, Tom bought his own sonogram machine to use in the home. He received much criticism from medical professionals for doing so, stating that excess use of the equipment may actually be harmful to the baby's health. Although Holmes grew up in a Catholic family, Cruise insists that both Katie and daughter Suri will be Scientologists. The birth of Suri coincided with the premiere of Tom's latest movie, Mission Impossible III. Cruise and Holmes wre officially married in November of 2006 at a ceremony in Italy.Cruise is believed to have now become one of the senior members of the secretive Church of Scientology. This has become evident with his choice to become the unofficial spokesperson for the group. Some of Tom's comments regarding Scientology have been ill-received, especially by some European countries.This year Tom Cruise completed action-comedy Knight and Day in this movie he comes again with former co-star Cameron Diaz and movie will be released on June 25, 2010Hollywood’s megastar Tom Cruise who played role of Maverick in 1986 released ‘Top Gun’ made a statement that he never let his sense of self to swell in his 25 years film career.
As per megastar Tom Cruise, he is an actor and got possibility to let grow his ego but he worked a lot to bring it to level and restrict it. Tom cruise started his career in 1983 by Risky business and played a leading role.
