In photos, Tom Cruise through the years, from the portrait of a schoolboy to the Palme d'or d'honneur
In images, in pictures
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His film
Top Gun: Maverick
, released on May 25, is a resounding worldwide success.
He received the honorary palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18.
The seventh installment in the Mission: Impossible
saga
will hit theaters on July 12.
And his agenda is filled until 2025, the year of the release of the movie
Edge of Tomorrow 2
.
At 60 – he celebrates his birthday this Sunday, July 3 – Tom Cruise never ceases to shine.
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His action films are a reflection of his life, peppered with professional and intimate turbulence, setbacks and redemption.
Born in 1962 in Syracuse, New York, Tom Cruise is the son of Mary, a special education teacher, and Thomas, an electrical engineer, who mistreats him.
His Catholic education inspired him for a time to become a priest.
Excluded from his training, he discovers his true path: that of the stage.
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Top Gun: Maverick
, the trailer
A whirlwind of romance
At 18, he flew to New York.
Since then, the actor has shot in mythical sagas like
Mission: Impossible
(1996) and cult films, like
Top Gun
(1986) and
Rain Man
(1988).
Nominated three times for the Oscars, the actor has demonstrated the extent of his talents in
Born on July 4
(1989),
Jerry Maguire
(1996) or
Magnolia
(1999).
A success sometimes obscured by its close ties with the Church of Scientology and its brilliance on the set.
On the heart side, his life is marked by strong stories, first with Mimi Rogers, with whom he remains married from 1987 to 1990, then with Nicole Kidman - their union will last eleven years -, Penélope Cruz and Katie Holmes, with whom he has a relationship from 2005 to 2012. Father of three children - Suri, born in 2006 from his romance with Katie Holmes, Isabella (1992) and Connor (1995), adopted during his romance with Nicole Kidman, the actor is today now officially single.
At 60, Tom Cruise hasn't lost any of his brilliance.
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