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: Stream ‘Top Gun,’ ‘Batman Forever’ and Other Memorable Movies NYT | Top Stories By: Hank Sanders， Tim Balk， Yan Zhuang and Claire Moses 3 April 2025 at 00:06 Kilmer’s film career ranged from slapstick comedy to some of the most memorable films of the 1980s and ’90s.
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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