Val Kilmer
Acting
Born December 31, 1959 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Acting (117)
How to Rob a Bank
2024
Willow: Behind the Magic
2023
Top Gun: Maverick
2022
Val
2021
The Birthday Cake
2021
A Soldier's Revenge
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Paydirt
2020
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
1st Born
2019
The Super
2018
The Snowman
2017
Song to Song
2017
Animals
2016
Cinema Twain
2016
Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
Palo Alto
2014
Standing Up
2013
Planes
2013
Twixt: A Documentary
2013
Riddle
2013
The Roadie
2012
The Fourth Dimension
2012
The Lotus Community Workshop
2012
7 Below
2012
Wyatt Earp's Revenge
2012
Breathless
2012
Deep in the Heart
2012
Twixt
2011
5 Days of War
2011
Blood Out
2011
Kill the Irishman
2011
The Traveler
2010
Gun
2010
MacGruber
2010
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2010
Bloodworth
2010
Double Identity
2009
Hardwired
2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
The Thaw
2009
American Cowslip
2009
Streets of Blood
2009
The Steam Experiment
2009
Delgo
2008
Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family
2008
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
2:22
2008
Columbus Day
2008
Felon
2008
The Love Guru
2008
Mon Clown
2008
American Meth
2008
Knight Rider
2008
Conspiracy
2008
Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007
Déjà Vu
2006
Moscow Zero
2006
Dead Man's Bounty
2006
Played
2006
10th & Wolf
2006
The Ten Commandments: The Musical
2006
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005
Champion
2005
The Making of 'Heat'
2005
Trudell
2005
Alexander
2004
Biography: Val Kilmer
2004
Bounty Hunters
2004
Stateside
2004
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
2004
Mindhunters
2004
George and the Dragon
2004
Spartan
2004
Blind Horizon
2003
The Missing
2003
The Seventh Man
2003
Wonderland
2003
Masked and Anonymous
2003
Hard Cash
2002
The Salton Sea
2002
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002
Red Planet
2000
Pollock
2000
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
Three Days
1999
Joe the King
1999
At First Sight
1999
The Prince of Egypt
1998
Africa Unbottled
1998
The Doors: The Road of Excess
1997
The Saint
1997
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
Dead Girl
1996
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
Heat
1995
Batman Forever
1995
Wings of Courage
1995
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
1995
Tombstone
1993
The Real McCoy
1993
True Romance
1993
Thunderheart
1992
The Doors
1991
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991
Kill Me Again
1989
Billy the Kid
1989
Willow
1988
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986
Top Gun
1986
Real Genius
1985
One Too Many
1985
Top Secret!
1984