Peter Berg biography and movies
In 1976, if you had told 14 year old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be considered one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to become a priest. Nonetheless, this sensitive, deeply religious youngster who was born in 1962 in Syracuse, New York, was destined to become Tom Cruise, one of the highest paid and most sought after actors in screen history. The only son (among four children) of nomadic parents young Tom spent his boyhood eternally on the move and by the time he was 14 he had attended 15 different schools in the US and Canada. He finally settled in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with his mother and her new husband. While in high school, he developed an interest in acting and abandoned his plans of becoming a priest, dropped out of school, and at age 18 headed for New York and a possible acting career. The next 15 years of his life are the stuff of legends. He made his film debut with a small part in Endless Love (1981) and from the outset exhibited an undeniable box office appeal to both male and female audiences.Though below average height and not particularly handsome in the traditional sense, within 5 years Tom Cruise was starring in some of the top grossing films of the 1980s including Top Gun (1986); The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). By the 1990s he was one of the highest paid actors in the world earning an average 15 million dollars a picture in such blockbuster hits as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Jerry Maguire (1996) - for which he received an Academy Award Nomination for best actor. In 1990 he renounced his devout Catholic beliefs and embraced The Church Of Scientology claiming that Scientology teachings had cured him of the dyslexia that had plagued him all of his life. A kind and thoughful man well known for his compassion and generosity, Tom Cruise is one of the best liked members of the movie community. He was married to actress Nicole Kidman until 2001. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV has indeed come a long way from the lonely wanderings of his youth.

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Rate: 9.7 Hancock (NORDiC)

Year: 2008

Genres: Fantasy, Comedy, Action, Crime

Director: Peter Berg

Artists: Mike, Jeremy, Will Smith, Martin Klebba, Jason Bateman


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Rate: 9.7 Hancock

Year: 2008

Genres: Fantasy, Comedy, Action, Crime

Director: Peter Berg

Artists: Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Eddie Marsan, Charlize Theron, Jae Head


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Rate: 9.7 Hancock

Year: 2008

Genres: Fantasy, Comedy, Action, Crime

Director: Peter Berg

Artists: Eddie Marsan, Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Jae Head


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Rate: 6.5 Hancock

Year: 2008

Genres: Fantasy, Crime, Action

Director: Peter Berg

Artists: Charlize Theron, Thomas Lennon, Eddie Marsan, Jason Bateman, Will Smith


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Rate: 6.5 Hancock

Year: 2008

Genres: Fantasy, Crime, Action

Director: Peter Berg

Artists: Charlize Theron, Thomas Lennon, Eddie Marsan, Jason Bateman, Will Smith


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Rate: 9.7 Hancock

Year: 2008

Genres: Action, Crime, Fantasy

Director: Peter Berg

Artists: Eddie Marsan, Jae Head, Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron, Will Smith


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Rate: 7.1 The Kingdom

Year: 2007

Genres: Thriller, Drama, Action

Director: Peter Berg

Artists: Kyle Chandler, Jason Bateman, Richard Jenkins, Jennifer Garner, Jeremy Piven


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Rate: 7.2 Friday Night Lights

Year: 2004

Genres: Sport, Action, Drama

Director: Peter Berg, Josh Pate

Artists: Morgan Farris, Maria, Amber Heard, Ryanne Duzich, Kasey Stevens, Connie Cooper, Sharon Gaines, Connie Britton, Grover Coulson, Tim McGraw, Lee Thompson Young, Lee Jackson, Jay Hernandez, Derek Luke, Garrett Hedlund, Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black


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Rate: 6.6 The Rundown

Year: 2003

Genres: Adventure, Thriller, Action, Comedy

Director: Peter Berg

Artists: Jon Gries, Ewen Bremner, Rosario Dawson, Christopher Walken, Seann William Scott


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Rate: 8.1 Entourage S05E11: With Fire

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy

Director: Mark Mylod

Artists: Timothy Dvorak, Peter Berg, Gary Cole, Jeremy Piven, Joy Bryant


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Rate: 7.8 Collateral

Year: 2004

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Michael Mann

Artists: Peter Berg, Mark Ruffalo, Jamie Foxx, Tom Cruise, Jada Pinkett Smith


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Rate: 7.5 Alias S01E18 Masquerade

Year: 2002

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Director: Craig Zisk

Artists: Michael Vartan, Victor Garber, Peter Berg, Jennifer Garner, Bradley Cooper


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Rate: 7.7 Alias S01E19 Snowman

Year: 2002

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Adventure

Director: Barnet Kellman

Artists: Michael Vartan, Victor Garber, Peter Berg, Jennifer Garner, Bradley Cooper


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Rate: 7.8 The King of Queens S05E04 Kirbed Enthusiasm

Year: 2002

Genres: Comedy

Director: Rob Schiller

Artists: Victor Williams, Gary Valentine, Leah Remini, Troy Aguayo, Nick Bakay, Danny Heffernan, Kevin James, Andrew Reville, Jordan Green, Marshaun Daniel, Cayden Boyd, Peter Berg


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Rate: 7.8 The King of Queens - Kirbed Enthusiasm

Year: 2002

Genres: Comedy

Director: Rob Schiller

Artists: Victor Williams, Leah Remini, Kevin James, Gary Valentine, Peter Berg


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Rate: 6.9 Cop Land

Year: 1997

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: James Mangold

Artists: Frank Lagonda, Detective Carson, Malik Yoba, PDA President Lassaro, Frank Vincent, Leo Crasky, John Spencer, Rose Donlan, Cathy Moriarty, Noah Emmerich, Annabella Sciorra, Michael Rapaport, Robert Patrick, Janeane Garofalo, Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg


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Rate: 7.3 A Midnight Clear

Year: 1992

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Keith Gordon

Artists: Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise


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