Tom Cruise is a global cultural icon who has made an immeasurable impact on cinema by creating some of the most memorable characters of all time. Having achieved extraordinary success as an actor, producer, and philanthropist in a career spanning across five decades, Cruise is a three-time Oscar nominee whose films have earned over $13 billion in worldwide box office – an incomparable accomplishment. Fueled by a lifetime goal to entertain audiences around the world, Cruise has worked over the last 40 years to produce and star in movies that stand the test of time.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Cruise with an Honorary Academy Award at the 16th Governors Awards in November 2025 “for his unwavering commitment to the filmmaking community, his vital support of the theatrical experience and his unmatched body of work.”
Next up is DIGGER, a film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, which comes out this Fall and shot in VistaVision. The first trailer and poster were dropped today.
The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.
Cruise stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winner Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Oscar nominee Jesse Plemons. Robert John Burke, Emma D’Arcy, Burn Gorman and Sophie Wilde also star.
Cruise has received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor for Born on the Fourth of July and Jerry Maguire and was a Best Supporting Actor nominee for Magnolia.
Will he finally win the much-deserved Oscar? We’ll find out when the film is released in theaters and IMAX on October 2, 2026.
Iñárritu directed from a screenplay by Iñárritu & Oscar-winners Alexander Dinelaris & Nicolás Giacobone, and Sabina Berman, story by Iñárritu & Berman. The film is produced by Iñárritu, Oscar nominee Mary Parent, Cruise and Michael Sharp, and executive produced by Joshua Grode, Berman, Dinelaris, Giacobone, Jez Butterworth and Emmanuel Lubezki.
Joining Iñárritu behind the camera are previous collaborators Oscar-winning director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki; editors Conor O’Neill and Oscar winner Stephen Mirrone; Oscar-nominated costume designer Jacqueline West; Oscar-winning makeup and hair designer Alessandro Bertolazzi; and Oscar-nominated casting director Francine Maisler; along with Oscar-winning production designer Dennis Gassner and production designer Richard Johnson, Oscar-winning prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro, and composer Cosmo Sheldrake.
