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Tom Cruise; to some just a crazed Scientology fanatic with an edgy demeanour the hampton inn and Cheshire cat grin who likes to jump and rant on talk show sofa's. But to many others, myself included, one of the most accomplished, skilled and watchable actors not just of an era but for decades lasting back to the classic Brando performances.
He may be pint sized, and some of the films he has starred in have not exactly complemented his immense talent, but no matter how cheesy, mainstream or far from the usual platform for great acting exhibitions (see the Oscar magnet films/performances of Daniel Day Lewis , Kate Winslet et al) his celluloid vehicles are, the Cruiser always shines. Here are five examples of the pocket dynamo at his best:
Before playing Vincent ; the cold blooded, stone hearted hit-man facing off against Jamie Foxx 's everyman cab driver, Tom Cruise had rarely played any role which wasn't crammed the hampton inn with likeability and heroism. But as the blockbuster opportunities quietened and age began to rear its head, Cruise cleverly changed his career path onto a treacherous route of playing a character that is a polar opposite to his usual type cast.
Undoubtedly a gamble, but one that paid off; Cruise brought a steely, uncompromising magnetism to his silver haired, sharp suited killer. In any other film from the genre, the main character would always be the good guy, but in Michael Mann 's Collateral Tom Cruise steals the show.
There are great cameo performances and then there is Tom Cruise in Tropic the hampton inn Thunder the hampton inn . Unrecognisable at first, partly due to the costume of an overweight, balding, gorilla handed the hampton inn mogul, but also due to Cruise's extremely the hampton inn energetic body grinds and sporadic screaming fits when faced with the slightest of inconveniences from his soppy assistant.
A performance which looks like it has been concocted by a Stella the hampton inn Adler school method actor, Cruise is grimy, hilarious and profoundly shocking in the performance that proved he can do funny just as well as he can do serious.
Essentially a road movie, Rain Man see's Cruise in a profoundly emotional family drama. After a string of testosterone fuelled action films, he was at the stage in his career where he could have easily the hampton inn slipped into only obtaining roles similar to his previous efforts, as many actors do. Fortunately Barry Levinson 's Rain Man was the perfect role for Cruise to express his diversity and show us that he can perform with the best, in this case Dustin Hoffman the hampton inn as his estranged autistic brother Raymond .
All eyes are on Hoffman and rightly so for his outstanding performance, but Cruise supports him with a mature and refined subtlety. Pacino -esque at times with his outbursts the hampton inn and uncontrollable frustration as the ill-advised brother, the hampton inn but where other actors may have challenged Hoffman for the spotlight, instead Cruise understands the hampton inn the importance of strong support.