| Credited cast, sorted by IMDb STARmeter: | |||
| Tom Cruise | ... | Maverick | |
| Jennifer Connelly | |||
| Miles Teller | ... | Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw | |
| Val Kilmer | ... | Iceman | |
| Jon Hamm | |||
| Ed Harris | |||
| Manny Jacinto | |||
| Monica Barbaro | ... | Phoenix | |
| Glen Powell | ... | Hangman | |
| Jean Louisa Kelly | |||
| Jake Picking | |||
| Lewis Pullman | ... | Bob | |
| Jay Ellis | ... | Payback | |
| India Everett | |||
| Molly Malin | ... | Customer | |
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.