Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is a 2011 American spy action thriller movie directed by Brad Bird and is the fourth movie in the "" series. It stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Tom Wilkinson, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Samuli Edelmann, Léa Seydoux and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.