James Caan

His son Jacon was born in 1998. Cruise was chosen to co-host the Nobel Peace Prize Concert with Oprah Winfrey in Oslo, Norway on December 11, 2004. He married Linda Stokes in 1996. This has occasionally led to protests at openings of his movies in Europe. His first, in 1976, to Sheila Ryan, was short lived, and they divorced the next year. Cruise is a well-known member of the Church of Scientology (as of 1990). Caan has been married twice. In March 2004, he announced that his relationship with Penelope Cruz had ended in January.

He continues to act on screen and on television. Cruise divorced Kidman on August 8, 2001, and for a time he was romantically linked with Penelope Cruz, the lead actress in his film Vanilla Sky. Amiable, down to earth and not afraid to tell it like it is, James Caan is a true gentleman, a tough guy with a heart of gold and a Hollywood survivor in every sense of the word. He has been married twice, to Mimi Rogers (May 9, 1987 - February 4, 1990) and later Nicole Kidman (December 24, 1990). In 1999, Caan joined the ranks of Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum and Powers Boothe when he portrayed Phillip Marlowe in the HBO film Poodle Springs. (He removes them during filming.). He co-starred with Sarah Jessica Parker and Nicolas Cage and hilariously spoofed his "Sonny Corleone" character from The Godfather. While many fans contend that his smile is one of his most notable features, one of his upper front incisors is off-color, and he started wearing braces in 2002.

Caan made one of the most delightful films of his career in 1992 with the hit Honeymoon In Vegas. As a sex symbol, Cruise's physique has been subject to close scrutiny of the media. In 1988 and 1990, Caan starred in the popular films Alien Nation and Misery (co-star Kathy Bates won a Best Actress Oscar). Examples of the "Generic Tom Cruise Character" can be seen in Top Gun, Rain Man, A Few Good Men, Jerry Maguire, Cocktail, The Last Samurai, and others. He made a stirring return to film in 1987 when his old friend Francis Ford Coppola cast him as an Army Sergeant in Gardens Of Stone, a film that dealt with the effect of the Vietnam War on the homefront. A number of Cruise's more well-known and popular movies have cast him in a similar role, one which has been half-jokingly referred to by movie fans (and some critics) as the "Generic Tom Cruise Character." In a role of this type, Cruise has portrayed a character who, as the film begins, is seen as a cocky, stuck-up, self-centered egoist who cares for little other than himself. As the events of the movie unfold, his character learns to become more open-minded and altruistic, until by the time the climax has been reached, he has undergone a radical change and been transformed into a better human being. From 1982 to 1987, Caan did not act in any films. He was suffering from depression over his sister's death, a growing problem with cocaine, and what he described as Hollywood burnout. In 2002 and 2003, he was rated by Premiere among the top 20 in its annual Power 100 list.

This film is today regarded as a film noir classic and Caan has often said it is the role he is proudest of next to The Godfather. Two years later, it ranked him among the top 5 movie stars of all time. The following year, Caan appeared in Thief, directed by Michael Mann, where he played a professional safe cracker. In 1995, Empire magazine ranked him among the 100 sexiest stars in film history. Despite critical praise, the film was not a hit. In 1990, 1991 and 1997, People magazine rated him among the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Caan was a devoted family man all his life and said this film was a powerful one about family love and values. The company also co-produced The Others (2001).

In 1980, Caan directed Hide In Plain Sight a film about a father searching for his children lost in the Witness Protection Program. Cruise teamed with producer Paula Wagner to form Cruise/Wagner Productions, which has co-produced several of Cruise's films such as Mission: Impossible and its sequels, Vanilla Sky (2001), and The Last Samurai (2003). His many films include Cinderella Liberty, Freebie and The Bean, The Gambler, The Killer Elite, Rollerball, Harry And Walter Go To New York, A Bridge Too Far, Comes A Horseman and Chapter Two (a play screenplay conversion by Neil Simon). The films were A Few Good Men (1992), The Firm (1993), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (movie) (1996) and Jerry Maguire (1996). He played a wide variety of roles and refused to be typecast as a mobster. In 1996, he became the first actor in history to star in five consecutive films that grossed $100 million in domestic release. From 1973 to 1982, Caan appeared in many Hollywood films. He received Academy Award nominations for Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Jerry Maguire (1996), both as Best Actor; and for Magnolia (1999), as Best Supporting Actor.

For his role Caan was nominated for an Academy Award. Before going into acting, Cruise attended a Franciscan seminary and aspired to become a Catholic priest. The following year Coppola cast Caan as mobster Sonny Corleone in The Godfather, which also helped launch Al Pacino's career. Cruise's parents moved frequently when he was a child, residing in a number of locations throughout the United States and Canada, including Ottawa, Ontario, Louisville, Kentucky and Glen Ridge, New Jersey. In 1971, Caan won even greater acclaim as dying football player Brian Piccolo in the television movie Brian's Song. His first leading role in a Blockbuster movie was in Top Gun, as Maverick. Caan first won praise for his role as a brain-damaged football player in The Rain People (1969), directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York, USA) is an American film actor and producer who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies.

In 1967, Caan appeared in El Dorado with John Wayne. The Few (Scripting) (2006). Caan's first substantial film role was as a menacing villain in the 1964 thriller Lady In A Cage. Mission: Impossible III (Pre-production) (2006). Caan began acting in television in such series as The Untouchables. War of the Worlds (Pre-production) (2005). James Caan (born March 26, 1939, Bronx, New York) is an American actor. Collateral (2004).

The Last Samurai (2003). Minority Report (2002). Vanilla Sky (2001). Mission: Impossible II (2000).

Magnolia (1999). Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Jerry Maguire (1996). Mission: Impossible (1996).

Interview with the Vampire (1994). The Firm (1993). A Few Good Men (1992). Far and Away (1992).

Days of Thunder (1990). Born on the Fourth of July (1989). Rain Man (1988). Cocktail (1988).

The Color of Money (1986). Top Gun (1986). Legend (1985). Risky Business (1983).

The Outsiders (1983). Taps (1981). Endless Love (1981).