Tom Cruise: 40 glorious years in Hollywood

Will Tom Cruise ever expire?

Tom Cruise has had 40 years of transforming into all kinds of characters on screen

Tom Cruise embarked on the professional acting path when he was quite young. At the age of 19, he had his first role in the movie Endless love, just a small supporting role. Compared to his colleagues, Tom Cruise has a petite physique and a much more modest height, but in return, he has a natural charm that attracts both men and women. Charisma and energy are what made Tom Cruise conquer filmmakers right from the first years of his career.

After his leading role in Losin’ it , Tom Cruise has continued to act in films. However, the movie that brought him to the rank of A-list star was Top Gun (released in 1986). Pilot Maverick, played by Tom Cruise, is considered an iconic character, the perfect model of a brave, upright, and dedicated American man serving his country. Thanks to Tom Cruise’s charisma, this movie also earned a profit of 350 million USD.

It’s not like he became a star in one go. Tom Cruise spent many years playing supporting and supporting roles to gradually make his mark in the eyes of filmmakers.

Pilot Pete “Maverick” is the role that brought Tom Cruise to A-list stardom

Throughout the 1990s, Tom Cruise was always on the list of the highest paid actors in the world, with at least $15 million per movie. He also had the opportunity to collaborate with many famous directors such as Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott or Paul Thomas Anderson. With Interview with the Vampire (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996), Jerry Maguire (1996), Eyes wide shut (1999), Tom Cruise became a globally influential superstar.

Mission: Impossible alone has become an action movie franchise associated with the name of Tom Cruise. This franchise has been developed to its 7th part. Tom Cruise, in addition to being an actor, is also directly involved in the film creation process as a producer. 27 years have passed, this action movie series is still “hot” and earns “huge” profits as long as Tom Cruise is still participating.

In Hollywood, few stars have maintained their A-list status as consistently as Tom Cruise. Of course, in the works the actor has appeared in, there are also films in which he was criticized for his monotonous acting, with content that he watched once and then forgot. However, whenever they see Tom Cruise’s name on the poster, audiences are always willing to spend money to buy tickets to go to the theater.

Tom Cruise has always been one of the highest paid movie stars in the world