Val Kilmer, the Hollywood film star who starred in “Top Gun” and “Batman Forever,” died in LA on April 1, 2025. He was 65.
Val Kilmer and Cher attend the 55th Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles on April 11, 1983. Penske Media via Getty Images Val Kilmer in the 1984 action comedy “Top Secret.” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer in a scene from 1985’s science fiction comedy “Real Genius.” ©TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer in the iconic action movie “Top Gun” in 1986. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer, Barry Tubb and Tom Cruise in a scene from “Top Gun.” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer in the “Willow,” a fantasy adventure movie that came out in 1988. ©MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley film the thriller “Kill Me Again” in a casino in Las Vegas in February1989. Getty Images Val Kilmer played Jim Morrison in the 1991 movie “The Doors.” ©TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer, his wife at the time, Joanne Whalley, and their daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, attend a preview performance of the Broadway play “Death and the Maiden” in 1992. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Val Kilmer stars as Doc Holliday in the 1993 Western “Tombstone.” ©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Christian Slater and Val Kilmer star in the 1993 hit “True Romance.” ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer attends the 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 22, 1994. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley attend the Screening of the CBS miniseries “Scarlett” on Nov. 3, 1994. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Val Kilmer and Nicole Kidman during 1995 ShoWest in Las Vegas. FilmMagic, Inc Val Kilmer and Ashley Judd in the 1995 classic “Heat.” ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer during an interview with Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on June 9, 1995. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Val Kilmer played Batman in “Batman Forever” in 1995. © Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection Nicole Kidman and Val Kilmer in “Batman Forever.” © Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer stars as John Henry Patterson in the 1996 movie “The Ghost and the Darkness,” based on the real-life experiences of Patterson during the construction of a railway bridge in Kenya. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer in disguise in the 1997 film “The Saint.” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection The late actor voiced Moses in “The Prince of Egypt” in 1998. ©DreamWorks/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer poses with a tile that has his handprints and signature in May 1999 in Milan, Italy. Mondadori Portfolio/Archivio Marco Piraccini/Marco Piraccini/Mondadori via Getty Val Kilmer and girlfriend Jaycee Gossett at the “Life” premiere in 1999 in Westwood, California. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Val Kilmer at the “Spider-Man 2” premiere in 2004. WireImage Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer and Colin Farrell in the 2004 film “Alexander.” ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer as Moses in the stage musical “The Ten Commandments” in 2004. WireImage Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr. co-starred in the 2005 crime comedy “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.” ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer in the 2010 comedy “MacGruber.” ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer speaks onstage at the “Twixt” press conference in 2011. WireImage Val Kilmer in the 2011 horror mystery “Twixt.” 20th Century Fox Licensing/Merchandising / Everett Collection Val Kilmer attends the Grammy Charities Signings at the Staples Center in 2012. WireImage Val Kilmer and his son, Jack Kilmer, attend a basketball game at the Staples Center in 2015. GC Images Val Kilmer and his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, attend the 2019 annual Thespians Go Hollywood Gala. Getty Images Val Kilmer visits the United Nations headquarters in New York City in 2019 to promote the 17 Sustainable Development Goals initiative. Getty Images Val Kilmer in a scene from the 2021 thriller “The Birthday Cake.” Courtesy Everett Collection Val Kilmer reunites with Tom Cruise for the 2022 film “Top Gun: Maverick.” Paramount Pictures
Val Kilmer's life in photos before his death at 65
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Val Kilmer's life in photos before his death at 65
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Val Kilmer’s life in photos before his death at 65
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