US EditionBest Val Kilmer Films: Here are the 10 most critically-acclaimed films starring the late actor - including Top Gun: Maverick
- Val Kilmer, a beloved actor known for roles in films like 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Tombstone,' passed away at the age of 65 after battling health issues, including throat cancer.
- Despite struggles with his voice due to a tracheotomy, Kilmer reprised his iconic role as Iceman in 'Top Gun: Maverick,' which he contributed to significantly.
- Kilmer earned acclaim for smaller roles, including Doc Holliday in 'Tombstone' and as a detective in a biopic about mobster Danny Greene.
- His unique performances also included voicing Moses in the animated musical, 'The Prince of Egypt,' and the character Yahweh.
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Val Kilmer: Two movies to celebrate the late actor's peculiar 'Genius'
"Top Gun" is Tom Cruise's movie, but Maverick never could have soared without Lieutenant Tom "Iceman" Kazansky goading him on. The same could be said of the film's decades-in-the-making sequel: Without Val Kilmer reprising his role, "Top Gun: Maverick" wouldn't have flown so high. 'I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"' The 2022 film proved to be Kilmer's last. Robbed of the ability to speak by throat …
Val Kilmer was a magnetic and sensual actor, of singular beauty and imposing presence, whose career was characterized by a constant oscillation between Hollywood stardom and artistic experimentation. Of partial Cherokee ancestry and classical formation in Juilliard, Kilmer emerged in cinema as a charismatic figure, debuting in Top Secret! (1984) a stupendous parody to the films of Elvis Presley and to the spy cinema that launched him to stardom.…
He got the role alongside Tom Cruise without trying very hard himself.
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