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Christopher McQuarrie

Christopher McQuarrie

Writer · Born 1968-10-25 · Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA

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Biography

Christopher McQuarrie (born October 25, 1968) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He received the BAFTA Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the neo-noir mystery film The Usual Suspects (1995). He made his directorial debut with the crime thriller film The Way of the Gun (2000).  McQuarrie is a frequent collaborator with Tom Cruise, having written and directed the action films Jack Reacher (2012), as well as four instalments of the Mission: Impossible film series: Rogue Nation (2015), Fallout (2018), Dead Reckoning (2023), and The Final Reckoning (2025). He was also a part of the writing and/or producing team on the Cruise films Valkyrie (2008), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016), The Mummy (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), the last of which received Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Christopher McQuarrie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Usual Suspects (1995) — Interrogation Cop (uncredited)
  2. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) — Mission Brief (Voice) (Uncredited)
  3. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) — Passenger on train (uncredited)
  4. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) — Passer-by (uncredited)
  5. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  6. Public Access (1993) — Cop #1 / Our Town Caller
  7. Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006) — Self
  8. The Valkyrie Legacy (2008) — Self
  9. Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around (2013) — Self
  10. The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006) — Self
  11. Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star (2023) — Self (archive footage)
  12. North by Northwest: One for the Ages (2009) — Self
  13. Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' (2002) — Self
  14. Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects' (1998) — Self
  15. Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special (2025) — Self

Directed

  1. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) — Director
  2. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) — Director
  3. Jack Reacher (2012) — Director
  4. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) — Director
  5. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) — Director
  6. The Way of the Gun (2000) — Director
  7. Broadsword — Director
  8. The Gauntlet — Director
  9. King Conan — Director
  10. Battlefield — Director