Charismatic actor played Batman, starred in ‘Top Gun’
PARAMOUNT/KOBAL/SHUTTERSTOCKABOVE: Val Kilmer, left, as Iceman, and Tom Cruise, as Maverick, let off some steam in 1986’s “Top Gun.” 3 Apr 2025 - The Washington Post BY ANDREW JEONG AND ANNABELLE TIMSIT Thomas Floyd and Emily Langer contributed to this report. From page B1 Val Kilmer, an actor who rose to Hollywood stardom with wideranging and charismatic performances in roles including Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in the “Top Gun” action films, rocker Jim Morrison in the drama “The Doors” and the caped crusader in “Batman Forever,” died April 1 in Los Angeles. He was 65. The Associated Press reported his death, citing an email from his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer. The cause was pneumonia, according to the news agency. Mr. Kilmer, who reached the peak of his fame in the 1980s and 1990s with a handsome and swaggering appeal, was once described by film critic Roger Ebert as “the most unsung leading man of his generation.” A theater prodigy in his youth, he immersed himself in his...