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Tom Cruise

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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), better known by his stage name Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades throughout his career, including three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for a British Academy Film Award and three Academy Awards. His films have grossed over $4 billion in North America and over $10.1 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing box office stars of all time.Cruise began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedy film Risky Business (1983) and action drama film Top Gun (1986). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Cruise has received more than 50,921,526 page views. His biography is available in 104 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 101 in 2019). Tom Cruise is the 97th most popular actor (down from 89th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from United States (down from 176th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Actor.

Tom Cruise is most famous for his film roles in the Mission Impossible, Top Gun, Rain Man, and Jerry Maguire.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 78.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 104

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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TMZ
Tom Cruise & Helen Mirren On Hand to Celebrate Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Queen Elizabeth II may not show for every public event these days, but made sure to come out for this one to celebrate 70 years on the throne ... as did Tom Cruise and Helen Mirren. HMTQ was on hand in person Saturday for a Windsor get-together…
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calendar Sunday, May 15, 2022
The Boston Globe
Tom Cruise is at his Tom Cruise-iest in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
It’s been 36 years since the original. The sequel is more of the same: expertly crafted action, gorgeous visuals, and mindless, muscular shamelessness.
person Mark Feeney
calendar Monday, May 16, 2022
Dlisted.com
Tom Cruise Was The Star Of One Of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
Imagine spending 70 years on the British throne in an uncomfortable gold crown and an endless amount of pastel skirt suits, denied even the most basic of life’s pleasures, like peeling and eating a banana like a regular person, just to get upstaged by a couch…
person Allison
calendar Monday, May 16, 2022
The Guardian
‘More stunts, Maverick!’ Even Tom Cruise couldn’t save the Queen’s hellish jubilee horsefest
We were promised A-listers doing astounding things. But the only way this TV jubilee special could have been saved from terminal tedium was if the Top Gun star had abseiled from a helicopterRepeatedly throughout last night’s The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celeb…
person Stuart Heritage
calendar Monday, May 16, 2022

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tom Cruise ranks 97 out of 10,030. Before him are Gloria Stuart, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Sutherland, Johnny Depp, Rowan Atkinson, and Hedy Lamarr. After him are Orson Welles, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Cary Grant, Richard Gere, and Gary Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Tom Cruise ranks 2. Before him is Carles Puigdemont. After him are Jim Carrey, Ruud Gullit, Cliff Burton, Frank Rijkaard, Demi Moore, Jodie Foster, Nicolás Maduro, Ralph Fiennes, Abdullah II of Jordan, and Steve Irwin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Cruise ranks 197 out of 15,968. Before him are David Lynch (1946), Johnny Depp (1963), Edward Hopper (1882), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), Quentin Tarantino (1963), and Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856). After him are George Lucas (1944), Orson Welles (1915), Denzel Washington (1954), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Emily Dickinson (1830), and B. F. Skinner (1904).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tom Cruise ranks 49. Before him are Buster Keaton (1895), John Travolta (1954), Charlton Heston (1923), Gloria Stuart (1910), Humphrey Bogart (1899), and Johnny Depp (1963). After him are Orson Welles (1915), Denzel Washington (1954), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Richard Gere (1949), Gary Cooper (1901), and Christopher Lloyd (1938).

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