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Christopher McQuarrie
Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA
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 fo…
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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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2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Movie Passer-by (uncredited)
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2023
Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Movie Passenger on train (uncredited)
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2022
Top Gun: Maverick
Movie Screenplay
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2022
Reacher
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Movie Mission Brief (Voice) (Uncredited)
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2017
The Mummy
Movie Screenplay
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2016
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Movie Producer
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2015
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Movie Director
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2014
Edge of Tomorrow
Movie Screenplay
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2013
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Movie Self
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2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
Movie Screenplay
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2012
Jack Reacher
Movie Director
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2010
The Tourist
Movie Screenplay
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2010
Persons Unknown
TV show Writer
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2009
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
Movie Self
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2008
Valkyrie
Movie Screenplay
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2008
The Valkyrie Legacy
Movie Self
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2006
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Movie Self
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2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Movie Self
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2005
Paradise Now
Movie Thanks
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2002
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Movie Self
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2000
The Way of the Gun
Movie Director
- 1998
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1995
The Usual Suspects
Movie Interrogation Cop (uncredited)
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1993
NYPD Blue
TV show Story
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1993
Public Access
Movie Cop #1 / Our Town Caller
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
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The Gauntlet
Movie Director
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Broadsword
Movie Producer
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Battlefield
Movie Director
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King Conan
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Deeper
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