1989: Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers
1991: Cruise and Nicole Kidman
1994: Tom Cruise, Melissa Newman, Paul Newman
1997: Cruise and Kidman
1998: Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise & Meryl Streep
2000: Cruise and Kidman
2002: Cruise
2004: Cruise
2007: Cruise and Katie Holmes
2012: Cruise and Holmes
2023: Cruise with Christopher McQuarrie and Jerry Bruckheimer

1989: Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers

Cruise and wife, Rogers, attend the Oscars. Cruise’s film, ‘Rain Man,’ took the Oscar for best picture (though the actor himself wasn’t nominated).

1991: Cruise and Nicole Kidman

Cruise and his second wife, Kidman, at an Oscars afterparty. The two met on the set of their 1990 film ‘Days of Thunder.’

1994: Tom Cruise, Melissa Newman, Paul Newman

A scruffy Cruise reunites with his ‘The Color of Money’ co-star Paul Newman (along with Newman’s daughter, Melissa). Cruise had presented Newman with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

1997: Cruise and Kidman

Cruise was nominated for best actor for his role in ‘Jerry MaGuire.’

1998: Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise & Meryl Streep

Bangs are in: Cruise along with wife Kidman, who was presenting, and nominee Meryl Streep.

2000: Cruise and Kidman

Cruise and Kidman are all smiles in a year that Cruise was nominated for best supporting actor for his role in the film ‘Magnolia.’ (Kidman’s first Oscar nom would come two years later for ‘Moulin Rouge!’).

2002: Cruise

Cruise was tapped to open the post-9/11 Oscars with a timely monologue where he said, “Should we celebrate the joy and magic that movies bring? Well, dare I say it? More than ever.”

2004: Cruise

A buzzcut-and-stubble Cruise on stage to present the award for best director.

2007: Cruise and Katie Holmes

Cruise and his wife, Katie Holmes. Cruise attended the ceremony to present the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Sherry Lansing.

2012: Cruise and Holmes

Holmes and a chiseled Cruise after the actor presented an award.

2023: Cruise with Christopher McQuarrie and Jerry Bruckheimer

Cruise goes back to long hair. Here the actor hangs with McQuarrie and Bruckheimer as the trio attend the Oscars Nominees Luncheon while their blockbuster, ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ was nominated for best picture.