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
Being Tom Cruise mickey-taking, the "Star Stories" boys are sure to find themselves in the firing line," wrote a reviewer for the "Evening Times". A review in "The Sunday Times" commented, "Taking their careers in their hands, the "Star Stories" team tackle the notoriously litigious Tom Cruise ... The lawyers must still be having a nice lie down after watching." In an interview with "The Northern Echo", "Star Stories" actor Kevin Bishop discussed the legal issues involved with making the series: "We're not allowed to say anything about anyone that isn't true. It can be quite tricky. Sometimes we've had to change lines