Person
Christopher McQuarrie
Writing · Born 1968-10-25 · Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA
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.
Known for
Reacher
Executive Producer
NYPD Blue
Story
Top Gun: Maverick
Screenplay
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Passer-by (uncredited)
The Oscars
Self
Edge of Tomorrow
Screenplay
The Usual Suspects
Interrogation Cop (uncredited)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Passenger on train (uncredited)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Director
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mission Brief (Voice) (Uncredited)
Filmography
- 2025Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First SpecialSelf
- 2025Mission: Impossible - The Final ReckoningPasser-by (uncredited)
- 2023Tom Cruise: The Last Movie StarSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part OnePassenger on train (uncredited)
- 2022Top Gun: MaverickScreenplay
- 2022ReacherExecutive Producer
- 2018Mission: Impossible - FalloutMission Brief (Voice) (Uncredited)
- 2017The MummyScreenplay
- 2016Jack Reacher: Never Go BackProducer
- 2015Mission: Impossible - Rogue NationDirector
- 2014Edge of TomorrowScreenplay
- 2013Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes AroundSelf
- 2013Jack the Giant SlayerScreenplay
- 2012Jack ReacherDirector
- 2010The TouristScreenplay
- 2010Persons UnknownWriter
- 2009North by Northwest: One for the AgesSelf
- 2008ValkyrieScreenplay
- 2008The Valkyrie LegacySelf
- 2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent BirdSelf
- 2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to LightSelf
- 2005Paradise NowThanks
- 2002Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'Self
- 2000The Way of the GunDirector
- 1998Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'Self
- 1995The Usual SuspectsInterrogation Cop (uncredited)
- 1993NYPD BlueStory
- 1993Public AccessCop #1 / Our Town Caller
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —BroadswordProducer
- —DeeperScreenplay
- —The GauntletDirector
- —King ConanWriter
- —BattlefieldDirector
- —Untitled Tropic Thunder Les Grossman Spin-offDirector
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