The Mission Impossible actor still does most of his own stunts on his movies including leaping from the top of Dubai's Burj Khalifa tower for MI4.
But instead of thinking of taking things easy as he approaches the half century mark, Cruise has vowed to churn out even more action films once he's hit the 50 mark next July.
The actor the Sun newspaper: 'I'm just going to keep going as long as I can do it. I love making action movies.'
Cruise was speaking at the premiere of Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol in London where he was joined on the red carpet by British co-star Simon Pegg.