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Joel Silver

Joel Silver

Production

July 14, 1952 (73 years old)
South Orange, New Jersey, USA
Male
125 Movies
13 TV Shows

Joel Silver (born July 14, 1952) is an American film producer, known for action films like Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. He is owner of Silver Pictures and co-founder of Dark Castle Entertainment. He began his career at Lawrence Gordon Productions, where he eventually became president of motion pictures for the company. He earned his first screen credit as the associate producer on The Warriors and, with Gordon, produced 48 Hrs.,Streets of Fire and Brewster's Millions. In 1985, he formed Silver Pictures and produced successful action films such as Commando (1985), the Lethal Weapon franchise, the first two films of the Die Hard series and the The Matrix franchise of action films. He appears on-screen at the beginning of Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Raoul J. Raoul, the director of the animated short Something's Cookin. He directed "Split Personality", (1992), an episode of the HBO horror anthology, Tales from the Crypt. He currently runs two production companies, Silver Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainment co-owned by Robert Zemeckis. Along with Jared Kass, Silver was co-creator of the sport of Ultimate.

Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

1989 8.0

Executive Producer

Age 36 (now 73)
81 eps
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars

2004 7.8

Executive Producer

Age 52 (now 73)
64 eps
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988 7.5

as Raoul

Age 35 (now 73)
Moonlight
Moonlight

Moonlight

2007 7.3

Executive Producer

Age 55 (now 73)
16 eps
Action
Action

Action

1999 6.6

Executive Producer

Age 47 (now 73)
13 eps
Osmosis Jones
Osmosis Jones

Osmosis Jones

2001 6.5

as Police Chief (voice) (uncredited)

Age 49 (now 73)
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

1989 8.0

as Crypt Keeper's Chainsaw Victim

Age 36 (now 73)
1 ep
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

1989 8.0

Director

Age 36 (now 73)
1 ep
Entourage
Entourage

Entourage

2004 7.4

as Joel Silver

Age 52 (now 73)
1 ep
Perversions of Science
Perversions of Science

Perversions of Science

1997 6.1

Executive Producer

Age 44 (now 73)
8 eps
The Matrix
The Matrix

The Matrix

1999 8.2

Producer

Age 46 (now 73)
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

2006 7.9

Producer

Age 53 (now 73)
Die Hard
Die Hard

Die Hard

1988 7.8

Producer

Age 36 (now 73)
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

2009 7.2

Producer

Age 57 (now 73)
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded

2003 7.1

Producer

Age 50 (now 73)
Predator
Predator

Predator

1987 7.6

Producer

Age 34 (now 73)