--- title: Watch Tom Cruise Reenact His Whole Movie Career in Minutes description: With the help of James Corden and a green screen, the 'Jack Reacher' star went through his entire cinematic ouevre in less than 10 minutes. canonical: https://time.com/4538394/watch-tom-cruise-reenact-risky-business-top-gun-and-jerry-maguire-with-james-corden/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-20T15:57:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:48.318Z og:title: Watch Tom Cruise Reenact His Whole Movie Career in Minutes og:description: The actor can't stop laughing at himself plus Cuba Gooding Jr. makes a cameo og:url: https://time.com/4538394/watch-tom-cruise-reenact-risky-business-top-gun-and-jerry-maguire-with-james-corden/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Tom Cruise Reenact His Whole Movie Career in Minutes twitter:description: The actor can't stop laughing at himself plus Cuba Gooding Jr. makes a cameo twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Tom Cruise Reenact _Risky Business_, _Top Gun_, and _Jerry Maguire_ With James Corden  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 20, 2016 3:57 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 20, 2016 3:57 PM UTC Tom Cruise has been in the game for decades—and has racked up [quite a cinematic body of work](http://time.com/4330095/tom-cruise-best-roles/?iid=sr-link2) in that time, from comedy (_Tropic Thunder_) to sci-fi (_War of the Worlds_) to action (_Mission Impossible_) and [plenty of others](http://time.com/2822587/edge-of-tomorrow-movie-review/?iid=sr-link2). On Wednesday night, _Late Late Show_ host James Corden took the [upcoming _Jack Reacher_ sequel star](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/12/18/jack-reacher-tom-cruise-picks-the-wrong-week-for-a-thriller-about-a-mass-killing/?iid=sr-link1) on a rapid trip down memory lane as the two reenacted unforgettable scenes from Cruise’s expansive and genre-crossing oeuvre. With a hardworking green screen to back up their antics, the duo took on everything from _Cocktail_ to _The Last Samurai_ (an apron, tied at the waist, doubling as a costume for both). There are wigs, bomber jackets, and tight black pants, and Cuba Gooding Jr. even makes a cameo for the _Jerry Maguire_ part. In less than ten minutes, you’ll remember why Cruise—who seems to be having way too much fun with the skit—is still one of the iconic movie stars of our age. Take a spin through his career, above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4538394/watch-tom-cruise-reenact-risky-business-top-gun-and-jerry-maguire-with-james-corden/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4538394/watch-tom-cruise-reenact-risky-business-top-gun-and-jerry-maguire-with-james-corden/"},"headline":"Watch Tom Cruise Reenact Risky Business, Top Gun, and Jerry Maguire With James Corden","datePublished":"2016-10-20T15:57:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:48.318Z","description":"Cruise literally does it all","url":"https://time.com/4538394/watch-tom-cruise-reenact-risky-business-top-gun-and-jerry-maguire-with-james-corden/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4538394/watch-tom-cruise-reenact-risky-business-top-gun-and-jerry-maguire-with-james-corden/","name":"Watch Tom Cruise Reenact Risky Business, Top Gun, and Jerry Maguire With James Corden"}}]}] ```