---
name: "Don Simpson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/don-simpson"
fi1m_id: "don-simpson"
imdb_id: "nm0800971"
tmdb_id: 771
wikidata_id: "Q725170"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "29 October 1943"
died: "19 January 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T00:00:06.628179+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."
---

# Don Simpson

## Identity

Don Simpson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/don-simpson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** don-simpson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0800971
- **TMDB ID:** 771
- **Wikidata ID:** Q725170
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Simpson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725170, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800971/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/771

Producer. Born 29 October 1943 in Seattle, Washington, USA. Died 19 January 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 29 October 1943, Seattle, Washington, USA
- **Died:** 19 January 1996
- **Active:** 1983–1996
- **Also known as:** Donald Clarence Simpson
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 1 acting, 6 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Jerry Bruckheimer](https://film.one/person/jerry-bruckheimer.md), [Tony Scott](https://film.one/person/tony-scott.md), [Eddie Murphy](https://film.one/person/eddie-murphy.md), [George Dzundza](https://film.one/person/george-dzundza.md), [John Ashton](https://film.one/person/john-ashton.md), [Judge Reinhold](https://film.one/person/judge-reinhold.md), [Ronny Cox](https://film.one/person/ronny-cox.md), [Tom Cruise](https://film.one/person/tom-cruise.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 57 (4), 1990s 60 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 55 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Romance 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,689m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Simpson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725170, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800971/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/771

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Top Gun*](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md) (71)
- **Apple TV:** [*Days of Thunder*](https://film.one/film/days-of-thunder.md) (61)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Beverly Hills Cop*](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop.md) (55)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Flashdance*](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md) (54)

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

## Biography

Donald Clarence Simpson (29 October 1943 – 19 January 1996) was an American film producer, screenwriter and actor. He began his career in the 1970s at Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures before forming a long-running partnership with producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

Together they produced a series of commercially successful films including *Flashdance* (1983), *Beverly Hills Cop* (1984), *Top Gun* (1986), *Days of Thunder* (1990) and *The Rock* (1996). Simpson also appeared as Aldo Bennedetti in *Days of Thunder*. In 1985 and 1988 the pair were named Producers of the Year by the National Association of Theatre Owners.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, m.the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (1)

- *Days of Thunder* (1990), Fi1m 61, as Aldo Bennedetti — [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-thunder.md)

### Produced (6) — the average rests on these

- *The Rock* (1996), Fi1m 78, In Memory Of, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *Dangerous Minds* (1995), Fi1m 42, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dangerous-minds.md)
- *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), Fi1m 48, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop-ii.md)
- *Top Gun* (1986), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *Beverly Hills Cop* (1984), Fi1m 55, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop.md)
- *Flashdance* (1983), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *The Rock* (1996), Producer, In Memory Of — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *Dangerous Minds* (1995), Producer — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/dangerous-minds.md)
- *Crimson Tide* (1995), Producer
- *Bad Boys* (1995), Producer
- *The Ref* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Days of Thunder* (1990), as Aldo Bennedetti · Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-thunder.md)
- *The Big Bang* (1990), as The Filmmaker
- *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop-ii.md)
- *Top Gun* (1986), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *Beverly Hills Cop* (1984), Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop.md)
- *Thief of Hearts* (1984), Producer
- *Flashdance* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)
- *Cannonball* (1976), Assistant District Attorney, Screenplay
- *Aloha Bobby and Rose* (1975), Writer

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