Tom Cruise faces up to lip sync king Jimmy Fallon

Tom Cruise lip syncs I Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

He once starred in a rock musical, so Tom Cruise had an unfair advantage when he took on Jimmy Fallon's lip-sync challenge.

While on the promotional trail for his latest film Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Cruise stopped by the set of The Tonight Show to take on Fallon's regular segment, which sees celebs compete against the host in a two-song mime contest.

Fallon has been running the skit for a long time now, so he's had plenty of practice.

But so has Cruise - he starred as rocker Stacee Jaxx in the 2012 musical film Rock of Ages.

Tom Cruise lip syncs on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

And he used all of his stage skills learned on that film while belting out The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Faceand Meat Loaf's Paradise by the Dashboard Light.

He also performed the Righteous Brothers' You've Lost That Loving Feeling - which he sang on screen in Top Gun - in a duet with Fallon.

Cruise's performance earned high praise from Can't Feel My Face singer The Weeknd.

can't believe @TomCruise is singing my song. @jimmyfallon *** you're the MAN for this one. #tomcruisetomcruise ||| https://t.co/xVFZSkYCCx

— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) July 28, 2015

- nzherald.co.nz