Not that the actor needed any more assurances over whether he had made it or not, but when an entire channel dedicates itself to your movies, you can be pretty confident you have solidified your place in cinema history.

As of tomorrow, in a world first, Sky Movies will be dedicating an entire channel to the Mission Impossible star which will feature some of the actors most iconic movies, as well as a brand new programme produced by Sky called 'Tom Cruise: Show Me The Movies' in which he discusses some of his most memorable movie moments.

The channel will be launching to coincide with the cinema release of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (yes, they're still making Mission Impossible movies) and will run until Sunday 2nd of August.

In that time, you can catch some of his classics like Top Gun, Cocktail, A Few Good Men, Jerry Maguire, Rain Man and Risky Business. He has made some damn good movies down the years in fairness.

Here's hoping they also show that epic scene from Tropic Thunder... but just in case, here it is;