
Val Kilmer
Born: 1959-12-31
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Val Edward Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) was an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984), then the cult classic Real Genius (1985), as well as blockbuster action films, including a role in Top Gun and a lead role in Willow. During the 1990s, Kilmer gained critical respect after a series of films that were also commercially successful, including his roles as Jim Morrison in The Doors, Doc Holliday in 1993's Tombstone, Batman in 1995's Batman Forever, Chris Shiherlis in 1995's Heat, and Simon Templar in 1997's The Saint. During the early 2000s, Kilmer appeared in several well-received roles, including The Salton Sea, Spartan, and supporting performances in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Alexander, and as the voice of KITT in Knight Rider.
Known For

Top Gun: Maverick

Heat

Top Gun

Déjà Vu

The Prince of Egypt

Tombstone

Batman Forever

Willow

Alexander

Real Genius

The Thaw

The Super

True Romance

The Doors

Planes

The Saint

How to Rob a Bank

Mindhunters

The Snowman

Twixt

MacGruber

Thunderheart

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Red Planet

Hard Cash

The Traveler

Knight Rider

The Ghost and the Darkness

Hardwired

Blood Out

The Roadie

Paydirt

Top Secret!

The Fourth Dimension

The Missing

10th & Wolf

Felon

Standing Up

Columbus Day

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

The Real McCoy

Val

Conspiracy

Breathless

Three Days

Played

Stateside

Bloodworth

Delgo

Moscow Zero

Dead Girl

Kill the Irishman

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Trudell

Palo Alto

Song to Song

The Love Guru

The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

A Soldier's Revenge

Joe the King

Wonderland

Riddle

The Salton Sea

Willow: Behind the Magic

Mon Clown

Spartan

Deep in the Heart

Pollock

Streets of Blood

5 Days of War

The Birthday Cake

Gun

2:22

George and the Dragon

Masked and Anonymous

Champion

Kill Me Again

Have Dreams, Will Travel

Double Identity

7 Below

Wyatt Earp's Revenge

Twixt: A Documentary

At First Sight

Blind Horizon

The Steam Experiment

1st Born

Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

American Cowslip

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

Billy the Kid

The Making of 'Tombstone'

Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?

Wings of Courage

Cinema Twain

A Century of Science Fiction

Bounty Hunters

One Too Many

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

The Ten Commandments: The Musical

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

Dead Man's Bounty

The Making of 'Heat'

The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

The Lotus Community Workshop
