His Name Says it AllLieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is true to his name. He is definitely a maverick (i.e. a guy who plays by his own rules) if there ever was one. For most of the movie he is c...

Meet Junior Lieutenant Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, Maverick's fun-loving, laid back radar intercept officer (RIO). He's also Maverick's best friend, and the perfect counterpart. Maverick is cocky and su...

Charlotte Blackwood, a.k.a. Charlie, is one of Maverick's instructors at Top Gun, and his main squeeze. She's classy, educated (PhD in Astrophysics? That ain't nothing), and knows how to put Maveri...

Anybody with a name like Viper must be one bad dude. Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf fits the bill. He's the head honcho at Top Gun, and he was the first guy to win the coveted Top Gun trophy. He's...

Lieutenant Tom "Iceman" Kazansky's name says it all: he's an iceman, plain and simple. What does that mean? Well, for starters, it means he's one cold told. The only time he seems to smile is when...

Junior Lieutenant Ron "Slider" Kerner is Iceman's slimy partner in crime, his radar intercept officer (RIO). What Goose is to Maverick, Slider is to Iceman. He's not in the movie a whole lot, and h...

If Viper is Maverick's mentor, for the most part, it is Lieutenant Commander "Jester" Heatherly that does a lot of the teaching. He's at the helm during the first day of instruction, and he's usual...

There's a ton of Navy pilots in Top Gun, and a lot of them aren't even given names. The B TeamAfter Maverick, Goose, Iceman, and Slider, the next most important ones are Hollywood and Wolfman, who...