Luther — Mission: Impossible Character Profile

About Luther

Master hacker and Ethan's most trusted ally.

Luther — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Master hacking, Network infiltration, Data decryption, Cyber warfare

• Strength: 6/10
• Intelligence: 9.5/10
• Charisma: 8/10
• Morality: 9/10
• Influence: 8.5/10

Affiliations

• Impossible Missions Force

Quick Facts about Luther

Occupation

intelligence agent

Nationality

[[Americans

Luther's Known Relations

• Impossible Missions Force — Employer

Luther 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

Ving Rhames

Appears in

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Luther — related — Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise)
• Luther — Alliance Trusted Ally — Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise)

  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.

• Luther — Conflict Technical Counterpart — Max (Vanessa Redgrave)

  Luther directly counters Max's attempt to transmit the stolen intelligence.

  Luther blocks Max's upload of the NOC list to her servers during the train exchange.

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