Tom Cruise in the UAE - in pictures

  • Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie on the set of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Abu Dhabi Film Commission
    Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie on the set of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Abu Dhabi Film Commission
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, with Cruise at the opening ceremony of the Dubai International Film Festival in December 2011. AFP
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, with Cruise at the opening ceremony of the Dubai International Film Festival in December 2011. AFP
  • Sheikh Mohammed and Cruise at the premiere together. Getty Images
    Sheikh Mohammed and Cruise at the premiere together. Getty Images
  • Cruise on the red carpet for the film, which was partly shot in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
    Cruise on the red carpet for the film, which was partly shot in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
  • Cruise posed for pictures alongside waiting crowds. Photo: Abaca Press
    Cruise posed for pictures alongside waiting crowds. Photo: Abaca Press
  • From left, actors Jeremy Renner, Cruise and Paula Patton join director Brad Bird at a press conference in Dubai, October 2010. AFP
    From left, actors Jeremy Renner, Cruise and Paula Patton join director Brad Bird at a press conference in Dubai, October 2010. AFP
  • Sheikh Mohammed showed Cruise how to balance a falcon on his arm in November 2010. Photo: Dubai Media Office / AFP
    Sheikh Mohammed showed Cruise how to balance a falcon on his arm in November 2010. Photo: Dubai Media Office / AFP
  • Cruise famously performs his own stunts, including one at Dubai's Burj Khalifa, for the fourth film in the Mission: Impossible franchise. AP
    Cruise famously performs his own stunts, including one at Dubai's Burj Khalifa, for the fourth film in the Mission: Impossible franchise. AP
  • Cruise was dangled outside of Burj Khalifa by Renner. Photo: Paramount / Everett / REX
    Cruise was dangled outside of Burj Khalifa by Renner. Photo: Paramount / Everett / REX
  • Cruise, centre, and production teams on the Abu Dhabi set of Mission: Impossible — Fallout in 2018. Photo: Paramount Pictures and Skydance
    Cruise, centre, and production teams on the Abu Dhabi set of Mission: Impossible — Fallout in 2018. Photo: Paramount Pictures and Skydance
  • Cruise skydiving down to the desert in Abu Dhabi, as part of a stunt for Fallout. Photo: Mission: Impossible / Twitter
    Cruise skydiving down to the desert in Abu Dhabi, as part of a stunt for Fallout. Photo: Mission: Impossible / Twitter