TIL that Tom Cruise's character in Tropic Thunder is based on a real guy; he was the producer of The Matrix and co-invented ultimate frisbee

That was some great acting on his part for that character

Les Grossman, inspired by Moore Grossman.

Just looking at his filmography, Dude has a serious list of films he's produced:

Xanadu (1980) (co-producer)

48 Hrs. (1982)

Streets of Fire (1984)

Brewster's Millions (1985)

Weird Science (1985)

Commando (1985)

Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Predator (1987)

Action Jackson (1988)

Die Hard (1988)

Road House (1989)

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Die Hard 2 (1990)

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)

Predator 2 (1990)

Hudson Hawk (1991)

Ricochet (1991)

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

Demolition Man (1993)

Richie Rich (1994)

Assassins (1995)

Fair Game (1995)

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) (TV documentary film)

Executive Decision (1996)

Fathers' Day (1997)

Conspiracy Theory (1997)

Double Tap (1997)

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

The Matrix (1999)

Made Men (1999)

House on Haunted Hill (1999)

Romeo Must Die (2000)

Exit Wounds (2001)

Swordfish (2001)

Thirteen Ghosts (2001)

Ghost Ship (2002)

Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

The Matrix Revolutions (2003) Gothika (2003)

House of Wax (2005)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

V for Vendetta (2006)

The Reaping (2007)

The Invasion (2007)

The Brave One (2007)

Fred Claus (2007)

Speed Racer (2008)

RocknRolla (2008)

Orphan (2009)

Whiteout (2009)

Ninja Assassin (2009)

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

The Book of Eli (2010)

The Losers (2010)

Unknown (2011)

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

Dragon Eyes (2012)

Stash House (2012)

The Apparition (2012)

The Factory (2012)

Getaway (2013)

Non-Stop (2014)

The Nice Guys (2016)

Collide (2016)

Superfly (2018)

Road House (2024)

Road House 2 (TBA)

That chest hair is still in my nightmares

Silver appears on-screen at the beginning of Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Raoul J. Raoul, the director of the animated short Something's Cookin. Raoul loses his temper at toon Roger Rabbit for seeing tweety birds when a refrigerator crashes on his head, and not stars as the script specified. This was a prank Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis pulled on then-Disney CEO, Michael Eisner, as Eisner and Silver had despised each other since their days at Paramount Pictures in the early 1980s, especially with the issues they faced making 48 Hrs. Silver trimmed his beard off, paid his expenses, and asked to not have his name in initial cast lists. Reportedly, when production wrapped, because Silver was unrecognizable, Eisner questioned who played Raoul and was told it was Silver, at which point, Eisner shrugged and praised his performance.

Honestly sounds like he was a pretty good sport about having that reputation.

100% his best role ever.

Hopefully he has calmed the fuck down before his heart gives out.