Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, known to us more familiarly as Tom Cruise, is a world-famous actor with dozens of films under his belt. He has been primarily an action star in such movies as Top Gun, War of the Worlds, and the Mission: Impossible franchise, but he has taken more serious roles, as well--he won a Golden Globe for his role in Born on the Fourth of July, in which he portrayed real-life paralyzed Viet Nam veteran Ron Kovic. He has also taken comedic roles, in the movies Tropic Thunder…