Cruise and Kilmer played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky opposite of Cruise's Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the 1986 film 'Top Gun' Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise forged a special bond during Top Gun that would ...

A portrait of Val Kilmer’s character, Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, in “Top Gun: Maverick.” Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and underwent two tracheotomies. Cruise previously ...

"Top Gun: Maverick" has thrilled ... is the emotional meeting with one-time "Top Gun" pilot rival Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, played by Val Kilmer. On screen, Iceman is now Admiral Kazansky ...

It’s not hard to imagine a topsy-turvy, role-swapping alternate reality where Val Kilmer plays Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in 1986’s Top Gun and Tom Cruise is cast as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky.

"Top Gun" fans are bidding farewell to Val Kilmer, the magnetic actor who commanded the screen as everyone from Batman to Iceman. Fans mourned the actor using his "Iceman" nickname from one of his ...

In the original Top Gun, Kilmer plays Tom “Iceman ... our desire to figure out a way to get Iceman into the film,” Kosinski added. “It was Val Kilmer who came up with the idea that ...

Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors ...

Actor Val Kilmer, best known for his roles as Iceman in “Top Gun,” Bruce Wayne in "Batman," and Jim Morrison in "The Doors" biopic, has died, according to reports. He was 65. Here's what we ...

LOS ANGELES — Actor Val Kilmer, who played Iceman in “Top Gun” and starred in films as ... Cinema Tweets (@CinemaTweets1) April 2, 2025 Kilmer’s high school classmates included Kevin ...