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.

A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.

Val Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” channeled Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone ‘s “The Doors” and starred as a tubercular Doc Holliday in “Tombstone,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles. His daughter Mercedes told The New York Times the cause was pneumonia. He was 65. He had been battling throat cancer for several years.

Tom Cruise broke his silence on the death of his late Top Gun costar Val Kilmer, who died of pneumonia on Tuesday, April 1, at age 65. “I’d like to honor a dear friend of mine, Val Kilmer, for a moment,

Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Image Tom Cruise paid tribute to his late Top Gun co-star Val Kilmer on Thursday. While speaking onstage at CinemaCon 2025 about Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,

Tom Cruise made a rare appearance at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday to remember the late actor Val Kilmer.Cruise took part in Paramount's presentation for "