Editing Tom Cruise (section)

== Acting credits and accolades ==
{{see also| Tom Cruise filmography|List of awards and nominations received by Tom Cruise}}
[[File:TomCruiseHWoFOct10.jpg|thumb|upright|Cruise's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]]]
[[File:Plaque with Tom Cruise's handprints in Leicester Sq London.jpg|thumb|upright|Cruise's handprints in [[Leicester Square]], London]]
In 2006, ''Premiere'' ranked Cruise as Hollywood's most powerful actor,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Power List 2006|url=http://www.premiere.com/best/2816/the-power-list-2006.html|work=Premiere|date=June 2006|access-date=July 29, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120121741/http://www.premiere.com/best/2816/the-power-list-2006.html|archive-date=January 20, 2007}}</ref> as Cruise came in at number 13 on the magazine's 2006 Power List, being the highest ranked actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premiere.com/newsletter/2851/the-power-list-2006-page13.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120122143/http://www.premiere.com/newsletter/2851/the-power-list-2006-page13.html|archive-date=January 20, 2007|title=The Power List 2006|work=[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]]|access-date=July 3, 2012}}</ref> The same year, ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/6YG2.html|title=Tom Cruise ranked 1 among The Top 100 Celebrities In 2006|work=[[Forbes]]|access-date=May 1, 2007|date=May 1, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617132837/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/6YG2.html|archive-date=June 17, 2006}}</ref> The founder of [[CinemaScore]] in 2016 cited Cruise and [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] as the "two stars, it doesn't matter how bad the film is, they can pull [the box office] up."<ref name="lawrence20160830">{{Cite news|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/neon/las-vegan-s-polling-company-keeps-tabs-hollywood|title=Las Vegan's polling company keeps tabs on Hollywood |last=Lawrence|first=Christopher|date=August 30, 2016|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=December 24, 2016|archive-date=December 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224100303/http://www.reviewjournal.com/neon/las-vegan-s-polling-company-keeps-tabs-hollywood |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/tom-cruise-eyes-wide-shut-mission-impossible-top-gun-jack-reacher-a9177726.html|title=Why Tom Cruise is contemporary cinema's Peter Pan|date=October 31, 2019|website=The Independent|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229041518/https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/tom-cruise-eyes-wide-shut-mission-impossible-top-gun-jack-reacher-a9177726.html|url-status=live}}</ref> October 10, 2006, was declared "Tom Cruise Day" in Japan; the Japan Memorial Day Association said that he was awarded with a special day because of "his love for and close association with Japan."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Cruise_Day_Declared_in_Japan/3563377 |title=Tom Cruise Day |website=Hollywood.com |access-date=August 8, 2009 |archive-date=December 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208204831/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Cruise_Day_Declared_in_Japan/3563377 |url-status=live }}</ref>

While reviewing ''[[Days of Thunder]]'' (co-written Cruise), film critic [[Roger Ebert]] noted the similarities between several of Cruise's 1980s films and nicknamed the formula the "Tom Cruise Picture".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/days-of-thunder-1990|title=Days Of Thunder movie review & film summary (1990) &#124; Roger Ebert|first=Roger|last=Ebert|website=www.rogerebert.com|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229041544/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/days-of-thunder-1990|url-status=live}}</ref> Ebert listed nine key ingredients that make up the Tom Cruise Picture: the Cruise character, the mentor, the superior woman, the craft he must hone, the arena it takes place in, the arcana or knowledge he must learn, the trail or journey, the proto enemy, and the eventual enemy of the character. Some of Cruise's later films like ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' and ''[[The Last Samurai]]'' can also be considered to be part of this formula. ''Widescreenings'' compares two of these Cruise characters in an article on the film ''[[A Few Good Men]]:''{{blockquote|
[screenwriter] [[Aaron Sorkin]] interestingly takes the opposite approach of ''[[Top Gun]]'', where Cruise also starred as the protagonist. In ''Top Gun'', Cruise plays Mitchell who is a 'hot shot' military underachiever who makes mistakes because he is trying to outperform his late father. Where Maverick Mitchell needs to rein in the discipline, Daniel Kaffee needs to let it go, finally see what he can do.<ref name="widescreenings">{{cite web|url=http://www.widescreenings.com/few-good-men-analysis-review.html|title=Review and analysis: A Few Good Men|first=Inspired by R. Swanson and CrystalX by Vit|last=Dlouhy|website=Widescreenings.com|access-date=October 7, 2017|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229041520/http://www.widescreenings.com/few-good-men-analysis-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Cruise is an [[aerobatic]] pilot and was inducted as part of the [[Living Legends of Aviation]] in 2010, receiving the Aviation Inspiration and Patriotism Award from the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy. In addition to other aircraft, Cruise owns a [[P-51 Mustang]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://generalaviationnews.com/2010/01/13/living-legends-of-aviation-to-honor-tom-cruise-buzz-aldrin/|title=Living Legends of Aviation to honor Tom Cruise, Buzz Aldrin|last=Wood|first=Janice|website=General Aviation News|date=January 2010|accessdate=August 4, 2022|archive-date=August 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831015054/https://generalaviationnews.com/2010/01/13/living-legends-of-aviation-to-honor-tom-cruise-buzz-aldrin/|url-status=live}}</ref>