Christopher McQuarrie

Christopher McQuarrie

1968-10-25 Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA 33 Credits

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 o...

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Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special

Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special

2025

as Self

Acting

10 News First takes you behind the scenes on the making of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Angela Bishop chats with Tom Cruise for all the ...

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025

as Passer-by (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe —...

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025

Producer, Writer, Director

7.2
Producing Writing Directing

Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe —...

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

2023

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Tom Cruise - actor, producer, daredevil. The face of Hollywood in the 1980s, after a mid-career meltdown, his future looked in doubt. But through a si...

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

as Passenger on train (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it...

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

Writer, Producer, Director

7.5
Writing Producing Directing

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it...

Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

Screenplay, Producer

8.2
Writing Producing

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” ...

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

2018

as Mission Brief (Voice) (Uncredited)

7.4
Acting

When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the C...

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

2018

Writer, Director, Producer

7.4
Writing Directing Producing

When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the C...

The Mummy

The Mummy

2017

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our c...

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

2016

Producer

6.0
Producing

Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when...

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

2015

Director, Story, Screenplay

7.2
Directing Writing

Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed...

Edge of Tomorrow

Edge of Tomorrow

2014

Screenplay

7.6
Writing

Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within min...

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

2013

as Self

7.9
Acting

Cast and crew speak on adapting One Shot as the first Jack Reacher film, casting Tom Cruise, earning Lee Child's blessing, additional character qualit...

Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer

2013

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unlea...

Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher

2012

Director, Screenplay

6.6
Directing Writing

One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military snipe...

The Tourist

The Tourist

2010

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

2009

as Self

6.3
Acting

A discussion of "North by Northwest" and its influence.

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

2008

Screenplay, Producer

6.9
Writing Producing

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to cre...

The Valkyrie Legacy

The Valkyrie Legacy

2008

as Self

6.0
Acting

Created as a companion documentary to the film "Valkyrie," this documentary details the true story behind the plot to assassinate Adolph Hitler.

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

2006

as Self

7.8
Acting

An appreciation and the story of the making of the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon."

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

2006

as Self

7.1
Acting

Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing i...

Paradise Now

Paradise Now

2005

Thanks

6.9

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

2002

as Self

7.0
Acting

Documentary that includes interviews with Singer as well as the rest of the cast - mainly Spacey. There is no "plot" or "promotional" elements to this...

The Way of the Gun

The Way of the Gun

2000

Director, Screenplay

6.3
Directing Writing

Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and...

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995

as Interrogation Cop (uncredited)

8.2
Acting

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also res...

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995

Writer

8.2
Writing

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also res...

Public Access

Public Access

1993

as Cop #1 / Our Town Caller

5.8
Acting

Brewster seems to be an almost too perfect example of idyllic small-town America, with everyone living in peace and harmony. So when newcomer Whiley P...

Public Access

Public Access

1993

Writer

5.8
Writing

Brewster seems to be an almost too perfect example of idyllic small-town America, with everyone living in peace and harmony. So when newcomer Whiley P...

Nothing Is What It Seems:  The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'

Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'

N/A

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the origins and making of the 1995 Oscar-winning suspense thriller. Includes rare unseen footage and revisits many of the film's ic...

Iron Curtain

N/A

Producer, Writer

Producing Writing

Broadsword

N/A

Producer, Writer, Director

Producing Writing Directing

A Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) mission in World War II goes badly and leaves a Royal Marine Captain stranded in France as the sole survivor. ...

Deeper

Deeper

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

A deep-sea dive turns into an unexpected psychological exploration for a former astronaut who signed up for the mission.