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See also:
Penelope Cruz, War of the Worlds
Tom Cruise is obviously one of the most powerful actor in Hollywood nowadays. His first leading role in a Blockbuster movie was in Top Gun. Before going into acting, Cruise attended a Franciscan seminary and aspired to become a Catholic priest. He received Academy Award nominations for Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Jerry Maguire (1996), both as Best Actor; and for Magnolia (1999), as Best Supporting Actor. In 1996, he became the first actor in history to star in five consecutive films that grossed $100 million in domestic release. The films were A Few Good Men (1992), The Firm (1993), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Jerry Maguire (1996).
He has been married twice, to Mimi Rogers (May 9, 1987 - February 4, 1990) and later Nicole Kidman (December 24, 1990 - August 8, 2001). He and Nicole Kidman adopted two children, Isabella (born 1993) and Connor (born 1995). And for a time he was romantically linked with Penelope Cruz until March 2004. In April 2005, he began dating Katie Holmes, before announcing on June 17, 2005 that he had proposed to her at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. She accepted his offer, but the couple have yet to decide on a wedding date.
On October 5, 2005, People magazine broke the news Holmes is pregnant. The child will be Holmes's first and Cruise's first biological child.
Cruise is a well-known member of the Church of Scientology and chosen to co-host the Nobel Peace Prize Concert with Oprah Winfrey in Oslo, Norway on December 11, 2004.
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