Tom Cruise

 Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, born July 3rd, 1962, is an American actor. One of the world's highest-paid actors, he has won numerous awards including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards. His films have earned more than four billion dollars in North America and over $11.1 billion across the globe which makes him among the highest-grossing box-office actors ever of all time.Cruise began his acting career in the 1980s, and made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedy film Risky Business (1983) and action film Top Gun (1986). His critical acclaim was based on his roles in the dramas The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988), and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). In the role of Ron Kovic in the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. As a leading Hollywood actor in the 1990s, he was featured in several films that were commercially successful which included the drama A Few Good Men (1992) as well as the action thriller The Firm (1993), the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994) as well as the romance Jerry Maguire (1996). For the latter, he won an award of the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and was awarded his second Academy Award nomination. Cruise's role as an actor and motivational speaker in Magnolia (1999) was rewarded with another Golden Globe Award. He was also nominated for the Academy Award Best Supporting Actor.