Top Gun: Maverick Cast – Meet the Pilots and Their Onscreen Personalities

Aside from Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer is one of the only original "Top Gun" cast members to reprise their role in the sequel. Kilmer famously played Iceman, a fighter pilot at. Cruise lights up the screen alongside folks like Jennifer Connelly, as well as an ultratalented cast of new pilots. That includes Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Greg... In the world of Top Gun: Maverick’s high flying intrigue, Monica Barbaro takes on the role of Natasha Trace, a Top Gun pilot with the callsign of “Phoenix.” The real pilots in Top Gun Maverick were a group of elite Navy aviators known as the “The Blue Angels.” These highly skilled pilots were brought in to provide authentic flight. The cast and writers of "Top Gun: Maverick" revealed what they learned about jets and pilots due to their experiences working with Navy pilots for the film.

Tom Cruise is back as Maverick in Top Gun: Maverick, but meet the rest of the cast and who they are playing in this long awaited sequel. The real pilots in Top Gun Maverick were a group of elite Navy aviators known as the “The Blue Angels.” These highly skilled pilots were brought in to provide authentic flight. Along with the showcase pilot roles of Miles Teller's Rooster and Glen Powell's Hangman, Tom Cruise 's Pete "Maverick" Mitchell trains two Black pilots and the two films' first. Cruise lights up the screen alongside folks like Jennifer Connelly, as well as an ultratalented cast of new pilots. That includes Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Greg...