Christopher McQuarrie
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.
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Movie Appearances
Public Access
as Cop #1 / Our Town Caller
1993
Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self
1998
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
as Self
2013
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
as Self
2009
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
as Self
2006
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
as Self
2006
The Valkyrie Legacy
as Self
2008
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self
2002
The Usual Suspects
as Interrogation Cop (uncredited)
1995
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
as Self
2025
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
as Mission Brief (Voice) (Uncredited)
2018
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Passer-by (uncredited)
2025
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as Passenger on train (uncredited)
2023
