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 Epstein commented that the real reason for the split was most likely Paramount's discontent over Cruise/Wagner's exceptionally large share of DVD sales from the "Mission: Impossible" franchise. In November 2006, Cruise and Paula Wagner announced that they had taken over the film studio United Artists. Cruise acts as a producer and star in films for United Artists, while Wagner serves as UA's chief executive. Production began in 2007 of "Valkyrie", a thriller based on the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler. The film was acquired in March 2007 by United Artists. On March 21, 2007 Cruise signed on