Charismatic and versatile, he also won praise for memorable roles as Iceman in 'Top Gun' and Doc Holliday in 'Tombstone,' but his unpredictable behavior ruffled some feathers in Hollywood.

Val Kilmer's daughter says her dad's reputation for being "difficult" to work with is an "incorrect portrayal" of him. Val Kilmer died on Tuesday, April 1, at age 65.

Val Kilmer, who died April 1 at age 65, withdrew from Hollywood at his New Mexico ranch. In 2006, he welcomed us into his treehouse for a visit.

Val Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and died of a pneumonia in April 2025. Here's everything he's shared about his health journey.

The co-director and co-writer of ‘Top Secret!’ shares how it “was hard to predict which Val would show up on any given day” before things turned around on the late actor's first movie.

Val Kilmer had a face that belonged in movies. A stunningly beautiful heartthrob known for his chiseled jaw and shock of blonde hair that looked great either messy or perfectly coiffed, Kilmer practically glowed whenever he was onscreen, as if he was put on Earth by God himself for the purpose of getting immortalized on film.

The first time Kurt Russell met Val Kilmer was when the Hollywood homegrown was hanging out with Cher on the set of Silkwood, a 1983 docudrama. Kilmer, a 22-year-old Julliard graduate at the time who had yet to see the release of a string of Eighties hits such as Top Secret!

As Doc Holliday in 1993's 'Tombstone,' Val Kilmer gave the modern Western its greatest gun battle, facing off with Johnny Ringo.