![Tom Cruise and Ron Kovic arriving at the " The Last Samurai Premiere " at the Westwood Village in Los Angeles. December 1, 2003 Stock Photo - Alamy Tom Cruise and Ron Kovic arriving at the " The Last Samurai Premiere " at the Westwood Village in Los Angeles. December 1, 2003 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/R0W06A/tom-cruise-and-ron-kovic-arriving-at-the-the-last-samurai-premiere-at-the-westwood-village-in-los-angeles-december-1-2003-R0W06A.jpg)
Tom Cruise and Ron Kovic arriving at the " The Last Samurai Premiere " at the Westwood Village in Los Angeles. December 1, 2003 Stock Photo - Alamy
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Born on the Fourth of July (1989): Tom Cruise's Oscar Role as Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Vietnam War Movie - Emanuel Levy
![On the set, Oliver Stone between Ron Kovic and Tom Cruise / Born on the Fourth of July / 1989 directed by Oliver Stone [Universal Pictures] Stock Photo - Alamy On the set, Oliver Stone between Ron Kovic and Tom Cruise / Born on the Fourth of July / 1989 directed by Oliver Stone [Universal Pictures] Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/F4PJKM/on-the-set-oliver-stone-between-ron-kovic-and-tom-cruise-born-on-the-F4PJKM.jpg)
On the set, Oliver Stone between Ron Kovic and Tom Cruise / Born on the Fourth of July / 1989 directed by Oliver Stone [Universal Pictures] Stock Photo - Alamy
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Tom Cruise as Sergeant Kovic and Willem Dafoe on the set of Born on the Fourth of July. The real Ron Kovic gave Cruise his Bronze Star for his performance in the
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