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Known For
Production
Birthday
July 14, 1952
Place of Birth
South Orange, New Jersey, USA
Joel Silver
0.6 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
5.7
Self
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
6.9
Self
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
2010
7.6
Self
Movie Life: House of Wax
2005
7.0
Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
2004
7.4
Joel Silver
Entourage
2004
6.8
Self
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
5.3
Himself
The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith
2004
🎬
6.8
Self
Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future
2004
🎬
0.0
Self
On the Set of 'Gothika'
2004
🎬
0.0
Self
Painting with Fire
2004
Credits
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self
2013
5.7
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
as Self
2010
6.9
Movie Life: House of Wax
as Self
2005
7.6
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
as Self
2004
7.0
Entourage
as Joel Silver
2004
7.4
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
2004
6.8
The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith
as Himself
2004
5.3
🎬
Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future
as Self
2004
6.8
🎬
On the Set of 'Gothika'
as Self
2004
0.0
🎬
Painting with Fire
as Self
2004
0.0
Making 'Enter the Matrix'
as Self
2003
5.8
🎬
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
as Self
2003
6.1
Executions: The Making of 'The Animatrix'
as Self
2003
0.0
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
as Self
2003
0.0
Punk'd
as Self
2003
5.1
The Making of Exit Wounds
as Self
2002
0.0
The Matrix Revisited
as Self - Producer
2001
6.9
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
as Self
2000
0.0
Making 'The Matrix'
as Self
1999
7.3
Tales from the Crypt
as Crypt Keeper's Chainsaw Victim
1989
7.9
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
as Raoul
1988
7.5