Top Gun: Maverick
Film

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

ActionDrama

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TO...

Cast Age Comparison

Actor Character Actor Age Char Age Conf Diff Source/Hints
Tom Cruise Tom Cruise Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell 59 57-60 C2 0 Based on original Top Gun (1986) where Maverick is ~25; film set ~2022 = ~60
Val Kilmer Val Kilmer Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky 62 62 C4 0 Iceman born ~1959-1960 in canon; depicted as admiral in 2022. Val Kilmer born July 31 1959 = same age as character
Miles Teller Miles Teller Lt. Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw 35 37-38 C5 -2 DOB '27 JUN 84' shown on screen in mission briefing file for Lt. Bradshaw
Jennifer Connelly Jennifer Connelly Penny Benjamin 51 50-55 C2 -2 Penny runs a bar in Fightertown; no explicit age given, appears contemporaneous with Maverick
Bashir Salahuddin Bashir Salahuddin Wo-1. Bernie 'Hondo' Coleman 45 - C1
Jon Hamm Jon Hamm Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson 51 55-62 C2 -8 Cyclone is a Vice Admiral; no explicit age given, inferred from rank and seniority
Charles Parnell Charles Parnell Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates 57 - C1
Monica Barbaro Monica Barbaro Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace 31 - C1
Lewis Pullman Lewis Pullman Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd 29 - C1
Jay Ellis Jay Ellis Lt. Reuben 'Payback' Fitch 40 - C1
Actor Age Actor’s real age when the production was filmed or released
Char Age The character’s age as stated or implied in the story
Diff Difference between actor age and character age (green = close, red = far apart)
Source/Hints Where the character age was found or how it was inferred
Confidence Scale
C5 Canonical — age explicitly stated in the production
C4 Canonical — derived from dates or events in the story
C3 Strong secondary source (script, novelization, creator interview)
C2 Inferred range — estimated from context clues
C1 Unknown — no reliable age information found