Tom Cruise has revealed he landed his role in the Oscar-winning film Rain Man after a chance encounter inside a London ...

Tom Cruise has revealed the story of how he landed his role opposite Dustin Hoffman in 1988’s Rain Man.

Tom Cruise revealed that his sister helped him land a lead role in the 1988 movie Rain Man. While speaking at a BFI event in ...

The Hollywood star credits his sister for pushing him to speak to Hoffman, leading to his breakout dramatic role.

"Look, if you don’t do it I’m going to go over there and tell him who you are," Tom Cruise recalled ... a year later he sent me Rain Man." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free ...

The first performance that earned Cruise an Oscar nomination was 1989’s Born of the Fourth of July, where he played the ...

Tom Cruise's sister Cass helped him get his ... no ma’am. . . And basically a year later he sent me Rain Man." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up ...

Beaufort native Mike O’Shea spoke to Fergus Dennehy this week about working alongside Tom Cruise on the new Mission ... date that whenever the Beaufort man finally decides to call time on ...

Playing a rock star in Rock of Ages apparently didn’t satisfy Tom Cruise ... later he sent Rain Man.” Speaking about Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1999 film Magnolia, in which Cruise plays ...