Throughout the 2023 MTV Film & TV Awards broadcast Sunday night time, the actor, 60, gained greatest efficiency in a film for final yr’s blockbuster sequel Prime Gun: Maverick.
In a clip thanking viewers for the fan-voted honor, Cruise was seen inside a fighter airplane excessive within the sky sporting sun shades and talking right into a headset. His golden popcorn trophy was contained in the plane with him.
“Thanks a lot for this award,” he mentioned. “I make these movies for you. I really like you. I really like entertaining you. To understand how a lot you take pleasure in it, how a lot you respect it, there’s simply no higher feeling.”
He then plugged his upcoming motion movie Mission: Inconceivable – Lifeless Reckoning Half One, in theaters July 12, calling it a “wild trip.”
The opposite nominees within the class had been Austin Butler (Elvis), Florence Pugh (Do not Fear Darling), Keke Palmer (Nope) and Michael B. Jordan (Creed III).
Going into the ceremony, Prime Gun: Maverick led with essentially the most nominations for motion pictures this yr, and in scripted tv, Stranger Issues and The Final of Us led, each with six nominations.
The awards present had a last-minute change away from the beforehand deliberate stay format after host Drew Barrymore backed out of the gig on Thursday in solidarity with the continuing Hollywood writers strike. Barrymore, who agreed to return to host the present in 2024, nonetheless appeared in already-taped sketches through the broadcast.
The night’s winners accepted their awards in pre-taped speeches, together with Pedro Pascal, Jennifer Coolidge, the Vanderpump Guidelines solid and extra.
