Known For
Writing
Born
Oct 25, 1968
Place of Birth
Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA
Credits
34 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
Self
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Passer-by (uncredited)
Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
Self (archive footage)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Passenger on train (uncredited)
Top Gun: Maverick
Screenplay
Reacher
Executive Producer
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mission Brief (Voice) (Uncredited)
The Mummy
Screenplay
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Producer
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Director
Edge of Tomorrow
Screenplay
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Self
Jack the Giant Slayer
Screenplay
Jack Reacher
Screenplay
The Tourist
Screenplay
Persons Unknown
Writer
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
Self
Valkyrie
Producer
The Valkyrie Legacy
Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
Paradise Now
Thanks
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
The Way of the Gun
Director
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
The Usual Suspects
Interrogation Cop (uncredited)
NYPD Blue
Story
Public Access
Cop #1 / Our Town Caller
The Oscars
Self
Broadsword
Producer
The Gauntlet
Director
King Conan
Writer
Deeper
Screenplay
Battlefield
Director