Tom Cruise’s jaw-dropping and fiery stuntwork in “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” has landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records for most burning parachute jumps by an individual.

The actor and producer has undertaken a number of death-defying stunts in the hit action franchise, but he raised the bar again this year by jumping out of a helicopter 16 times while strapped to a parachute that was pre-soaked in fuel and subsequently set on fire. The stunt required him to cut away the charred remnants of the first chute and safely deploy a backup, all in mid-air.

“Tom doesn’t just play action heroes – he is an action hero,” Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, said on Thursday .

“A large part of his success can be chalked up to his absolute focus

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