10 Best Performances Of Tom Cruise That Make Him Hollywood's Most Popular Superstar!

    10 Best Performances Of Tom Cruise That Make Him Hollywood's Most Popular Superstar!

    All set to doze off into a nostalgic evening as we whip up an ode to Mr Cruise who held on to his dear life while clinging on to the edge of an airbus for the ‘Mission Impossible series’? The hottie even put on a fat suit while flaunting a bald head in ‘Tropic Thunder’ to prove us that his acting skills were at par with his cockiness. Today, Cruise turns 55 and he still looks exactly like THAT!

    10 Best Performances Of Tom Cruise That Make Him Hollywood's Most Popular Superstar!

    While you get yourselves together after admiring this mesmerising piece of Artwork; in honour of his birthday, we will cruise you through the 10 Best body of work Mr Mission Impossible has put together in the past 36 years of his rocketing success.

    10 Best Performances Of Tom Cruise That Make Him Hollywood's Most Popular Superstar!

    1)Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible Series (1996-2015)

    Mission impossible is simply impossible to resist every time it plays on Television. A pure guilty pleasure everyone binge watches on a Friday night all cozied up on a couch while Cruise hunts down the bad guys in his flashy cars with the world’s catchiest background score reverberating across the Television room.

    2)Frank T.J Mackey in Magnolia (1999)

    With Cruise himself Regarding Magnolia as his finest work; In this movie  he plays a self-help guru who tries to get men laid but his performance as a son who accepts his dying dad is what steals the show. He was awarded the Golden Globe award for the Best Performance in this feature film.

    3)Jerry Maguire in Jerry Maguire (1996)

    In this Oscar nominated role Tom Cruise steps into the shoes of a sport’s agent who gets fired and the troublesome circumstances of his life pushes him to pin his future on an equally troubled football player.

    4)Ron Kovic in Born on the fourth of July (1989)

    Cruise plays real life activist Ron Kovic in this film. He acts as a Vietnam vet who speaks out against the war and its twisted notions of patriotism. He won the Golden Globe Awards for Best Performance in this Motion Picture.

    5)Lt. Daniel Kaffee in A few good men (1992)

    This court room drama showcases cruise as an inexperienced Navy Lieutenant assigned to safeguard two marines who are accused of murder.

    6)Less Grossman in Tropic Thunder(2008)

    Cruise plays an over the top Stewart cornfield inspired hot head in this movie.His eye catching bling and hilarious dancing tickles you till you burst into laughter.

    7)Lt. Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in Top gun (1986)

    It is this iconic role which elevated Tom Cruise’s name to the top of Hollywood’s A- list. Cruise plays a reckless pilot caught in a highly coveted competition for the Top gun title.

    8)John Anderton in Minority Report (2002)

    Cruise leads this magnificent neo-noir, sci-fi mystery-thriller as John Anderton, a captain in the year 2054 who nabs criminals before they commit crimes with the help of three psychics.

    9)Vincent in Collateral(2004)

    Tom cruise who built his name over the years for playing the good guy swaps seats with the bad guys to play the brutal cold blooded assassin in this film.

    10)Charlie Babbitt in Rain Man (1988)

    A classic drama about a car dealer who discovers that his inheritance is left to an autistic older brother of whom he never knew of. The transformation of a spoilt hot head into a caring younger brother is one of Cruise’s most touching performances ever.

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