Tom Cruise awarded Guinness World Record for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning daring stunt

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has earned a Guinness World Record for performing the most burning parachute jumps by an individual, executing the feat 16 times during the filming of his latest movie, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

The film, which released in theatres worldwide in June, featured a daring sequence in the final moments where Cruise, a licensed skydiver, leapt from a helicopter while strapped to a parachute soaked in aviation fuel and set ablaze. He performed the stunt 16 times and after each jump, he cut away the burning parachute and deployed a backup to land safely.

“Tom doesn’t just play action heroes - he is an action hero,” Craig Glenday, Editor-in-Chief of Guinness World Records, said in a statement posted on the official website.

“A large part of his success can be chalked up to his absolute focus on authenticity and pushing the boundaries of what a leading man can do. It’s an honour to be able to recognise his utter fearlessness with this new Guinness World Records title.”