Val Kilmer

Val Edward Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) was an American actor, best known for his roles in Top Gun, Tombstone, The Doors, Heat and Batman Forever. He was married to Joanne Whalley from 1988 until they divorced in 1996. The couple had a daughter and son.

Health and death
In January 2015, aged 55, Kilmer was hospitalized for massive bleeding in his throat. In December 2017, aged 57, Kilmer said he had a "two-year battle with throat cancer...and a procedure on his trachea has reduced his voice to a rasp and rendered him short of breath."

Kilmer died on April 1, 2025 from pneumonia caused by respiratory failure and squamous-cell carcinoma of the throat in Los Angeles, California at the age of 65.

Filmography
 Year Title Role Notes 1984 Top Secret! Nick Rivers 1985 Real Genius Chris Knight1986 Top Gun LT Tom "Iceman" Kazansky 1988 Willow Madmartigan1989 Kill Me Again Jack Andrews 1991 The Doors Jim Morrison Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie 1992 Thunderheart Ray Levoi1993 The Real McCoy JT Barker1993 Tombstone Doc Holliday Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a MovieNominated – MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male1993 True Romance Elvis Presley1995 Batman Forever Bruce Wayne / Batman Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male1995Heat Chris Shiherlis Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male1995 Wings of Courage Jean Mermoz 1996 The Island of Dr Moreau Montgomery1996 The Ghost and the Darkness Col. John Henry Patterson1996 Dead Girl Dr. Dark 1997 The Saint Simon Templar 1997 The Prince of Egypt God / Moses Voice1999 At First Sight Virgil "Virg" Adamson1999 Joe the King Bob Henry2000 Pollock Willem de Kooning2000 Red Planet Robby Gallagher2002 The Salton Sea Danny Parker / Tom Van Allen 2002 Hard Cash FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell Direct-to-video2003 Wonderland John Holmes2003 The Missing Lt. Jim Ducharme2003 Blind Horizon Frank Kavanaugh2003 Masked and Anonymous Animal Wrangler2004 Spartan Robert Scott2004 Stateside Staff Sergeant Skeer2004 Alexander Philip II of Macedon 2004 George and the Dragon El Cabillo Uncredited2005 Mindhunters Jake Harris 2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Perry Van Shrike / "Gay Perry" Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureNominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor2006 Summer Love The Wanted Man Direct-to-video2006 Moscow Zero Andrey Direct-to-video2006 10th & Wolf Murtha Direct-to-video2006 Played Dillon Direct-to-video2006 Déjà Vu Agent Andrew Pryzwarra 2006 The Ten Commandments: The Musical Moses2007 Have Dreams, Will Travel Henderson 2008 Conspiracy MacPherson Direct-to-video2008 Felon John Smith Direct-to-video2008 Delgo Bogardus Voice2008 2:22 Maz Direct-to-video2008 Columbus Day John Also producer2008 The Love Guru Himself Uncredited cameo2009 The Chaos Experiment James Pettis Direct-to-video2009 Streets of Blood Detective Andy Devereaux Direct-to-video2009 American Cowslip Todd Inglebrink2009 The Thaw Dr. David Kruipen Direct-to-video 2009 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Det. Stevie Pruit2009 Hardwired Virgil Direct-to-video2009 Double Identity Dr. Nicholas Pinter Direct-to-video2010 The Traveler The Stranger / Mr. Nobody Direct-to-video2010 Bloodworth Warren Bloodworth 2010 MacGruber Dieter Von Cunth2010 Gun Angel Direct-to-video2011 Kill the Irishman Joe Manditski2011 Blood Out Arturo Direct-to-video2011 5 Days of War Dutch journalist 2011 Twixt Hall Baltimore 2012 Seven Below McCormick Direct-to-video2012 Wyatt Earp's Revenge Wyatt Earp Direct-to-video2012 The Fourth Dimension Hector 2012 Breathless Dale Direct-to-video2013 Riddle Sheriff Richards Direct-to-video2013 Planes Bravo Voice2013 Standing Up Hofstadder 2013 Palo Alto Stewart2014Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain2017 Song to Song Duane2017 The Snowman Gert Rafto 2017 The Super Walter 2018 1st Born Biden2019 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Himself / Reboot Bluntman Cameo2020 Soldier's Heart CJ Post-production2022 Top Gun: Maverick Vice Admiral Tom "Iceman" Kazansky Filming

 References 

 Other websites 

 Kilmer's Official website



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Category:Deaths from squamous-cell carcinoma
Category:Deaths from throat cancer