Ethan Hunt — Mission: Impossible Character Profile

About Ethan Hunt

Elite IMF agent known for high-stakes espionage and leadership.

Ethan Hunt — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Master of disguise, Hand-to-hand combat, Tactical planning, High-speed driving, Demolitions

• Strength: 8.5/10
• Intelligence: 9/10
• Charisma: 8.5/10
• Morality: 9/10
• Influence: 9.5/10

Affiliations

• Impossible Missions Force

Quick Facts about Ethan Hunt

Occupation

intelligence agent

Ethan Hunt's Known Relations

• Impossible Missions Force — Employer

Ethan Hunt appears in 8 titles

• Mission: Impossible (1996)
• Mission: Impossible II (2000) — character page
• Mission: Impossible III (2006) — character page
• Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) — character page
• Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) — character page
• Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) — character page
• Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) — character page
• Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Tom Cruise

Appears in

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (7)

• Ethan Hunt — related — Luther (Ving Rhames)
• Ethan Hunt — Professional Protégé — Jim Phelps (Jon Voight)

  Ethan begins as Jim's field protégé before discovering Jim's betrayal.

  The character profile identifies Jim Phelps as Ethan Hunt's mentor and describes Ethan as the team's point man under Jim's leadership.

• Ethan Hunt — Alliance Teammate — Claire (Emmanuelle Béart)

  Ethan treats Claire as a surviving member of the Prague team.

  After Claire appears alive, Ethan works with her to contact Max and recruit specialists for the NOC-list operation.

• Ethan Hunt — Alliance Trusted Ally — Luther (Ving Rhames)

  Luther is Ethan's most dependable operational ally.

  Ethan recruits Luther for the Langley heist, and Luther later protects the authentic NOC list and blocks Max's upload.

• Ethan Hunt — Professional Recruiter — Krieger (Jean Reno)

  Ethan brings Krieger into the replacement team.

  Ethan recruits Krieger, described in the character profile as an IMF tech specialist, for the Langley infiltration.

• Ethan Hunt — Conflict Adversary — Kittridge (Henry Czerny)

  Ethan must evade Kittridge while proving the real betrayal.

  Kittridge suspects Ethan is the mole, pursues him after the restaurant debriefing, and later tracks Ethan's payphone call.

• Ethan Hunt — Unknown Negotiator — Max (Vanessa Redgrave)

  Ethan uses a dangerous business negotiation to gain access to Max's network.

  Ethan meets Max, warns her that the NOC list is fake and tracked, and offers to obtain the authentic list for ten million dollars.

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More characters from Mission: Impossible

• Jim Phelps (Jon Voight)
• Claire (Emmanuelle Béart)
• Krieger (Jean Reno)
• Kittridge (Henry Czerny)
• Luther (Ving Rhames)
• Drunken Female IMF Agent (Valentina Yakunina)
• Sarah Davies (Kristin Scott Thomas)
• Drunken Male IMF Agent (Marek Vašut)
• Max (Vanessa Redgrave)
• Hannah (Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė)
• Denied Area Security Guard (Ricco Ross)
• Max's Companion (Andreas Wisniewski)