Tom Cruise is an American actor who has been nominated for three Academy Awards. The document discusses several of Cruise's thriller films including Collateral (2004) about a cab driver taken hostage by a contract killer, War of the Worlds (2005) about Earth being invaded by alien tripod machines, and Valkyrie (2008) which dramatizes an assassination plot against Hitler. It also summarizes Jack Reacher (2012) about a military sniper investigation, Oblivion (2013) about a veteran questioning his mission, and Edge of Tomorrow (2014) where a soldier is caught in a time loop against an alien race.