Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Cast & Character Guide

The Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning cast sees several new dynamics form as old faces partner up with the newest additions for this next adventure. The seventh installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise sends Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his IMF team on their most daring adventure to date, facing both existing villains from previous films and fresh threats. Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie, who previously worked on Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout, is back at the helm. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning sees McQuarrie reuniting Cruise with several cast members from earlier Mission: Impossible entries.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning‘s story follows Ethan and the rest of his IMF team, Luther Stickell, Benji Dunn, and Ilsa Faust, as they traverse the globe in search of the Key and hope to stop a new AI villain known as The Entity and its human muscle, Gabriel. By the time Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning‘s ending comes to a close, audiences will have seen plenty of familiar characters and actors, as well as be introduced to some new ones who could return in Mission: Impossible 8. Every performance in the Dead Reckoning cast helps elevate the story.

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Tom Cruise As Ethan Hunt

Actor: Tom Cruise, 61, was born in Syracuse, New York in 1962. He moved around a lot as a kid before moving back to New York at the age of 18 years old to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. This dream became a reality over the next few years, leading to Tom Cruise becoming one of the brightest rising stars in Hollywood. He’s become synonymous with action movies, such as the Mission: Impossible movies, but he also has been nominated for three Oscars. It’s his rare star power that has made him a major box office star.

Notable Movies & TV Shows: Risky Business (1983), Top Gun (1986), The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), A Few Good Men (1992), Mission: Impossible (1996), Jerry Maguire (1996), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Magnolia (1999), Mission: Impossible II (2000), Minority Report (2002), Collateral (2004), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023).

Character: Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, the legendary IMF agent, in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. It is the seventh time that Cruise has played Ethan, with this time the character becoming caught in The Entity’s plan. Fueled by a desire to destroy the AI, Ethan works with his team and endures tragedy as he risks his life to save the world once again.

Rebecca Ferguson As Ilsa Faust

Actor: Rebecca Ferguson, 40, was born in Stockholm in 1983. The Swedish actress studied dance and modeling before becoming an actress. Ferguson’s breakthrough role came in the Swedish soap opera Nya tider and worked steadily before being cast as Ilsa Faust for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. It was this role that gave her a bigger presence in Hollywood, leading to her starring in various blockbusters and headlining prestige TV shows leading up to Dead Reckoning.

Notable Movies & TV Shows: The White Queen (2013), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Life (2017), The Greatest Showman (2017), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Doctor Sleep (2019), Dune (2021), Silo (2023), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023).

Character: Rebecca Ferguson returns as Ilsa Faust in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, marking her third appearance in the franchise. She is a former MI6 agent who has become a close ally of Ethan Hunt in previous installments. Ilsa plays a pivotal role in Dead Reckoning as she obtains part of the Key, making her a bigger target for The Entity and someone Ethan has to try even harder to protect.

Vanessa Kirby As Alanna Mitsopolis

Actor: Vanessa Kirby, 35, was born in Wimbledon, London in 1988. Before becoming a name on the big screen, Kirby’s career began with a string of award-winning performances on the stage. Her time on the stage resulted in Hollywood finally giving her bigger roles, which led to her Mission: Impossible debut the same year she won a Primetime Emmy for her role on The Crown. Kirby has since received an Oscar nomination and become an increasingly sought-after talent ahead of and after Dead Reckoning‘s release.

Notable Movies & TV Shows: Everest (2015), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019), Pieces of a Woman (2020), The Crown (2016-2022), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023), Napoleon (2023).

Character: Vanessa Kirby returns as Alanna Mitsopolis a.k.a. White Widow in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. It is her second appearance as the black-market arms dealer. Alanna is the daughter of Max from the original Mission: Impossible movie and works with various organizations for her own benefit. This includes her hiring Grace to steal the Key and remaining a central figure in The Entity’s plan.

Ving Rhames As Luther Stickell

Actor: Ving Rhames, 64, was born in Harlem, New York, in 1959. He developed a passion for acting as a young boy and followed that dream through studying at Juilliard School’s Drama Division. Although his career began on Broadway, Rhames found his breakout role as Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction. He was cast in Mission: Impossible a few years later, and won a Golden Globe shortly thereafter for Don King: Only in America.

Notable Movies & TV Shows: Pulp Fiction (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996), ER (1994-1996), Con Air (1997), Don King: Only in America (1997), Mission: Impossible II (2000), Lilo & Stitch (2002), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2014), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning.

Character: Ving Rhames reprises his role as Luther Stickell, Ethan Hunt’s best friend and IMF computer technician. His role in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning marks the seventh consecutive entry Luther has appeared in. Luther works with Ethan to get The Entity’s key, only to realize that the AI’s advantages in technology will force him to go off the grid to be helpful going forward.

Simon Pegg As Benji Dunn

Actor: Simon Pegg, 53, was born in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, in 1970. After getting his degree from the Univesity of Bristol in 1991, Pegg became a regular face in various British comedies. He’s often known for his collaborations with director Edgar Wright and their Cornetto Trilogy. Pegg joined the Mission: Impossible franchise with Mission: Impossible III and has become a franchise regular from that point on, including a prominent role among Dead Reckoning‘s cast.

Notable Movies & TV Shows: Spaced (1999-2001), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Hot Fuzz (2007), Star Trek (2009), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), The World’s End (2013), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Star Trek Beyond (2016), Ready Player One (2018), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), The Boys (2019-2022), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023).

Character: Simon Pegg returns as Benji Dunn in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, which is his fifth appearance in the franchise overall. The former technician turned field agent repeatedly finds himself in the thick of the conflict in Dead Reckoning. He is incredibly loyal to Ethan and fully trusts him to save the world, proving himself to be one of Hunt’s greatest allies within the IMF.

Hayley Atwell As Grace

Actor: Hayley Atwell, 41, was born in London in 1982. She graduated from college in 2005 with an acting degree and immediately began pursuing a career with some on-stage roles. This eventually led to Hollywood finding Atwell and casting her in major roles, most notably as Peggy Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning marks the first appearance of her in the franchise.

Notable Movies & TV Shows: The Duchess (2008), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Black Mirror (2013), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Cinderella (2015), Agent Carter (2015-2016), Christopher Robin (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023), Marvel’s What If…? (2021-2023).

Character: Hayley Atwell plays the mysterious Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning character Grace in her franchise debut. She enters the story as a pickpocket who steals part of the Key from Ethan. She is very smart and cunning, allowing her to repeatedly escape from Ethan. However, the two ultimately bond over the course of the movie.

Esai Morales As Gabriel

Actor: Esai Morales, 61, was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1962. He began acting in 1982 and landed a variety of notable TV roles over the next decade, but it was La Bamba in 1987 that gave him a bigger chance to shine. The Puerto Rican actor worked frequently over the next few decades before gaining more recognition, leading to his casting in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning to replace Nicholas Hoult.

Notable Movies & TV Shows: La Bamba (1987), NYPD Blue (2001-2004), Caprica (2009-2010), Criminal Minds (2013-2015), Ozark (2017), Chicago P.D. (2017), Titans (2019), How to Get Away with Murder (2016-2020), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning.

Character: Esai Morales plays the human embodiment of The Entity in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, known as Gabriel. This is the first appearance by Gabirel in the franchise, but he has a deep connection to Ethan’s past thanks to an encounter they had decades before. He is extremely dangerous and deadly as Mission: Impossible 7‘s villain Gabriel. He ultimately wants The Entity to rule the world and inflict more pain on people.

Henry Czerny As Eugene Kittridge

Actor: Henry Czerny, 64, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1959. Like many actors, Czerny’s career began on the stage by doing Canadian theatre, leading to his first credited TV or movie acting role in 1986. It was a decade later that he joined Mission: Impossible and made his debut as Kittridge. Although he did not return until Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Czerny remained busy with other movie and show roles.

Notable Movies & TV Shows: Clear and Present Danger (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996), The Ice Storm (1997), External Affairs (1999), The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), The Pink Panther (2006), The A-Team (2010), Revenge (2011-2015), Sharp Objects (2018), Ready or Not (2019), Scream VI (2023), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023).

Character: Eugene Kittridge’s return in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning comes 27 years after audiences last saw him and Ethan Hunt go toe-to-toe. The former IMF director now heads the CIA and leads the organization in trying to acquire The Entity. This leads to a reunion with Hunt and their complex relationship restarting.

Pom Klementieff As Paris

Actor: Pom Klementieff, 37, was born in Quebec City, Canada, in 1986. She began acting in 2007 through a series of French productions. Klementieff’s first Hollywood movie was Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake. It was only a few years later she landed the role of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and became a much bigger name in Hollywood, leading to her joining the Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning cast too.

Notable Movies & TV Shows: Oldboy (2013), Ingrid Goes West (2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Black Mirror (2019), Uncut Gems (2019), Westworld (2020), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023).

Character: Paris is a new character added to the Mission: Impossible franchise in Dead Reckoning. She is a French assassin who works with Gabriel to hunt down Ethan and Grace. Paris is an incredibly skilled fighter and killer and has great tenacity when on a mission.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Supporting Cast & Characters

Shea Whigham as Jasper Briggs: Shea Whigham plays Jasper Briggs, who’s trying to track down Hunt. Whigham is known for his roles as FBI Agent Michael Stasiak in the Fast & Furious franchise, Eli Thompson in Boardwalk Empire, and G. Gordon Liddy in Gaslit.

Greg Tarzan Davis as Degas: While Degas isn’t a part of The Community, the character is a partner of the shady agency and works with them to track down Hunt. Davis is best known for playing Javy “Coyote” Machado in Top Gun: Maverick, and he had a recurring role in Grey’s Anatomy.

Frederick Schmidt as Zola Mitsopolis: Alanna’s brother and right-hand man, Zola Mitsopolis, is played by Frederick Schmidt. Schmidt previously played the character in Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Metallo in the Arrowverse, and Salient Global’s head of security, Travis Cole, in Angel Has Fallen.

Cary Elwes as Denlinger: Cary Elwes has joined the Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning cast as Denlinger, the Director of National Intelligence. Elwes’ most iconic characters include Westley in The Princess Bride, the titular outlaw in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and Dr. Lawrence Gordon in the Saw franchise.

Rob Delaney: Rob Delaney’s character is one of several characters who are part of “The Community,” an agency tasked with bringing down Ethan Hunt, and works for the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Delaney is best known for co-creating, co-writing, and starring in the Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe as Rob Norris, and for playing Peter in Deadpool 2.

Charles Parnell: Parnell is another actor who is a part of The Community, and plays the leader of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), though his character name isn’t known. Parnell is best known for playing Rear Admiral Solomon “Warlock” Bates in Top Gun: Maverick and CMDCM Russ Jeter, USN in the series The Last Ship.

Mark Gatiss: Gatiss is the head of the National Security Agency (NSA) and a member of The Community, but his character name isn’t revealed. The role continues Gatiss’ love of playing authoritative figures working for shady agencies, as he’s best known for playing Sherlock Holmes’s brother, Mycroft, in Sherlock.

Indira Varma: The Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning cast features Indira Varma, who plays the leader of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) within The Community. Her character name is also undisclosed. Varma is best known for her TV roles as Ellaria Sand in Game of Thrones, Piety Breakspear in Carnival Row, and Tala Durith in Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Mariela Garriga as Marie: A new addition to the cast, Marie is the woman from Ethan’s past who Gabriel kills. Garriga is best known for her roles in TV shows like NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Bosé.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

Release Date

July 12, 2023

Director

Christopher McQuarrie

Writers

Christopher McQuarrie

Cast

Tom Cruise
, Ving Rhames
, Simon Pegg
, Rebecca Ferguson
, Vanessa Kirby
, Haley Atwell
, Shea Whigham
, Pom Klementieff
, Esai Morales
, Rob Delaney
, Henry Czerny
, Cary Elwes

Runtime

164 minutes