Tom Cruise’s Changing Appearance: A Look Back At The Actor’s Appearance Over The Years

Tom Cruise debuted a bold new look at the 95th Annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon this week, marking his first red carpet appearance in eight months.

The Top Gun: Maverick star, 60, was there to support the hit summer 2022 movie that received multiple Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.

The actor sported much longer hair and a deep tan as he dressed to impress in a navy blue suit with a matching waistcoat and white shirt.

As one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, Tom’s on-camera career spans more than four decades.

After making his breakthrough with roles in Risky Business (1983) and Top Gun (1986), he became a leading man in the 1990s with roles in The Firm (199) and Jerry Maguire (1996).

Entering the fifth decade of his career, MailOnline takes a look at Tom’s changing looks over the years.

1980 – THE EARLY YEARS

Tom was a young man of 24 years of age when he appeared in one of his most famous movies: Top Gun.

The actor landed the leading role of Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in the action flick, which became the highest-grossing domestic film of the year with $357 million.

The star looked worlds away from his current self during this period, which also saw him appear in films like The Color Of Money (1986) and All The Right Moves (1983).

Tom spoke about his rise to fame during this time, saying it was strange to suddenly be recognized on the street.

He said Interview magazine: ‘I’m really very private, in my own world. All of a sudden, I was someone walking down the street and people were looking at me and thinking, “Jesus, is there something coming out of my nose?”

‘It took time to adjust to that. It was a perfect time to do Legend in England. Everyone is looking at you and somehow waving your hand seems so much more exaggerated.

THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM – MOVIE STAR

Tom was firmly established as one of the biggest stars in the industry at the time and had a chiseled look to match.

The star looked like a male model when he attended that year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, where he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Magnolia.

Tom also sported a longer hairstyle during this period, just a few months before the end of his marriage to actress Nicole Kidman.

This was also the year that the Mission: Impossible franchise began in earnest with the release of the first sequel which grossed over $500 million at the box office.

MID 2000S – CONTINUED SUCCESS

Tom had walked away with a bolder look a few years later, sporting a much shorter haircut that he would keep for several years.

This decade was one of the busiest for Tom as he appeared in a host of hit movies including The Last Samurai, Collateral and War of the Worlds.

It was also preparing to return to the Mission: Impossible franchise, with the third installment releasing two years later.

Tom would soon embark on one of his most publicized relationships when he began dating actress Katie Holmes in April 2005.

Just a few months later, in October, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child, Suri, who was born in April 2006.

They were married in November of that year, and Katie filed for divorce five and a half years later.

2021 – TOM’S SWALLOWED APPEARANCE RAISES EYEBROWS

Tom shocked in October 2021 when he attended a baseball game in San Francisco with a noticeably more swollen face.

The father-of-three sparked speculation that he had fillers after sporting a fuller face during the Los Angeles Dodgers game.

Dawn Attewell, registered nurse aesthetics at therapyhouse.co.uk, told FEMAIL the images were the result of “over-filling” and “post-procedure swelling” but she now looks fresher thanks to a “transplant of hair” and “skin tightening treatments”.

“In the infamous image from October 2021, Tom can be seen looking puffy and puffy, which could be due to excessive padding, post-procedure swelling, or weight gain.”

‘Often surgical procedures such as a platysmal lift or neck lift, combined with a mid facelift, can create this type of swelling in these areas.

However, it wasn’t long before Tom was back to his old self as he walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2022 with a slimmer look.

CURRENTLY

Tom returned to the spotlight last year with his first movie in four years, To Gun: Maverick.

The film grossed over $1 billion at the box office, the highest-grossing film of his career, and was considered by many critics to be an improvement over the original.

Sporting longer locks once again, Tom has been busy over the past few months putting the finishing touches on Mission: Impossibe – Dead Reckoning Parts One and Two.

The first part will be released in July, while fans of the franchise will have to wait until June 2024 for the second part.