Christopher McQuarrie

Christopher McQuarrie

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.

Known For: Writing

Born: Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA, 1968-10-25

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1993	Public Access	Cop #1 / Our Town Caller	58
2	2023	Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star	Self (archive footage)	70
3		Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'	Self	0
4	1995	The Usual Suspects	Interrogation Cop (uncredited)	82
5	2002	Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'	Self	70
6	2006	Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light	Self	71
7	2006	The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird	Self	78
8	2008	The Valkyrie Legacy	Self	59
9	2009	North by Northwest: One for the Ages	Self	63
10	2013	Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around	Self	79
11	2018	Mission: Impossible - Fallout	Mission Brief (Voice) (Uncredited)	74
12	2025	Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning	Passer-by (uncredited)	72
13	2025	Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special	Self	0

Christopher McQuarrie

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