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Christopher McQuarrie
Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Additional Credits
Born October 25, 1968 (56 years)
Christopher McQuarrie (born October 25, 1968) is an American filmmaker. 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). He is a frequent collaborator with Tom Cruise, having written and directed the action films Jack Reacher (2012), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023), and an untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film (2025). He was also a part of the writing and/or producing team on the 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.
He made his directorial debut with the crime thriller film The Way of the Gun (2000). He is a frequent collaborator with Tom Cruise, having written and directed the action films Jack Reacher (2012), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023), and an untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film (2025). He was also a part of the writing and/or producing team on the 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.
Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick · as Screenplay |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | The Mummy · as Screenplay |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · as Screenplay |
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer · as Screenplay |
| 2012 | Jack Reacher · as Screenplay |
| 2010 | The Tourist · as Screenplay |
| 2010 | Persons Unknown (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Valkyrie · as Screenplay |
| 2000 | The Way of the Gun · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | |
| 1993 |