History Characters / MissionImpossible

For an index of the actors and actresses who have their own page on this wiki, see [[UsefulNotes/MissionImpossibleActors here]].

* ''[[Characters/MissionImpossibleFilms Mission: Impossible]]'' (the film series)

* Characters/MissionImpossibleTVSeries
* Characters/MissionImpossibleFilms

!!The TV series:
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!The 1960s series
[[folder:1960s]]
!!Dan Briggs
->'''Played By:'''Steven Hill
!!Jim Phelps
->'''Played By:'''Peter Graves
!!Rollin Hand
->'''Played By:'''Martin Landau
* MasterOfDisguise: Rollin pretty much ''invented'' the LatexPerfection trope.
!!Willy Armitage
->'''Played By:'''Peter Lupus
* GeniusBruiser
* WorldsStrongestMan: Former champion weightlifter.
!!Barney Collier
->'''Played By:'''Greg Morris
* BadassBookworm: The man is also a boxer.
* GadgeteerGenius: Invented most of the nifty toys the team uses in the field, with the most notable exception being the masks, which are created by Rollin, Paris or Casey.
!!Cinnamon Carter
->'''Played By:'''Barbara Bain
!!Paris
->'''Played By:'''Creator/LeonardNimoy
* MasterOfDisguise: Taking over after Rollin left the team.
!!Dana Lambert
->'''Played By:'''Lesley Ann Warren
!!Doug Robert
->'''Played By:'''Sam Elliot
!!Casey
->'''Played By:'''Lynda Day George
!!Mimi
->'''Played By:'''Barbara Anderson
* BoxedCrook: Originally recruited by the team out of prison because she knew the VillainOfTheWeek.
[[/folder]]
!The 1980s Series
[[folder:1980s]]
!!Jim Phelps
->'''Played By:'''Peter Graves
!!Nicholas Black
->'''Played By:'''Thaao Penghlis
!!Max Harte
->'''Played By:'''Anthony Hamilton
!!Grant Collier
->'''Played By:'''Phil Morris
!!Casey Randall
->'''Played By:'''Terry Markwell
!!Shannon Reed
->'''Played By:'''Jane Badler
[[/folder]]
!!The Film series:
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!Ethan's Team

[[folder:Ethan]]

!!Ethan Matthew Hunt

->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomCruise
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossible'' | ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' | ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' | ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'' | ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation Rogue Nation]]'' | ''Mission: Impossible 6''

->''"Hunt is uniquely trained and highly motivated - a specialist without equal - immune to any countermeasures. There is no secret he cannot extract, no security he cannot breach, no person he cannot become."''
-->--'''Alan Hunley'''

The IMF's most efficient field agent.
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* TenMinuteRetirement: In the third film. He was only training recruits and was about to marry Julia. Then the IMF asked him for OneLastJob to save one of his recruits who was kidnapped by Owen Davian. [[spoiler:Her death led him to stop Owen Davian and at the end he continued inside the IMF.]]
* AntiHero: Consistently makes reckless gambles, including stealing a classified list of undercover agents in order to save himself, stealing and handing over a biological weapon to an arms dealer to save his wife and handing over actual nuclear launch codes to a terrorist in order to catch said terrorist.
* TheAce: He's a top notch field agent and has a great calculating mind. A small and hilarious deconstruction (with LampshadeHanging by Benji Dunn) was seen on the fifth film where he almost drowned and couldn't do action stunts. Though that didn't impend him from driving a car or riding a motorbike. Throughout the fifth film he's constantly doing things TheAce does, but taking hits and stumbling, showing he's still human despite his TheDeterminator status.
* BatmanGambit: His schemes often rely on Hunt's keen psychological knowledge of his rival.
* TheChessmaster: Hunt's success in the field comes directly from his uncanny ability to outmaneuver any opponent in his way with complex and daring gambits.
* TheDeterminator: As Hunley notes in ''Rogue Nation'', Hunt is "the manifestation of destiny itself".
* GeniusBruiser: He's both highly skilled in combat (be it close quarters or gunplay) and a superb tactician.
* GuileHero: A very cunning man, and also a hero.
* HotTeacher: To Lindsey
* TheHero / TheProtagonist: The lead hero of every film of the franchise.
* IndyPloy: While he works best planning ahead of time, he's more than capable with coming up with stratagems on the heat of the moment.
* InTheHood: He is depicted as this in ''Ghost Protocol''.
* KansasCityShuffle: A frequent ace in the hole of Ethan is relying of the villain's own wit and arrogance to make him ''think'' he knows what Ethan is up to and put up countermeasures, only for Hunt to reveal that was exactly what he planned all along.
* TheLeader: Every time he recruits a team, he's always the leader. Though in the first half of the film, he was at the orders of veteran agent Jim Phelps.
* ManipulativeBastard: A heroic version. He manipulates his rivals into doing exactly what he wants.
* NiceGuy: For the most part Ethan is a friendly, unassuming and humble agent who is primarily focused on saving innocent lives.
* TheStrategist: In all five movies, he serves as this for the IMF.
* XanatosSpeedChess: In every movie of the franchise, the villain counterattacks in a manner that derails Hunt's original plan (at least partially), so Hunt always has to adjust his plan on the fly to succeed.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Luther]]

!!Luther Stickell

->'''Played By:''' Ving Rhames
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossible'' | ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' | ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' | ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'' (cameo) | ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation Rogue Nation]]''

A hacker and former criminal. He is one of Ethan's most trusted men and most times he's recruited in his missions.
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* BlackBestFriend: Since Ethan met him in the first film, they've become close friends and allies. Also, he was the only recruit in the first film who didn't have a FaceHeelTurn.
* DeadpanSnarker: He has a dry wit he frequently deploys.
* DemotedToExtra: He sits out for ''Ghost Protocol'' and only appears in the last scene. ''Rogue Nation'' gives him a bigger part again.
* PlayfulHacker: He was the main hacker figure before the third film, after Benji's AscendedExtra appearance. Though that didn't stop Luther from helping his old friend Ethan when required.
* ReformedCriminal: Used to be on the wrong side of the law, now works for IMF.
* TheSmartGuy: Probably the most intelligence IMF agent of the entire series.
* TrueCompanions: In the fifth movie he makes evident his loyalty isn't to IMF, or the government, it's to ''Ethan Hunt'' and no one else.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brandt]]

!!William Brandt

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JeremyRenner
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'' | ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation Rogue Nation]]''

One of Ethan's new recruits. An assistant to the IMF Secretary and a former field agent with a dark past.
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* TheAtoner: See MyGreatestFailure below.
* BadassBureaucrat: He was first introduced as an assistant to the IMF Secretary. Then you learn he wasn't all the time in his desk and has great combat skills.
* CaptainObvious: In ''Rogue Nation'' he keeps pointing out the self-evident, though as a warning more than anything.
* TheCynic
* DeadpanSnarker: He's very sardonic.
* MissionControl: Fulfills this purpose for some time ''Rogue Nation''.
* MyGreatestFailure: He feels guilty for failing at protecting Julia. [[spoiler:Though this was deliberately made up by Ethan for Julia's safety and keep her out from his dangerous IMF missions]].
* ThePessimist: Constantly doubts the mission will succeed and usually goes to the worse case scenario.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Benji]]

!!Benjamin "Benji" Dunn

->'''Played By:''' Creator/SimonPegg
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' | ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'' | ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation Rogue Nation]]''

A tech savvy of the IMF and new recruit to Ethan's most recent team.
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* ActionSurvivor: In ''Ghost Protocol''. By ''Rogue Nation'' he still has shades of this with his panicking and despair in action but he's a lot more badass.
* AscendedExtra: [[SmallRoleBigImpact His role in the third film was small and only had a little crucial moment in stopping Davian]]. But in the fourth and fifth films he had passed a field test where he is now into action, taking various levels in badass.
* BadassBookworm: Between ''Ghost Protocol'' and ''Rogue Nation'', Benji earns his badassery in battle.
* BreakoutCharacter: He was introduced late into the third film and only had a supporting role. By ''Ghost Protocol'' and ''Rogue Nation'' he's become one of the primary cast.
* DeadpanSnarker: Loves making sarcastic comments.
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler: Is captured by the Syndicate and held ransom in exchange for the unencrypted Red Box and its mysterious contents during the final third of ''Rogue Nation''. GuileHero that he is, Ethan manages to bluff the Syndicate into letting his friend go.]]
* IconicSequelCharacter: He only came to the franchise in the third film, but since then he's been on every installment and with a [[AscendedExtra steadily increasing amount of plot importance and screentime]].
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Is called by his nickname basically all the time, even Hunley, the CIA director, refers to him as "Benji Dunn" instead of "Benjamin Dunn".
* PlayfulHacker: That's his main ability. He had substituted Luther in the fourth film as the tech savvy.
* PluckyComicRelief: When you need a couple of good laughs in the film, Benji is your man. Of course, he's played masterfully by Simon Pegg.
* TheSmartGuy: Very good with technology.
* TookALevelInBadass: He started as a techinician working behind a desk, but by ''Rogue Nation'', he's a fully operational field agent.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Carter]]

!!Jane Carter

->'''Played By:''' Paula Patton
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]''

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* ActionGirl
* DesignatedGirlFight: With Sabine Moreau. [[ItsPersonal Justified as Sabine killed Trevor]].
* RevengeBeforeReason: Jane is accused of this after killing Trevor's assassin, but to be fair, she presented a certain danger at the time.
* ShesGotLegs: Oh boy, does she ever! The target of her HoneyTrap notices.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female member of the team in the fourth film.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: By the fifth film, it is unknown what happened to her.
[[/folder]]

!Impossible Missions Force

[[folder:Jim]]

!!Jim Phelps

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JonVoight
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossible''

A veteran agent of the IMF and a mentor figure to Ethan Hunt.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:In the original TV series, he was the main protagonist. Here, he's the BigBad.]]
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Jim's plans rely heavily on people reacting in a very certain way that is nigh-impossible to predict.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Of the first film.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Far from being AFatherToHisMen like he appears, Jim is a self-serving monster.]]
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:To Ethan. Jim is a respected and well-liked IMF agent, and a mentor to Ethan. His betrayal devastates Ethan.]]
* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:As part of his AdaptationalVillainy.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:He was a great IMF hero, only to become a two-bit cash-grabbing criminal.]]
* WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell: [[spoiler:His motivation. Jim considers himself a useless desk boy with little control due to the end of the Cold War, when he was at the height of his career.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Claire]]

!!Claire Phelps

->'''Played By:''' Emmanuelle Beart
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossible''

The young beautiful wife of Jim Phelps.
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* FemmeFatale: She has some traits of it: a supposed innocent appearance, seducing Ethan, involvement in darker crimes...
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: With the deaths of Sarah and Hannah in the first film, she is the only female in Ethan's new team.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kittridge]]

!!Eugene Kittridge

->'''Played By:''' Henry Czerny
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossible''

The chief of the IMF in the first film.
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* InspectorJavert: Accuses Ethan of killing the team and pursues him everywhere he goes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sarah]]

!!Sarah Davies

->'''Played By:''' Kristin Scott-Thomas
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossible''

A co-worker of Ethan whom he has in great steem and respect.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jack]]

!!Jack Harmon

->'''Played By:''' Emilio Estévez
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossible''

The tech savvy from the first film.
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* EyeScream: His eye is ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by a running unstoppable lift. [[spoiler:Deliberately done by Jim Phelps]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He doesn't survive the mission but tells Ethan how the bubblegum bomb works which was useful during the Channel Tunnel battle.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Swanbeck]]

!!Swanbeck

->'''Played By:''' Creator/AnthonyHopkins
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''

Ethan's IMF superior during the second film.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Declan]]

!!Declan Gormley

->'''Played By:''' Jonathan Rhys Meyers
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII''

An expert in helicopter piloting.
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* CunningLinguist: He can speak Italian and he used it for faking a traffic jam anger situation.
* PutOnABus
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zhen Lei]]

!!Zhen Lei

->'''Played By:''' Maggie Q
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII''

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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only woman in Ethan's team in the third film.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Farris]]

!!Lindsey Farris

->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeriRussell
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII''

A young apprentice of Ethan Hunt that was kidnapped by Davian's men.
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* ActionGirl: She is Ethan's favorite IMF pupil and had been personally trained by him, so she begins fulfilling this tropes the moment she is broken free
* BadassInDistress: The movie opens with her being rescued from her kidnappers
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Ethan says they were so
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her kidnap forced Ethan to do one final mission before retirement. [[spoiler:Then she suddenly died from an implanted chip inside her head, forcing him to go back to the IMF]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Musgrave]]

!!John Musgrave

->'''Played By:''' Billy Crudup
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII''

An old friend of Ethan and an IMF veteran agent.
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* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:He teams up with Davian to search the "Rabbit's Foot".]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:To Davian.]]
* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler:He survives Ethan's initial fight and attacks Julia after Ethan kills Davian, but Julia quickly shoots him down.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brassel]]

!!Theodore Brassel

->'''Played By:''' Creator/LaurenceFishburne
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII''

Ethan's superior during the third film.
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* BadassBoast:
--> ''"You can look at me with those judgmental, incriminating eyes for all you want, but I bullshit you not. I'll bleed on the flag to make sure the stripes stay red."''
* InspectorJavert: Once again, he is in the list of people who thinks that Ethan betrayed the IMF.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The IMF Secretary]]

!!The IMF Scretary

->'''Played By:''' Tom Wilkinson
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]''

The boss of the IMF.
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* BenevolentBoss: Despite he has to follow orders from the very President, he deeply cares for his operatives.
* CoolOldGuy: He seems very stern, yet he knows how to deal with critical situations with some brain.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler:His demise heavily impacts into ''Rogue Nation''.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He tells Ethan that the IMF has been dissolved because of the Kremlin terrorist attack... then he explains him how the fake the runaway.
[[/folder]]

!Allies of IMF

[[folder:Nyah]]

!!Nyah Nordoff-Hall

->'''Played By:''' Thandie Newton
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''

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* ClassyCatBurglar: She's an international jewel thief. Downplayed, in that she's recruited for her past relationship with Ambrose rather than her skills as a thief.
* FeedTheMole: On the receiving end when Ambrose imitates Hunt.
* HumanShield: A variation. She deliberately contaminates herself with the last shot of Chimera, knowing that Ambrose won't kill her until it finishes multiplying inside her, then uses this to her advantage to help Hunt escape.
* PutOnABus
* TyphoidMary: Averted, though Ambrose uses the term to describe his plan to cause a global outbreak of Chimera so he can get rich selling the vaccine. It ''will'' kill her, but not before she becomes a vector to spread the disease to countless others.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jules]]

!!Julia Anne "Jules" Meade-Hunt

->'''Played By:''' Michelle Monaghan
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' | ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'' (cameo)

Ethan's girlfriend and future wife.
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* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: In ''M:I-III'', Julia has to do this to [[spoiler:Ethan]].
* DistressedDamsel: She is kidnapped by Davian's men so Ethan can reveal the location of the "Rabbit's Foot".
* SequelNonEntity: Played with in ''Ghost Protocol''. Julia is nowhere to be seen, and a throwaway line indicates that she and Ethan suffered an OffScreenBreakup, the way sequels often awkwardly do to romantic leads despite having spent so much attention and development and them. [[spoiler:It then actually gets a surprising callback gag, then it turns out Julia actually died and Brandt was partially responsible, so she hasn't been just thrown away with one line. ''Then'' it turns out she's alive and Ethan set up a whole deception so that she can be safe, as she can't be married to him. She appears at the end after all.]]
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When Musgrave puts Julia on the phone to talk to Ethan, Ethan asks her to tell him the name of the lake where they met, to verify her identity. She correctly answers, "Wanaka".
* TookALevelInBadass: She had to defend herself against Davian's men while Ethan was in a comatose state [[spoiler:and killed Musgrave on the way]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ilsa]]

!!Ilsa Faust

->'''Played By:''' Creator/RebeccaFerguson
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation Rogue Nation]]'' | ''Mission: Impossible 6''

A mysterious and manipulative woman working inside The Syndicate. Her agenda is... difficult to figure out.
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* ActionGirl: The greatest of all five movies.
* [[AntiHero Anti-Heroine]]: Repeatedly betrays Ethan but also consistently comes to his aid. She's committed to her job, but also wants out of the spy life. Her reasons are more complex than just to do the right thing.
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: The movie pingpongs her loyalties practically from scene to scene.
* FemmeFatale: A mysterious dark woman that switches from side to side depending on the situation.
* FieryRedhead: She kicks out the damn out of everyone with her dark red hair and freckles. She has GreenEyes too.
* TheMole: For Lane? For Ethan? For someone else? Who knows. [[spoiler:Eventually revealed to be with the British Intelligence]].
* MsFanservice: Wears a dress that frequently billows open to show her legs to the Opera, [[WalkingSwimsuitScene shows up in a also very revealing bikini]], and swims in her underwear later on. See below for more ''fanservicey'' tropes.
* ShesGotLegs: And the camera sure likes to show them off.
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Briefly seen when Benji was talking to a recent rescued Ethan and preparing to run away.
* WildCard: Again, shifting allegiances and whatnot.
[[/folder]]

!Ambrose & Associates

[[folder:Ambrose]]

!!Sean Ambrose

->'''Played By:''' Dougray Scott
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''

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* BadBoss: He mutilates {{The Dragon}}'s finger for questioning his attempt to reignite his relationship with Nyah. [[spoiler: He also kills him, but that was the result of Hunt swapping faces with him.]]
* BigBad: Of the second film.
* EvilCounterpart: Set up as Ethan's, right down to being used as an "alternate" to him in the past. Part of his going rogue was his resentment at being AlwaysSecondBest.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can try to be charming, but it always breaks down into temper tantrums at the slightest provocation.
* ForTheEvulz: Averted. While Sean is a bad, ''bad'' man, he's ultimately in it for the money and pride rather than just to be a dick.
* GeniusBruiser: He's quite clever, in addition to a dangerous physical combatant.
* HairTriggerTemper: Ambrose storms through his film in a barely-concealed rage at virtually all times.
* LargeHam: Scott's performance is many things. Restrained is not one of them.
* PoisonAndCureGambit: His EvilPlan boils down to this on a massive scale, causing a worldwide outbreak of a deadly, genetically-perfected hemorrhagic fever, before getting incredibly rich from getting all the stock in the company he's selling the cure to.
* SmugSnake: He's not ''dumb'', but he's got quite an opinion of himself that his actual skills just don't measure up to.
* TheSociopath: His feud with Ethan goes way back. Ethan generally goes out of his way not to hurt innocent people and security guards just doing their jobs, while Sean is never happy unless he "leaves a few hats on the ground."
* ViolentGlaswegian: He's a man of rage and violence with a Scottish accent as thick as his temper.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Stamp]]

!!Hugh Stamp

->'''Played By:''' Richard Roxburgh
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''

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* TheDragon: Ambrose's right-hand man.
* {{Fingore}}: Ambrose mutilates one of his fingers for questioning his relationship with Nyah. [[spoiler: It's how he identifies him after Hunt swaps faces with him and tricks Ambrose into riddling him with bullets.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Wallis]]

!!Wallis

->'''Played By:''' Creator/WilliamMapother
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''

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* TheSmartGuy
[[/folder]]

!Davian & Associates

[[folder:Davian]]

!!Owen Davian

->'''Played By:''' Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII''

-->''"You have a wife, girlfriend? Because you know what I'm gonna do next? I'm gonna find her, whoever she is, I'm gonna find her and I'm gonna hurt her. I'm gonna make her bleed, and cry, and call out your name, and you're not going to be able to do shit, you know why? 'Cause you're gonna be this close to dead. And then I'm gonna kill you right in front of her."''

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* BigBad: Of the third film.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: When fighting an almost weakened Ethan in the street [[spoiler:he gets anticlimatically face crushed by a passing truck]].
* GeniusBruiser
* ItsPersonal: The softspoken rant to Ethan quoted above when the agent catches him.
* TheSociopath: His finger won't shake when he has it on a gun's trigger.
* TheStoic
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brownway]]

!!Brownway

->'''Played By:''' Eddie Marsan
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII''

[[/folder]]

!Cobalt & Associates

[[folder:Hendricks]]

!!Kurt "Cobalt" Hendricks

->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelNyqvist
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]''

A Swedish nuclear strategist who wants to start a nuclear war.
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* BigBad: Of the fourth film.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Committed by himself. He throws from a parking lot with the suitcase so Ethan can never catch him and thinking he succeed. [[spoiler:He survived and after Ethan deactivated the missil, he finally succumbs]].
* GeniusBruiser
* GoOutWithASmile: He smiles at Ethan before falling to his death in the parking.
* OmnicidalManiac: Cobalt thinks a nuclear war will bring peace and propserity to (whatever is left of) humanity.
* ThanatosGambit
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He wants to start a nuclear war just to prove himself right about the dangers of nuclear missiles to humanity. Which, in any sane person's mind, defeats the point, but...
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Wistrom]]

!!Marius Wistrom

->'''Played By:''' Samuli Edelmann
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]''

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* TheDragon: To Hendricks.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sabine]]

!!Sabine Moreau

->'''Played By:''' Creator/LeaSeydoux
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]''

A French assassin who kills IMF operative Trevor Hanaway and collaborates with Hendricks into giving the codes to activate a nuclear missile.
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* DesignatedGirlFight: With Jane, as she killed Trevor.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:She falls from the very ''Burj Khalifa'' after Jane kicks her out. Strangely enough we don't see her body while Ethan chases Wistrom.]]
* EmotionlessGirl: Does she ever smile? Léa Seydoux is so good at it.
* ProfessionalKiller: Appearing from nowhere and kills Trevor immediately when she approaches him. Efficient and quick.
* TheSociopath: She didn't shed any tears for anything she did.
[[/folder]]

!The Syndicate

[[folder:Lane]]

!!Solomon Lane

->'''Played By''': Sean Harris
->'''Appearances''': ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation Rogue Nation]]''

The ellusive leader of the mysterious criminal organization known as "The Syndicate", responsible for untold acts of political sabotage all over the globe. [[spoiler:Holds the distinction of being the only ''Mission: Impossible'' villain not to die.]]
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* ArchEnemy: In a manner of speaking, Ilsa observes Hunt "met his match" with Lane.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Solomon is quite handy with a gun.
* BadBoss: Shoots his own minions for petty reasons.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of ''Rogue Nation''.
* TheChessmaster: To a truly astonishing degree. Several characters comment on how he is ''always'' five steps ahead of everyone, and much of the movie's conflict is dedicated to Ethan desperately attempting to outscheme this monster.
* CrazyPrepared: His plots always have about three or four back-up plans.
* DangerousDeserter: Regarding MI6.
* DeathGlare: His default expression.
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:When Hunt traps him in a bulletproof glass box, he empties his magazine at Hunt's face anyway, then pounds on the glass with his hands. Curiously, he doesn't actually die after all that.]]
* DiabolicalMastermind: Leads a massive mercenary Intelligence organization that has orchestrated several terrorist acts all over the globe.
* EvilCounterpart: In ''Rogue Nation'' both he and Ethan are "men without a country" (Ethan due the IMF's disbandment and Solomon went rogue) with extreme cunning skills fighting for the fate of the world. Difference is, Solomon a sociopath and Ethan is... [[TheHero Ethan]].
* EvilSoundsRaspy: He has a very soft-spoken and raspy voice. He never raises his voice for most of the film, except when he demands the ledger from Hunt, and even then, the audience hears it from Benji.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: His glasses seem to enhance his icy glare.
* HeroKiller: Solomon strikes terror into everyone's hearts and is nearly single-handedly responsible for the destruction of the IMF.
* LaserGuidedKarma: When Lane first appears, he executes a female IMF agent in front of Ethan while Ethan is gassed. [[spoiler: At the end, Ethan traps Lane in a bulletproof container and gasses him.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Playing everyone like a fiddle.
* NonActionBigBad: {{Downplayed}}. Solomon Lane is the only villain in the series that doesn't engage in hand-to-hand combat with Ethan. Nonetheless, he usually makes an effort to be on-site whenever an EvilPlan is being carried out, even if his minions are doing the actual work, just to make sure everything goes according to plan. [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking He is also a decent shot and sometimes carries out murders on his own]]. [[spoiler: In the finale, he chases Ethan down [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminator-style]], only to find he was lured into a trap and is captured.]]
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Loves using this technique to unnerve people, from creepily putting his hand on Ilsa's face and refusing to remove it despite her clear discomfort, to getting all up in [[TheHeart Benji's]] face [[spoiler: after he kidnaps him to make Ethan give him the Red Box codes.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Claims there's very little difference between the Syndicate and government Intelligence agencies.
* PerpetualFrowner: Not once does his expression budge from a cold, emotionless scowl.
* ShroudedInMyth: The Syndicate and himself are more or less espionage urban legends, which is why everyone is so incredulous regarding Hunt's claims.
* TheSociopath: Lane has the emotional range of a brick and shows an utter lack of empathy and remorse. He blames his years of DirtyBusiness in the dark underworld of the intelligence system, and claimes that other agents will inevitably end up the same way. [[spoiler: Hunt, however, in the climax, deduces that he'd never really believed human life mattered, and that his terrorist activities are nothing but a grand attempt to avoid admitting to himself what he's always been. Lane's furious response indicates Hunt hit a nerve.]]
* SoftSpokenSadist: Lane never raises his voice above a whisper, but this doesn't stop his cruelty.
* TheSpook: For the film's first forty minutes Ethan has no idea who he is, only what he looks like, such is the identity of this man.
* TheSpymaster: As the leader of a international spy organization.
* TheStoic: Solomon Lane spends almost all of his screen-time speaking in the same monotone voice and showing virtually no emotion whatsoever. [[spoiler: [[NotSoStoic Until the climax of the movie, that is]].]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Lane views his actions as bringing about change to the world rather than maintaining the system, though he seems to use this as an excuse to disavow his own responsibility and justify killing innocents. [[spoiler: Defied by Hunt in the conclusion. He postulates that Lane, upon realizing that he was [[TheSociopath incapable of caring about human life]], went into denial and blamed the system for making him into a monster rather than face his nature. Rather than any higher ideal, the Syndicate exists only to keep him from admitting what he is to himself.]]
* WesternTerrorists: While he could be called such, he rejects the label outright, stating if he were a terrorist his goal would be to spread fear, which it isn't, instead his goals are to destroy his opponents.
* WhatIsEvil: In the only scene he dwells on his motivations, his argument boils down to stating both The Syndicate and all Intelligence agencies kill many innocents, thus rendering moral judgements of his actions null and void.

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[[folder:The Bone Doctor]]

!!Janik Vinters "The Bone Doctor"

->'''Played By''': Jens Hultén
->'''Appearances''': ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation Rogue Nation]]''

Solomon's enforcer and his loyal torturer.
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* BloodKnight: Seems very pleased when he gets to kill something.
* ColdBloodedTorture: [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Brutally beats]] [[BadassInDistress Ethan]] while having him held captive at the beginning.
* TheBrute: A behemoth of a man who relies mainly on pure strength.
* TheDragon: Solomon's right-hand-man.
* KnifeNut: He engages Ilsa in a one-on-one KnifeFight in the FinalBattle. [[spoiler:He loses.]]
* MeaningfulName: His nickname comes from his preferred method of torture: using bone saws.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''The Bone Doctor'' sounds like a horror film.
* RedBaron: The Bone Doctor, again, for his abilities to play with his victim's bones during torture.
* TortureTechnician: His main role is obtaining information from those The Syndicate captures.
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* WorldsStrongestMan: Former champion weightlifter

->'''Played By:'''Creator/Leonard Nimoy
* MasterOfDisguise: Taking over after Rollin left the team

->'''Played By:'''Creator/Lesley Ann Warren

->Played By:'''Phil Morris

* CaptainObvious: In ''Rogue Nation'' he keeps pointing out the self-evident, though as a warning more than anythng.

* KnifeNut: He engages Ilsa in a one-on-one KnifeFight in the FinalBattle.

->'''Played By:''' Michael Nyqvist

* AntiHeroine: Repeatedly betrays Ethan but also consistently comes to his aid. She's committed to her job, but also wants out of the spy life. Her reasons are more complex, than just to do the right thing.

* TheAce: He's a top notch field agent and has a great calculating mind. A small and hilarious deconstruction (with LampshadeHanging by Benji Dunn) was seen on the fifth film where he almost drowned and couldn't do action stunts. Though that didn't impend him from driving a car or riding a motorbike.

->'''Played By:''' Rebecca Ferguson

->'''Played By:''' [[Creator/LeaSeydoux Léa Seydoux]]

-->'''Alan Hunley''': ''Hunt is uniquely trained and highly motivated - a specialist without equal - immune to any countermeasures. There is no secret he cannot extract, no security he cannot breach, no person he cannot become.''

* TenMinuteRetirement: In the third film. He was only training recruits and was about to marry Julia. Then the IMF asked him for OneLastJob to save one of his recruits who was kidnapped by Owen Davian. [[spoiler:Her death led him to stop Owen Davian and at the end he continued inside the IMF.]]

->'''Played By:''' Léa Seydoux

* OmnicidalManiac: Cobalt thnks a nuclear war will bring peace and propserity to (whatever is left of) humanity.

->'''Played By''': Jens Hulten