He has played Ethan Hunt in all six of the Mission: Impossible films from 1996 to 2018. His other noteworthy roles in the genre incorporate Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Knight and Day (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), Oblivion (2013), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). The past of these ranks as his optimum-grossing launch.