Tom Cruise is one of the richest, wealthiest and most respected actors in the world. From his breakout role in Risky Business to leading the entire Mission: Impossible franchise, the Syracuse, New York, native took his movie career to the highest of heights by performing his own wild stunts and producing some of Hollywood’s biggest box office hits in history. Naturally, fans were convinced that Tom had won at least one Oscar until he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award at the 2025 Governors Awards.
During his acceptance speech, Tom recalled when his cinematic dreams began at a young age, and how movies motivated a “hunger for adventure, a hunger for knowledge, a hunger to understand humanity, to create characters, to tell a story, to see the world” in him.
“The cinema, it takes me around the world,” Tom said. “It helps me to appreciate and respect differences. It shows me also our shared humanity, how alike we are in so, so many ways. And no matter where we come from, in that theater, we laugh together, we feel together, we hope together, and that is the power of this art form. And that is why it matters, that is why it matters to me. So making films is not what I do, it is who I am.”
So, is this Tom’s first-ever Academy Award? Find out below.
No, Tom has not been awarded with an Oscar until his November 2025 honorary recognition.
Yes, Tom has been nominated for multiple Academy Awards, including for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
Tom has been nominated for four Oscars: Best Actor for Born on the Fourth of July, Best Supporting Actor for Jerry Maguire, Best Supporting Actor for Magnolia and Best Picture for Top Gun: Maverick.
