The Mission: Impossible cast features Tom Cruise, Jon Voight and Emmanuelle Beart. This info article contains minor spoilers and character details for Brian De Palma’s 1996 movie on Netflix and Paramount+. Check out more cast guides in Vague Visages’ Know the Cast category.

Mission: Impossible center on an intelligence operator named Ethan Hunt. After several IMF agents get killed, the protagonist realizes that he’s been set up as a mole. The narrative follows Ethan as he attempts to clear his name with the assistance of trusted colleagues. Here’s every actor and character in Mission: Impossible, a reboot of the CBS television series and the first installment of the movie franchise.

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Mission: Impossible Cast: Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt

Character Profile: An IMF agent. He gets accused of killing several colleagues. Ethan organizes a team to identify a mole within their organization.

Cruise’s Resume: Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible Movie Franchise (1996-), Jerry Maguire in Jerry Maguire (1996), Frank T.J. Mackey in Magnolia (1999), Nathan Algren in The Last Samurai (2003)

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Mission: Impossible Cast: Jon Voight as Jim Phelps

Character Profile: An IMF agent. He organizes a mission to capture a rogue colleague. Jon secretly plots against Ethan.

Voight’s Resume: Ed in Deliverance (1972), Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy (1969), Manny in Runaway Train (1985), Nate in Heat (1995), Mickey Donovan in Ray Donovan (2013-20)

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Mission: Impossible Cast: Emmanuelle Beart as Claire

Character Profile: Jim’s wife. She fakes her death during a mission gone wrong. Claire assists with a plan to steal a document from CIA headquarters.

Beart’s Resume: Marianne in La belle noiseuse (1991), Nelly in Hell (1994), Nelly in Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud (1995), Louise in 8 Women (2002), Commissaire Maïa Leclerc in Syndrome E (2022)

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Mission: Impossible Cast: Henry Czerny as Kittridge

Character Profile: The IMF director. He suspects Ethan of being a mole. Kittridge targets the protagonist’s mother and uncle while executing raids.

Czerny’s Resume: Robert Ritter in Clear and Present Danger (1994), Yuri in The Pink Panther (2006), Conrad Grayson in Revenge (2011-15), Tony in Ready or Not (2019), Dr. Christopher Stone in Scream VI (2023)

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Mission: Impossible Cast: Jean Reno as Krieger

Character Profile: An IMF agent. He is a pilot who gets recruited by Ethan and Claire. Krieger betrays his IMF team.

Reno’s Resume: Enzo Molinari in The Big Blue (1988), Leon in Léon: The Professional (1994), Vincent in Ronin (1998), Ponton in The Pink Panther (2006), Reinaldo Gómez de la Cortina in Who Killed Sara? (2022)

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Mission: Impossible Cast: Ving Rhames as Luther

Character Profile: An IMG agent. He is a tech expert who gets recruited by Ethan and Claire. Luther establishes a strong sense of trust with the main protagonist.

Rhames’ Resume: Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction (1994), Luther in the Mission: Impossible Franchise (1996-), Nathan “Diamond Dog” Jones in Con Air (1997), Marcus in Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Charlie-27 in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

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The Mission: Impossible cast also includes:

• Kristin Scott Thomas as Sarah Davies
• Ingeborga Dapkunaite as Hannah
• Valentina Yakunina as Drunken Female IMF Agent
• Marek Vasut as Drunken Male IMF Agent
• Nathan Osgood as Kittridge Technician
• John McLaughlin as TV Interviewer
• Rolf Saxon as CIA Analyst William Donloe
• Karel Dobrý as Matthias
• Andreas Wisniewski as Max’s Companion
• David Shaeffer as Diplomat Rand Housman
• Marcel Lures as Alexander Golitsyn
• Emilio Estevez as Jack Harmon

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.