Christopher McQuarrie
Age: N/A | From: Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: McQ
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 45
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
Biography
Christopher McQuarrie (born October 25, 1968) is an American filmmaker. 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). He is a frequent collaborator with Tom Cruise, having written and directed the action films Jack Reacher (2012), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023), and an untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film (2025). He was also a part of the writing and/or producing team on the 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.
Most Famous Work
Reacher
(2022) Executive Producer
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
(2023) Producer
Top Gun: Maverick
(2022) Producer
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
(2018) Writer
Mission: Impossible 8
(2025) Writer
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
(2015) Story
Edge of Tomorrow
(2014) Screenplay
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
(2016) ProducerActing
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| 2023 | Self | |
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| 2013 | Self | |
| 2009 | Self | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| 2006 | Self | |
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| 2002 | Self | |
| 1995 | Interrogation Cop (uncredited) | |
| 1993 | Cop #1 / Our Town Caller | |
| 1953 | Self | |
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Directing
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| 2025 | Director | |
| 2023 | Director | |
| 2018 | Director | |
| 2015 | Director | |
| 2012 | Director | |
| 2000 | Director | |
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2025 | Producer | |
| 2023 | Producer | |
| 2022 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2018 | Producer | |
| 2016 | Producer | |
| 2010 | Executive Producer | |
| 2008 | Producer | |
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2025 | Writer | |
| 2023 | Writer | |
| 2022 | Screenplay | |
| 2018 | Writer | |
| 2017 | Screenplay | |
| 2015 | Screenplay | |
| Story | ||
| 2014 | Screenplay | |
| 2013 | Screenplay | |
| 2012 | Screenplay | |
| 2010 | Screenplay | |
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| 2008 | Screenplay | |
| 2000 | Screenplay | |
| 1995 | Writer | |
| 1993 | Writer | |
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Creator
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| 2010 | Creator | |
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