Tom Cruise injured while filming stunt

The Hollywood star, Tom Cruise has injured himself during a building-jumping stunt as he shot a scene for the new "Mission Impossible 6" movie in London Sunday.

The 55-year-old actor was filmed limping after apparently injuring himself when he attempted to leap from a rigging onto a building but he fell short of the mark and hit the building pretty hard.

Footage on gossip website TMZ shows Cruise - who is known for performing his own stunts - running, then leaping off some rigging towards a building a few feet away.

The star, who is attached to safety wires, failed to make it all the way to the roof and is seen slamming into the building.

As he clambers onto the roof and on to his feet, Cruise is limping.

He then crouches before getting up and walking gingerly to the edge of the building.

His team then use the ropes to take him back to the rigging.

Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson and Jeremy Renner will return for Ethan Hunt's sixth assignment, alongside The Crown star Vanessa Kirby.

M:I 6 is due for release in 2018.