The world was saddened to learn of the death of Val Kilmer at age 65 after a long battle with throat cancer. One of the coolest, most interesting actors of his generation, the California-born, Julliard-trained stud seemed destined for stardom when he took on Tom Cruise in 1986's earth-shaking instant classic, "Top Gun". The momentum of that Tony Scott megahit led to some extremely enviable roles. It's retroactively outrageous that the Oscars didn't recognize his career-best work as Jim Morrison in "The Doors" and Doc Holliday in "Tombstone", while the Clinton-era crescendo of "Batman Forever" and "Heat" were Hollywood heights that proved impossible to match. Was he difficult at his peak? Maybe, he certainly wouldn't be the only one. He was also brave and bold and romantic and poetic(just ask Mare Winningham, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joanne Whaley, Cindy Crawford, Angelina Jolie, and Daryl Hannah!). We'll never get another personality or performer quite like Val Kilmer.
Complete filmography- "Top Secret!"(1984), "Real Genius"(1985), "Top Gun"(1986), "Willow"(1988), "Kill Me Again"(1989), "The Doors"(1991), "Thunderheart"(1992), "The Real McCoy"(1993), "True Romance"(1993), "Tombstone"(1993), "Batman Forever"(1995), "Heat"(1995), "The Island of Dr. Moreau"(1996), "The Dead Girl"(1996), "The Ghost and the Darkness"(1996), "The Saint"(1997), "The Prince of Egypt"(1998)- voice role, "At First Sight"(1999), "Joe the King"(1999), "Pollock"(2000), "Red Planet"(2000), "The Salton Sea"(2002), "Hard Cash"(2002), "Wonderland"(2003), "The Missing"(2003), "Blind Horizon"(2003), "Masked and Anonymous"(2003), "Spartan"(2004), "Stateside"(2004), "Alexander"(2004), "Mindhunters"(2005), "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"(2005), "Summer Love"(2006), Moscow Zero"(2006), "10th & Wolf"(2006), "Played"(2006), "Deja Vu"(2006), "Conspiracy"(2008), "Felon"(2008), "Delgo"(2008)- voice role, "2:22"(2008), "Columbus Day"(2008), "The Love Guru"(2008), "The Chaos Experiment"(2009), "Streets of Blood"(2009), "American Cowslip"(2009), "The Thaw"(2009), "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans"(2009), "Hardwired"(2009), "Double Identity"(2009), "The Traveler"(2010), "Bloodworth"(2010), "MacGruber"(2010), "Gun"(2010), "Kill the Irishman"(2011), "Blood Out"(2011), "5 Days of War"(2011), "Twixt"(2011), "Seven Below"(2012), "Wyatt Earp's Revenge"(2012), "The Fourth Dimension"(2012), "Breathless"(2012), "Riddle"(2013), "Planes"(2013)- voice role, "Standing Up"(2013), "Palo Alto"(2013), "Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn"(2014), "Song to Song"(2017), "The Snowman"(2017), "The Super"(2017), "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot"(2019), "1st Born"(2019), "A Soldier's Revenge"(2020), "Paydirt"(2020), "The Birthday Cake"(2021), "Val"(2021)- documentary, "Top Gun: Maverick"(2022)
