How old was Tom Cruise in the movie Taps?

Tom Cruise was 18 in Taps when he played the character 'Cadet Captain David Shawn'.

That was over 42 years ago in 1981.

Today he is 61, and has starred in 86 movies in total, 79 of those since Taps was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Taps, I think Tom Cruise looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Harold Becker has worked with Tom Cruise just once in his career.
  • Tom Cruise's first movie was as 'Billy' in Endless Love, released in 1981 when he was 18
  • Taps scores 6.86 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Taps

Tom Cruise's other movies