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Joel Silver

Producer, Actor, Director, Additional CreditsBorn July 14, 1952 (72 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Osmosis Jones
  • Dungeons & Dragons
  • Moonlight
  • Collide
  • Enemies Closer
  • Jane Doe
  • Double Tap
  • W.E.I.R.D. World
  • Next Action Star

Known For

  • The Matrix
  • The Matrix Reloaded
  • Predator
  • Die Hard 2
  • Die Hard
  • V for Vendetta
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • The Matrix Revolutions
  • Commando
  • Lethal Weapon 4
  • The Book of Eli
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
  • Lethal Weapon
  • Unknown
  • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  • Weird Science
  • Non-Stop
  • RocknRolla
  • Orphan
  • Richie Rich
  • Lethal Weapon 2
  • Predator 2
  • Lethal Weapon 3
  • Gothika

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2024
    2021
    2018
    2017
    Suburbicon · as Executive Producer
    2016
    2016
    2014
    Veronica Mars · as Executive Producer
    2014
    2013
    Enemies Closer · as Executive Producer
    2013
    Getaway · as Executive Producer
    2012
    Bullet to the Head · as Executive Producer
    2012
    2012
    2012
    The Philly Kid · as Executive Producer
    2012
    El Gringo · as Executive Producer
    2012
    2012
    2012
    Transit · as Executive Producer
    2012
    Project X · as Executive Producer
    2011
    2011
    2010
    2010
    2009
    2009
    2009
    Splice · as Executive Producer
    2009
    2009
    2009
    2008
    2008
    2007
    2007
    Return to House on Haunted Hill · as Executive Producer
    2007
    Moonlight (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2007
    2007
    2007
    2006
    2005
    2005
    2005
    2004
    Veronica Mars (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2004
    Bet Your Life · as Executive Producer
    2004
    2003
    2003
    2003
    The Animatrix: Kid's Story · as Executive Producer
    2003
    Matriculated · as Executive Producer
    2003
    The Animatrix: Beyond · as Executive Producer
    2003
    The Animatrix: World Record · as Executive Producer
    2003
    2003
    2003
    The Animatrix · as Executive Producer
    2003
    2003
    The Animatrix: A Detective Story · as Executive Producer
    2003
    The Animatrix: Program · as Executive Producer
    2003
    2003
    2002
    2002
    Ritual · as Executive Producer
    2001
    Jane Doe · as Executive Producer
    2001
    The Matrix Revisited · as Executive Producer
    2001
    2001
    2001
    Proximity · as Executive Producer
    2001
    2000
    Dungeons & Dragons · as Executive Producer
    2000
    Freedom (US) (TV Series)
    2000
    1999
    1999
    The Strip (TV Series)
    1999
    Action (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    1999
    1999
    1998
    1997
    1997
    1997
    Perversions of Science (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    1997
    1996
    Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants · as Executive Producer
    1996
    Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    1996
    Bordello of Blood · as Executive Producer
    1996
    1995
    1995
    1995
    W.E.I.R.D. World · as Executive Producer
    1995
    1995
    Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight · as Executive Producer
    1994
    1993
    1993
    Tales From the Cryptkeeper (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    1992
    1992
    Two-Fisted Tales · as Executive Producer
    1991
    1991
    1991
    MTV's 10th Anniversary Special · as Executive Producer
    1991
    1990
    1990
    Parker Kane · as Executive Producer
    1990
    1990
    1989
    1989
    Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    1989
    1988
    1988
    1987
    1987
    1986
    1985
    1985
    1985
    1984
    1982
    1982
    Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again · as Executive Producer
    1980
    Xanadu · as Co-Producer
    1979
    The Warriors · as Associate Producer

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