I watched Oprah on the last day of 2008 and it was on Tom Cruise 25 Years, a tribute to him on his hardwork and achievements in films since 1983. Frankly speaking, TC has been an inspiring man to myself since I was young as he is someone whom we can look up to as a person and a movie star. He is born with some kind of magic which can attract people effortlessly (Well, at least to me he is…).
As the tribute went along, there were a lot of stars giving their best wishes to TC on his celebration of his career like Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith, Renee Zellwegger, Dustin Hoffman, Steven Spielberg, Jamie Foxx and Dakota Fanning. Suddenly, something strucked my mind. I noticed that most of the people whom TC worked with are great actors and actresses. Most of them have won an Oscar themselves be it co-starring with TC or not.
Did some “research” on the Net (Thanks to www.imdb.com and www.tomcruise.com), and found out the list of Oscar-winning actors/actresses whom have acted with TC before (from 1981 until 2007).
Presenting the filmography list of TC. The list below may not be accurate but I have tried my best to compile them… Enjoy!
Year : 1981
Movie : Taps
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
George C. Scott – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1971 for Patton
Sean Penn – Best Actor in a Leading Role 2004 for Mystic River
Year : 1983
Movie : Outsiders
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
None
Year : 1983
Movie : Risky Business
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
None
Year : 1983
Movie : All the Right Moves
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
None
Year : 1985
Movie : Legend
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
None
Year : 1986
Movie : Top Gun
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Tim Robbins – Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2004 for Mystic River
Year : 1986
Movie : The Color of Money
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Paul Newman – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1987 for this movie
Year : 1988
Movie : Cocktail
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
None
Year : 1988
Movie : Rain Man
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Dustin Hoffman – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1989 for this movie
Year : 1989
Movie : Born in the Fourth of July
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
None
*TC was nominated as Best Actor in a Leading Role 1990 for this movie
Year : 1990
Movie : Days of Thunder
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Robert Duvall – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1984 for Tender Mercies
Nicole Kidman – Best Actress in a Leading Role 2003 for The Hours
Year : 1992
Movie : Far and Away
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Nicole Kidman – Best Actress in a Leading Role 2003 for The Hours
Year : 1992
Movie : A Few Good Men
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Jack Nicholson – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1976 for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Best Actor in Supporting Role 1984 for Terms of Endearment, Best Actor in a Leading Role 1998 for As Good As It Gets
Year : 1993
Movie : The Firm
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Gene Hackman – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1972 for The French Connection, Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1993 for Unforgiven
Holly Hunter – Best Actress in a Leading Role 1994 for The Piano
Year : 1994
Movie : Interview with the Vampire
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
None
Year : 1996
Movie : Mission:Impossible
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Jon Voight – Best Actor in a Leading Role 1979 for Coming Home
Year : 1996
Movie : Jerry Maguire
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Cuba Gooding Jr. – Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1997 for this movie
Renee Zellwegger – Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2004 for Cold Mountain
*TC was nominated as Best Actor in a Leading Role 1997 for this movie
Year : 1999
Movie : Eyes Wide Shut
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Nicole Kidman – Best Actress in a Leading Role 2003 for The Hours
Year : 1999
Movie : Magnolia
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Best Actor in a Leading Role 2006 for Capote
Jason Robards – Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1977 for All the President’s Men, Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1978 for Julia
*TC was nominated as Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2000 for this movie
Year : 2000
Movie : Mission:Impossible II
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
None
Year : 2001
Movie : Vanilla Sky
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Tilda Swinton – Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2008 for Michael Clayton
Year : 2002
Movie : Minority Report
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
None
Year : 2003
Movie : The Last Samurai
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
None
Year : 2004
Movie : Collateral
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Jamie Foxx – Best Actor in a Leading Role 2005 for Ray
Javier Bardem – Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2008 for No Country for Old Men
Year : 2005
Movie : War of the Worlds
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
None
Year : 2006
Movie : Mission:Impossible III
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Best Actor in a Leading Role 2006 for Capote
Year : 2007
Movie : Lions for Lambs
Oscar-winning actor/actress co-starred with TC in this movie :
Robert Redford – Honorary Award
Meryl Streep – Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer, Best Actress in a Leading Role 1983 for Sophie’s Choice
What I’ve learnt from the list is that we can see TC is someone who has worked extremely hard throughout his 25 years in the film industry and it is something everyone should look up to. But I feel that he’s not as lucky as his other companions who have earned Oscars for their effort and performance… or maybe, he’s just not as hardworking as they are! Haha! No offense!
TC, keep up the great performance and many more years to come!!! Peace!
One word to describe it – BRILLIANT! I love the storyline, the performers, the plots, the sceneries, the meaning behind the story, the passion, the love, the feeling amongst human, the sacrifice, the dilemma, the doubt, the confussion, the willingness to accept, the willingness to give… (the list will go on…) Frankly speaking, I was first attracted to watch this film because of Kate Winslet’s winning of her first Oscar. I was wondering how did she potray herself in this movie. I was not a fan of hers even after watching Titanic because I thought her performance in Titanic was not that worth mentioning, although she did earned a nomination for the role as Rose. After approximately 11 years after Titanic, I gave it a chance to see how good can she be or how has she improved. And what else can I say?! She’s a great actress. To me, she learns her role perfectly and she knows what is necessary for the movie and what’s not. I am talking about the nude scenes in the movie. I’ve seen movie actresses baring themselves just for the sake of baring, but Kate is different. There is a need for her to bare in this movie to show the intimacy between Hanna (potrayed by Kate) and the young Michael (potrayed by David Kross). I would not want to highlight her nude scenes as they were not the main essence of the movie. The best part that I liked most which she’s successfully carried out was when she was in the court admitting that she was the one who wrote the letter and also the twist when she learned how to write and read later on in the story. Marvellous plot! It was very dramatic and surprising enough to me as I thought that she was the person who actually wrote the letter earlier on shown in the movie. Sorry for this spoiler but it was meaningful enough to me which worth a mention here. I guess for those who are still wondering if this movie is really that good or not? Well, watch it to get the answer.
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