Christopher McQuarrie

Writing · Born 1968-10-25 in 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…

Filmography

• Public Access as Cop #1 / Our Town Caller
• Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star as Self (archive footage)
• Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around as Self
• North by Northwest: One for the Ages as Self
• Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light as Self
• The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
• The Valkyrie Legacy as Self
• Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' as Self
• The Usual Suspects as Interrogation Cop (uncredited)
• Mission: Impossible - Fallout as Mission Brief (Voice) (Uncredited)