he is a first cousin of actor tom cruise, whose real name is thomas cruise mapother iv. mapother has appeared in five movies starring cruise. he had tiny roles in "minority report" and "vanilla sky", and supporting roles in "", "born on the fourth of july" and "magnolia". mapother has two sisters, katherine and amy. his father was a lawyer and judge in louisville, between 1967 and 1970. his father died on june 22, 2006.