Actor, Tom Cruise lookalike has been dismissed from Instagram for 'pretending to be someone,' which has destroyed his business.

33-year-old Jerome LeBlanc, who hails from Quebec, Canada, and resides in San Diego, California, was removed from the social media platform for breaking one of the apps 'community guidelines' which forbid people from impersonating others.

LeBlanc, who blessed with good looks and appears uncannily like the real Tom Cruise, had been able to find work impersonating the Top Gun actor and built up his Instagram following over the course of six years.  

Having built up more than 30,000 followers, his sudden removal from Instagram led to a sharp drop in business. 

'It was a pretty big blow for someone self employed like me to lose an account that brought me so much business,' LeBlanc told DailyMail.com. 

LeBlanc was first banned from the platform in June 2021. He appealed and was reinstated before being stuck off for good weeks later. 

Instagram rules state: 'Creating an account to impersonate someone is against the Community Guidelines and could result in the removal of your account.'

The app further advises: 'Don't pretend to be the real individual or brand. This includes: Speaking in the voice or portraying yourself as the individual, brand, or organization. Misrepresenting your relationship to the individual, brand, or organization.' 

LeBlanc tells DailyMail.com: 'I tried appealing the disabling of my account - explaining I'm impersonating a fictional character, but no luck. They stated "I was pretending to be someone, and my name did not match the account." Of course I wasn't pretending to be anyone, I was impersonating a fictional character.'