How many kids does Val Kilmer have?
AMERICAN actor Val Kilmer opens up about his battle with throat cancer in the trailer for his feature documentary. Kilmer's daughter Mercedes hopes his courage opens doors for other actors with disabilities. Kilmer has a son, Jack, 26 and a daughter Mercedes, 29. Jack is an American actor known for starring in the 2013 film Palo Alto, playing Pelle Dead Ohlin in Lords of Chaos, and for playing Ozzy Osbourne in Ozzys Under the Graveyard video. Jack grew up in Los Angeles, California and was named after his mother, Joanne Whalley. He enjoys surfing and skateboarding and considers himself a musician and model. Mercedes was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico know for Paydirt (2020), Ingrid (2015) and Prettyface (2016). Paydirt was her first feature film playing her fathers daughter in the heist movie but wants her dads performance to lead to a bigger shirt in the entertainment industry when it comes to hiring actors with disabilities, Mercedes said in an interview with TooFab. Kilmer, 60, was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and went public with his illness in 2017. Kilmer had a tracheotomy, a surgical procedure that consists of an incision in the neck and trachea, impacting his voice. In the trailer of his feature documentary, he is candid about his slow recovery and treatment for throat cancer. Because his speech is hindered, he uses hundreds of hours of home movie footage shot over decades to tell his full story. Im still recovering and it is difficult to talk and to be understood, Kilmer says in the trailer, including at one point speaking through a voice box. Joanne Whalley, born in Salford, Lancashire in 1961, is an English actress. She was married to Kilmer from 1968 to 1996. Since beginning her career in 1974, Whalley has appeared primarily on television but also in almost 30 different films. Some of her most notable appearances were in Dance with a Stranger (1985), Willow (1998), Scandal (1998), Storyville (1992), The Secret Rupture (1003) and Mothers Boys (1994).