Val Kilmer
Born: 1959-12-31 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2025-04-01
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- How to Rob a Bank as Chris Shiherlis (archive footage)
2023
- Willow: Behind the Magic as Self / Madmartigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
- Top Gun: Maverick as Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
2021
- Val as Self
- The Choe Show as Self
- A Soldier's Revenge as CJ
- The Birthday Cake as Uncle Angelo
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Paydirt as Sheriff Tucker
2019
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Bluntman
- 1st Born as Biden
2018
- The Super as Walter
2017
- The Snowman as Rafto
- Song to Song as Duane
2016
- Cinema Twain as Mark Twain
- Animals
2014
- The Spoils of Babylon as General Cauliffe
- Palo Alto as Stewart
- Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
- Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn as Mark Twain
2013
- Planes as Bravo (voice)
- Riddle as Sheriff Richards
- Standing Up as Hofstadder
- Twixt: A Documentary as Self
2012
- 7 Below as McCormick
- Breathless as Dale
- Wyatt Earp's Revenge as Wyatt Earp
- Deep in the Heart as The Bearded Man
- The Roadie
- The Fourth Dimension as Val Kilmer (segment "The Lotus Community Workshop")
- The Lotus Community Workshop as Val Kilmer
2011
- Kill the Irishman as Joe Manditski
- Twixt as Hall Baltimore
- 5 Days of War as Dutchman
- Blood Out as Arturo
2010
- MacGruber as Cunth
- Gun as Angel
- The Traveler as Mr. Nobody / Drifter
- Bloodworth as Warren Bloodworth
- The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans as Himself
2009
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans as Stevie Pruit
- The Thaw as Dr. David Kruipen
- Streets of Blood as Detective Andy Devereaux
- Hardwired as Virgil Kirkhill
- Double Identity as Dr. Nicholas Pinter
- American Cowslip as Todd Inglebrink
- The Steam Experiment as Jimmy
2008
- Knight Rider as KITT (voice)
- Felon as John Smith
- XIII as La Mangouste
- Comanche Moon as Inish Scull
- The Love Guru as Val Kilmer (uncredited)
- Knight Rider as K.I.T.T. (voice)
- Delgo as Bogardus (voice)
- Conspiracy as MacPherson
- Columbus Day as John Cologne
- 2:22 as Maz
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight as Self
- Mon Clown as Self
- Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family as Narrator (voice)
- American Meth as Narrator
2007
- Have Dreams, Will Travel as Henderson
2006
- Psych as Detective Dobson
- Déjà Vu as Paul Pryzwarra
- 10th & Wolf as Murtha
- Played as Dillon
- Moscow Zero as Andrey
- The Ten Commandments: The Musical as Moses
- Dead Man's Bounty as The Wanted Man
2005
- Numb3rs as Mason Lancer
- The Reichen Show as Self
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Gay Perry
- Nigella as Self
- The Showbiz Show with David Spade
- Trudell as Self - Actor, Friend
- The Making of 'Heat' as Self
- Champion as Self
2004
- Entourage as The Sherpa
- Alexander as Philip
- Mindhunters as Jake Harris
- Spartan as Scott
- George and the Dragon as El Cabillo (uncredited)
- Stateside as Staff Sergeant Skeer
- Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
- Bounty Hunters as Himself
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Missing as Lt. Jim Ducharme
- Wonderland as John Holmes
- Blind Horizon as Frank Kavanaugh
- Masked and Anonymous as Animal Wrangler
- The Seventh Man as Self - Narrator (voice)
2002
- V Graham Norton as Self
- The Salton Sea as Tom Van Allen | Danny Parker
- Hard Cash as FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell
- The Making of 'Tombstone' as Self
2000
- Red Planet as Robby Gallagher
- Pollock as Willem DeKooning
1999
- At First Sight as Virgil Adamson
- Joe the King as Bob Henry
- The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self (archive footage)
- Three Days as Self
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- The Prince of Egypt as Moses (voice)
- Africa Unbottled as Self / Narrator
1997
- The Saint as Simon Templar
- The Doors: The Road of Excess as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- The Ghost and the Darkness as Col. John Henry Patterson
- The Island of Dr. Moreau as Montgomery
- A Century of Science Fiction as Self
- Dead Girl as Dr. Dark
1995
- Heat as Chris Shiherlis
- Batman Forever as Bruce Wayne / Batman
- Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? as Self - Batman
- Wings of Courage as Jean Mermoz
1994
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Tombstone as Doc Holliday
- True Romance as Mentor
- The Real McCoy as J.T. Barker
1992
- Thunderheart as Ray Levoi
1991
- The Doors as Jim Morrison
- Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers as Reader
1989
- Kill Me Again as Jack Andrews
- Billy the Kid as William Bonney
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- Willow as Madmartigan
- Willow: The Making of an Adventure as Self / Madmartigan
1987
- The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains as Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
1986
- Top Gun as Ice
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue as Philippe Huron
1985
- Real Genius as Chris Knight
- One Too Many as Eric
1984
- Top Secret! as Nick Rivers
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1972
- ABC Afterschool Special as Eric
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member