Tom Cruise (1989), Cruise received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and his first Academy Award for Best Actor nomination. In the 1990s, Cruise starred with Jack Nicholson in the legal drama "A Few Good Men" (1992) and starred in a number of box office hits including "The Firm" (1993) and "Interview with the Vampire" (1994), before starring as IMF agent Ethan Hunt in the action spy thriller "" (1996), the first of a commercially successful six-film series. In 1996, Cruise also starred as the title character in the romantic comedy-drama "Jerry Maguire", earning him the Golden
Tom Cruise series, and grossed nearly $400 million at the box office. In 2007, Cruise took a rare supporting role for the second time in "Lions for Lambs", which was a commercial disappointment. This was followed by an unrecognizable appearance as "Les Grossman" in the 2008 comedy "Tropic Thunder" with Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. This performance earned Cruise a Golden Globe nomination. Cruise played the central role in the historical thriller "Valkyrie" released on December 25, 2008 to box office success. In March 2010, Cruise completed filming the action-comedy "Knight and Day", in which he re-teamed with former