
Actor Val Kilmer died Tuesday at 65. His daughter told The Associated Press the cause was pneumonia. He had recovered from throat cancer.
More than a hundred roles in a nearly four-decade career let Val Kilmer explore a wealth of human experience. He gave life to characters from all walks of life – from superhero to alcoholic, thief to detective. Here are a few of the more intriguing moods he embodied along the way.
Top Gun was a testosterone fest in all its corners, from volleyball on the beach to dogfights in the stratosphere, but the reigning cock of the walk, and the one Tom Cruise had to contend with, was Kilmer's Iceman – a cool customer, until he got hot under the collar.