Tom Cruise looks every inch the action star as he lands a helicopter in London

He was reportedly relaxing at the famous Saint Hill Manor in West Sussex during the coronavirus lockdown.

And Tom Cruise looked cool and in control as he landed his helicopter at Battersea Heliport on Monday.

The actor, 58, put safety first as he donned a black face mask as he made his landing and exited the chopper.

The single-engine black matte helicopter, an Airbus H125, flew over the London skyline. 

Tom, who has a helicopter license, cut a casual figure for the day, donning a navy turtle neck jumper and dark jeans.

The film star, who appeared to have had a haircut, also sported a pair of aviator sunglasses as he made his landing.  

Last month, the Hollywood star was spotted landing a helicopter on Richmond golf course, much to the surprise of its members.

The movie star recently resumed filming on Mission Impossible 7 and 8 at the Warner Bros Studios, Leavesden, in Hertfordshire.

Filming could start back up after the British government gave the green light for production due to filmmakers being exempt from certain quarantine rules.

Tom reportedly discussed filming logistics with Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden on a video chat.

The government said it will publish guidance allowing ‘small numbers’ of essential cast and crew to travel to the UK without having to quarantine for 14 days.

Exempted individuals will instead have to live and work in controlled ‘bubbled’ environments, such as filming locations, for the same period of time.

‘The world’s biggest blockbusters and high-end TV shows are made in Britain,’ Dowden explained, nodding to the seventh and eighth installments of the hit spy films being shot in Hertfordshire.

He said: ‘Our creativity, expertise and highly successful tax reliefs for our screen industries means that we are an in demand location that in turn delivers a great return for our economy.

‘We want the industry to bounce back and exempting small numbers of essential cast and crew from quarantine is part of our continued commitment to getting cameras rolling safely again,’ the British politician noted.

The exemption applies to individuals coming to England specifically to work on film and television productions which qualify as British, the Government said. 

Adrian Wootton, chief executive of the British Film Commission, added that the news was a ‘clear recognition of the importance of the film and high-end TV inward investment sector to the UK’s economy.’

He said: ‘The sector was worth over £3 billion in 2019, and has a clear role to play in our economic recovery following the lockdown.’ 

Tom revealed in January last year that the next two Mission: Impossible action films would be released in Summer 2021 and Summer 2022. 

However filming on Mission: Impossible 7, which will feature British actor Simon Pegg, had to be halted in Italy in February over coronavirus fears.

The action star was recently spotted practicing his motocross skills and flying a helicopter around the Oxfordshire countryside.

The films focus on agent Ethan Hunt, played by Tom, and will be directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who previously worked on 2015’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout in 2018. 

It comes after the news that Tom was believed to be on the lookout for a new home close to the Saint Hill Manor, after staying there during the pandemic.

He was staying at the 18th century mansion was originally bought by the Church Of Scientology’s founder, L Ron Hubbard, in 1959.

A source said: ‘Tom is active more than ever in the organisation. His role is getting bigger and bigger.

‘He wants to move to the UK ­permanently and has been looking at properties around Saint Hill Manor so he can be on hand and close by.’

During his time at the manor Tom Cruise has reportedly been hosting Zoom meetings and organising gatherings with fellow members.

Saint Hill Manor recently underwent a £13 million renovation, and boasts a restaurant run by a chef that used to work at Gordon Ramsay’s Royal Hospital Road in West London.

Tom also reportedly schedules his visits to coincide with those of his close friend, the church’s leader David Miscavige.

The star is thought to have invited his family to stay at the manor’s accommodation during Christmas and New Year, as the property is close to the South London home of his daughter Isabella, 27.

MailOnline contacted representatives for Tom Cruise for comment at the time. 

Tom first became involved in the Church Of Scientology in the early 1990s through his first wife Mimi Rogers, and has since been one of the religion’s most outspoken advocates. 

Scientologists believe that humans are immortal beings with an infinite number of past lives, some of which could be in extraterrestrial cultures.

The Church also rejects psychiatry, believing they ­interfere with the rational mind, for which Tom sparked earned backlash in 2004 when he refuted the use of psychiatric drugs to treat post-natal depression.

Members of the church are also thought to be huge supporters of Tom’s film career and his box office success, thought it’s thought his faith caused rifts in his marriages to actresses Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes.