24 Facts About Ethan Hunt

1. Ethan Hunt is portrayed in all appearances by famous American actor and producter Tom Cruise.

2. Ethan Hunt is proactive, tending to initiate events rather than respond to them.

3. Ethan Hunt pursues Walker in a helicopter while Luther, Benji and Ilsa find the bombs in two separate locations.

4. Ethan Hunt pursues Walker in London and is unable to capture him.

5. Ethan Hunt is rescued by disavowed British agent Ilsa Faust, a Syndicate operative who offers no explanation for her actions.

6. Ethan Hunt introduces the team to his former colleague Luther Stickell, and then issues them new assignments.

7. Ethan Hunt is recruited to lead Carter and Dunn to infiltrate the secret Moscow Kremlin archives and locate files identifying Cobalt.

8. Ethan Hunt successfully revives Ethan Hunt, and he explains his true IMF career to her.

9. Ethan Hunt reaches the hideout of Davian, beats two armed guards revealing the real Julia who is gagged.

10. Ethan Hunt bites on Musgrave's hand and knocks him unconscious, freeing himself, and uses Musgrave's phone to track down the location of Musgrave's last call.

11. Ethan Hunt plans a mission to capture Davian without seeking official approval.

12. Ethan Hunt learns that Lindsey mailed him a postcard before her capture and discovers a magnetic microdot under the stamp.

13. In 2006, Ethan Hunt has retired from field work for the Impossible Missions Force and instead trains recruits while settling down with Julia Meade-Hunt, a nurse who is unaware of Ethan's true job.

14. Ethan Hunt learns that Ambrose is holding Nyah and stops firing, during which Ambrose orders Nyah to retrieve the last sample.

15. Ethan Hunt is able to destroy all but one sample of the virus before Ambrose interrupts him, and a firefight ensues.

16. Ethan Hunt hangs up, after allowing Kittridge to trace him to the London area, turnes around and walkes right into Jim Phelps.

17. Ethan Hunt begins a correspondence with "Max", explaining that the NOC list was a fake and offering to deliver the real NOC list in exchange for the identity of the mole.

18. Ethan Hunt enlisted for the Infantry military occupational specialty and decided that he would become an Army Ranger.

19. Ethan Hunt is underwater for about a minute when the car that he and Brandt are in plunges into the Moscow River.

20. Ethan Hunt appears as a playable character in the crossover game Lego Dimensions, with archive footage from the first film being used for his voice.

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

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

23. Ethan Hunt attempts to infiltrate Ambrose's inner circle through Ambrose's former girlfriend, Nyah Nordoff-Hall, an accomplished thief.

24. Ethan Hunt is portrayed by Tom Cruise in all films to date.