toM. Cruise won an honorary Oscar at the 16th Annual Governors Awards on Sunday night, November 16, and gave an impassioned speech that lavished praise on his Hollywood collaborators and the art of film, declaring: “It’s not my job to make movies, it’s who I am.”
Cruise has never won an Academy Award, but he has been nominated three times as an actor and most recently as a producer on a global blockbuster in 2023. top gun: maverick – But that didn’t stop Alejandro González Iñárritu from making a prediction when he welcomed Cruise to the Ovation Hollywood stage.
Director Iñárritu said, “This may be his first Oscar, but from what I’ve seen and experienced, it won’t be his last.” The Mexican filmmaker and Cruise are currently in post-production on Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment’s action-adventure, scheduled for release in 2026.
Cruise received a long standing ovation when he took the stage at the Ray Dolby Ballroom. “Movies take me around the world. It helps me recognize and respect differences,” he said. “It also shows our common humanity, how similar we are in so many ways. No matter where we come from, in that theater we laugh together, feel together, hope together, and dream together. That’s the power of this art form, and that’s why it’s important to me.”
The A-lister added: “I will always do my best to help this art (…) I hope there are no more fractures.”
Cruise paid tribute to the night’s other honorees, production designer Wynne Thomas, choreographer, actor and producer Debbie Allen, and 2025 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Dolly Parton, who was unable to attend due to health issues.
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