Val Kilmer led an illustrious acting career from the 1980s through his final years. But his priority was spending time with his children, daughter Mercedes and son Jack. The late 65-year-old Top Gun star‘s legacy will carry on thanks to his kids, and Val previously opened up about Mercedes and Jack in a few interviews, particularly when he was battling throat cancer.
During an August 2020 interview with People, the late Batman Forever star called his children “brilliant” and said he was “just madly, wildly entertained by them.”
“My only gripe is that I never see them enough, so I never get enough of the wild entertainment that everyone else gets, but they’re really, really, entertaining,” Val added.
Below, learn more about Val’s two kids and their family.
Val was a father to two children in total, Jack and Mercedes, whom he shared with his ex-wife, Joanne Whalley. Val and Joanne were married from 1988 until they divorced in 1996.
Mercedes was born in October 1991. She and her late father got closer during his final years while Val battled throat cancer, which he recovered from. Like him, Mercedes became an actor, and she also worked as a producer on the documentary Val.
