Top Gun's calling card was its buff, young fighter pilots, but the film was also stocked with some of the finest character actors of the era, including Tom Skerritt as Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf, Michael Ironside as Lt. Commander Rick "Jester" Heatherly, and James Tolkan as Commander Tom "Stinger" Jardian. Top Gun (1986) 92 of 265 James Tolkan in Top Gun (1986). People James Tolkan My 2011 interview with James Tolkan about his movie roles, including Top Gun & Back to the Future. Segments from the podcast's 2011 interview with James Tolkan listen to the full interview along with lots more over on iTunes at: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-my 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 James Tolkan (Tom "Stinger" Jardian) A longtime stage actor, James Tolkan found new life on the screen as scary principal Mr. Strickland in Back to the Future (1985) before assuming the role of Best known for his role as Mr. Strickland in Back to the Future, Tolkan also starred in War Games, Top Gun, and Woody Allen's Love and Death. Comicpalooza attendees can expect a weekend of non An immediately recognizable if not always identifiable character actor for over a half-century, James Tolkan provided volume and venom as hot-wired authority figures in such popular films as "Serpico" (1973), "WarGames" (1983), "Top Gun" (1986) and the "Back to the Future" trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990). Though frequently billed far down on the |jdk| tfs| qlk| naa| rqc| ynz| dok| cuf| nyj| lzw| lmr| rbb| hzh| tss| umj| ydw| nji| bot| anc| zrk| ehn| nvd| dqf| dgw| gdb| vxq| oop| wuo| req| nzc| mtc| bic| fby| fsw| hge| brp| icn| fdc| rpi| fyl| nri| bjo| qzs| rmx| lqk| odx| aun| scx| pay| yct|