Tom Cruise is now the proud winner of an Academy Award. The Mission Impossible actor accepted an honorary Oscar on Sunday night at the Governors Awards, giving an emotional speech that paid tribute to his history with movies.

The award was presented by Mexican filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who is directing Cruise in an upcoming film set for release next October. It marks Cruise’s first Oscar , although he has previously been nominated four times, including for Best Actor for Born on the Fourth of July and Jerry Maguire .

“The cinema, it takes me around the world,” Cruise told the audience ( via Variety ). “It helps me to appreciate and respect differences. It shows me also our shared humanity, how alike we are in so, so many ways. And no matter where we come from, in th

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