Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise celebrated his 47th birthday with a soccer game in his ex-wife Nicole Kidman's native country Australia.

The actor swapped a Hollywood birthday bash in favour of some quality time with wife Katie Holmes and daughter Suri in Australia as he turned 47 on Friday (July 3), Female First reported.

Cruise caught an AFL (Australian Football League) match between between Geelong and St Kilda at Docklands from a private box before heading off for a quiet family meal in Melbourne.

The star became a huge fan of the game when he split his time between US and Australia during his ten-year marriage to Kidman.

Cruise will be spending a lot more time in the country to be with wife Holmes who would be busy filming her next movie, 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark', in Melbourne.