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My Take
I have a real soft spot for Rick Rossovich, the kind of dependable character actor who quietly anchors a film without stealing the spotlight. Most people know him as Slider in Top Gun, but his résumé runs deeper, including The Terminator and Roxanne, which puts him in the connective tissue of 1980s Hollywood. What I admire is that his presence sharpens a scene rather than demanding it. His grounded background out of Palo Alto and Sacramento State feels of a piece with that unflashy reliability. Even in retirement, I find myself scanning those old frames just to spot his face.
Overview
Frederic Enrico Rossovich (born August 28, 1957) is a retired American actor. Rossovich began acting in the early 1980s, first gaining recognition for portraying Ron "Slider" Kerner in the 1986 film Top Gun. Rossovich's other movies include the thriller-drama The Lords of Discipline (1983), the sex comedy Losin' It (1983), the science fiction film The Terminator (1984), the romantic comedy Roxanne (1987), the witchcr…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rick Rossovich
- Name (Japanese)
- リック・ロソヴィッチ
- Reading
- りっく・ろそゔぃっち
- Born
- August 28, 1957 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rooster
- Origin
- Palo Alto, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Nevada Union High School
- University
- California State University, Sacramento
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.