Tom Cruise Tom Cruise Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer. He started his career at age 19 in the film "Endless Love" (1981), before making his breakthrough in the comedy "Risky Business" (1983) and receiving widespread attention for starring in the action drama "Top Gun" (1986) as Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. After starring in "The Color of Money" (1986) and "Cocktail" (1988), Cruise starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in the Academy Award for Best Picture-winning drama "Rain Man". For his role as anti-war activist Ron Kovic in the drama "Born on the Fourth of July"
The Cruise (1998 film) The Cruise (1998 film) The Cruise is a 76-minute documentary released in 1998. It was the debut film of Bennett Miller, who became prominent after directing "Capote" (2005). The film records the worldview and personality of Timothy "Speed" Levitch, who was then a guide for bus tours of New York City. Levitch had become popular for his unconventional narrative about the city that he delivered at a frenetic pace. The production of the film has also drawn critical commentary. James Berardinelli wrote, "'The Cruise' is a typical example of low-budget documentary film making. It's in grainy black-and-white (a blowup from