Tom Cruise pictured doing jaw-dropping stunt on set of Mission Impossible 7

He’s known for doing his own stunt work, and at the age of 58 Tom Cruise may have performed his most death-defying trick yet.

At 58, Tom Cruise has proven that age is just a number when it comes to high-risk stunt work.

The actor, known for doing his own stunts, showed no sign of slowing down after he was filmed leaping from a speeding motorbike off a ramp.

The incredible photos of Cruise come from the set of the seventh instalment of the movie franchise Mission Impossible, shot last week at a former air base in Oxfordshire, UK.

After arriving on set in his face mask, he was quick to head 200m into the air, hurling himself off the bike for the action scene. Cruise was attached to safety wires for the risky stunt.

Tom Cruise was seen filming the stunt for Mission Impossible 7 in the Oxfordshire countryside. Picture: Valentine/Bridger/Dean/SplashNews.com

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The stunt filmed for the movie was estimated to have cost $3.6 million, one of the most expensive stunts performed in Britain.

Earlier this month, trials by stuntmen saw the set go up in flames – showing just how dangerous these stunts can be. Nobody was hurt in the accident.

Flinging himself off ramps into the sky isn’t the only thing Cruise has done for the film. Another witness saw the actor leap from a helicopter 3000m in the air.

Tom is well-known for filming his own stunts. Picture: Valentine/Bridger/Dean/SplashNews.com

Only days earlier a stunt actor performed this same scene which ended with his bike exploding after a leap from the exact same ramp. Picture: Valentine/Bridger/Dean / SplashNews.com

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Cruise recently told The Mail that he will put a stop to his stunt work when he turns 60, a milestone that he will reach in July 2022.

That leaves one more instalment of the movie, the eighth and final Mission Impossible.

“There is no way that Tom won’t do his trademark stunts for the last film, but he doesn’t want to do it past 60 so is keen to get it all wrapped up by the time he reaches his big birthday,” an insider said.

In February, to escape the devastating coronavirus outbreak as it hit Italy, Cruise relocated to England and has been there ever since. The actor seems to be enjoying his time in the UK, keeping fit by running through the streets of London every day and hanging out with co-star Simon Pegg when they visit Soho Farmhouse, an exclusive members’ club in Oxfordshire. Cruise arrives at the club in style in his $4.5 million matte black helicopter.

“He uses that helicopter like a train. He is really enjoying the British countryside, as well as the London parks,” a source said.

“It is hard to see him leaving the UK at the end of all this filming. He has really begun to find himself at home here.”

The Mission Impossible franchise has so far grossed almost $5 billion worldwide since it began in 1996.

Throughout the films, Cruise has swung from Dubai’s Burj Khalifa building, clung to the side of a plane as it took off, and famously held his breath underwater for six minutes.

Tom Cruise performed a famous motorbike stunt for Mission Impossible II which was filmed in Australia.

Meanwhile, one of Cruise’s former co-stars has revealed the A-list actor had an unusual rule for his films, apparently forbidding his fellow actors running with him on-screen.

Actress Annabelle Wallis, who co-starred with Cruise in 2017’s reboot of The Mummy, made the unusual admission in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter this month.

“I got to run on-screen with him, but he told me ‘no’ at first. He said, ‘Nobody runs on-screen (with me),’ and I said, ‘But I’m a really good runner,’” Wallis said. “So, I would time my treadmill so that he’d walk in and see me run. And then he added all these running scenes. So, that was it.

“It was, like, better than an Oscar. I was so happy. I was so happy that I got to run on-screen with Tom Cruise,” she said.

Tom Cruise is planning to quit stunt work once he hits 60 in 2022. Picture: Chris Delmas/AFP

She may have had a better time than another former Cruise leading lady. Last month, Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 2 co-star Thandie Newton revealed the difficult times she had on set with her “very dominant” lead some 20 years ago.

“He was a very dominant individual. He tries super hard to be a nice person. But the pressure. He takes on a lot. And I think he has this sense that only he can do everything as best as it can be done,” Newton said.