Ethan Hunt, played by Tom Cruise in his longest-running franchise, may be best known for sprinting across rooftops and pulling off death-defying stunts, but beneath his exterior lies a man whose emotional core runs deep.

During a couple of scenes in "Final Reckoning," viewers get a flash of the dossier of Ethan Hunt, the character Tom Cruise has played in the "Mission: Impossible" movies since the big-screen reboot began in 1996. At the top of the first page visible in Hunt's top-secret file is his place of birth — Madison, Wisconsin.