Acting credits
1
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Jack Epps Jr.
Writing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.2
Low visibility
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Movies: 14Series: 1Crew credits: 14
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: 6.34
Wikidata: Q3805577
Other jobs
Screenplay (5)Characters (2)Producer (2)Writer (2)Original Film Writer (1)Story (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..
Original Film Writer
Anaconda
2025 • Movie
Characters
Top Gun: Maverick
2022 • Movie
Thanks
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 • Movie
Story
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
2004 • Movie
as Self
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
2004 • Movie
Screenplay
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
2000 • Movie
Producer
Anaconda
1997 • Movie
Screenplay
Dick Tracy
1990 • Movie
Screenplay
Turner & Hooch
1989 • Movie
Screenplay
The Secret of My Success
1987 • Movie
Screenplay
Legal Eagles
1986 • Movie
Writer
Top Gun
1986 • Movie
Producer
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984 • Movie
Characters
Untitled Top Gun 3
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jack Epps Jr..
