Tom Cruise: Top Gun at 52
Tom Cruise, star of blockbusters like Top Gun, Mission: Impossible and Jerry Maguire, can still give actors half his age a run for their money as he turns a year older. He recently received rave reviews for his performance in Edge Of Tomorrow and is now busy shooting for the fifth installment of Mission: Impossible and the movie Go Like Hell.
Here's a pictorial look at his journey as he turns a year older.
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Tom Cruise, star of blockbusters like Top Gun, Mission: Impossible and Jerry Maguire, can still give actors half his age a run for their money as he turns a year older. He recently received rave reviews for his performance in Edge Of Tomorrow and is now busy shooting for the fifth installment of Mission: Impossible and the movie Go Like Hell.
Here's a pictorial look at his journey as he turns a year older. -
Tom and Katie were married for five-and-a- half years until Katie filed for divorce on June 30, 2012 in New York citing 'irreconciliable differences'. She admitted that life with the actor made her feel like a 'robot'. By all accounts, Tom didn't see it coming.
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In 1983, Tom Cruise was part of an ensemble cast for the film The Outsiders that also starred Matt Damon and Patrick Swayze among others. The same year, Tom tried his hand at comedy in Losin' It, also starring Shelley Long. In his next movie All the Right Moves, Tom played the role of a football player who seeks a college football scholarship to escape his economically depressed town.
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1983's Risky Business, co-starring Rebecca De Mornay as a call girl, launched Tom Cruise to stardom. A scene featuring Tom clad in a shirt, underwear and socks dancing to the song Old Time Rock And Roll is considered a cult classic. He received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for his performance in the film.
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Next, Tom starred in Valkyrie (2008), based on the real life plot by a group of German officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler during World War II. Tom's casting caused controversy in Germany because of his belief in Scientology, a religion viewed with suspicion by Germans.
