Cruise's Pete “Maverick ... to the Top Gun franchise in 2022. Cruise played the titular role in the sequel Top Gun: Maverick as Kilmer reprised his role with a brief cameo.

The film is dedicated to him. Charlie's "older man" date at the officer's club is the real-life "Viper", Pete Pettigrew. He is a retired Navy pilot and TOP GUN instructor, and shot down a MiG during ...

The film is dedicated to him. Charlie's "older man" date at the officer's club is the real-life "Viper", Pete Pettigrew. He is a retired Navy pilot and TOP GUN instructor, and shot down a MiG during ...

"Top Gun" fans are mourning Val Kilmer, who commanded the screen as Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in the classic 1986 film.

The “SNL” episode in question would have featured an iconic cameo from Tom Cruise that the audience wasn’t expecting.

Tom Cruise held a moment of silence for the late Val Kilmer while on stage at Cinema Con. Cruise, who appeared at the convention to introduce the trailer for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, ...

The actor, 62, was supposed to appear on “Saturday Night Live” alongside his former “Top Gun” co-star in a sketch written by Michael Schur and Robert Carlock in the early aughts.

The 2000 sketch's co-writer, Michael Schur, joked that "30 Rock would have crumbled to the ground" had the cameo worked out.

Michael Erik Kurilla, who leads U.S. Central Command, used a secure U.S. government system to send detailed information about the operation to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The material Kurilla ...