Many know Tom Cruise only as Ethan Hunt from Mission Impossible or as Top Gun's Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, but he has so many other great movie roles.
Ranking the best Tom Cruise characters in film is a nearly impossible endeavor. Tom Cruise is a rare actor whose leading man looks are surpassed not just by his acting ability but also by his willingness to go above and beyond what each role entails. From blockbusters with lead characters that are practically tailor-made for Cruise to movies that prove more of a challenge against preconceived notions about the actor, he always rises to the occasion.
10 Jerry Maguire: Jerry Maguire Even the Oscar-winning performance by Cuba Gooding Jr. as Rod Tidwell couldn't truly steal the limelight from Tom Cruise's titular gung-ho sports manager in Jerry Maguire. However, that's just because they complemented each other perfectly, with Rod's confidence and unique potential being the perfect foil to Jerry Maguire's eccentric but relatable underdog leading man.
7 Interview With The Vampire: Lestat From his previous roles in movies like Top Gun, Cocktail, A Few Good Men, and Rain Man, it's easy to see why Interview With The Vampire author Anne Rice initially thought that Cruise playing Lestat was “so bizarre, it's almost impossible to imagine how it's going to work.
4 Top Gun: Pete "Maverick" Mitchell One of the greatest protagonists in American film history, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is Tom Cruise's longest-running and arguably most important and definitive movie role. Even with the 2022's Top Gun: Maverick cast being stacked with fellow veterans and some of the fastest-rising young actors in Hollywood, Cruise easily dominated the spotlight in the long-awaited sequel.
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