The actor who played Cougar in Top Gun recently directed...

[PS Nystrom]

crazy/beautiful starring Kirsten Dunst! Thanks to dvdfile for encouraging me to look up that little piece of trivia. Hopefully someone else on the board grew up watching Top Gun over and over and will be interested in this bit of Where are They Now info.
Pieter
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[Scott Weinberg]

Yep. His name is John Stockwell and he's also directed two other movies - Under Cover and Cheaters.
He's also written Dangerously Close, Breast Men and the recent Mark Wahlberg movie Rock Star.
Acting-wise, Stockwell is probably best known for his roles in Top Gun, Christine, Eddie and the Cruisers and My Science Project.
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Scott Weinberg
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