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Having just turned 60, Tom Cruise is still one of the leading names in Hollywood. A prolific actor with a career spannin | dG1fQ2NMRUZ3NDhQeTQ
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00:00Cruz landed his first role in the film Endless Love in 81, followed by several other films,
00:07including a leading role in All the Right Moves, an American sports drama directed by Michael Chapman.
00:13However, in 1983, he took on his significant breakout role in the teen comedy drama Risky Business,
00:21acting in one of the most beloved scenes of his career.
00:30He went on to act in hugely popular films Cocktail, The Color of Money, and Rain Man,
00:52a film co-star Dustin Hoffman and Cruz were convinced would flop.
00:56Hoffman even tried to leave the production three weeks into shooting.
01:02Nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman.
01:08Fortunately for them, it received a leading eight nominations at the 61st Academy Awards,
01:21winning four Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Hoffman, and Best Original Screenplay.
01:28The release of 1986's Top Gun cemented the superstar's status.
01:36It was the highest-grossing film of that year, in which he played a Navy jet pilot.
01:43Cruz topped the decade off in 1989, portraying real-life paralyzed Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic
01:50in the film Born on the Fourth of July, leading to several awards, including his first Best Actor Academy Award nomination.
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