Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise was born in New York in 1962, but moved to Canada when he was a child. He had a difficult childhood living in poverty with an abusive father while suffering from severe dyslexia. An active young man, his passion was violent hardcore wrestling, but a resulting injury left Cruise needing to find a new activity to occupy himself with, so he took up acting on the local stage. He would land his first movie role at age 18.

At 22, Cruise was whisked away by Ridley Scott to a small cottage in England to film the fantasy film 'Legend'. This would be a stepping stone for Cruise to earn further roles in films by Ridley's brother (Tony) such as 'Top Gun' and 'Days of Thunder', for which he owes his stardom.

He has worked alongside other big names such as Stanley Kubrick and Rob Reiner. Some of his films include: A Few Good Men, The Outsiders, Magnolia, Mission Impossible and Interview With The Vampire.

Of German and Irish ancestry, Cruise is 5'7" with dark hair and blue eyes. He is well known for doing his own dangerous stunts for his roles.