Thursday Tribute: Tom Cruise

anyone who knows me knows my deep l♥ve for and obsession with one mr. tom cruise.  in honor of tom's (yes, we are on a first name basis) birthday this sunday, i thought it would be fitting to chronicle my top 10 favorite characters he has played... this was a daunting task, as i own all of his 32 featured movies!  this will also make up for my lack of a tuesday ten this week...

(one) lt. pete "maverick" mitchell in top gun   (two) ethan hunt in mission impossible   (three) jerry maguire in jerry maguire   (four) lt. daniel kaffee in a few good men   (five) joel goodson in risky business   (six) john anderton in minority report   (seven) vincent in collateral   (eight) brian flanagan in cocktail   (nine) charlie babbitt in rain man   (ten) les grossman in tropic thunder

so here's to you,  tom!  thanks for making my movie-going experiences that much better...