Movies Is Tom Cruise a glorified stuntman or is he one of the most badass movie stars of all-time?

[Takes Two To Tango]

Which one describes Tom Cruise more.

A glorified stuntman.

or

One of the most badass movie stars of all-time.

 

[ssBaldy]

Which one describes Tom Cruise more.

A glorified stuntman.

or

One of the most badass movie stars of all-time.

Why not both?

 

[Satur9]

Going with badass since he does things for his flicks that most folks, actors or otherwise, would shake their head "nope" to like the DeVito gif.

He is a good actor too, despite the crazy. Maybe because of it. IDK. Either way, props given where props are due.

 

[ASUThermo]

Hands down a bad ass. 40 years of dominance.

 

[LEWIS540]

What a ridiculous question.

 

[lowlife]

I need a third poll option of "TS is an absolute CAN."
I don't even like Cruise and I find this question ridiculous.

 

[Zer]

I think he's one of the GOAT movie stars ever. And his transition into becoming a crazy stuntman is super impressive

 

[Sonny Qc]

Cruise is one of the GOAT actors, him doing his stunts is even more impressive.

Would have nomated him for best actor for The Last Samurai.

Jerry McGuire is also a GOAT performance.

Found him even believable in Collateral.
How a 5'5'' nerd looking guy can play a badass Hitman and nail it?

 

[Sweater of AV]

 

[I Am Legion]

He is both. When you take your time or money to go see a Cruise movie, your time and money is always well spent. He gives it his all. He has done a ton of great movies without a stunt at all. Born on the 4th of July, Jerry Maguire, A Few Good Men, Tropic Thunder, Rain Man, The Color Of Money, Rock of Ages, just off the top of my head.

 

[Danespina]

Totally a badass. Proven 10 times over.

 

[Sobek]

Plus he is like the Luke Skywalker of scientology...so there is that too

 

[empsim]

I'm not a huge fan of his movies but I think it's cool he does the stunts himself.

Pretty lame that action stars often get all the credit while not really doing any of the action.

 

[F1980]

He's not one of the GOAT, he IS the GOAT actor of all time. He's been an A-tier movie star for 45 years. No other actor in the history of Hollywood has ever done that.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

You should be banned from making more of these ridiculous threads.

Of course hes just a glorified stuntman.

 

[Sweater of AV]

He's not one of the GOAT, he IS the GOAT actor of all time. He's been an A-tier movie star for 45 years. No other actor in the history of Hollywood has ever done that.

If you really want to start getting into things that no actor has ever done, Meryl Streep's first Academy Award nomination was in 1978. Her 21st nomination was in 2017.

 

[Streeter]

For a weird little dude hes got Balls twice as big as he is. He also puts all his effort into erything he does hes one of the Goats because he just out works everyone .

 

[chill doggie]

Not only is he both great stuntman and actor, but he probably does have some Scientology powers.

 

[Intermission]

Which one describes Tom Cruise more.

A glorified stuntman.

or

One of the most badass movie stars of all-time.

Hes a jackie Chan wannabe

 

[lsa]

he is also a manlet.