---
name: "Anthony Edwards"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anthony-edwards"
fi1m_id: "anthony-edwards"
imdb_id: "nm0000381"
tmdb_id: 11085
wikidata_id: "Q314924"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "19 July 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T19:49:00.243109+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anthony Edwards

## Identity

Anthony Edwards

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anthony-edwards
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anthony-edwards
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000381
- **TMDB ID:** 11085
- **Wikidata ID:** Q314924
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Edwards_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314924, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000381/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11085

Actor and director. Born 19 July 1962 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 19 July 1962, Santa Barbara, California, USA
- **Active:** 1982–2007
- **Also known as:** 안소니 에드워즈, 安东尼·爱德华兹, Anthony Charles Edwards, 安東尼·愛德華茲, آنتونی ادواردز
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 acting, 1 directing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 60 (3), 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 91 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Romance 2, Thriller 2
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $627m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Edwards_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314924, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000381/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11085

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Zodiac*](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md) (91)
- **Disney+:** [*ER*](https://film.one/tv/er.md) (88)
- **Hulu:** [*Top Gun*](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Anthony Charles Edwards is an American actor, director and producer. Born on 19 July 1962 in Santa Barbara, California, he studied theatre at the University of Southern California after attending a workshop at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Edwards first gained notice for roles in *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982) and as Goose in *Top Gun* (1986). He played Dr Mark Greene in the television series *ER* from 1994 to 2002. Other film credits include *The Client* (1994), *The Forgotten* (2004) and Inspector William Armstrong in *Zodiac* (2007). He has also appeared in *Flipped* (2010) and provided voice work for *Planes* (2013).

For his performance in *ER*, Edwards received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama and multiple Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (5) — the average rests on these

- *Zodiac* (2007), Fi1m 91, as William Armstrong — [page](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md)
- *The Client* (1994), Fi1m 72, as Clint Von Hooser — [page](https://film.one/film/the-client.md)
- *Top Gun* (1986), Fi1m 71, as Goose — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), Fi1m 38, as Gilbert Lowell — [page](https://film.one/film/revenge-of-the-nerds.md)
- *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), Fi1m 70, as Stoner Bud — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high.md)

### Directed (1)

- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, as Mark Greene — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Complete filmography (70)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tales of the Walking Dead* (2022), series, as Dr. Chauncey Everett
- *WeCrashed* (2022), series, as Bruce Dunlevie
- *Inventing Anna* (2022), series, as Alan Reed
- *Law & Order True Crime* (2017), series, as Judge Stanley Weisberg
- *My Dead Boyfriend* (2016), Director
- *Designated Survivor* (2016), series, as Mars Harper
- *Drew* (2016), as Carson Drew
- *Billions* (2016), series, as Judge Whit Wilcox
- *Experimenter* (2015), as Miller
- *Consumed* (2015), as Jacob Liefman
- *Big Sur* (2013), as Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- *Planes* (2013), as Echo (voice)
- *Zero Hour* (2013), series, as Hank Galliston
- *24|7|365: The Evolution of Emergency Medicine* (2013), as Mark Greene (voice)
- *Flipped* (2010), as Steven Loski
- *Temple Grandin* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Motherhood* (2009), as Avery Welch
- *Zodiac* (2007), as William Armstrong — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md)
- *Retrosexual: The '80s* (2004), series, as (archive footage)
- *The Forgotten* (2004), as Jim Paretta
- *Thunderbirds* (2004), as Brains
- *Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork* (2003), Actor
- *Die, Mommie, Die!* (2003), Producer
- *Northfork* (2003), as Happy
- *Jackpot* (2001), as Tracy
- *My Louisiana Sky* (2001), Executive Producer
- *The Island of the Skog* (2000), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Weber Show* (2000), series, as Ricky
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Patrick Griffin
- *N.Y.H.C.* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Don't Go Breaking My Heart* (1999), as Tony Dorfman
- *Playing by Heart* (1998), as Roger
- *Good Night Gorilla* (1998), as Zookeeper (voice)
- *In Cold Blood* (1996), series, as Dick Hickock
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *Charlie's Ghost Story* (1995), as Dave · Director
- *ER* (1994), series, as Mark Greene · Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *ER: 24 Hours* (1994), as Dr. Mark Greene
- *The Client* (1994), as Clint Von Hooser — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-client.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Tom (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Sexual Healing* (1993), as David
- *Delta Heat* (1992), as Mike Bishop
- *Pet Sematary II* (1992), as Chase Matthews
- *Landslide* (1992), as Bob Boyd
- *The General Motors Playwrights Theater* (1991), series, as Josh
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Judge Kenneth Sullivan — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Hometown Boy Makes Good* (1990), as Boyd Geary
- *El Diablo* (1990), as Billy Ray Smith
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), series, as Mike Monroe — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)
- *Downtown* (1990), as Alex Kearney
- *Miracle Mile* (1989), as Harry Washello
- *How I Got Into College* (1989), as Kip Hammett
- *Hawks* (1988), as Deckermensky
- *Mr. North* (1988), as Theophilus North
- *Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise* (1987), as Gilbert Lowell
- *Summer Heat* (1987), as Aaron Walston
- *Top Gun* (1986), as Goose — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story* (1985), as Bill Johnson
- *Gotcha!* (1985), as Jonathan Moore
- *The Sure Thing* (1985), as Lance
- *Call to Glory* (1984), as Billy
- *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), as Gilbert Lowell — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/revenge-of-the-nerds.md)
- *High School U.S.A.* (1983), as Beau Middleton
- *Heart Like a Wheel* (1983), as John Muldowney
- *It Takes Two* (1982), series, as Andy Quinn
- *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), as Stoner Bud — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high.md)
- *The Killing of Randy Webster* (1981), as Tommy Lee Swanson
- *Big Zapper* (1973), as Kono's Boy
- *Grief in America*, as Narrator (voice)
- *Seven Sisters*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Anthony Edwards at the Opening Night of "Proof" on Broadway - April 16, 2026](https://film.one/media/person/99533/gallery-ecd5c8856d89.jpg) Anthony Edwards at the Opening Night of "Proof" on Broadway - April 16, 2026 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/AnthonyEdwards-byPhilipRomano.jpg/1280px-AnthonyEdwards-byPhilipRomano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anthony Edwards, ER and Top Gun actor, speaks to Airmen as a board member of the 1 in 6 organization, which helps to fight stigmas attached to male sexual assau (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/99533/gallery-5f7fa5d70db1.jpg) Anthony Edwards, ER and Top Gun actor, speaks to Airmen as a board member of the 1 in 6 organization, which helps to fight stigmas attached to male sexual assau (2018) — Senior Airman Tara Stetler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Anthony_Edwards_181029-F-VX890-1024.jpg/1280px-Anthony_Edwards_181029-F-VX890-1024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anthony Edwards, ER and Top Gun actor and 1 in 6 organization board member, visits Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Oct. 29, 2018, to discuss 1 in 6’s work in fi](https://film.one/media/person/99533/gallery-e997d921ee32.jpg) Anthony Edwards, ER and Top Gun actor and 1 in 6 organization board member, visits Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Oct. 29, 2018, to discuss 1 in 6’s work in fi — Senior Airman Tara Stetler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Anthony_Edwards_2018_-_1_in_6_181029-F-VX890-1029.jpg/1280px-Anthony_Edwards_2018_-_1_in_6_181029-F-VX890-1029.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anthony Edwards](https://film.one/media/person/99533/gallery-01f98727ceda.jpg) Anthony Edwards — Senior Airman Tara Stetler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Anthony_Edwards_2018_-_1_in_6_181029-F-VX890-1029_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Anthony_Edwards_2018_-_1_in_6_181029-F-VX890-1029_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anthony Edwards](https://film.one/media/person/99533/gallery-3bee4aac2a88.jpg) Anthony Edwards — Image via TMDB
- ![Anthony Edwards](https://film.one/media/person/99533/gallery-2da1734d42be.jpg) Anthony Edwards — Image via TMDB
- ![DAYTON, Ohio -- Actor Anthony Edwards, known for his role as “Goose” in "Top Gun," was on hand during the Air Force Museum Foundation’s Reel Stuff Film Festival (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/99533/gallery-1ad4ac8c4fa1.jpg) DAYTON, Ohio -- Actor Anthony Edwards, known for his role as “Goose” in "Top Gun," was on hand during the Air Force Museum Foundation’s Reel Stuff Film Festival (2013) — U.S. Air Force photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Anthony_Edwards_at_the_Air_Force_Museum%2C_2013.JPG/1280px-Anthony_Edwards_at_the_Air_Force_Museum%2C_2013.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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