Ethan Hunt is in six films.
 Forced to work with CIA agent August Walker (Henry Cavill), Ethan is able to assume the identity of Apostle contact John Lark (Liang Yang) and acquire one of the cores in exchange for breaking Solomon Lane out of prison  despite opposition from Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), now under orders to kill Lane or bring him back to Britain  but he, Luther and Benji later use Lane to trick Walker into revealing that he is Lark
 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 (Vanessa Redgrave); the real files are still secure at CIA headquarters in Langley

