Acting credits
1
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Jack Epps Jr.
Writing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
Low visibility
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Movies: 13Series: 1Crew credits: 13
TMDB ID: 11081
IMDb ID: nm0258390
Known for: Writing
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1973 - 2025
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 6.31
Wikidata: Q3805577
Other jobs
Screenplay (5)Story (2)Writer (2)Characters (1)Original Film Writer (1)Producer (1)Thanks (1)
Biography
Jack Epps Jr. (born November 3, 1949) is an American screenwriter, author, and educator known chiefly for such popular 1980s films as Top Gun, Legal Eagles, and The Secret of My Success, which he wrote with longtime partner Jim Cash. Epps Jr. graduated from the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University and has since gone on to teach at the University of Southern California.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jack Epps Jr..
5.8
Anaconda
Original Film Writer
2025 Movie
8.2
Top Gun: Maverick
Characters
2022 Movie
7.1
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Thanks
2018 Movie
5.5
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Story
2004 Movie
6.0
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
as Self
2004 Movie
4.8
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Screenplay
2000 Movie
5.3
Anaconda
Producer
1997 Movie
6.1
Dick Tracy
Screenplay
1990 Movie
6.3
Turner & Hooch
Screenplay
1989 Movie
6.5
The Secret of My Success
Screenplay
1987 Movie
6.0
Legal Eagles
Screenplay
1986 Movie
7.1
Top Gun
Writer
1986 Movie
1.0
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Story
1984 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jack Epps Jr..
