Tom Cruise is set to star in two upcoming Mission Impossible films, Mission Impossible 7 and 8, which will be released in consecutive years. Cruise is well known for his leading roles in blockbuster action and thriller films spanning the 1980s to today. He became involved with the Church of Scientology through his first wife Mimi Rogers and has been one of the church's prominent advocates for many years, though his views on psychiatry have been controversial at times.