Joel Silver

Producer · Born 14 July 1952 in South Orange, New Jersey, USA · 30 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

25 of Joel Silver’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 7 on Viaplay, 6 on Disney+, 6 on Prime Video, 4 on Netflix and 5 more services. 5 more are not on any service at the moment. Highest rated available: Die Hard (1988) ★ 8.2.

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.

Acting

• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Producing

• The Matrix (1999)
• Lethal Weapon (1987)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
• Die Hard (1988)
• The Book of Eli (2010)
• The Nice Guys (2016)
• Road House (2024)
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
• Predator (1987)
• Non-Stop (2014)
• Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• V for Vendetta (2006)
• Orphan (2009)
• Unknown (2011)
• Demolition Man (1993)
• House of Wax (2005)
• RocknRolla (2008)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
• Swordfish (2001)
• Ghost Ship (2002)
• Gothika (2003)
• Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
• Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)