LL Cool J came face-to-face with an intruder at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning and managed to detain the suspect until police arrived.

The rapper/actor, who stars as tough agent Sam Hanna in NCIS: Los Angeles, played a real life hero when he was confronted by a man in the early hours of the morning after hearing a commotion downstairs.

LL Cool J grappled with the suspect and was able to detain him until officers from the Los Angeles Police Department arrived on the scene, according to TMZ.com.

The unnamed suspect was arrested on suspicion of burglary.