Val Kilmer

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. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known For

Mentor

True Romance

Bruce Wayne / Batman

Batman Forever

Chris Shiherlis

Heat

Reader

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

J.T. Barker

The Real McCoy

Simon Templar

The Saint

Ice

Top Gun

Jim Morrison

The Doors

Madmartigan

Willow

Col. John Henry Patterson

The Ghost and the Darkness

Philip

Alexander

Jimmy

The Steam Experiment

Gay Perry

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Scott

Spartan

Bogardus (voice)

Delgo

John Holmes

Wonderland

FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell

Hard Cash

Stevie Pruit

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

Dr. Nicholas Pinter

Double Identity

Virgil Kirkhill

Hardwired

Philippe Huron

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Paul Pryzwarra

Déjà Vu

Tom Van Allen | Danny Parker

The Salton Sea

Dr. David Kruipen

The Thaw

Jack Andrews

Kill Me Again

Self

Champion

Frank Kavanaugh

Blind Horizon

Animal Wrangler

Masked and Anonymous

Doc Holliday

Tombstone

Dillon

Played

Maz

2:22

Nick Rivers

Top Secret!

Lt. Jim Ducharme

The Missing

Robby Gallagher

Red Planet

Val Kilmer (uncredited)

The Love Guru

Ray Levoi

Thunderheart

Mr. Nobody / Drifter

The Traveler

Montgomery

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Andrey

Moscow Zero

Murtha

10th & Wolf

John Smith

Felon

MacPherson

Conspiracy

Willem DeKooning

Pollock

Moses (voice)

The Prince of Egypt

Moses

The Ten Commandments: The Musical

Dr. Dark

Dead Girl

John Cologne

Columbus Day

Henderson

Have Dreams, Will Travel

Chris Knight

Real Genius

Narrator

American Meth

Virgil Adamson

At First Sight

Staff Sergeant Skeer

Stateside

Todd Inglebrink

American Cowslip

Cunth

MacGruber

Jake Harris

Mindhunters

Warren Bloodworth

Bloodworth

Joe Manditski

Kill the Irishman

Detective Andy Devereaux

Streets of Blood

Dutchman

5 Days of War

Bob Henry

Joe the King

Arturo

Blood Out

Self / Madmartigan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Willow: Behind the Magic

McCormick

7 Below

Hall Baltimore

Twixt

Jean Mermoz

Guillaumet, les ailes du courage

Val Kilmer (segment "The Lotus Community Workshop")

The Fourth Dimension

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp's Revenge

Dale

Breathless

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Seventh Man

Bravo (voice)

Planes

The Bearded Man

Deep in the Heart

Stewart

Palo Alto

Sheriff Richards

Riddle

Hofstadder

Standing Up

Angel

Gun

Eric

One Too Many

Self - Batman

Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?

Self

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun

Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn

Animals

Self

Mon Clown

Self - Actor, Friend

Trudell

K.I.T.T. (voice)

Knight Rider

The Wanted Man

Dead Man's Bounty

Chris Shiherlis (archive footage)

How to Rob a Bank

Duane

Song to Song

Himself

The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Rafto

The Snowman

Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

William Bonney

Billy the Kid

Mark Twain

Cinema Twain

El Cabillo (uncredited)

George and the Dragon

Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky

Top Gun: Maverick

Himself

Bounty Hunters

Walter

The Super

Self

A Century of Science Fiction

Bluntman

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Uncle Angelo

The Birthday Cake

Biden

1st Born

CJ

A Soldier's Revenge

Sheriff Tucker

Paydirt

Self / Madmartigan

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

Self

Twixt: A Documentary

Self

The Doors: The Road of Excess

Self (archive footage)

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

Self

Val

Riptide

Self (archive footage)

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

Self (archive footage)

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Val Kilmer

The Lotus Community Workshop

The Roadie

Self

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

Self

The Making of 'Heat'

Narrator (voice)

Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family

Self

Biography: Val Kilmer

Self / Narrator

Africa Unbottled

Self

Three Days

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

117

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-12-31

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Вэл Килмер