Top Gun
1986 action drama film by Tony Scott · Released 1986
Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, with distribution by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an article titled "Top Guns", written by Ehud Yonay and published in California magazine three years earlier. It stars Tom Cruise as Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. He and his radar intercept officer, Lieutenant (junior grade) Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards), are given the chance to train at the United States Navy's Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California.
Cast ages when filming began (June 26, 1985)
- Tom Cruise, as LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell: 22
- Kelly McGillis, as Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood: 27
- Val Kilmer, as LT Tom "Iceman" Kazansky: 25
- Anthony Edwards, as LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw: 22
- Michael Ironside, as LCDR Rick "Jester" Heatherly: 35
- Meg Ryan, as Carole Bradshaw: 23
- Rick Rossovich, as LTJG Ron "Slider" Kerner: 27
- Whip Hubley, as LT Rick "Hollywood" Neven: 28
- James Tolkan, as CDR Tom "Stinger" Jardian: 54
- John Stockwell, as LT Bill "Cougar" Cortell: 24
- Tim Robbins, as LTJG Sam "Merlin" Wells: 26
- Adrian Pasdar, as LT Charles "Chipper" Piper: 20
- Clarence Gilyard, as LTJG Marcus "Sundown" Williams: 29
- Barry Tubb, as LT Henry "Wolfman" Ruth: 22