• Mother: Mary Lee Mapother
• Father: Thomas Mapother III (electrical engineer, died of cancer in 1984)
• Stepfather: Jack South
• Sister: Lee Anne Mapother (publicist)
• Sister: Marian Mapother (teacher)
• Sister: Cass Mapother (restaurateur)

Claim to Fame: Risky Business

High School: (1978-81) Attended Glen Ridge High among others. Also attended St. Francis Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio for one year, and Lisgar Collegiate High school in Ottawa Canada for perhaps a year maybe less.

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Trivia:

When he was 6-7 his sisters and their friends would put him on the kitchen sink and practice kissing him.

(1997) Voted Best Dressed Male Movie Star

Member of the Church of Scientology

While he was working with Paul Newman in the Color of Money, (1986, he engaged in much conversation with the politically active actor. The resulting conscious raising changed him from an actor who ignored the jingoistic tone of Top Gun (1986) to a performer who chose a film with a strong anti-war tone, Born on the Fourth of July (1989) to counter his contribution to the former film.

He's the third of four children of an electrical engineer, whose family moved often due to his father's job. Because of having dyslexia (can't read correctly - letters on a page start to blurr after a few moments of looking at them), he needed to switch schools constantly. Unfortunately this lead to bad grades. He try to compensate for this handicap by being active in sports, until a knee injury ended his career in wrestling (THANKS FOR THE INPUT, Andrea!). He attended a Franciscan seminar for a year, but instead of putting on a habit, he ended up in the theater costume of Nathan Detroit, in a student production of the musical Guys & Dolls. After the completion of the musical, he decided to dedicate his life to professional acting, and left for New York. His first break came when he performed in a biblical-type of play by the name of Godspell in Bloomfield, New Jersey. This is where the Italian director Franco Zeffirelli discovered him. He gave him his first role of Billie Harris in the drama Endless Love. And after this role, his agressive character of David Shaw in Taps made him noticeable, and Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in "Top Gun" made him a Star. From then on, the offers kept coming faster than lightning.

Tom turned down the role in "Always" by Steven Spielberg and "Edward Scissorhands" by Tim Burton. He was also considered for the musical "Sunset Boulevard".

He was on the varsity wrestling team and played Nathan Detroit in the Junior Class production of "Guys and Dolls".

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1. Selling Time (2007)
2. Lions for Lambs (2007)
3. Mission: Impossible III (2006) ... Ethan Hunt
4. War of the Worlds (2005) ... Ray Ferrier
5. Collateral (2004) .... Vincent
6. The Last Samurai (2003) ... Capt. Nathan Algren
7. Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) .... Himself
8. Minority Report (2002) .... Detective John Anderton
9. Space Station (2002) (voice) .... Narrator
10. 74th Annual Academy Awards, The (2002) (TV) .... Speaker: introductory remarks
11. Who is Alan Smithee? (2002) (TV) (uncredited) (archive footage) .... Himself
12. Vanilla Sky (2001) .... David Aames
13. America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) (TV) .... Himself
14. 73rd Annual Academy Awards, The (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter of Best Director
15. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) (voice) .... Narrator
16. 2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV)
17. Mission Improbable (2000) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka Being Tom Cruise (2000) (TV)
18. Mission: Impossible II (2000) .... Ethan Hunt
    ... aka M:I-2 (2000) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
19. Magnolia (1999) .... Frank T.J. Mackey
    ... aka mag-no'li-a (1999) (USA: promotional title)
20. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) .... Doctor William 'Bill' Harford
    ... aka EWS (1999) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
21. American Film Institute Salute to Dustin Hoffman, The (1999) (TV) .... Himself
22. Junket Whore (1998) .... Himself
23. Jerry Maguire (1996) .... Jerry Maguire
24. Mission: Impossible (1996) .... Ethan Hunt
    ... aka Mission Impossible (1996)
25. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) .... Lestat de Lioncourt
    ... aka Interview with the Vampire (1994) (USA: short title)
26. Firm, The (1993) .... Mitch McDeere
27. Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You (1992) (V) .... Himself
28. Few Good Men, A (1992) .... Lieutenant Daniel Alistair Kaffee
29. Far and Away (1992) .... Joseph Donnelly
30. American Film Institute Salute to Kirk Douglas, The (1991) (TV) .... Himself
31. 63rd Annual Academy Awards, The (1991) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter - Best Director
32. Days of Thunder (1990) .... Cole Trickle
33. Born on the Fourth of July (1989) .... Ron Kovic
34. Rain Man (1988) .... Charlie Babbitt
35. Young Guns (1988) (uncredited) .... Man Who Is Shot
36. Cocktail (1988) .... Brian Flanagan
37. Color of Money, The (1986) .... Vincent Lauria
38. Top Gun (1986) .... Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
39. Legend (1985) .... Jack
40. All the Right Moves (1983) .... Stefen 'Stef' Djordjevic
    ... aka All Right (1983)
41. Risky Business (1983) .... Joel Goodson
42. Losin' It (1983) .... Woody
43. Outsiders, The (1983) .... Steve Randle
44. Taps (1981) .... David Shawn
45. Endless Love (1981) .... Billy

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