Teacher-turned-'Mission: Impossible' actor credits Tom Cruise for career transformation

Before Hollywood scripts, private jets and "Mission: Impossible" stunts, there were lesson plans and curious students for rising actor Greg Tarzan Davis.

Davis, 31, proved the sky’s the limit when he completely switched careers to become an aspiring Hollywood actor. 

"I used to preach to my students that they can be whatever they want, to follow their dreams," Davis told Fox News Digital. "One of my students asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, when I got older. I was like...