All 71 Missionimpossibledle characters

Alan Hunley

CIA director who disbands the IMF in Rogue Nation and later comes round to Ethan.

Debut

Rogue Nation

Films

2

Side

Ally

Agency

CIA, IMF

Role

Director

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Anatoly Sidorov

Russian agent who chases Ethan after the Kremlin bombing in Ghost Protocol.

Debut

Ghost Protocol

Films

1

Side

Neutral

Agency

Russia

Role

Agent

Nationality

Russian

Status

Alive

Atlee

Chief of MI6 in Rogue Nation, with his own secrets about the Syndicate.

Debut

Rogue Nation

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

MI6, Syndicate

Role

Director

Nationality

British

Status

Jailed

August Walker

CIA assassin assigned to shadow Ethan's team in Fallout.

Debut

Fallout

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

CIA, Apostles

Role

Assassin, Mole

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Barney Collier

Electronics genius on the 1966 IMF team who builds the gadgets.

Debut

TV (1966)

Films

0

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Tech

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Benji Dunn

IMF tech from MI3 who graduates to field work and becomes a team regular.

Debut

MI3

Films

6

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Tech, Agent

Nationality

British

Status

Alive

Billy Baird

Australian helicopter pilot who flies for Ethan's team in MI2.

Debut

MI2

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Pilot

Nationality

Australian

Status

Alive

Bogdan

Russian prisoner who breaks out of a Moscow jail alongside Ethan in Ghost Protocol.

Debut

Ghost Protocol

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

None

Role

Informant

Nationality

Russian

Status

Alive

Brij Nath

Indian businessman in Mumbai whose old satellite matters to the plot of Ghost Protocol.

Debut

Ghost Protocol

Films

1

Side

Neutral

Agency

None

Role

Businessman

Nationality

Indian

Status

Alive

Casey Randall

Agent on Phelps's team in the first season of the 1988 revival.

Debut

TV (1988)

Films

0

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Agent

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Cinnamon Carter

Fashion model on the 1966 IMF team who plays glamorous covers on missions.

Debut

TV (1966)

Films

0

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Model

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Claire Phelps

Jim's French wife and a member of his team in the first film.

Debut

MI (1996)

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

IMF

Role

Agent, Mole

Nationality

French

Status

Dead

Dan Briggs

Leader of the IMF team in the first season of the 1966 series.

Debut

TV (1966)

Films

0

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Leader

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Declan Gormley

Irish pilot and driver on Ethan's MI3 team.

Debut

MI3

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Pilot

Nationality

Irish

Status

Alive

Denlinger

US intelligence chief at the high-level briefing about the Entity in Dead Reckoning.

Debut

Dead Reckoning

Films

1

Side

Neutral

Agency

US Intelligence

Role

Director

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Erik

Doctor working in a Kashmir medical camp alongside Julia in Fallout.

Debut

Fallout

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

None

Role

Doctor

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Erika Sloane

CIA director in Fallout who later rises to the top of the US government.

Debut

Fallout

Films

2

Side

Neutral

Agency

CIA, Government

Role

Director, Politician

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Ethan Hunt

IMF field agent and team leader who takes on the impossible missions in all eight films.

Debut

MI (1996)

Films

8

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Agent, Leader

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Eugene Kittridge

IMF director who suspects Ethan after Prague and returns decades later in the Reckoning films.

Debut

MI (1996)

Films

3

Side

Neutral

Agency

IMF, CIA

Role

Director

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Franz Krieger

Knife-carrying pilot on Phelps's team in the first film, part of the Channel Tunnel finale.

Debut

MI (1996)

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

IMF

Role

Pilot, Mole

Nationality

French

Status

Dead

Gabriel

Ruthless agent of the Entity, tied to a dark chapter of Ethan's past.

Debut

Dead Reckoning

Films

2

Side

Villain

Agency

The Entity

Role

Assassin

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

General Sidney

Senior US military officer in The Final Reckoning.

Debut

Final Reckoning

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

US Military

Role

Soldier

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Grace

Pickpocket and thief who stumbles into Ethan's mission in Dead Reckoning.

Debut

Dead Reckoning

Films

2

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Thief

Nationality

British

Status

Alive

Grant Collier

Barney Collier's son, the tech expert on the 1988 IMF team.

Debut

TV (1988)

Films

0

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Tech

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Hannah Williams

Team member killed early in the first film's Prague operation.

Debut

MI (1996)

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Agent

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Hugh Stamp

Sean Ambrose's South African right-hand man in MI2.

Debut

MI2

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

Independent

Role

Henchman

Nationality

South African

Status

Dead

Ilsa Faust

MI6 agent working undercover inside the Syndicate who becomes Ethan's equal in the field.

Debut

Rogue Nation

Films

3

Side

Ally

Agency

MI6

Role

Agent

Nationality

British

Status

Dead

IMF Secretary

Head of the IMF who briefs Ethan on Ghost Protocol in a moving car.

Debut

Ghost Protocol

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Director

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Jack Bledsoe

American serviceman who helps Ethan's mission in The Final Reckoning.

Debut

Final Reckoning

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

US Military

Role

Soldier

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Jack Harmon

Tech on Phelps's team who dies in the botched Prague mission that opens the first film.

Debut

MI (1996)

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Agent, Tech

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Jane Carter

IMF agent on Ethan's Ghost Protocol team, out to settle a score in Dubai.

Debut

Ghost Protocol

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Agent

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Janik Vinter

Syndicate enforcer known as the Bone Doctor in Rogue Nation.

Debut

Rogue Nation

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

Syndicate

Role

Henchman

Nationality

Swedish

Status

Dead

Jasper Briggs

US intelligence agent sent to bring Ethan in during both Reckoning films.

Debut

Dead Reckoning

Films

2

Side

Neutral

Agency

US Intelligence

Role

Agent

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Jim Phelps (1996)

Ethan's mentor and team leader in the 1996 film, whose Prague mission goes badly wrong.

Debut

MI (1996)

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

IMF

Role

Leader, Mole

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Jim Phelps (TV)

Leader of the IMF team in the 1966 series and its 1988 revival, master of the briefing tape.

Debut

TV (1966)

Films

0

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Leader, Disguise artist

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

John C. McCloy

Head of the drug company Biocyte, who stands to profit from the Chimera virus in MI2.

Debut

MI2

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

Biocyte

Role

Businessman

Nationality

British

Status

Alive

John Musgrave

IMF operations director in MI3 who works closely with Ethan's team.

Debut

MI3

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

IMF

Role

Director, Mole

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Julia Meade-Hunt

Hospital worker and later field doctor who marries Ethan in MI3 and must stay hidden from his world.

Debut

MI3

Films

3

Side

Ally

Agency

None

Role

Doctor

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Koltsov

Russian soldier who stands in Ethan's way in The Final Reckoning.

Debut

Final Reckoning

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

Russia

Role

Soldier

Nationality

Russian

Status

Alive

Kurt Hendricks

Swedish nuclear strategist codenamed Cobalt, the villain of Ghost Protocol.

Debut

Ghost Protocol

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

Independent

Role

Mastermind, Scientist

Nationality

Swedish

Status

Dead

Leonid Lisenker

Russian nuclear scientist drawn into Hendricks's plot in Ghost Protocol.

Debut

Ghost Protocol

Films

1

Side

Neutral

Agency

None

Role

Scientist

Nationality

Russian

Status

Dead

Lindsey Farris

Young IMF agent trained by Ethan, whose capture starts the story of MI3.

Debut

MI3

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Agent

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Luther Stickell

Master hacker and Ethan's oldest friend on the team, there from the first film onward.

Debut

MI (1996)

Films

8

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Tech

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Max

Arms dealer who wants the stolen NOC list and deals with Ethan in the first film.

Debut

MI (1996)

Films

1

Side

Neutral

Agency

Independent

Role

Arms dealer

Nationality

British

Status

Dead

Max Harte

Australian strongman and pilot on the 1988 IMF team.

Debut

TV (1988)

Films

0

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Strongman, Pilot

Nationality

Australian

Status

Alive

Nicholas Black

Actor and master of disguise on Phelps's team in the 1988 revival.

Debut

TV (1988)

Films

0

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Disguise artist, Actor

Nationality

Unknown

Status

Alive

Nils Delbruuk

Norwegian nuclear scientist who builds the bombs for the Apostles in Fallout.

Debut

Fallout

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

Apostles

Role

Scientist

Nationality

Norwegian

Status

Jailed

Nyah Nordoff-Hall

Professional thief Ethan recruits in MI2 because of her past with Sean Ambrose.

Debut

MI2

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

None

Role

Thief

Nationality

British

Status

Alive

Owen Davian

Black market arms dealer Ethan hunts across MI3, after the mysterious Rabbit's Foot.

Debut

MI3

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

Independent

Role

Arms dealer, Mastermind

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Paris

French assassin who works for Gabriel in Dead Reckoning.

Debut

Dead Reckoning

Films

2

Side

Ally

Agency

The Entity

Role

Assassin

Nationality

French

Status

Alive

Richards

Senior US intelligence official in the rooms where the Entity is discussed.

Debut

Dead Reckoning

Films

2

Side

Neutral

Agency

US Intelligence

Role

Director

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Rollin Hand

Actor and disguise expert on the 1966 IMF team, known as the man of a million faces.

Debut

TV (1966)

Films

0

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Disguise artist, Actor

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Sabine Moreau

French assassin paid in diamonds who crosses Ethan's team in Ghost Protocol.

Debut

Ghost Protocol

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

Independent

Role

Assassin

Nationality

French

Status

Dead

Sarah Davies

British agent on Phelps's team, lost during the Prague embassy mission in the first film.

Debut

MI (1996)

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Agent

Nationality

British

Status

Dead

Sean Ambrose

Rogue IMF agent who can pass as Ethan and goes after the Chimera virus in MI2.

Debut

MI2

Films

1

Side

Villain

Agency

IMF

Role

Agent, Mastermind

Nationality

British

Status

Dead

Shannon Reed

Agent on Phelps's team in the 1988 revival series.

Debut

TV (1988)

Films

0

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Agent

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Solomon Lane

Former British agent who leads the Syndicate, the shadow network behind Rogue Nation.

Debut

Rogue Nation

Films

2

Side

Villain

Agency

MI6, Syndicate

Role

Mastermind

Nationality

British

Status

Jailed

Swanbeck

IMF commander who hands Ethan the Chimera mission in MI2.

Debut

MI2

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Director

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Tapeesa

Civilian Ethan's team meets in The Final Reckoning.

Debut

Final Reckoning

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

None

Role

Civilian

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

The Entity

Rogue artificial intelligence that can rewrite the digital world, the threat of both Reckoning films.

Debut

Dead Reckoning

Films

2

Side

Villain

Agency

The Entity

Role

AI

Nationality

N/A

Status

Jailed

The Great Paris

Stage magician and disguise artist who joins the 1966 IMF team in later seasons.

Debut

TV (1966)

Films

0

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Disguise artist, Magician

Nationality

Unknown

Status

Alive

Theo Degas

Jasper Briggs's partner in the hunt for Ethan in the Reckoning films.

Debut

Dead Reckoning

Films

2

Side

Ally

Agency

US Intelligence

Role

Agent

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Theodore Brassel

Hard-nosed IMF director who clashes with Ethan in MI3.

Debut

MI3

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Director

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Trevor Hanaway

IMF agent whose Budapest mission opens Ghost Protocol.

Debut

Ghost Protocol

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Agent

Nationality

American

Status

Dead

Vladimir Nekhorvich

Russian scientist who created the Chimera virus and its cure, seen at the start of MI2.

Debut

MI2

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

Biocyte

Role

Scientist

Nationality

Russian

Status

Dead

White Widow

Arms broker Alanna Mitsopolis, who deals with Ethan in Fallout and Dead Reckoning.

Debut

Fallout

Films

2

Side

Neutral

Agency

Independent

Role

Arms dealer

Nationality

British

Status

Alive

William Brandt

IMF analyst with a field past who joins Ethan's team in Ghost Protocol.

Debut

Ghost Protocol

Films

2

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Analyst, Agent

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

William Donloe

CIA analyst on duty in the Langley vault during the heist, back again in The Final Reckoning.

Debut

MI (1996)

Films

2

Side

Ally

Agency

CIA

Role

Analyst

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Willy Armitage

Strongman of the 1966 IMF team who handles the heavy lifting.

Debut

TV (1966)

Films

0

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Strongman

Nationality

American

Status

Alive

Zhen Lei

Agent on Ethan's MI3 team, part of the break-in at the Vatican.

Debut

MI3

Films

1

Side

Ally

Agency

IMF

Role

Agent

Nationality

Chinese

Status

Alive

Zola Mitsopolis

The White Widow's brother, who handles the rough side of her arms business.

Debut

Fallout

Films

2

Side

Neutral

Agency

Independent

Role

Henchman

Nationality

British

Status

Alive