Name: Tom Cruise
Birthday: 1962-07-03
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 201 lbs
He has been keen on sport and fitness all his life. He was in the wrestling team of his high school, but had to leave it after injuring his knee. That was when he took up acting.
When he filmed Mission Impossible in the UK, he had his own gym flown out so that he could continue with his training. However, he does not follow any specific exercise schedule:
"He says he tries to get five hours' sleep a night, but he doesn't have a specific fitness regime. "However, I am an active person - I like to hike, jog, sail, sky-dive, rollerblade, and play squash and tennis. And when I'm doing movies such as Mission: Impossible, all those stunts keep me in good shape." "
And here is what he says about his diet:
"I try not to eat too much junk food, although I do love it," he says.
"Growing up, I always ate what was on my plate and sometimes the person who finished first got the extra piece. So when I first began making money as an actor, it was a thrill being able to have any kind of food I wanted and eat as much as I liked. These days I love well-prepared lobster, pasta and flounder ... and strawberries."
More buzz:
He has in the past employed Jill Pettijohn, a chef who promotes a raw food diet, although she is now with Donna Karan.
“New Zealand-born chef Jill Pettijohn, who has worked for Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Drew Barrymore. Pettijohn, who trained as a nurse and has been a vegetarian for 20 years”
On the other hand, he also orders “wikki wikki wings” (presumably chicken) at the Rainforest Café in London:
“Tom Cruise eats Wikki Wikki wings, Madonna prefers chicken Caesar salad, Björk eats ribs.”
Restaurateur Nobu Matsuhisa, whom some call the world’s greatest sushi chef, claims in his book that Tom Cruise’s favourite out of the dishes he prepares is Sashimi Salad (sashimi is raw fish).
According to the executive chef at Ago’s restaurant in Hollywood:
“Tom Cruise always orders rigatoni with tomato and basil at Ago, with an artichoke salad on the side. He gets a takeaway delivered when he's out of town.”
Tom Cruise supplied a recipe for Paul Newman’s book Newman's Own Cookbook
There is a claim that when dining at Cynthia's Restaurant in Los Angeles, Cruise’s favourite dessert is blackberry cobbler.
