By Apryl Lovera and ETonline Staff
12:00 PM PDT, July 3, 2024
Tom Cruise, one of the world's highest-paid actors, has a storied acting career that includes various accolades and iconic roles. From Top Gun to Jerry Maguire to Mission: Impossible, here's a look back at the action star's most memorable moments.
1980
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-74286514.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise poses for a portrait.
1981
![Tom Cruise Taps](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Taps-Getty-1277626291.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise stars as Cadet Captain David Shawn in the film Taps.
1983
![Tom Cruise Risky Business](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Risky-Business-Getty-168588150.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise laughs in a scene from the film Risky Business.
1986
![Tom Cruise Top Gun](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Top-Gun-Getty-137078260.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise as Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in Top Gun.
1987
![Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Mimi-Rogers-Getty-525549044.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise married Mimi Rogers in May 1987. They divorced in February 1990.
1989
![Mark Johnson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Barry Levinson](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Mark-Johnson-Dustin-Hoffman-Tom-Cruise-Barry-Levinson-Getty-1314275671.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Rain Man producer Mark Johnson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and director Barry Levinson at the 61st Annual Academy Awards Show on March 29 in Los Angeles, California. Johnson (Best Picture), Hoffman (Best Actor) and Levinson (Best Director) took home Oscars that year.
1989
![Tom Cruise Born On The Fourth Of July](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Born-On-The-Fourth-Of-July-Getty-159836025.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise in a scene from Born on the Fourth of July.
1990
![Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman Days of Thunder](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Nicole-Kidman-Days-of-Thunder-Getty-159826644.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise met Nicole Kidman on the set of Days of Thunder. The pair tied the knot in December 1990. He filed for divorce in February 2001.
1990
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-76738934.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Actor Tom Cruise attends the 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 20 and takes home the Best Actor prize he won for Born on the Fourth of July.
1993
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-110704150.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise's Hand and Footprint Ceremony at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California on June 28.
1994
![Tom Cruise The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-The-Vampire-The-Vampire-Chronicles-Getty-168586653.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise as Lestat in The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles.
1996
![Tom Cruise Mission Impossible](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Mission-Impossible-Getty-130593395.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise stars in his legendary role as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible.
1996
![Tom Cruise Jerry Maguire](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Jerry-Maguire-Getty-168579925.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise talks on a phone in a scene from the film Jerry Maguire.
1996
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-51587672.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Actor Tom Cruise attends the 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 19 and takes home the Best Actor award for Jerry Maguire.
1999
![Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Nicole-Kidman-Tom-Cruise-Getty-82476123.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise hit the red carpet for the Eyes Wide Shut premiere on September 9 in Los Angeles, California.
2000
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-156170779.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise attends the 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on March 12 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
2001
![Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Penelope-Cruz-Getty-119528928.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise dated his Vanilla Sky co-star Penelope Cruz from 2001 to 2004.
2004
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-50968094.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise enters Dodgers Stadium with the Olympic torch during the torch relay on June 16 in Los Angeles, California.
2005
![Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Katie-Holmes-Getty-53158206.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise began dating Katie Holmes in April 2005.
2006
![Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Katie-Holmes-Getty-79858069.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise married Katie Holmes in Rome, Italy on November 18, 2006. The actress filed for divorce in June 2012.
2009
![Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Cameron-Diaz-Getty-94178365.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz during the shooting of the film Knight and Day on December 9 in Seville, Spain.
2010
![Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lopez](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Jennifer-Lopez-Getty-101671887.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lopez perform onstage at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards at Gibson Amphitheatre on June 6 in Universal City, California.
2012
![Tom Cruise Edge Of Tomorrow](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Edge-Of-Tomorrow-Getty-155962645.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise stars in Edge of Tomorrow and the film premiered on March 14, 2014.
2013
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-174111978.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise speaks onstage at the Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures preview of Edge of Tomorrow film during Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center on July 20.
2016
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-621526704.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise signs autographs for fans as he arrives in South Korea to attend Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Seoul premiere on November 7.
2017
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-678415302.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise is seen on the set of Mission: Impossible 6 on May 4 in Paris, France.
2018
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-997248278.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise poses at the global premiere of Mission: Impossible - Fallout at Palais de Chaillot on July 12 in Paris, France.
2020
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-1228977916.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise wears a face mask during the filming of the movie Mission: Impossible Lybra on October 9.
2021
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-1328130801.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise attends the men's final of Wimbledon in England on July 11, 2021.
2022
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2022-07/Tom-Cruise-Getty-1240450150.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
Tom Cruise arrives in a helicopter to the world premiere of Top Gun: Maverick aboard the USS Midway in San Diego, California, on May 4.
2023
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2024-07/GettyImages-1258954478.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
The actor suits up for the premiere of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London, England, on June 22, 2023.
2024
![Tom Cruise](https://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/640xh/public/images/2024-07/GettyImages-1986202730.jpg?width=1024&quality=80)
The dapper star attends London's Air Ambulance Charity Black & White Gala Ball at Raffles London inside The OWO on Feb. 7, 2024 in London, England.