How old was Michael Ironside in the movie Top Gun?
Michael Ironside was 35 in Top Gun when he played the character 'Lt. Cmdr. Rick 'Jester' Heatherly'.
That was over 38 years ago in 1986.
Today he is 74, and has starred in 180 movies in total, 151 of those since Top Gun was released.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Top Gun, I think Michael Ironside looks:
Did you know?
- Director Tony Scott has worked with Michael Ironside just once in his career.
- Michael Ironside's first movie was as 'Soldier on train (uncredited)' in The Ottawa Valley, released in 1974 when he was 22
- Top Gun scores 7.02 out of 10 on TMDB.
