Tom Cruise's Changing Looks

By Instyle
Updated Jul 03, 2017 @ 7:00 am
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See the actor's transformation through the years.

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1980

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The handsome Glen Ridge High School senior would appear the following year in both Endless Love and Taps.

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1984

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Cruise achieved heartthrob status with Risky Business.

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1987

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The newly-married (to Mimi Rogers) Top Gun superstar raced cars at the Pocono Grand Prix. Next up: Born on the Fourth of July and Cocktail.

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1994

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Clean-cut no more! A goateed Cruise celebrated his latest starring role in Interview with the Vampire.

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1999

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The actor joined forces with wife Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut.

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2001

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Buzzed for Minority Report, Cruise attended the premiere of The Others.

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2003

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Shagged out for his role in The Last Samurai, a bearded Cruise smiled big at a charity event.

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2004

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Classic Cruise-the actor was close-cropped to promote Collateral at the Venice Film Festival.

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2005

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The actor hit the War of the Worlds premiere with new flame Katie Holmes.

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2007

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The Lions for Lambs star slipped on some shades to support pal Will Smith's foot and handprint ceremony at L.A.'s famed Grauman's Chinese Theater.

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2008

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Cruise looked every inch a movie star at the Valkyrie premiere with his slicked-back hair.

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2010

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The actor attended the London premiere of Knight and Day with slightly longer locks.

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2011

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Cruise sported a sexy bedhead style for the Super 8 premiere.

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2011

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Does he ever age? The 48-year-old looked enviably youthful at a screening of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.

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2012

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The Rock of Ages lead flashed his signature grin backstage at the Academy Awards.

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2013

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The superstar promoted his film Oblivion in London.

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2014

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Cruise has been promoting Edge of Tomorrow, in which he stars alongside Emily Blunt.

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2015

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There's no stopping Cruise! The superstar is reprising his Ethan Hunt character in the fifth Mission: Impossible installment, Rogue Nation, in July.

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2016

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A tuxedo-clad Cruise smiled bright for his appearance at the EE BAFTA British Academy Film Awards in London. 

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2017

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The actor sported a bit of stubble to an event in N.Y.C. in early June. 

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