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Actor
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19 July
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California, United States
Edit pageAnthony Edwards
Biography
Anthony Charles Edwards (born July 19, 1962) is an American actor, director, and producer.[4] He played Dr. Mark Greene on the first eight seasons of ER, for which he received a Golden Globe Award and six Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was nominated for four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards.
He has appeared in various films and television series, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Top Gun, Zodiac, Gotcha!, Miracle Mile, Revenge of the Nerds, Planes, Northern Exposure, and Designated Survivor.
Edward's early film appearances included roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Revenge of the Nerds (1984), and Gotcha! (1985) and The Sure Thing (1985). It was Edwards's role as LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw alongside Tom Cruise in the 1986 film Top Gun that brought his first widespread public acknowledgment.
His character, who died in an aviation accident, was among the most prominent and popular in the film. Scenes with him and his film family (played by Meg Ryan and Aaron and Adam Weis) were later reprised as flashbacks in the 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick.
Edwards's roles following Top Gun included Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), Miracle Mile (1988), Downtown (1990), Pet Sematary Two (1992), and The Client (1994). He also had a recurring role on the TV series Northern Exposure from 1992-93.
Edwards reunited with Val Kilmer, another actor from Top Gun when he voiced one of the fighter jets in the Disneytoon Studios film Planes (2013).
In 2018, Edwards was cast in the recurring role in the third season of Netflix's Designated Survivor as Mars Harper, the President's Chief of Staff.
In 2020, he served as an Executive Producer of the film adaptation of Martin Moran's The Tricky Part.
In 2022, Edwards was cast as Alan Reed in Netflix's docu-series Inventing Anna.
