Tom Cruise, the actor and director notably known for his Mission Impossible movies, is popular in the Hollywood world for being one the best men in Hollywood. Married three times to Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, and Katie Holmes, he is the ultimate Hollywood womanizer. Cruise keeps his personal life on the down low, staying away from drama in the press. However, he does keep a tight-knit group of friends around him for support and love when things go south in his private life.

In this article we will dig into Tom Cruise’s personal life and the friends that supported him during his highs and his lows. While Tom Cruise has the reputation of being very popular among other Hollywood actors, his friends and him love and support each other greatly.

15 Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler, the renowned comedian and actor, and Tom Cruise share their friendship in the most wholesome way. When things were going south for Cruise in the press, Sandler quickly took it in his hands to tell People Magazine that everyone needs to leave Cruise alone. He also noted that Cruise is “a great dad... and a great friend” of his. Sandler called the bad press revolving around Cruise “sick,” and hoped that Cruise will be left out of the rumours surrounding his name.

14 Demi Moore

Demi Moore, the astonishingly beautiful actress, also found herself defending Tom Cruise’s honour when the media was pushing him down. She put his fathering skills on a pedestal (rightfully so!), and made public that Tom Cruise is one of the best fathers and people she knows. Her friendship with Cruise goes deeper than the media, and the explicit showing of the support she has for him is unmatched.

13 Jamie Foxx

Co-stars in the movie Collateral, Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise’s friendship tracks back to his marriage with Katie Holmes. Being such good friends with Jamie, he even told Hollywood Life that he felt a bit hurt that his loyal and trusted friend was in a relationship with Katie Holmes. After many years of being apart from Holmes, his ex-wife and co-star moved onto a relationship together. Although this shows hurt on Cruise’s side of the romance, it also shows how close the two actors are, and the support and love will continue to flourish, especially now that Holmes and Foxx are no longer an item.

12 Jennifer Lopez

Back in 2010, Jennifer Lopez and Tom Cruise worked together for a performance at the MTV Music Awards. This duet really brought the two together. Lopez told Access that it was an “honor” to work with Cruise, and that he is “fun” and “positive.” The two really hit it off while preparing for the performance, and they won each other’s respect with the hard work they put into the show.

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11 Will Smith

Will Smith and Tom Cruise have a long standing Hollywood Bromance. The major question is why they never filmed a movie together. Smith speaks very highly of Cruise when interviewed and asked about the actor, and even engages in some friendly banter by claiming that he is a better actor than Cruise is. Banter like that can only come from a super close friend or a foe, and we know that Will Smith and Tom Cruise top all the Hollywood friendships that we see.

10 David Beckham

David Beckham, probably the most adored soccer player of our generation, and Tom Cruise are known to be really good friends. Beckham trusts Cruise with advice as important as his soccer career, according to The Guardian. Cruise and Beckham are there to support and advise each other, and even just have a great time together.

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9 Zac Efron

Cruise has been a mentor to Zac Efron from the very beginning of Efron’s career. While still trying to break into Hollywood after his success on Disney’s High School Musical, Cruise taught Efron everything he needed to know to enhance his career as an actor. Efron even learned how to ride a motorbike for the first time all thanks to Cruise.

Cruise’s support for the actor’s career allows the two actors to have trust and loyalty in one another.

8 Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg and Tom Cruise were co-stars in the famous Mission Impossible films. This obviously brought the two actors together as working on a film together for so long builds a sturdy foundation of trust. Pegg even sent Cruise a box of his films when Cruise broke his ankle during the filming of the movie. Simon cares for Cruise like no other.

7 George Clooney

On the same thought of motorcycles and accidents, Tom Cruise reached out to Clooney in July 2018 after his injury from a motorbike in Italy. The stunt-man Cruise knows how to handle the crazy aftermath of accidents from experiences, and wanted to make sure that Clooney was okay and safe.

6 Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller, although mocked Tom Cruise in his hilarious Mission Impossible parody, Mission: Implausible, were brought together when their daughters started becoming friends. When their children began going on playdates together, it really brought the two pairs of parents together, and Stiller and Cruise still connect to this day. At the end of the day, the parody movie was a joke out of admiration, after all.

5 Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise have been friends and co-stars for a long time, both starring in Minority Report and War of the Worlds. Acting together in one film alone brings two co-stars together, let alone two. Spielberg even gushed over Cruise’s parenting to People magazine when he saw how Cruise prioritized his children over everything, including filming scenes. This admiration really brought the two close together.

4 Dakota Fanning

After working on War of The Worlds together in 2005, Dakota and Cruise found themselves creating a beautiful foundation for a friendship. This friendship includes Cruise sending her birthday presents every single year since the year they met. This act of love from Cruise’s part really shows Fanning that the actor cares for her and will always be there for her.

3 Jada Pinkett Smith

Tom Cruise is famous for being a Scientologist. He even has the support of his friend Jada Pinkett Smith, on that matter, when people were claiming that her and Will were Scientologists too, and she told the press that she only supports Cruise and is not a believer in Scientology herself. The closeness between Cruise and the Smith family got the media speculating about the relationship the Smiths also carried with Scientology.

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2 Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld and Cruise’s relationship goes back to when Cruise was married, and his daughter Suri was still young. Back in 2008, the two were spotted with their own families together in New York just enjoying each other’s company. The bond between Jerry Seinfeld and Cruise is a paternal one, and the two actors really enjoy each other’s company.

1 Jenna Elfman

Jenna Elfman and Tom Cruise bond over their shared beliefs in Scientology. Eflman is a good friend of Cruise’s and his ex-wife Katie Holmes, and even defended the couple back when they were together. Drama spurred before Holmes and Cruise divorced about an unstable marriage between the two, yet Elfman took it into her hands to make sure that Cruise and Holmes' private life stay that way, and shot down any press about the marriage.

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