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He played the central role in the historical thriller ‘Valkyrie’ released on December 25, 2008, to box office success. This performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination. This was followed by an unrecognizable appearance as “Les Grossman” in the 2008 comedy ‘Tropic Thunder’ with Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. In 2007, he took a rare supporting role for the second time in ‘Lions for Lambs’, which was a commercial disappointment. In 2006, Cruise returned to his role as Ethan Hunt in the third installment of the ‘Mission Impossible’ film series, ‘Mission: Impossible III’. In 2005, he worked again with Steven Spielberg in ‘War of the Worlds’, a loose adaptation of the H. In 2003, he starred in Edward Zwick’s historical drama ‘The Last Samurai’, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for best actor. In 2002, Cruise starred in the dystopian science-fiction thriller ‘Minority Report’ which has been directed by Steven Spielberg and is based on the science fiction short story by Philip K. In 2000, Cruise returned as Ethan Hunt in the second installment of the ‘Mission Impossible’ films, ‘Mission: Impossible 2’. The following year Cruise starred in the romantic thriller ‘Vanilla Sky’ in 2001 with Cameron Diaz and Penélope Cruz. Mackey, in ‘ Magnolia‘, for which he received another Golden Globe and a nomination for an Academy Award. In 1999, he costarred with Nicole Kidman in the erotic Stanley Kubrick film ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, and took a rare supporting role, as a motivational speaker, Frank T.J. The same year, he took on the title role in ‘Jerry Maguire’, for which he earned a Golden Globe and his second nomination for an Academy Award. It was a box office success, although it received criticism regarding the Jim Phelps character being a villain, despite being a protagonist of the original television series. In 1996, he appeared as Ethan Hunt in the reboot of ‘ Mission: Impossible‘, which he produced. In 1994, he starred along with Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas and Christian Slater in Neil Jordan’s ‘Interview with the Vampire’, a gothic drama/horror film that was based on Anne Rice’s best-selling novel. His next films were ‘Days of Thunder’ in 1990 and ‘Far and Away’ in 1992. He portrayed real-life paralyzed Vietnam War veteran in 1989’s ‘Born on the Fourth of July’, which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, a nomination for BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Cruise’s first Best Actor Academy Award nomination. In 1988, he starred with Dustin Hoffman in ‘Rain Man’, which won the Academy Award for Best Film and him the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor. Cruise followed this success with ‘The Color of Money’, which paired him with Paul Newman.