Tom Cruise finally gets an (honorary) Oscar, promises to "do everything I can for this art form" but "hopefully without too many more broken bones"

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Tom Cruise has won an Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime achievements in the movie industry

Tom Cruise as Pete Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick.
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Despite four nominations over his 40-year career, Tom Cruise has never won an Oscar – until now. Well, sort of.

The actor received an honorary Academy Award at the Governors Awards. The ceremony has been held annually since 2009 to honor lifetime achievement awards in the movie industry. Previous recipients of Academy Honorary Awards include Lauren Bacall, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin, Hayao Miyazaki, Spike Lee, and Jackie Chan.

Cruise's award was introduced by The Revenant director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who said, "Tom Cruise doesn’t just make movies. He is movies." He was honored alongside actor Debbie Allen and production designer Wynn Thomas.

Next up for Cruise is a new, currently untitled movie from Iñárritu, which also features an ensemble cast including Jesse Plemons, Sandra Hüller, Riz Ahmed, Sophie Wilde, and Emma D'Arcy.

Emily Garbutt
Entertainment Writer

I’m an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering everything film and TV-related across the Total Film and SFX sections. I help bring you all the latest news and also the occasional feature too. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism. 

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