Who Was Jim Phelps in 1996’s Mission: Impossible? While Ethan Hunt and most of the other characters in 1996’s Mission: Impossible were newly created figures, the initial leader of Hunt’s ...

Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission -- not even the lives of those he cares about most.

In a franchise filled with jaw-dropping twists and stunning action scenes, his character is much more important to Mission: Impossible than you might realize. Since 1996, Rhames has played one of ...

CIA chief Hunley (Baldwin) convinces a Senate committee to disband the IMF (Impossible Mission Force), of which Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is a key member. Hunley argues that the IMF is too reckless.

Cruise may be set to bid farewell to his character in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. The actor, who has played Ethan Hunt for close to three decades, teased this film could be his ...