How old was Tom Cruise in the movie Top Gun?

Tom Cruise was 22 in Top Gun when he played the character 'Lt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell'.

That was over 38 years ago in 1986.

Today he is 61, and has starred in 86 movies in total, 73 of those since Top Gun was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Top Gun, I think Tom Cruise looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Tony Scott has worked with Tom Cruise a total of 3 times in his career.
  • Tom Cruise's first movie was as 'Billy' in Endless Love, released in 1981 when he was 18
  • Top Gun scores 7.02 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Top Gun

Tom Cruise's other movies