Jon Hamm Tells His Funny Tom Cruise Story on 'Fallon' - Watch Now!

Jon Hamm is opening up about what happened the first time he met Tom Cruise.

The 50-year-old actor recently worked with Tom, 58, on the new movie Top Gun: Maverick, but they met years earlier at a famous star’s house party.

Jon opened up about the story while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night (June 24) in New York City.

Click inside to read all about the meeting…

“I had actually met Tom a long time before. I was at Jimmy Kimmel‘s house and he was having a football watching party on a Sunday, as you do,” Jon said. “The rumor got around, ‘Someone said Tom Cruise is coming today.’ And it’s like, ‘It’s a football party. It’s a bunch of idiots eating pizza and drinking beer. Tom Cruise is not coming to this football party.’ Cut to three minutes later, Tom Cruise walks in with his mom. Mom Cruise.”

“Cut to the reverse of this, just 40 dudes with their jaws on the ground,” Jon said.

Jon said that he brought up the party to Tom when they were on set and he remembered having a great time. While talking about working with the actor, he said, “Tom is the most giving, wonderful guy. He’s the first guy in and the last guy out. He’s the hardest-working guy on set. He’s always in a good mood. He’s got all the heavy-lifting to do. He’s inspirational, I’ll tell you that much.”

Last week, Jon was seen stopping traffic in New York City so his girlfriend could safely cross the street.