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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.

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The Death of Blackbeard is a 2022 American history swashbuckler action film written, co-produced and directed by Tim Burton. It was produced by Gore Verbinski and edited by James Wan and Chris Lebenzon, and is based on Thatch's final years, from his early pirate days to his retirement and death. The film stars Joe Manganiello as the eponymous character, alongside Kate Mara, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Billy Zane, Mila Kunis, and Liam Hemsworth. It is narrated by Charles Vane (Damon) as he tells the story of what happened to his friend, Thatch (Manganiello) and how the Queen Anne's Revenge sank. The Death of Blackbeard is one of the most expensive films ever made with a cost of over $400 million, and was released on December 29th 2022. The film received critical acclaim upon release, with praise for Manganiello's performance, Burton's direction, historical accuracy, tone, the emotional weight of its story, screenplay, visual style, score, and the realistic action sequences. It also became a streaming hit for HBO Max, grossing $267 against a $196 million budget. At 96% of rotten tomatoes, it is often regarded as Burton's masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time, especially in the history genre, and was cited as the best film in the 2020s until the release of Five Nights at Freddy's: The Nightmare Ends in 2024.