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Oscar-winning actor, Jamie Foxx, became an even bigger star in the eyes of a California family when he saw a vehicle in distress and went to help.

A truck had gone off the road outside city limits, where it rolled several times. The vehicle caught fire and the driver, Brett Kyle, was trapped inside.

Having heard the crash from his house and called 911, Mr. Foxx ran to the scene, where he met another Good Samaritan. The fellow rescuer, who happened to be an off-duty paramedic, had a pair of EMT-rescue scissors that they used to break through the truck鈥檚 window. Foxx and the paramedic cut the man鈥檚 seat belt and pulled him out seconds before the entire truck burst into flames.

鈥淚 don't look at it as heroic," Foxx told the Associated Press. "I just look at it like, you know, you just had to do something. And it all just worked out."

On Tuesday, Foxx met the driver鈥檚 father, Brad Kyle, who said he had seen video footage of several other cars passing by his son鈥檚 burning truck without stopping.

"I just kept watching it and going 'My god, my god, he didn't have to do a thing,' " Mr. Kyle told the AP, tearing up. "I think we all hope that we can do something when the time is there. But the question is, do we act or do we fear for our own life? He did not."

The heroic act earned Foxx a place in聽an elite group 鈥� celebrities who go to the rescue in real-life.

Harrison Ford has proven that he can field a rescue in any role. Mr. Ford used his helicopter to who was lost in a rainstorm near Yellowstone National Park, CBS News reported in 2001.

The incident proved Ford鈥檚 mid-rescue quips are not limited to the screen.

鈥淏oy, you sure must have earned a merit badge for this one,鈥� Ford told the scout, according to CBS.

Actress Kate Winslet has never played Superwoman, but she was ready to help when a house fire broke out at the home of Richard Branson in the British Virgin Islands. Ms. Winslet was staying there with her children as a guest in 2011 and helped Branson鈥檚 nonagenarian mother, Eve, , ABC News reported.

鈥淪he swept her up into her arms and got them out of the house as fast as possible," Mr. Branson told the Telegraph.

Actor John Malkovich was in Toronto for a theater role in 2013 when he had an opportunity to , the Toronto Star reported. An elderly man, Jim Walpole, had tripped on a curb and cut his neck, which began bleeding profusely.聽

鈥淚 believe (Malkovich) was having a cigarette and witnessed the whole thing happening, he placed his hand and started applying pressure to the man鈥檚 neck 鈥� didn鈥檛 let go until the ambulance arrived,鈥� Chris Mathias, a doorman working nearby who also ran to Mr. Walpole鈥檚 aid, told the Toronto Star.

Walpole recovered fully after emergency services took him to the hospital for stitches.

鈥淚 never had the opportunity to see him and thank him after the incident,鈥� Walpole told the Toronto Star. 鈥淚 asked him what his name was and he said it was John.鈥�

This report contains material from the Associated Press.