He very first appeared in a little bit component in the 1981 film Endless Love, followed by a important supporting role as a crazed military services academy college student in Taps later on that year. In 1996, Cruise appeared as superspy Ethan Hunt in the reboot of Mission: Impossible, which he made. One of his cousins, William Mapother, is also an actor who has appeared together with Cruise in 5 movies.