Val Kilmer
- Acting
- December 31, 1959 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- April 1, 2025
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
Filmography
- Willow: Behind the Magic · Self / Madmartigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Top Gun: Maverick · Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
- Val · Self, Producer
- The Choe Show · Self
- The Birthday Cake · Uncle Angelo
- A Soldier's Revenge · CJ
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend · Self
- Paydirt · Sheriff Tucker
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot · Bluntman
- 1st Born · Biden
- The Super · Walter
- The Snowman · Rafto
- Song to Song · Duane
- Cinema Twain · Mark Twain, Producer
- Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn · Mark Twain
- Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau · Self
- Palo Alto · Stewart
- The Spoils of Babylon · General Cauliffe
- Standing Up · Hofstadder
- Planes · Bravo (Voice)
- Twixt: A Documentary · Self
- Riddle · Sheriff Richards
- The Roadie
- The Fourth Dimension · Val Kilmer (segment "The Lotus Community Workshop")
- The Lotus Community Workshop · Val Kilmer
- 7 Below · McCormick
- Wyatt Earp's Revenge · Wyatt Earp
- Breathless · Dale
- Deep in the Heart · The Bearded Man
- Twixt · Hall Baltimore, Songs
- 5 Days of War · Dutchman
- Blood Out · Arturo
- Kill the Irishman · Joe Manditski
- The Traveler · Mr. Nobody / Drifter
- Conan · Self
- Gun · Angel
- MacGruber · Cunth
- The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans · Self
- Bloodworth · Warren Bloodworth
- Double Identity · Dr. Nicholas Pinter
- Hardwired · Virgil Kirkhill
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans · Stevie Pruit
- The Thaw · Dr. David Kruipen
- American Cowslip · Todd Inglebrink
- Streets of Blood · Detective Andy Devereaux
- The Steam Experiment · Jimmy
- Delgo · Bogardus (Voice)
- Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family · Narrator (Voice)
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight · Self
- XIII · La Mangouste
- 2:22 · Maz
- Knight Rider · KITT (Voice)
- Columbus Day · John Cologne
- Felon · John Smith
- The Love Guru · Val Kilmer (uncredited)
- Mon Clown · Self
- American Meth · Narrator
- Knight Rider · K.I.T.T. (Voice)
- Conspiracy · MacPherson
- Comanche Moon · Inish Scull, Associate Producer
- Have Dreams, Will Travel · Henderson
- Déjà Vu · Paul Pryzwarra
- Moscow Zero · Andrey
- Dead Man's Bounty · The Wanted Man
- Psych · Detective Dobson
- Played · Dillon
- 10th & Wolf · Murtha
- The Ten Commandments: The Musical · Moses
- The Reichen Show · Self
- The Showbiz Show with David Spade
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang · Gay Perry
- Nigella · Self
- Champion · Self
- The Making of Heat · Self
- Numb3rs · Mason Lancer
- Trudell · Self
- Alexander · Philip
- Bounty Hunters · Self
- Entourage · The Sherpa
- Stateside · Staff Sergeant Skeer