The death of the well -known actor was announced by his daughter – he had, among other things, played Batman and Jim Morrison while writing history as an Iceman in the Top Gun.
Hollywood actor Val Kilmer died at the age of 65 in Los Angeles, who, among other things, in his long career, had played Batman and Jim Morrison.
According to his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, Kilmer died of pneumonia.
It is recalled that in 2014 Val Kilmer was diagnosed with cancer in the pharynx but had managed to recover.
Val Kilmer made his film debut in the 1984 Top Secret movie where he played an American singer in Berlin, who is unintentionally involved in an East -German plan to reunite the country.
In 1991 he transformed into the iconic Jim Morrison into Oliver Stone Stone’s “The Doors” (1991), and two years later starred in True Romance “, a violent drug pursuit adventure written by Quentin Tarnatino and directed by Toni.
It was mediated in 1992 the “Thunderheart” where he played the role of an inexperienced FBI agent who is investigating a murder in an Indian southern Dakota camp.
In 1995 she appeared as Batman in the Batman Forever movie on the side of the “bad” Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carey, with the film, however, not being the greatest possible success.
The roles that marked Val Kilmer’s career were also that of the pilot Tom Iceman Kazanski as a rival Awe Cruise in the Top Gun, a role he initially refused, but after his great success he re -played in 2022 in the Top Gun: Maverick.
His brother’s death that marked him
Val Epuard Kilmer, as his full name was, was born in Los Angeles on December 31, 1959 and grew up in the northwestern part of the city. His father, Yujin, who was a real estate agent, and his mother split when Val was 9.
This was followed by the death of his younger brother, Wesley, who drowned in a pool in 1977, a fact that haunted the 18 -year -old Val for many years.
His memories of this loss were at the heart of his interpretation in the film “The Salton Sea” (2002), for a man driven by guilt and seeking redemption after witnessing his wife’s murder and could not save her. “There are several points in the film where the guy just can’t go on,” Mr Kilmer said in an interview with the New York Times in 2002. “I didn’t really go back to Earth until about two or three years after my brother’s death.”
Started at 17 years old
At the age of 17, he had applied to the New York Juilliard School, which was accepted, with Val Kilmer one of the youngest ever accepted in the relevant acting program.
He made his Broadway debut in 1983 at The Slab Boys, a drama for young workers at a Scottish carpet factory, which was also played by Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon.
His marriage
In 1988, Val Kilmer married British actress Joan Walley, who had met Ron Howard’s children’s fantasy film, “Willow” (1988).
In the 8 years of their common march, two children, Mersentes and Jack, had two children, before splitting in 1996, citing “incompatible differences”.
Source: protothema.gr