Christopher McQuarrie
Director
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.
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Filmography
The Usual Suspects
as Interrogation Cop (uncredited) 1995
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
as Mission Brief (Voice) (Uncredited) 2018
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as Passenger on train (uncredited) 2023
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Passer-by (uncredited) 2025
Public Access
as Cop #1 / Our Town Caller 1993
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
as Self 2006
The Valkyrie Legacy
as Self 2008
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
as Self 2006
Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
as Self (archive footage) 2023
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
as Self 2013
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
as Self 2009
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self 2002
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self 1998