Tom Cruise
Age:
46
Role:
Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder
Character:
A desperate director named Damien Cockburn (Steve Coogan) trying to make a Vietnam war movie drops his pampered actors into the heart of the jungle.
Cockburn’s stars include Stiller as an action hero who’s starting to make bad career choices, Jack Black as an insecure low-brow comedy star going through heroin withdrawals, and Robert Downey Jr. as an Australian Oscar winner so lost in his “craft” he underwent a procedure to become black for his role.
In the jungle, they remain under the delusion that they are still being filmed even after they encounter a dangerous gang of druglords.
Previous Golden Globe Wins:
Tom Cruise has two previous Golden Globe wins: One Best Actor for Born on the Fourth of July, One Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Jerry Maguire
Previous Golden Globe Nominations
He also has three other nominations: One for Best Actor in a Comedy for Risky Business Two for Best Actor for The Last Samurai and A Few Good Men.
Awards for Role:
This is the first award nomination for the role.
Critics
‘But its better moments of self-referential snark, such as an ace cameo from Tom Cruise as an obnoxious studio exec, have the feel of a superior end-of-term revue.’ (Time Out)
‘Apparently actors are narcissistic and Hollywood is ruthless… Stiller doesn’t say anything we don’t know, but stand-out turns from Downey Jr and Cruise make Tropic Thunder very funny for all its flaws.’ (Total Film)
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw