Mission: Impossible facts for kids
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| Creator | Bruce Geller |
| Original work | Mission: Impossible (1966) |
| Owner | Paramount Pictures (Paramount Global) |
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Mission: Impossible is an American multimedia franchise based on a fictional secret espionage agency known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The 1966 TV series ran for seven seasons and was revived in 1988 for two seasons. It inspired a series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise beginning in 1996. By 2011, the franchise generated over $4 billion in revenue making Mission: Impossible one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. As of 2023, the latest media released in the franchise was the live-action spy film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which premiered in Rome on July 12, 2023.
Media
Television series
| Title | Release | Seasons | Episodes | Note(s) |
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| Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series) | 1966–1973 | 7 | 171 episodes | |
| Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series) | 1988–1990 | 2 | 35 episodes |
Films
| Title | Release date | Note(s) |
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| Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob | 1967 | Released theatrically in Europe and Australia. |
| Mission: Impossible | May 22, 1996 | Part of the Mission: Impossible film series. |
| Mission: Impossible 2 | May 24, 2000 | |
| Mission: Impossible III | May 5, 2006 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | December 16, 2011 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | July 31, 2015 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Fallout | July 27, 2018 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | July 12, 2023 | |
| Untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film | May 23, 2025 |
Soundtracks
| Title | Release date | Note(s) |
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| Music from Mission: Impossible | 1967 | |
| Mission: Impossible (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) | May 14, 1996 | |
| Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2 | May 9, 2000 | |
| Mission: Impossible 2 (Music from the Original Motion Picture Score) | June 13, 2000 | |
| Mission: Impossible III (Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | May 9, 2006 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Music from the Motion Picture) | December 13, 2011 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Music from the Motion Picture) | July 24, 2015 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Music from the Motion Picture) | July 13, 2018 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Music from the Motion Picture) | July 12, 2023 |
Video games
| Title | Platform | Release date | Note(s) |
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| Mission: Impossible | NES | 1990 | Based on the 1988 TV series revival. |
| Mission: Impossible | MS-DOS | 1991 | |
| Mission: Impossible | N64 | 1998 | Based on the first film. |
| PSX | 1999 | ||
| Mission: Impossible | GBC | 2000 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma | GBA | 2003 | |
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| Mission: Impossible III | J2ME | 2006 | Developed by Gameloft |
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | iOS | 2015 | Developed by Glu |
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Books
| Title | Release date | Author | Note(s) |
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| Mission: Impossible 1 | 1967 | Walter Wager (credited as John Tiger) | Part of a series |
| Mission: Impossible 2: Code Name: Judas | 1968 | Jim Lawrence (credited as Max Walker) | |
| Mission: Impossible 3: Code Name: Rapier | |||
| Mission: Impossible 4: Code Name: Little Ivan | 1969 | Walter Wager (credited as John Tiger) | |
| Mission: Impossible: The Priceless Particle | 1969 | Talmage Powell | Part of a series |
| Mission: Impossible: The Money Explosion | 1970 | ||
| Mission Impossible | 1996 | Peter Barsocchini | Novelization to the Tom Cruise film |
| Mission Impossible: The Aztec Imperative | James Luceno | Tie-in series to the film series | |
| Mission Impossible: Ring of Fire | Tom Philbin | ||
| Mission Impossible: The Doomsday Summit |
Comics
| Title | Release date | Note(s) |
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| Mission: Impossible | 1967 | Five issue series published by Dell Comics |
| Mission: Impossible | 1972 | Comic strip published in Countdown/TV Action |
| Mission: Impossible | 1996 | Tie-in prequel one-shot to the 1996 film published by Marvel Comics |
Cast and characters
| Character | TV series | Film | ||||||||
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| Mission: Impossible (1966) | Mission: Impossible (1988) | Mission: Impossible | Mission: Impossible 2 | Mission: Impossible III | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol |
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout |
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One |
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| Dan Briggs | Steven Hill | |||||||||
| Cinnamon Carter | Barbara Bain | |||||||||
| Barney Collier | Greg Morris | |||||||||
| Willy Armitage | Peter Lupus | |||||||||
| Jim Phelps | Peter Graves | Jon Voight | ||||||||
| Rollin Hand | Martin Landau | |||||||||
| Paris | Leonard Nimoy | |||||||||
| Dana Lambert | Lesley Warren | |||||||||
| Dr. Doug Robert | Sam Elliott | |||||||||
| Lisa Casey | Lynda Day George | |||||||||
| Nicholas Black | Thaao Penghlis | |||||||||
| Max Harte | Tony Hamilton | |||||||||
| Grant Collier | Phil Morris | |||||||||
| Casey Randall | Terry Markwell | |||||||||
| Shannon Reed | Jane Badler | |||||||||
| Ethan Hunt | Tom Cruise | |||||||||
| Luther Stickell | Ving Rhames | |||||||||
| Eugene Kittridge | Henry Czerny | Henry Czerny | ||||||||
| Claire Phelps | Emmanuelle Béart | |||||||||
| Franz Krieger | Jean Reno | |||||||||
| Sarah Davies | Kristin Scott Thomas | |||||||||
| Max Mitsopolis | Vanessa Redgrave | |||||||||
| Sean Ambrose | Dougray Scott | |||||||||
| Nyah Nordoff-Hall | Thandiwe Newton | |||||||||
| Mission Commander Swanbeck |
Anthony Hopkins | |||||||||
| Hugh Stamp | Richard Roxburgh | |||||||||
| Billy Baird | John Polson | |||||||||
| John C. McCloy | Brendan Gleeson | |||||||||
| Dr. Nekhorvich | Rade Šerbedžija | |||||||||
| Benji Dunn | Simon Pegg | |||||||||
| Julia Meade | Michelle Monaghan | Michelle Monaghan | TBA | |||||||
| Owen Davian | Philip Seymour Hoffman | |||||||||
| John Musgrave | Billy Crudup | |||||||||
| Declan Gormley | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | |||||||||
| Lindsey Farris | Keri Russell | |||||||||
| Zhen Lei | Maggie Q | |||||||||
| Theodore Brassel | Laurence Fishburne | |||||||||
| William Brandt | Jeremy Renner | TBA | ||||||||
| Jane Carter | Paula Patton | |||||||||
| Kurt Hendricks | Michael Nyqvist | |||||||||
| Ilsa Faust | Rebecca Ferguson | |||||||||
| Alan Hunley | Alec Baldwin | |||||||||
| Solomon Lane | Sean Harris | TBA | ||||||||
| Atlee | Simon McBurney | |||||||||
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Tom Hollander | |||||||||
| Alanna Mitsopolis White Widow |
Vanessa Kirby | |||||||||
| August Walker John Lark |
Henry Cavill | |||||||||
| Erica Sloane | Angela Bassett | |||||||||
| Grace | Hayley Atwell | |||||||||
| Jasper Briggs | Shea Whigham | |||||||||
| Gabriel | Esai Morales | |||||||||
| Paris | Pom Klementieff | TBA | ||||||||
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