Tom Cruise filmography Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1992, he starred opposite Jack Nicholson in the legal drama "A Few Good Men", an adaptation of the Broadway play of the same name also written by Aaron Sorkin. Cruise next appeared in "The Firm" (1993), a film adaptation of the John Grisham legal thriller of the same name, and in the same year also made his directorial debut by directing an episode of the anthology television series "Fallen Angels". Three years later Cruise starred as IMF agent Ethan Hunt in the
Tom Cruise filmography received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from BAFTA Los Angeles. Three years later he appeared in the satirical action comedy "Tropic Thunder" (2008) and played Claus von Stauffenberg in the historical thriller "Valkyrie" (2008). Cruise played the eponymous role in the action thriller "Jack Reacher", and appeared in the romantic musical comedy "Rock of Ages" (both 2012). His next films "Oblivion" (2013), and "Edge of Tomorrow" (2014) saw him return to the science fiction genre. Tom Cruise filmography Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer who made his film debut with a minor role in