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Apr 3, 2006 · Cruise says his father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III, "was a bully and a coward... the kind of person where, if something goes wrong, they kick you. It was a great lesson in my life - how...
Apr 6, 2006 · “He was a bully and a coward,” the 43-year-old actor says of his father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III. “He was the kind of person where, if something goes wrong, they kick […]
May 26, 2022 · The abuse that Thomas Cruise Mapother III inflicted on his family came to a head in 1974. This, writes Andrew Morton in "Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography," is when Mapother's verbal attacks, secret drinking, and instability became too much for his wife Mary Lee. In a momentous decision for a devout Catholic woman of her generation, she ...
Dec 10, 2023 · While it does not seem to have been confirmed by the actor, Cruise may have also amended his surname because he is the namesake of his father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III. Cruise stated he harbored ...
Nov 30, 2023 · Cruise's biological father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III, was an electrical engineer. Mapother III, could never hold down a job and kept the family on the move in a restless search for work. At a young age, Cruise and his family relocated to Ottawa, Canada where Cruise lived until the 6th grade.
Described by Cruise as “a bully and a coward”, and also an alleged alcoholic, Thomas Mapother III was, according to Cruise, manipulative and physically abusive. The actor said of his father in 2006: “He was the kind of person where, if something goes wrong, they kick you.
Jul 3, 2020 · Born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, the Risky Business star is directly descended from the Cruise family, who first appeared in Ireland in the twelfth century. 2. A direct descendant of his invaded Ireland. A Cruise was among the knights who took part in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.
