grinning Val Kilmer as “Iceman” Kazansky epitomizes it. Kilmer also brings a decency to the character that makes the masculinity of “Top Gun” look rather sweet compared with the current ...

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

Mercedes Kilmer confirmed the “Top Gun” and “Heat” actor died at his Los Angeles home from pneumonia to The Associated Press.

Perhaps nobody summed up 1984's Top Secret! better than the late film critic Roger Ebert, who declared that "instead of a plot, it has a funny young actor named Val Kilmer." After all, it's ...

Val Kilmer once proclaimed that he’s almost been fired from ... the simplest way of being in movies — whether in self-proclaimed “fluff” like “Top Secret!” or more dramatic, meaningful fare like ...

Top Secret! is really exciting ... and he first revealed it to the world here. In every way, Val Kilmer was the complete package, and if you haven’t watched his debut role yet, then you are ...

With the swagger (and occasional offscreen drama) of a rock star, Kilmer was a unique and unpredictable ... from his film debut “Top Secret” to his acclaimed portrayal of Jim Morrison in ...

Two years later, Kilmer played Lt Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, Tom Cruise's deadly fighter pilot rival in Top Gun. A thrilling ...

He began his career, after all, in the sublimely silly Top Secret! (1984). Related: Cher pays tribute to 'funny, crazy, pain in the ass' ex-boyfriend Val Kilmer in sweet, candid message after actor's ...

Val Kilmer once proclaimed that he’s almost ... of being in movies — whether in self-proclaimed “fluff” like “Top Secret!” or more dramatic, meaningful fare like “Tombstone ...