Tom Cruise Accepts Honorary Oscar At 2025 Governors Awards

By: Davyn Horton

Tom Cruise is one of the most well-known names in the world of acting. However, he had not won or been given an Oscar, until now. With one of the few accomplishments left for him now being achieved, Cruise is once again on top of the acting world.

Tom Cruise Gets An Oscar At Last

At the November 16 Governors Awards, Tom Cruise, at long last, has gotten his Oscar. In a passionate and emotional speech, In his opening remarks, Cruise stated: “The cinema, it takes me around the world. It helps me to appreciate and respect differences. It shows me also our shared humanity, how alike we are in so, so many ways.” In specific regards to his fandom and overall passion for films, he said, in regards to watching films on the big screen: “It opened my imagination to the possibility that life could expand far beyond the boundaries that I then perceived in my own life.”

Cruise was presented the award by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Iñárritu will direct Cruise in an upcoming film, which will release October 2026. Though this is an honorary article, Cruise has previously attempted to get an Oscar at the main Academy Awards on four previous occassions. Now, one of the best actors in the business today has, at long last, got an Oscar to his name, that he will remember for a long time to come.

He Flies Into A New Danger Zone

Tom Cruise has one of the biggest resumes out of any actor in the film industry. With that, one of the very few things he had yet to do, getting an Oscar, has at last been achieved. This adds yet another accomplishment to the legendary career that Cruise has built for himself.