Manny Jacinto, a star of the metaphysical sitcom “The Good Place,” would like to be the kind of actor who does his own stunts. He isn’t. “After you get hit four or five times, you say, ‘No, O.K., let’s get the stunt double,’” he said.

But on a bleak Sunday in November, Mr. Jacinto, 32, arrived at Skydive the Ranch in Gardiner, N.Y., about two hours north of New York City to jump out of an airplane at 13,000 feet. No stunt double had been hired.

“It’s a bucket-list item of mine for sure,” he said.

And maybe a chance to catch up to Tom Cruise, with whom he will appear in the upcoming “Top Gun: Maverick.” (Details of the movie are scarce, but Mr. Jacinto confirmed that he plays a pilot.) “He’s been telling us stories about ‘Mission: Impossible’ and how he had to jump out of that plane, I forget how many times, jus t to get that one shot,” he said.

After checking in, Joe Richards, an owner of the facility, showed Mr. Jacinto into a small unheated room and set him up with a 10-minute safety video that warned of the many dangers of skydiving.