Tom Cruise’s long lasting good looks from young hunk to Top Gun veteran

12 July 2023 , 18:50

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Taking a closer look at Tom Cruise and his stunning good looks over the years (Image: Getty Images)

Tom Cruise is ageing line fine wine - from his young hunk Top Gun days to his latest Mission Impossible film, the Hollywood star has been dropping jaws with his timeless good looks in Hollywood for over four decades.

The famous actor, who recently confirmed he is not retiring any time soon, has always been known for his stunning looks and incredible talent. Cruise has a classic appeal that has made him the object of Hollywood's affection, and after his 61st birthday recently passed, we're take a closer look at his changing looks over the years.

The 80s were an iconic decade for Cruise and his breakthrough into Hollywood including starring in films Taps (1981), Risky Business (1983), The Outsiders (1983). Cruise charmed viewers as a young hunk with bright blue eyes, an impeccable jaw line, and charismatic smile.

Tom Cruise in his twenties on the set of his first Hollywood gig Taps in 1981 (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Cruise was centre of the spotlight and rising to fame in the '80s with his daring role as Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell in the famous Top Gun - grossing over $357 million. In a nationwide survey Cruise was ranked the second sexiest actor of the decade, just behind Johnny Depp.

In 1986, Interview Magazine asked the actor are good looks a curse? To which he replied: "I don’t know [laughs] I think I have the ability to look different ways. I look good just as much as I look bad. I mean, I don’t look like Paul Newman or Beatty."

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Actor Tom Cruise on the set of the film Mission Impossible in 1996 (Getty Images)

Cruise performed diverse roles in the 90s acting in A Few Good Men (1992), Vampire (1994), and Mission: Impossible (1996).

After keeping his short, clean look for a few years the star fell in love and grew his hair out when dating actress Katie Holmes. In 2006, the lovebirds tied the knot and had their first child together. Their daughter Suri was born the same year and the couple stayed together for five years until Holmes filed for divorce in 2012.

Actor Tom Cruise at the premiere of his film Mad Money in 2008 (Getty Images)

During his 2000s era Cruise developed a more sexy, mature look and short well-kept hair and starred in many action films including The Last Samurai (2003), the gritty Los Angeles-set Collateral (2004), and Knight and Day (2010).

Tom Cruise at the UK premiere of his 2010 film the Knight and Day (Getty Images)

During an interview with Playboy in 2012, he was posed the question if he'd ever gotten plastic surgery to keep up his youthful appearance to which Cruise confirmed at the time that he had never had surgery and would never.

Looking forward to 2021, rumours flew that Cruise had gotten plastic surgery done when the Mission Impossible star was spotted at a baseball game in San Fransisco. After seeing the photos, fans hypothesised the actor had gotten filler due to how puffy his face looked, but as time passed the swelling went away.

Tom Cruise shows off his everlasting good looks at 61, starring in the new Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning (WireImage)

Cruise shocked funs with his ever-lasting dashing good looks in Top Gun: Maverick in 2022, performing his own stunts and looking great doing it at 60. Now, still looking as handsome as ever, the world renowned actor just starred in his latest film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.

Caroline Gaspich