Rick Rossovich
Biography
Rick Rossovich, born Frederic Enrico Rossovich on August 28, 1957, in Palo Alto, California, is a retired American actor who grew up in Grass Valley and began acting in the early 1980s. His first major film role came as Cadet First Lieutenant Dante Pignetti in The Lords of Discipline (1983). He gained wider recognition as Ron Slider Kerner in Top Gun (1986), then appeared in The Terminator (1984), Streets of Fire (1984), Warning Sign (1985), Let's Get Harry (1986), The Morning After (1986), the Golden Globe-nominated Roxanne (1987), and Spellbinder (1988). In 1990 he played Corpsman James Leary in Navy Seals. On television he starred in the crime drama Pacific Blue, which ran for five seasons on the USA Network, and played Dr. John Taglieri during the first season of ER. He later appeared in Miracle in Lane 2 before retiring in the 2000s and attempting a return with Sandbar in 2012.
69years old
Turns 70 on August 28in 320 days
- Born Palo Alto
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 38 years1983 to 2021
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Big break
Rossovich's first big movie break was playing Cadet First Lieutenant Dante Pignetti in The Lords of Discipline, a film that also helped launch the careers of Bill Paxton and Michael Biehn.
Big break
Rossovich first met Tom Cruise on the set of Losin' It, which was Cruise's first lead role, and the two later starred together in Top Gun.
Rick Rossovich movies on Netflix
Valas Himself
Black Scorpion II: Aftershockas Construction Foreman
Black Scorpionas Lt. Stan Walker
The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Drawas Ethan Cassidy
Navy Sealsas Leary
14 Going on 30as Roy «Jackjaw» Kelton
Spellbinderas Derek Clayton
Roxanneas Chris
Let's Get Harryas Kurt Klein
The Morning Afteras Detective
Top Gunas Slider
Warning Signas Bob
Streets of Fireas Officer Cooley
The Terminatoras Matt
The Lords of Disciplineas Dante `Pig` Pignetti
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jonathan Winfrey directed two of these films. Bill Paxton appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.







Films together
Bill Paxton4 films together, 1983 to 1990
Bill Paxton's page Navy Seals1990IMDb rating 5.6Rossovich as LearyPaxton as Dane
Streets of Fire1984IMDb rating 6.7Rossovich as Officer CooleyPaxton as Clyde the Bartender
The Terminator1984IMDb rating 8.1Rossovich as MattPaxton as Punk Leader
The Lords of Discipline1983IMDb rating 6.6Rossovich as Dante `Pig` PignettiPaxton as Gilbreath
Michael Biehn3 films together, 1983 to 1990
Michael Biehn's page Navy Seals1990IMDb rating 5.6Rossovich as LearyBiehn as Lt. James Curran
The Terminator1984IMDb rating 8.1Rossovich as MattBiehn as Kyle Reese
The Lords of Discipline1983IMDb rating 6.6Rossovich as Dante `Pig` PignettiBiehn as John Alexander
Val Kilmer2 films together, 1986 to 2021
Tim Robbins2 films together, 1986 to 2021
Jerry Hardin2 films together, 1985 to 1986
Jerry Hardin's page Let's Get Harry1986IMDb rating 5.3Rossovich as Kurt KleinHardin as Dean Reilly
Warning Sign1985IMDb rating 6.1Rossovich as BobHardin as Vic Flint
Joanne Whalley2 films together, 1990 to 2021
Joanne Whalley's page Val2021IMDb rating 7.6Rossovich as HimselfWhalley as Himself
Navy Seals1990IMDb rating 5.6Rossovich as LearyWhalley as Claire Varrens
Jonathan WinfreyDirector, 2 films, 1995 to 1997
All films by Jonathan Winfrey Black Scorpion II: Aftershock1997IMDb rating 3.9Rossovich as Construction Foreman
Black Scorpion1995IMDb rating 4.6Rossovich as Lt. Stan Walker
Also two films together10 more actors
- Kelly McGillisVal (2021) and Top Gun (1986)
- Garrett MorrisBlack Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997) and Black Scorpion (1995)
- Kyle T. HeffnerSpellbinder (1988) and Warning Sign (1985)
- Jere BurnsThe Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw (1991) and Let's Get Harry (1986)
- Whip HubleyBlack Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997) and Top Gun (1986)
- Joan SeveranceBlack Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997) and Black Scorpion (1995)
- Stephen LeeBlack Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997) and Black Scorpion (1995)
- Stoney JacksonBlack Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997) and Streets of Fire (1984)
- Matt RoeBlack Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997) and Black Scorpion (1995)
- Terri J. VaughnBlack Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997) and Black Scorpion (1995)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Rick Rossovich's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$549 million
9 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$357M65.0% of the total
- 2$78M14.3% of the total
- 3$40M7.3% of the total
- 4$25M4.6% of the total
- 5$25M4.6% of the total
- 6$12M2.1% of the total
- 7$8.1M1.5% of the total
- 8$1.9M0.4% of the total
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