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See Tom Cruise’s Total Transformation From Young ’80s Hunk Through Today In Photos

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Updated on: Aug 12, 2024 6:20 pm·

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Tom Cruise simply doesn’t age. When the actor turned 60 years old in 2022, the movie star still had the youthful visage that helped rocket him to stardom 39 years earlier in 1983’s classic Risky Business. He’s remained physically active, still doing his own stunts in his films, and that seems to have helped Tom stay looking so young.

The Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning star has always maintained a strict level of privacy when it comes to his ageless appearance, as Tom has never discussed plastic surgery. However, he has stressed how changing up his workouts with a wide variety of physical activities keeps him youthful.

Among the superstar’s favorites are “Sea-kayaking, caving … fencing, treadmill, weights … rock-climbing, hiking … I jog… I do so many different activities,” Tom told Men’s Health U.K. in July 2023 about his body challenging activities.

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1986

The same year that Top Gun solidified Tom as a box office superstar, he got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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1989

Fresh-faced Tom rocked a crew cut as he attended the London premiere of Rain Man.

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1990

Tom spoke at an Earth Day rally in Washington, D.C. He was seen in theaters that year in the NASCAR action flick Days of Thunder.

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1996

As Tom was making hearts melt in theaters in Jerry Maguire, the actor got his hands imprinted at the Mission Impossible premiere in London.

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1998

Tom posed with then-wife Nicole Kidman at the opening night of her Broadway play The Blue Room.

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2000

Does this guy ever take a bad picture? Tom looked terrific once again as he attended the Mission: Impossible II film premiere in London.

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2002

Tom rocked much longer hair and a beard as he attended the Rome, Italy, premiere of Minority Report.

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2004

Most actors would be thrilled to look this handsome in their headshot. Instead, it’s just Tom being his usual gorgeous self as he was honored by the American Film Institute.

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2006

Tom attended The Pursuit of Happyness Los Angeles film premiere with his newlywed wife, Katie Holmes.

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2008

Such a chiseled face! Tom looked incredibly handsome the premiere of his World War II action/drama Valkyrie in Los Angeles.

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2010

Such a hunk! Tom posed for photos at the Tokyo premiere of his film Knight and Day.

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2013

Still age-defying! Tom spoke at pal Ben Stiller’s hand and footprint ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles in December 2013.

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2015

Still drinking from the Fountain of Youth! Tom spoke at a South Korean press call for Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

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2016

Longer hair and that movie star smile! Tom attended the Jack Reacher: Never Go Back film premiere in Berlin, Germany.

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2017

Still so handsome! Tom arrived on the red carpet at the The Mummy New York Fan Event in June 2017.

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2018

Tom attended the premiere of Mission Impossible: Fallout at Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

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2019

Tom looked youthful while presenting a clip from Top Gun: Maverick at 2019’s San Diego Comic-Con.

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2020

Tom and costar Hayley Atwell were handcuffed together on the set of Mission Impossible 7 set in Rome, Italy, in November 2020.

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2021

Tom was photographed in a rare outing with son Connor as the pair took in game 2 of the National League Divisional Series between the Giants and Dodgers in San Francisco on October 10, 2021. Some fans claimed the movie superstar looked “unrecognizable” in the photo due to puffiness in his face.

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2022

During his press tour for Top Gun: Maverick, Tom was all smiles during a screening of the film in Seoul, South Korea. As of June 2022, the sequel reached a whopping $1 billion in the worldwide box office.

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2023

Tom showed off his winning movie-star smile and ageless visage during the Australian red carpet premiere for Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One.

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2024

Movie royalty and British royalty together! Tom joined friend Prince William at his gala dinner for London’s Air Ambulance charity.

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2024

Fans got a good look at the Top Gun actor during the 2024 Paris Olympics closing ceremony in which Tom performed out of this world stunts to transport the Olympic flag from Paris to Los Angeles.

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