11 Facts About Ethan Hunt

Ethan Matthew Hunt is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Mission: Impossible film series.

Ethan Hunt is seen as the main suspect as he learns that the mission was a set-up to expose a mole who had been selling secrets to an arms dealer called Max ; the real files are still secure at CIA headquarters in Langley.

Ethan Hunt decides to steal the actual list himself for the arms dealer in exchange to meet the actual mole in return.

Ethan Hunt later finds Jim alive and deduces that he is the real mole, working with Claire and Krieger to escape with the money for the list and frame Ethan Hunt for their crimes.

Ethan Hunt gets Luther reinstated as an IMF agent and considers leaving the IMF, but is offered a mission of his own during the flight home.

Ethan Hunt is called back into service to rescue a former student called Lindsey Farris who was captured during a mission in Germany, and recovers confidential information via a stolen laptop.

Ethan Hunt is forced to go rogue in an attempt to track down the sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian and secure a dangerous mystery item known as the 'Rabbit's Foot'.

Ethan Hunt manages to pull the team together, stop a nuclear bomb and clear the IMF of any involvement in the Kremlin attack.

Ethan Hunt appears as a playable character in the crossover game Lego Dimensions, with archive recordings of Tom Cruise being used for his voice.

Ethan Hunt "erases all of the weaknesses we have ever noticed in any of these screen heroes".

Ethan Hunt is unlike Bourne in knowing his status as "a good guy" and unlike Bond in not womanizing, having cared about only two women.