James Hashimoto has leapt over lava, dodged hungry sharks and raced over a bridge as it crumbled to the ground.

Not bad for a 5-year-old.

He’s the internet star “Action Movie Kid,” placed as the hero in epic scenes created by his father, Daniel Hashimoto, a visual effects artist. In clips shared in Reddit’s Gifs community, the brave tike scales a railing of a skyscraper and steers a boat through a thunderstorm.

Daniel started transforming his home videos into mini-action films when James was 3, and within a couple months of sharing them with family members online, “someone picked them up on Reddit on they went viral within a day,” he said. Now the Action Movie Kid YouTube channel has more than a half million subscribers. He creates the videos in Adobe After Effects, and posts occasional tutorials and extras. (Yes, you too can now turn your floor into lava.)

Last year, the creative father showed up for an AMA. He shared his best parenting tips.

Here are some adventures of Action Movie Kid:

“Going to school”

“Scary Bridge”

“Toy Lightsaber”

“Shopping Cart 64”