FrameThrower · Actors · Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
26 films · 1,890 frames · top-billed in 25 · 1983–2025
Born 3 July 1962 · Syracuse, New York, USA
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV is an American actor and film producer. Regarded as a Hollywood icon, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or, an Academy Honorary Award, and three Golden Globes, in addition to nominations for four competitive Academy Awards. As of 2025, his films have grossed more than $13.3 billion worldwide, placing him among the highest-grossing actors of all time. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars, he is consistently one of the world's highest-paid actors.
Cruise began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in Risky Business (1983) and Top Gun (1986), the latter earning him a reputation as a sex symbol.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 26 films · 1,890 frames · top-billed in 25 · 1983–2025
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture2000
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1997
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1990
- Golden Globe Awards1990
- Honorary Palme d'Or2022
- Academy Honorary Award2025
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres2024
- Navy Distinguished Service Medal2024
- Critics' Choice Awards2005
- Saturn Award for Best Actor2002
- Saturn Awards2002
- Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy1997
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,890 frames from the 26 films we hold. This is the look of the work Tom takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 26 films we hold, 46% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Tom takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 · Ethan Hunt
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
2023 · Ethan Hunt
Top Gun: Maverick
2022 · Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2018 · Ethan Hunt
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
2015 · Ethan Hunt
Edge of Tomorrow
2014 · Cage
Oblivion
2013 · Jack
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
2011 · Ethan Hunt
Valkyrie
2008 · Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Mission: Impossible III
2006 · Ethan Hunt
War of the Worlds
2005 · Ray Ferrier
Collateral
2004 · Vincent
The Last Samurai
2003 · Nathan Algren
Mission: Impossible II
2000 · Ethan Hunt
Eyes Wide Shut
1999 · Dr. William Harford
Magnolia
1999 · Frank T.J. Mackey
Mission: Impossible
1996 · Ethan Hunt
A Few Good Men
1992 · Lt. Daniel Kaffee
Days of Thunder
1990 · Cole Trickle
Born On The Fourth of July
1989 · Ron Kovic
Rain Man
1988 · Charlie Babbitt
Top Gun
1986 · Maverick
Legend
1985 · Jack
Minority Report
· Chief John Anderton
Interview With The Vampire
· Lestat
The Outsiders
1983 · Steve Randle
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,890 frames from Tom Cruise's 26 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.