Suri Cruise was born on April 18, 2006 at St. John’s Hospital in Los Angeles. It was reported by People Magazine that Suri Cruise was born just down the hall from where Brooke Shields gave birth to her daughter on the same day. TMZ has published a copy Suri Cruise’s birth certificate online. Suri Cruise weighed 7 pounds and 7 ounces at birth, she was 20 inches in length, and she has dark brown hair and blue eyes. Suri’s name means “Princess” in Hebrew and “Red Rose” in Persian.
Suri Cruise is the daughter of actor and three-time Academy Award nominee Tom Cruise (age 46) and actress Katie Holmes (age 29). Roughly seven months after the birth of Suri Cruise, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise tied the knot on November 18, 2006 in Bracciano, Italy. This is Tom Cruise’s third marriage. Tom cruise was married to Mimi Rogers from 1987-1990 and Nicole Kidman from 1990-2001. Suri Cruise has an older brother, Connor Cruise (born in 1995), and an older sister, Isabella Cruise (born in 1993). Tom and Nicole Kidman adopted the two children during their 11-year marriage. Connor Cruise, who is African-American, has a minor role in an upcoming Will Smith film called “Seven Pounds.” He will appear in the film as a handsome young Will Smith.
About Tom Cruise
While Tom Cruise wasn’t exactly “Born on the Fourth of July,” he was born just one day before — on July 3, 1962. Born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV in Syracuse, New York, to an electrical engineer and a special education teacher, Cruise bounced around from Louisville, KY, Winnetka, IL, Ottawa, Ontario, Cincinnati Ohio, and Glen Ridge, NJ before heading out to New York in 1980. While working as a busboy, Cruise was relentless in his pursuit acting gigs. He was so relentless that within a year, he found himself in Los Angeles, where he landed a small role in the movie Endless Love starring Brooke Shields (1981). Tom Cruise played “Billy” in the 1981 film, and although the part was small, playing Billy quickly led to a bigger role in Taps, starring Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton.
Within two years of completing Endless Love and Taps, Tom Cruise completed three more films in 1983, including: The Outsiders, with Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, and Patrick Swayze; Losin’ It with Shelly Long (1983); the cult classic Risky Business with Rebecca De Mornay, with whom Cruise had a two-year relationship, and All the Right Moves.
What followed was a career that continued (and continues) at full speed, producing roughly 28 top films, several Golden Globe Awards, several Oscar Nominations, and an average domestic box office gross of $99.9 million per film. Today, Tom Cruise is considered one of the top 100 movie stars of all times.
Tom Cruise Trivia
The total gross of Tom Cruise’s movies is $2.6 billion. Only Tom Hanks has done better.
In June 2006 Cruise took the No.1 spot on Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful stars.
In the last 10 years all but one of Tom Cruise’s movies grossed more than $200 million worldwide.
Tom Cruise’s top-grossing movie was War of the Worlds (2005), which earned $590 million around the around the globe.
Tom Cruise Movies
The list below represents Tom Cruise’s films by decade. Please note that this list does not include independent films, student films, commercials, etc. Following you will find salaries, box office sales, Oscar Nominations, and Golden Globe Nominations and Awards.
Tom Cruise Films 1980-1990
Taps (1981)
Endless Love (1981)
Risky Business (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
Losin’ It (1983)
All the Right Moves (1983)
Legend (1985)
The Color of Money (1986)
Top Gun (1986)
Cocktail (1988)
Rain Man (1988)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Tom Cruise Films 1990-2000
Days of Thunder (1990)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Far and Away (1992)
The Firm (1993)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Magnolia (1999)
Tom Cruise Films 2000-2006
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Minority Report (2002)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Collateral (2004)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Tom Cruise Oscar Nominations
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Year Nominated: 2000
For: Magnolia (1999)
Best Actor
Year Nominated: 1997
For: Jerry Maguire (1996)
Best Actor
Year Nominated: 1990
For: Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Tom Cruise Golden Globe Nominations and Wins
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Year Nominated: 2000
Won For: Magnolia (1999)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical
Year Nominated: 1997
Won For: Jerry Maguire (1996)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Year Nominated: 1993
For: A Few Good Men (1992)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Year Nominated: 1990
Won For: Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical
Year Nominated: 1984
For: Risky Business (1983)
Tom Cruise Salaries for Top Films
War of the Worlds (2005) (20% profit participation)
The Last Samurai (2003) $25,000,000 + % of profits
Minority Report (2002) $25,000,000+
Vanilla Sky (2001) $20,000,000 + 30% of Profits
Mission: Impossible II (2000) $75,000,000 (gross participation)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) $20,000,000
Jerry Maguire (1996) $20,000,000 against 15%
Mission: Impossible (1996) $70,000,000 (gross participation)
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) $15,000,000
Far and Away (1992) $13,000,000
Rain Man (1988) $3,000,000+% of gross
Top Gun (1986) $2,000,000
Risky Business (1983) $75,000
Domestic Box Office Sales for Tom Cruise Movies
Mission: Impossible III (2006) $133,501,348
War of the Worlds (2005) $234,277,056
Collateral (2004) $100,170,152
The Last Samurai (2003) $111,110,575
Minority Report (2002) $132,014,112
Vanilla Sky (2001) $100,614,858
Mission: Impossible II (2000) $215,397,000
Magnolia (1999) $22,450,000
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) $55,637,000
Jerry Maguire (1996) $158,047,411
Mission: Impossible (1996) $180,965,000
Interview with the Vampire (1994) $105,264,000
The Firm (1993) $158,300,000
Far and Away (1992) $58,883,000
A Few Good Men (1992) $141,340,000
Days of Thunder (1990) $82,700,000
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) $70,001,000
Rain Man (1988) $172,800,000
Cocktail (1988) $78,200,000
Top Gun (1986) $176,800,000
The Color of Money (1986) $52,293,000
Legend (1985) $15,502,000
Risky Business (1983) $63,500,000
The Outsiders (1983) $25,600,000
Losin’ It (1983) N/A
All the Right Moves (1983) $17,200,000
Endless Love (1981) $33,000,000
Taps (1981) $30,273,559