LOS ANGELES — After clinging to the side of a plane, riding a motorcycle off a cliff and climbing up the side of a skyscraper, it was a few stair steps that took Tom Cruise’s career to new heights.

On Sunday, the actor finally collected an Academy Award .

“I want you to know that I will always do everything I can to help this art form,” said Cruise, 63, upon receiving an honorary Oscar at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governors Awards. “Hopefully without too many more broken bones.”

The Governors Awards , which are selected by the academy’s board based on an artist’s career, are distinct from the competitive Academy Awards given out during the Oscars telecast, which the group’s more than 10,000 members vote on to reward specific films.

In addition to honoring r

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