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Christopher McQuarrie
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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 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…
Known for
- Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special — Self2025
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning — Passer-by (uncredited)2025
- Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star — Self (archive footage)2023
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One — Passenger on train (uncredited)2023
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout — Mission Brief (Voice) (Uncredited)2018
- Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around — Self2013
- North by Northwest: One for the Ages — Self2009
- The Valkyrie Legacy — Self2008
- Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light — Self2006
- The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird — Self2006
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1968-10-25 ) October 25, 1968 (age 57) , Princeton, New Jersey , U.S.
- Other name
- McQ
- Occupations
- Screenwriter director producer
- Years active
- 1993–present
- Spouse
- Heather Neely ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2000 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christopher
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Princeton Junction
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- detective fiction
- Image
- Christopher McQuarrie at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 05.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1968-10-25
- Commons category
- Christopher McQuarrie
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- social media followers
- 120498
- name in native language
- Christopher McQuarrie
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Christopher McQuarrie
- writing language
- English language
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
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Encyclopedic overview
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).
McQuarrie is a frequent collaborator with Tom Cruise, having written and directed the action film Jack Reacher (2012), as well as four installments of the Mission: Impossible film series: Rogue Nation (2015), Fallout (2018), Dead Reckoning (2023), and The Final Reckoning (2025), in addition to uncredited rewrites on Ghost Protocol (2011). 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.
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