Tom Cruise - Biography

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Tom Cruise was born on July 3, 1962 in Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. Tom Cruise was born to Thomas Mapother III and Mary Lee Pfeiffer. His father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III was an electrical engineer and died in 1984 of cancer. At the age of 12, his parents get divorced. He is a vegetarian.

When he was a child, he lived in various locations of the United States and Canada. The cities where he lived may include Ottawa, Canada, Louisville, Ontario, Kentucky, New Jersey, Glen Ridge and Wayne, New Jersey. During this journey, Tom Cruise attended eight elementary schools and three high schools.

At the age of 14, Tom Cruise was enrolled in a seminary to become a priest but after one year he was dropped out. In 1980, he was graduated from Glen Ridge High School. While writing, Tom Cruise is right handed, but does most things left-handed. He is a big fan of British singer, Joss Stone.

Tom Cruise has three sisters, Cass Mapother was (born in 1963), Marian Mapother (born in 1961), Lee Anne Mapother (born in 1959). He is cousin of actor William Mapother and Amy Mapother. He has two dogs, Basil and Murray and a cat, Harvey.

Tom Cruise has been married twice. On December 24, 1990, he married with Actress Nicole Kidman and divorced on August 8, 2001. After divorced with Nicole Kidman, on May 9, 1987, he married with actress Mimi Rogers and divorced in January 1990.

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman adopted two children, one is Isabella Jane, was born on December 22, 1992, and Conor Antony was born January 17, 1995. On June 17, 2005, He engaged to actress Katie Holmes. Tom and Katie Holmes became the parents of a girl named "Suri", who was born on April 18, 2006 in Los Angeles.

In 1979, Tom Cruise played his first acting role in film, "Endless Love". After this role, in 1981, he had role in a bigger film, "Taps". The film is about military cadets and was successful movie. After that he played a soldier role in four different movies like "Top Gun", "Born on the Fourth of July", "A Few Good Men" and "The Last Samurai".