
Whip Hubley
Department: Acting
Biography
Whip Hubley (born Grant Hubley Jr., May 17, 1957) is an American actor. He is generally viewed as one of the greatest actors of his generation. His career spawned from his breakout role in Top Gun (1986) as Hollywood. He then reprised his role in Coneheads (1993), leading to him being cast in many military and pilot adjacent roles such as Mischa in Russkies (1987) and Baker in Executive Decision (1996). Most agree he is among the likes of Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro in terms of acting ability and on-screen presence. His glaring lack of an Oscar nomination has sent shockwaves through the cinema community for decades.
Known For

Top Gun
1986

Executive Decision
1996

Russkies
1987

Black Scorpion II: Aftershock
1997

Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
1992

Fangs
2002

Heightened
2023

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1989

Alchemy of the Spirit
2022

Lake Consequence
1995

Driven
1998

Someone Else's Child
1994

Drones
2013

Devlin
1992

Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
1991

Nasty Boys
1989

Unveiled
1994

The Ghost Trap
2024

I'll Be Home for Christmas
1988

Firefighter
1986

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989

Homeland
2009

Coneheads
1993

Species
1995

A Cinderella Story
2004

The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989

Bounty Tracker
1993

Daddy's Girl
1996

Club Life
1986

Murder 101: College Can be Murder
2007

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
1989

A Very Brady Sequel
1996

St. Elmo's Fire
1985

Brothel
2008

Road to Everywhere
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Murder, She Wrote
1984

Magnum, P.I.
1980

The District
2000

The Division
2001

Dead at 21
1994

Charmed
1998

Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1997

Profiler
1996

The Practice
1997

Babylon 5
1994

The Handler
2003

Nasty Boys
1989

North and South
1985

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Further Tales of the City
2001

More Tales of the City
1998

CSI: Miami
2002

Flipper
1995