02-04-2025
Val Kilmer's life in pictures
Kilmer portrays Nick Rivers, an American rock star swept into an underground resistance movement, in "Top Secret!," the 1984 action comedy. Kilmer sang his own songs in the film and released an album under his character's name. Paramount/Everett Collectiion
Kilmer starred as "Iceman," the cocky but cool rival to Tom Cruise's "Maverick" in 1986's "Top Gun," directed by Tony Scott. Kilmer would reprise his character in the sequel, which came out in 2022. Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis/Getty Images
