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Tom Cruise, born on July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York, United States, is a film actor, film producer and film director. As of 2026, Tom Cruise is 64 years old. Education on record includes Glen Ridge High School. Awards on record include Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (1990), Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1997), Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (2000) and 5 more. The listed height is 170 cm.
My Take
My take on Tom Cruise is simple: he is the last true believer in the theatrical experience. While his peers settled into prestige television, Cruise kept strapping himself to airplanes and motorcycles well past sixty, treating every stunt as a personal promise to the audience. The honorary Palme d'Or in 2022 felt less like an award and more like the film industry thanking him for keeping cinemas alive. I do not always understand the man, but I never doubt the professional. That obsessive, almost monastic devotion to entertaining strangers is something I genuinely respect, and modern Hollywood would be poorer without it.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tom Cruise
- Name (Japanese)
- トム・クルーズ
- Reading
- とむ・くるーず
- Born
- July 3, 1962 (age 64)
- Origin
- Syracuse, New York, United States
- Height
- 170 cm
- Occupation
- film actor / film producer / film director / screenwriter / aircraft pilot
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Tiger
2. Background
- High school
- Glen Ridge High School
Awards & achievements
- 1990 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
- 1997 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- 2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
- IAS Freedom Medal
- 1986 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2002 Saturn Award for Best Actor
- 2022 Honorary Palme d'Or
- 1997 Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy
3. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.tomcruise.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tomcruise/
- Xhttps://x.com/tomcruise
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Cruise
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37079
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Tom Cruise born?
Tom Cruise was born on July 3, 1962 and is 64 years old.
Where is Tom Cruise from?
Tom Cruise is from Syracuse, New York, United States.
What does Tom Cruise do?
Tom Cruise works as film actor, film producer, film director, screenwriter, aircraft pilot.
How tall is Tom Cruise?
Tom Cruise is 170 cm tall.
Which high school did Tom Cruise attend?
Tom Cruise attended Glen Ridge High School.
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