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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is a European-American actor and film producer. Regarded as a Hollywood icon, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards. As of 2025, his films have grossed over $13.3 billion worldwide, placing him among the highest-grossing actors of all time. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars, he is consistently one of the world's highest-paid actors. Cruise began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in Risky Business (1983) and Top Gun (1986), the latter earning him a reputation as a symbol. Critical acclaim came with his roles in the dramas The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988), and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). For his portrayal of Ron Kovic in the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award . He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. As a leading Hollywood star in the 1990s, he starred in commercially successful films, including the drama A Few Good Men (1992), the thriller The Firm (1993), the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994), and the sports comedy-drama Jerry Maguire (1996); for the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and his second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Cruise's performance in the drama Magnolia (1999) earned him another Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Cruise subsequently established himself as a star of science fiction and action films, often performing his risky stunts. He played fictional agent Ethan Hunt in eight Mission: Impossible films, beginning with Mission: Impossible (1996) and ending with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025). His other films in the genre include Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Knight and Day (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), Oblivion (2013), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Cruise holds the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive $100-million-grossing movies, a feat that was achieved from 2012 to 2018. In December 2024, he was awarded the US Navy's highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contributions" to the military, with his screen roles. Forbes ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 1990, and received the top honour of "Most Beautiful People" in 1997. Outside his film career, Cruise has been an outspoken advocate for the Church of Scientology, which has resulted in controversy and scrutiny of his involvement in the organisation. An aviation enthusiast, he has held a pilot certificate since 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia Tom Cruise, article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Iron Man teams up with SHIELD to invade a HYDRA base (headed by Anton Trojak) in the north and find the body of Captain America and revive him. They also find the Tesseract. Loki invades earth and steals the Scepter from SHIELD. He fails to find the Tessseract. There is a brief introduction into the 6 Infinity Stones (cosmic cube and scepter are two of them). During Loki's infiltration, scientist Vernon van Dyne is killed. He appeared in Iron Man 2 and was a genius in subatomic particles. He developed suits for his partner, Dr. Hank Pym and his daughter, Janet, to wear when performing experiments. Nick Fury approaches Janet to show her that Vernon was also working on military suits (deemed Ant-Man and the Wasp) with SHIELD. She wants to suit up and avenge Vernon's death. An argument ensues between Fury and Pym, a pacifist. Corvus, Loki and the Chitauri plot to invade Earth to acquire the Cube. They deem it necessary to destroy Earth entirely because the planet has knowledge of the stone's existence. Loki tricks the Hulk into destroying Iron Man and Captain America, believing they will be threats to the Chitauri invasion. Thor comes to the rescue. After Hulk is subdued, Loki becomes restless and unleashes the Chitauri army on New York City. The Wasp joins Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor in the fight. SHIELD takes Hulk in. Banner's girlfriend Kate and friend Rick Jones arrive to inject him with a temporary dose of serum that would convince him to fight the aliens.
