Editing Val Kilmer (section)

==Personal life==
===Relationships and family===
Over the years, Kilmer dated [[Cher]], [[Lesley Ann Warren]], [[Cindy Crawford]], [[Angelina Jolie]], [[Daryl Hannah]] and [[Ellen Barkin]].<ref>{{Cite web| last=McNiece|first=Mia|date=April 2, 2020|title=Val Kilmer Reveals His Breakup from Daryl Hannah Was 'By Far the Most Painful'| url= https://people.com/movies/val-kilmer-reveals-his-breakup-from-daryl-hannah-was-by-far-the-most-painful/|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=[[People (magazine)|People.com]]}}</ref>

Kilmer was married to actress [[Joanne Whalley]] from March 1988 to February 1996.<ref name="The Buffalo News-1955">{{Cite news |date=July 22, 1955 |title=Val Kilmer's Wife Files for Divorce |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-val-kilmers-wife-files/171735139/ |work=The Buffalo News |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The two met while working together on the 1988 film ''[[Willow (1988 film)|Willow]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sanwari |first1=Ahad |title=Meet Val Kilmer's famous ex-wife and his two kids you'll definitely recognize |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/824040/val-kilmer-famous-ex-wife-two-kids-photos/ |website=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]] |access-date=3 April 2025 |language=en |date=2 April 2025}}</ref> They had two children: a daughter, Mercedes, born in 1991, and a son, actor [[Jack Kilmer]], born in 1995.<ref name="The Buffalo News-1955" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hurtado |first1=Alexandra |title=Val Kilmer's 2 Kids: All About Mercedes and Jack |url=https://people.com/all-about-val-kilmer-kids-7502673 |website=[[People (magazine)|People.com]] |access-date=3 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

===Residences and activities===
Kilmer owned a {{convert|6000|acre|ha|adj=on}} ranch in [[New Mexico]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-11-25 |title=A star-backed Thanksgiving |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-a-star-backed-t/171735196/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |work=The Santa Fe New Mexican |pages=A001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 3, 2025 |title=Warm Memories of Iceman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-warm-memories-o/171735452/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |work=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |pages=A1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> where he would trek, hike, fish, and raise [[American Bison|bison]]. He sold it in 2011.<ref name="Klosterman">{{cite interview| first= Val| last= Kilmer| interviewer= [[Chuck Klosterman]] |chapter= Crazy things seem normal, normal things seem crazy| title= New Kings of Nonfiction| editor= [[Ira Glass]]| place= | publisher= }}</ref> [[File:Hail-Bacchus Val Kilmer.jpg|alt=Kilmer wearing an elaborate king outfit, covered in foil|thumb|Kilmer reigning as [[Krewe of Bacchus|Bacchus]] at a 2009 [[Mardi Gras]] parade in New Orleans]]

Kilmer was an avid musician; he released a [[demo album]], ''[[Sessions with Mick]]'' in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=Spencer |date=December 11, 2007 |title=The Iceman Crooneth: Tub-Bucket Val Kilmer, Late-80's Heartthrob and Morrison Manque, Sings |url=https://observer.com/2007/12/the-iceman-crooneth-tubbucket-val-kilmer-late80s-heartthrob-and-morrison-manque-sings/ |access-date=May 20, 2022 |website=Observer}}</ref> He was also an avid painter and photographer.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/entertainment/val-kilmer-batman-art/index.html |title='Batman Forever': How Val Kilmer turned to other art after throat cancer |first=Lisa Respers|last=France|date=April 2, 2025|website=CNN.com | accessdate= April 28, 2025}}</ref>

===Reputation===
Kilmer had a reputation for being difficult to work with and having feuds with some of the actors with whom he worked, notably ''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' co-star [[Marlon Brando]] and ''[[Red Planet (film)|Red Planet]]'' and ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'' co-star [[Tom Sizemore]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Brew|first=Simon|title=14 Co-stars Who Really Didn't Get Along|date=September 27, 2013|publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] |url= http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/co-stars/198892/14-co-stars-who-really-didnt-get-along|access-date=June 6, 2015|archive-date=June 7, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150607040119/http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/co-stars/198892/14-co-stars-who-really-didnt-get-along|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kilmer's ''[[Tombstone (film)|Tombstone]]'' co-star, [[Michael Biehn]], said: "People ask me what it's like to work with Val Kilmer. I don't know. Never met him. Never shook his hand. I know Doc Holliday, but I don't know [Kilmer]."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crouch |first1=Aaron |title= 'Everything Had to Go Right': What Happened to 'Terminator' Star Michael Biehn |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/terminator-what-happened-star-michael-biehn-1228634 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 2, 2019 |publisher=THR |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>

[[Richard Stanley (director)|Richard Stanley]], who directed Kilmer for three days in ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' before being fired, recalled, "Val would arrive, and an argument would happen."<ref name="Ascher-Walsh-1996">{{Cite magazine |last=Ascher-Walsh |first=Rebecca |date=May 31, 1996 |title=Why Val Kilmer is the man Hollywood loves to hate |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/05/31/val-kilmer-makes-enemies-hollywood/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201043838/https://ew.com/article/1996/05/31/val-kilmer-makes-enemies-hollywood/ |archive-date=February 1, 2025 |access-date=February 6, 2022 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> [[John Frankenheimer]], who replaced Stanley, said "I don't like Val Kilmer, I don't like his work ethic, and I don't want to be associated with him ever again." ''[[Batman Forever]]'' director [[Joel Schumacher]] called Kilmer "childish and impossible".<ref name="Ascher-Walsh-1996" />

When Kilmer's ''At First Sight'' co-star [[Mira Sorvino]] was asked about his reputation as "difficult to work with", she responded: "You know what, he was real easy to work with. I just hate furthering rumours about people being difficult, because it can do such enormous damage to their careers. My experience with him was nothing but positive. He was really professional and gentlemanly, and a terrific actor."<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Neal |first=Sean |date= November 23, 2011 |title=Mira Sorvino |url=https://www.avclub.com/mira-sorvino-1798228602 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> [[Kurt Russell]], Kilmer's co-star in ''Tombstone'' said of working with him: "If you're asking me if it was great working with Val Kilmer, who played Doc Holliday on ''Tombstone'', the answer is absolutely."<ref>{{cite web |last=Rockson |first=Gabrielle |date=April 2, 2025 |title=Kurt Russell Reveals He and Val Kilmer Exchanged These Dark Gifts After Filming 'Tombstone' in 2024 Interview |url=https://people.com/kurt-russell-reveals-dark-gifts-he-val-kilmer-exchanged-after-filming-tombstone-11707435 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> [[Drew Barrymore]], who costarred with Kilmer in ''Batman Forever'', said of her experience with the actor: "...Val Kilmer was so nice to me. He was so nurturing and kind and safe, which was a very important thing for me."<ref name="Barrymore">{{cite web |last=Oganesyan |first=Natalie |date=2025-04-07 |title=Drew Barrymore Fondly Remembers Val Kilmer: "So Nurturing And Kind And Safe" |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/drew-barrymore-val-kilmer-batman-forever-1236362857/ |accessdate=April 7, 2025 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

[[Hilarie Burton]], Kilmer's co-star in ''[[Bloodworth]]'', called him "the sweetest man" and said he cut a gratuitous sex scene between them in the film because "it didn't service the story or the character", instead changing it to a scene in which their characters are enjoying barbecued ribs. "I felt so safe and cared for by that man... He made the scene about us instead of using me as a prop. That one day at work rewired my brain. Val was kind to me. A thoughtful artist. I bought some of his paintings a few years back. I hope every young actor has a Val in their life. That movie was a magical experience," she said.<ref name="usmagazine">{{Cite web |date=April 8, 2025 |title=Stars React to Val Kilmer's Death at 65: Josh Brolin, Michael Mann, Jennifer Tilly and More |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/stars-react-to-val-kilmers-death-at-65/ |website=[[Us Weekly]]}}</ref> [[David Thewlis]], Kilmer's co-star in ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' said of working with him; "I spent the most bizarre 5 months of my entire life with Val Kilmer, out in the Australian rainforest, on the ill fated Island of Dr Moreau. It was so spectacularly bleak and awful it was almost wonderful. Look it up sometime. As Val wrote in his final mail to me: 'What an incredible story we lived, you and I. One of the greatest.'"<ref name="Thewlis">{{Cite web |date=April 3, 2025 |title=David Thewlis remembers "awful" five months working with Val Kilmer on ill-fated 'The Island of Dr Moreau' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/david-thewlis-remembers-awful-five-months-working-with-val-kilmer-on-ill-fated-the-island-of-dr-moreau-3851709 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref>

===Political views and charity work===
In 1998, Kilmer traveled to Iraq with [[AmeriCares]] to deliver humanitarian aid, the first US humanitarian airlift to Iraq since 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abdallah |first=Sana |date=April 28, 1998 |title=US relief and movie star go to Iraq |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1998/04/28/US-relief-and-movie-star-go-to-Iraq/9543893736000/ |website=[[United Press International]]}}</ref> Kilmer made several trips to [[New Orleans]] to help in the 2005 [[Hurricane Katrina]] disaster relief.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 10, 2008|title=Val Kilmer on Bad Lieutenant and Voicing KITT!| url= https://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46730|publisher=ComingSoon|access-date=December 11, 2019|archive-date=September 6, 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080906213051/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46730|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a supporter of Native American affairs and an advocate of [[environmental protection]].<ref>{{cite web|title=World Indigenous Business Forum to Feature Val Kilmer, Opportunities to Build Networks|url=http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/world-indigenous-business-forum-to-feature-val-kilmer%2C-opportunities-to-build-networks-49379|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126013141/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/world-indigenous-business-forum-to-feature-val-kilmer,-opportunities-to-build-networks-49379|archive-date=January 26, 2013|work=IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com}}</ref> Kilmer briefly considered running for [[2010 New Mexico gubernatorial election|Governor of New Mexico]] in 2010 but decided against it.<ref>{{cite web| author=Matt|title= Val Kilmer: 'I'm not running' for governor|url=http://www.nmfbihop.com/diary/3223/val-kilmer-im-not-running-for-governor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314034728/http://www.nmfbihop.com/diary/3223/val-kilmer-im-not-running-for-governor|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 14, 2022 |publisher= | website= nmfbihop.com |access-date= October 6, 2010}}</ref>

In May 2013, Kilmer lobbied Congress on behalf of the [[Equitable Access to Care and Health Act]], or EACH Act (H.R. 1814), a bill "to provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate" of [[Affordable Care Act|Obamacare]].<ref>{{cite news| last= Wrigley |first= Will| date=May 9, 2013|title=Val Kilmer on Capitol Hill: Actor Turns Lobbyist For A Day, Takes Many Pictures| work= HuffPost |url= https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/val-kilmer-on-capitol-hill_n_3247206.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= 113th Congress 1st Session: H. R. 1814| publisher= US House of Representatives| date= April 26, 2013 |url= https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr1814ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr1814ih.pdf |website= govinfo.gov}}</ref>

===Health===
In 2014, Kilmer was forced to cancel a ''Citizen Twain'' show after losing his voice. He noticed a lump in his throat but did not seek medical care until he started vomiting blood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/val-kilmer-ignored-these-symptoms-before-cancer-diagnosis-11707925|title=Val Kilmer Ignored These Symptoms Before a Harrowing 2015 Hospitalization Led to Throat Cancer Diagnosis|website=People.com}}</ref> In January 2015, he was hospitalized for what his representative said were tests for a possible tumor. Kilmer stated on social media, "I have not had a tumor, or tumor operations{{sic}}, or any operation. I had a complication where the best way to receive care was to stay under the watchful eye of the [[UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica|UCLA]] [[intensive care|ICU]]."<ref name="health">{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2015 |title=Val Kilmer Hospitalized For Throat Tumor |url=https://tmz.com/2015/01/30/val-kilmer-hospitalized-tumor-throat-bleeding/ |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160916185530/http://www.tmz.com/2015/01/30/val-kilmer-hospitalized-tumor-throat-bleeding/ |archive-date=September 16, 2016 |access-date=October 31, 2016 |website=[[TMZ.com]]}}</ref> Kilmer was a lifelong [[Christian Science|Christian Scientist]], and upon his throat cancer diagnosis referred to it in the press as "the suggestion of throat cancer", opting not to explicitly associate himself with such a diagnosis. He underwent recommended chemotherapy following his children's request despite it being conventionally against his religion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Val Kilmer Explains Why He Got Chemo Despite His Religious Beliefs |url=https://www.etonline.com/val-kilmer-explains-why-he-got-chemo-for-his-cancer-despite-it-being-against-his-religious-beliefs |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=Entertainment Tonight |language=en-US}}</ref>

After previously denying persistent rumors that he had been diagnosed with cancer, Kilmer said in April 2017 that he had experienced a "[[Remission (medicine)|healing of cancer]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knapp |first=JD |date=April 30, 2017 |title=Val Kilmer Confirms Cancer Rumors, Says He's in 'Healing' Stages |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/val-kilmer-confirms-cancer-rumors-says-healing-reddit-michael-douglas-1202404289/ |access-date=May 1, 2017 |website= Variety}}</ref><ref name="NYT_What_Happened">{{cite magazine |author1=Taffy Brodesser-Akner |date=May 6, 2020 |title= What Happened to Val Kilmer? He's Just Starting to Figure It Out |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/magazine/val-kilmer.html |magazine=The New York Times Magazine |access-date= August 14, 2020}}</ref> In December 2017, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' revealed that Kilmer had endured a "two-year battle with [[Laryngeal cancer|throat cancer]]" and that "a procedure on his [[trachea]] has reduced his voice to a rasp and rendered him short of breath." To speak, Kilmer plugged an electric voice box into his trachea.<ref name="Abramovitch-2017">{{Cite web |last=Abramovitch |first=Seth |date=December 20, 2017 |title=Val Kilmer Opens Up About Battling Cancer and His Kids' Showbiz Ambitions |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/val-kilmer-opens-up-battling-cancer-his-kids-showbiz-ambitions-1068733 |website= The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 21, 2017}}</ref>

He ultimately underwent [[chemotherapy]] and two [[tracheotomy|tracheotomies]].<ref name="Abramovitch-2017" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pappademas |first1=Alex |date=April 21, 2020 |title=Val Kilmer Doesn't Believe in Death |url=https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a32162764/val-kilmer-career-cancer-interview/ |access-date=April 23, 2020 |publisher=Men's Health}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Day |first=Nate |date=August 3, 2020 |title=Val Kilmer says he's doing great after tracheotomy: 'I feel a lot better than I sound' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/val-kilmer-doing-a-lot-better-after-tracheotomy |access-date=August 5, 2020 |website=Fox News}}</ref><ref name="NYT_What_Happened"/><ref>{{cite web |date=May 6, 2020 |title=Val Kilmer Explains Why He Got Chemo for His Cancer Despite It Being Against His Religious Beliefs |url=https://www.etonline.com/val-kilmer-explains-why-he-got-chemo-for-his-cancer-despite-it-being-against-his-religious-beliefs |access-date=January 15, 2025 |work=ET Online}}</ref> Kilmer reported in 2020 that he had been cancer-free for four years but continued to struggle with medical treatments, including the use of a [[feeding tube]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Marina |date=August 4, 2020 |title=Here's what Val Kilmer has said about his cancer struggles so far |url=https://www.newsweek.com/heres-what-val-kilmer-has-said-about-his-cancer-struggles-so-far-1522687 |website= Newsweek}}</ref>