Thomas cruise mapother iv, popularly known as the tom cruise stage, is one of the most american actors and filmmakers. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Tom cruise in his first film ever called endless love. He has been nominated for three academy awards and has won three golden globe awards.
Endless love to this day, my mother thinks im a hero tagline. After portraying supporting roles in taps 1981 and the outsiders 1983, his first leading role was in risky business, released in august 1983. A tribute to the 1981 film starring brooke shields with tom cruise in his 1st role duration. Tom cruise 1962 has been one of the biggest movie stars for almost forty years. His movies succeed, his movies fail all judged on the warped powerofn matrix of the tentpole. Tom cruises first movie act from enless love youtube. Brooke shields and shirley knight in endless love 1981 martin hewitt at an event for endless love 1981 brooke shields in. Tom cruise was born in syracuse, new york on july 3, 1962. The best rated item with tom cruise on netflix is the last samurai and appeared on screen in 2003. Every tom cruise film, ranked updated from top guns to last samurais, impossible missions to mummy hunts we rate the movies of americas reigning movie star from worst to. Unlike in endless love, cruise really capitalized on this. Later than year, he had a major supporting role in taps.
The mission impossible star, tom cruise, turns 55 on 3rd july. Endless love 1981 cast and crew parental disapproval of two teenage lovers brooke shields, martin hewitt causes a confusion of arson, death and insanity. He burned down her familys house and was committed in a mental hospital. We break down every single one of tom cruise s movies to figure out which one is his alltime best and which are the absolute worst. Back at school, davids friend billy tom cruise informs. He had supporting roles in such movies as taps 1981 and the outsiders 1983 before starring as a highschool senior who turns his parents home into a brothel in risky business 1983. The movie was a major success, earning cruise widespread recognition.
Starting his career at the age of nineteen, he first appeared in the movie endless love 1981. All 42 tom cruise movies, ranked by tomatometer tom cruise movies, ranked by tomatometer. With brooke shields, martin hewitt, shirley knight, don murray. He is famously known for his role in the movies mission impossible and top gun. Endless love was also the film debut of tom cruise, billed 18th in the cast list. Tom cruise on mycast fan casting your favorite stories. Before tom cruise, who turns 53 on friday, was a mega movie star and an agedefying action hero just check out the mission. Impossible rogue nation trailer for proof, he was a teenager. Franco zeffirelli, director of the acclaimed 1968 adaptation of shakespeares romeo and juliet, brings you another powerful tale exploring a young couples fiery passions in 1981s endless love. The played the hunky friend billy who was an arsonist when he was eight. And, maybe, for the courage of viewer to not compare endless love with romeo and juliet. Back at school, davids friend billy tom cruise informs him that when he was eight years old, he tried burning a pile of newspapers and after he became scared, put out the fire, only to find his parents think he was a hero for saving the house from burning. In 1976, if you had told fourteen yearold franciscan seminary student thomas cruise mapother iv that one day in the not too distant future he would be tom cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. Here is a list of all the movies that tom cruise has acted in or produced during his career.
Tom cruise is an american actor and producer who made his film debut with a minor role in. Endless love 1981 with tom cruise, brooke shields, martin hewitt. Endless love is a 1981 american romantic drama film directed by franco zeffirelli, starring. Tom cruise first movie role as billy in endless love 1981. A highschool students love for a 15yearold girl is thwarted by parental disapproval, circumstance, and accident. He first started appearing in supporting roles in the early 1980s in movies like endless love, taps and the outsiders. The film stars brooke shields and martin hewitt in the two leading roles.
When his mother left his father, they moved back to the united states. Tom cruise movies ranked from worst to best collider. After appearing in those supporting roles, he got the chance to star in 1983s surprise hit. Cruise s first role was a bit part in the 1981 film endless love. Within 5 years of his first role in 1981 he was one of the fastest rising stars in hollywood. Based on a bestselling novel by scott spencer, endless love details the doomed romance between 17yearold david and 15yearold jade brooke shields. From his teen idol days in the early 80s to his status as a marqueelighting leading man today, tom cruise has consistently done it all for decades hes completed impossible missions, learned about wapner time in rain man, driven the highway to the danger zone in top gun, and done wonders for bob segers royalty statements in risky. At the height of her popularity just after the blue lagoon, brooke shields starred in endless love, an adaptation of scott spencers best selling novel of. Cruise, who took up acting in high school, made his film debut in endless love 1981. Endless love 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. All 42 tom cruise movies, ranked from worst to best. Cruise became a fullfledged movie star after starring as pete maverick mitchell in top gun 1986.
Tom cruise a list of 43 titles created 16 dec 2017 all tom cruise movies ranked a list of 42 titles created 7 months ago my best worst movies of 1981. It also featured brooke shields who cruise later had beef with and martin hewitt in the leading roles. The film is directed by franco zeffirelli and written by judith rascoe. Tom cruise stills and other images movie stills database. However, he spent his childhood in canada after his family moved to ottawa in 1971. Endless love is based on scott spencers 1979 novel of the same name. He turned in glory when he was 19 years old when he made his debut in the movie endless love in 1981. A high school students love for a 15yearold girl is thwarted by parental disapproval, circumstance and accident.
At the peak of his career he was one of the hottest stars and highest paid in the industry. Tom cruise full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Based on a novel by scott spencer, endless love details the doomed. Watch free endless love 1981 download movie online without downloading.
Endless love is the greatest romantic movie ive ever seen. Some of cruise s later films like a few good men and the last samurai. As one of the most popular movie stars, tom cruise has attracted the. And can she carry, commercially, another movie about another kind of obsession. Tom cruise scene from endless love, his first movie act.