The first movie Tom Cruise played the lead in was the 1981 Franco Zeffirelli picture "Endless Love." Nonetheless, Cruise had already appeared in brief scenes in a few previous movies, such as "Taps" from 1981 and "Risky Business" from 1983.

After landing his first film role in "Endless Love," Cruise has continued to work in the industry, growing to become one of the most well-known stars of the 1980s and 1990s. Has voiced characters in a number of well-known movies, including "Top Gun," "Rain Man," "Jerry Maguire," "Mission: Impossible," and many others.

Tom Cruise is one of Hollywood's most well-known actors and has appeared in a number of profitable films over the course of his or her career. Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1962, Cruise began performing in scolasticism-themed theater productions while he was just a young child.