Los Angeles, USA - Tom Cruise and his wife Katie Holmes have called in the FBI after being scared by a series of death threats they have received from anti-Scientology groups
Sources close to the star, a leading Scientologist, say the threats are believed to have come from groups opposed to the religious organisation.
Security has been stepped up around Cruise, 46, Holmes, 30, and their two-year-old daughter Suri.
The couple now live at separate locations and move around in bomb-proof vehicles, The Mail on Sunday reported.
Other protesters have been angered by Cruise’s portrayal of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg – who was at the centre of the 1944 plot by Nazi officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler – in the film Valkyrie.
Last week Cruise attended the Los Angeles premiere of the movie, which was targeted by protesters from the anti-Scientology group Anonymous. He has been forced to increase security around his family since then.
'The threats are perceived to be so great that the FBI has been alerted,’ said a source.
Cruise is due to fly to London for the UK premiere on January 21.
"Tom is terrified. He doesn’t feel safe anywhere," the source added.
Cruise has spent £5million on an underground bunker in the grounds of his estate in Colorado. In August, threats were made to place anthrax in the air vents of his Los Angeles office.