Key Highlights

• Oscar Honor: Tom Cruise has received an honorary Oscar for his contributions to cinema.
• Emotional Speech: He delivered a heartfelt acceptance speech at the 16th Governors Awards.
• Director Collaboration: Alejandro González Iñárritu introduced him, highlighting their upcoming film together.
• Ongoing Recognition: Despite not winning for a specific role, his impact on Hollywood is widely acknowledged.

Tom Cruise now officially has an Oscar, albeit an honorary one, and the star delivered an emotional acceptance speech to mark the occasion. The Mission: Impossible actor is widely recognized as one of the biggest and most important movie stars working in Hollywood, but winning an Academy Award has long remained just out of reach.

Cruise still hasn’t won an Oscar for a specific acting role, but his contributions to the art of cinema were recognized at the 16th Governors Awards on Sunday night when he was presented with an Honorary Oscar. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, with whom Cruise is collaborating on a mysterious 2026 film, provided the introduction before the star then took to the stage to share a moving speech. Check out the video of the speech from the Oscars YouTube channel below:

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