Actor Tom Cruise is living in fear of assassination after receiving death threats, according to overseas reports.
Cruise and his wife Katie Holmes are so shaken by the death threats that they have alerted the FBI and will only travel in bomb-proof vehicles, the Daily Mail claims.
The threats are believed to have been made by a group that opposes Scientology, a religion which counts Cruise as one of its most devout and high-profile followers.
The Mail reports that the US actor is so fearful of his family's safety that he now lives in a separate location to Holmes and their two-year-old daughter Suri.
The 46-year-old Mission: Impossible star has also alerted the FBI and stepped up his security.
Anti-Scientology group Anonymous protested at the Los Angeles premiere of his new film Valkyrie last week but an Australian spokesman told ninemsn the group did not approve of any violent acts against Cruise or other members of the sect.
"We do not tolerate illegal actions and we strongly oppose the use of the very tactics that we are fighting against," 'Dave' said.
Critics say Valkyrie, in which Cruise plays an army officer who attempts to kill Adolf Hitler, is sympathetic towards the Nazis and omits details of their actions in World War II.
In August this year, Cruise received a security threat that spores of anthrax bacteria could be pumped into the air conditioning system at his Los Angeles office.
He was so shaken by the threat that he had a $10.6 million underground bunker built at his Colorado estate.
Cruise is well-known for his support of Scientology.
He famously introduced media magnate James Packer to the group in 2002.
Packer was reported to have left the "cult" earlier this year, but the pair remain friends.
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