Anthony Edwards

Her role in 'Top Gun' (1986)

Born in Santa Barbara, California, Edwards has been cast in various movies and television shows, including Top Gun, ER and Northern Exposure. He reportedly earned $35,000,000 for three of his eight seasons on ER. He has been married to Jeanine Lobell since 1994, and they have had four children. Edwards was the youngest of 5 children, and was encouraged by his parents to follow his interest in acting. He studied acting at University of Southern California, but dropped out to begin actually taking roles and working. His first starring role was in the 1984 film, Revenge of the Nerds. It was his role as 'Goose' alongside Tom Cruise in the film Top Gun that brought his first widespread public acknowledgement and a terminally ill patient in Hawks alongside with Timothy Dalton. However, his best known role to date is as Dr. Mark Greene on the long running TV series ER. Source: anthony-edwards.biography.ms

I'm the youngest of five kids, and I wanted attention. And in Santa Barbara, there was lots of theater going on, so for that area, it was a little bit like playing Little League baseball. There were dance classes, theater classes, and I just loved it.More Anthony Edwards quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I don't necessarily want my children to have [Hollywood] as their routine. There are a lot of things going on in the world that are a lot more important than the movie business, and you would never imagine that when you're living here.More Anthony Edwards quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I was spoiled by theater, where there is no editor.More Anthony Edwards quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Flying back from New York, the flight attendant said 'God, I wished you were here yesterday, we had a stroke on the plane. I said, if I have a stroke on a plane, I hope the pretend doctor isn't the one on the plane. I want a real doctor.More Anthony Edwards quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I didn't start jogging or running until I was 37 years old. It was something that really helped me change my life.More Anthony Edwards quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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