Hollywood actors' real names

Not all Hollywood actors are born with star-studded names, take a look at this lot who changed their mundane birth names in their quest for superstardom. To be fair, it worked. Really well. By Edward Bovingdon

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Tom Cruise - Thomas Mapother IV

Gosh, doesn’t Tom Cruise’s real name sound a bit posh? Maybe he should have kept his birth name, then he would have been slated for that... rather than his behaviour on talk shows.
Tom Cruise - Thomas Mapother IV

Gosh, doesn’t Tom Cruise’s real name sound a bit posh? Maybe he should have kept his birth name, then he would have been slated for that... rather than his behaviour on talk shows.

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