Val Kilmer Brought a Wonderfully Weird Sensibility to Every Role NYT | Top Stories By: Esther Zuckerman 3 April 2025 at 04:04 Even his choice of parts could be eccentric. In the end, he’s best thought of as a character actor trapped in a leading man’s body. © Paramount Pictures, via Everett CollectionVal Kilmer as Iceman in the 1986 “Top Gun.” His boisterously cocky performance resonated when the sequel was released in 2022.
Val Kilmer: A Life in Pictures NYT | Top Stories 3 April 2025 at 00:59 A charismatic and handsome leading man in the 1990s, Kilmer played both superhero and rock star. © Michael Tighe/Donaldson Collection, via Getty Images
Val Kilmer in ‘Batman Forever’ Was a True 1990s Moment NYT | Top Stories By: Marc Tracy 3 April 2025 at 01:42 The actor took only one turn in the famous batsuit. That film, “Batman Forever,” couldn’t be a more representative artifact of its era. © Warner Bros./Sunset Boulevard and Corbis, via Getty ImagesVal Kilmer’s one-time role as Batman came in the 1995 film “Batman Forever.”
Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65 NYT | Top Stories By: Bruce Weber 2 April 2025 at 11:45 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. © Mark Humphrey/Associated PressVal Kilmer posing for a portrait in Nashville, Tenn. in 2014.
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