Val Kilmer
American actor (1959-2025) · United States · Actors · Died at 65
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Something wrong?He played Iceman, Jim Morrison, Doc Holliday, and Batman - then throat cancer took his voice. Val Kilmer spent his last decade fighting to speak at all, documenting the wreckage in a documentary that doubled as both eulogy and defiance.
A life in dates
Top Gun: MaverickFilm, Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky2021
The Choe ShowSeries2020“I made a decision that, rather than looking for Love, I would let Love be me. Let Love be my life.”In their wordsp. 302“We see spirit in the mist and fog; we hear spirit in the silence of the stones. Polish those stones; they make a noble life possible.”In their wordsp. 3022019
Jay and Silent Bob RebootFilm, Bluntman2014
Palo AltoFilm, Stewart2011
5 Days of WarFilm, Dutchman2010
ConanSeries2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansFilm, Stevie Pruit2006
PsychSeries, Detective Dobson
Déjà VuFilm, 2006Paul Pryzwarra2004“Women have fantastic intuition. I think they come more naturally to grace; tenderness and affection are considered feminine qualities.”In their wordsDecember 2004As quoted in Kristin Coronado, "(Man)ifesto: Val Kilmer on Compassion - and Kissing Angelina Jolie". (December 2004), p. 30.
EntourageSeries, 2004The Sherpa
AlexanderFilm, 2004Philip2002
V Graham NortonSeries2000
Red PlanetFilm, Robby Gallagher1998
Vivement dimancheSeries
The Prince of EgyptFilm, 1998Moses (voice)1996
The Ghost and the DarknessFilm, Col. John Henry Patterson1995“The character wasn't polite, so when I shook Grazer's hand and he said, 'Hi, I'm the producer,' I said, 'I'm sorry. You look like you're 12 years old. I like to work with men.”In their words30 June 1995As quoted in Rebecca Ascher-Walsh, "Cool Hero: Val Kilmer". Entertainment Weekly (June 30, 1995).1994
Inside the Actors StudioSeries1993
The Real McCoyFilm, J.T. Barker1991
The DoorsFilm, Jim Morrison1988
LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeries1986
Top GunFilm, Ice1984
Top Secret!Film, Nick Rivers1972
ABC Afterschool SpecialSeries, Eric1959Born31 December 1959Also in Deutsch
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, I made a decision that, rather than looking for Love, I would let Love be me. Let Love be my life.
We see spirit in the mist and fog; we hear spirit in the silence of the stones. Polish those stones; they make a noble life possible.
Women have fantastic intuition. I think they come more naturally to grace; tenderness and affection are considered feminine qualities.
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Val Edward Kilmer started on stage, making his Broadway debut in The Slab Boys in 1983, then slid into film with the comedies Top Secret! and Real Genius before the shift to leading man. Top Gun in 1986 made him Iceman; The Doors in 1991 made him Morrison; Tombstone in 1993 made him the scene-stealer as Doc Holliday. He played Batman in Batman Forever, shared the screen with De Niro and Pacino in Heat, and logged parts across comedies, westerns, crime dramas, science fiction - more than $3.85 billion in worldwide grosses. Roger Ebert called him the most unsung leading man of his generation in 1992. In 2015 came throat cancer, then chemotherapy, two tracheotomies, and a tracheal procedure that wrecked his vocal cords. He released a memoir, I'm Your Huckleberry, in 2020 and the documentary Val in 2021, both tracking his career and the fight to survive. His final film appearance was Top Gun: Maverick in 2022, reprising Iceman. He died of pneumonia on April 1, 2025, at sixty-five.
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