
Val Kilmer
Known for Acting · 137 credits
- Born
- 1959-12-31
- Died
- 2025-04-01
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- 方·基默 · Val Edward Kilmer · 方·基墨 · وال کیلمر
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
TV Shows (22)

The Daily Show
1996
as Self

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Psych
2006
as Detective Dobson

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Audience Member

Entourage
2004
as The Sherpa

Numb3rs
2005
as Mason Lancer

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self

The Reichen Show
2005
as Self

V Graham Norton
2002
as Self

ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Eric

Knight Rider
2008
as KITT (voice)

XIII
2008
as La Mangouste
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005

Comanche Moon
2008
as Inish Scull

The Spoils of Babylon
2014
as General Cauliffe

The Choe Show
2021
as Self

Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self

Nigella
2005
as Self
Movies (115)

Top Gun: Maverick
2022
as Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky

Heat
1995
as Chris Shiherlis

Top Gun
1986
as Ice

The Prince of Egypt
1998
as Moses (voice)

True Romance
1993
as Mentor

Tombstone
1993
as Doc Holliday

Alexander
2004
as Philip

Batman Forever
1995
as Bruce Wayne / Batman

Déjà Vu
2006
as Paul Pryzwarra

Planes
2013
as Bravo (voice)

Willow
1988
as Madmartigan

Mindhunters
2004
as Jake Harris

Top Secret!
1984
as Nick Rivers

The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
as Col. John Henry Patterson

The Snowman
2017
as Rafto

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005
as Gay Perry

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
as Stevie Pruit

Felon
2008
as John Smith

Real Genius
1985
as Chris Knight

The Saint
1997
as Simon Templar

The Doors
1991
as Jim Morrison

Red Planet
2000
as Robby Gallagher

The Missing
2003
as Lt. Jim Ducharme

Thunderheart
1992
as Ray Levoi

Kill the Irishman
2011
as Joe Manditski
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Spartan
2004
as Scott

Song to Song
2017
as Duane

Knight Rider
2008
as K.I.T.T. (voice)

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
as Bluntman

Wonderland
2003
as John Holmes

The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
as Montgomery

The Love Guru
2008
as Val Kilmer (uncredited)

Palo Alto
2014
as Stewart

Val
2021
as Self

Kill Me Again
1989
as Jack Andrews

The Salton Sea
2002
as Tom Van Allen | Danny Parker

The Real McCoy
1993
as J.T. Barker

Pollock
2000
as Willem DeKooning

The Thaw
2009
as Dr. David Kruipen

MacGruber
2010
as Cunth

10th & Wolf
2006
as Murtha

Gun
2010
as Angel

Blind Horizon
2003
as Frank Kavanaugh

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)

At First Sight
1999
as Virgil Adamson

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
as Self (archive footage)

Joe the King
1999
as Bob Henry

The Birthday Cake
2021
as Uncle Angelo

Conspiracy
2008
as MacPherson

5 Days of War
2011
as Dutchman

Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Animal Wrangler

Twixt
2011
as Hall Baltimore

The Super
2018
as Walter

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
as Self

George and the Dragon
2004
as El Cabillo (uncredited)

Hardwired
2009
as Virgil Kirkhill

7 Below
2012
as McCormick

Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007
as Henderson

Played
2006
as Dillon

Delgo
2008
as Bogardus (voice)

Columbus Day
2008
as John Cologne

Blood Out
2011
as Arturo

Streets of Blood
2009
as Detective Andy Devereaux

The Traveler
2010
as Mr. Nobody / Drifter

Double Identity
2009
as Dr. Nicholas Pinter

Hard Cash
2002
as FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell

Willow: Behind the Magic
2023
as Self / Madmartigan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wyatt Earp's Revenge
2012
as Wyatt Earp

Standing Up
2013
as Hofstadder

A Soldier's Revenge
2021
as CJ

Bloodworth
2010
as Warren Bloodworth

American Cowslip
2009
as Todd Inglebrink

Breathless
2012
as Dale

Dead Girl
1996
as Dr. Dark

Trudell
2005
as Self - Actor, Friend

A Century of Science Fiction
1996
as Self

Stateside
2004
as Staff Sergeant Skeer

Paydirt
2020
as Sheriff Tucker

2:22
2008
as Maz

Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
1995
as Self - Batman

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986
as Philippe Huron

Wings of Courage
1995
as Jean Mermoz

The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2010
as Himself

Moscow Zero
2006
as Andrey

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991
as Reader

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
2004
as Self

Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988
as Self / Madmartigan

Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
2014
as Mark Twain

The Ten Commandments: The Musical
2006
as Moses

Billy the Kid
1989
as William Bonney

1st Born
2019
as Biden

The Making of 'Heat'
2005
as Self
American Meth
2008
as Narrator

One Too Many
1985
as Eric

The Fourth Dimension
2012
as Val Kilmer (segment "The Lotus Community Workshop")

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
as Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts

Riddle
2013
as Sheriff Richards

The Steam Experiment
2009
as Jimmy

Mon Clown
2008
as Self

Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family
2008
as Narrator (voice)

Champion
2005
as Self

Deep in the Heart
2012
as The Bearded Man
The Doors: The Road of Excess
1997
as Self

The Lotus Community Workshop
2012
as Val Kilmer

The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002
as Self

Three Days
1999
as Self

Dead Man's Bounty
2006
as The Wanted Man

Twixt: A Documentary
2013
as Self
Africa Unbottled
1998
as Self / Narrator

Cinema Twain
2016
as Mark Twain
The Seventh Man
2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Roadie
2012
Animals
2016

Bounty Hunters
2004
as Himself
About Val Kilmer
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 Tombst… With 137 credits spanning from 1944 to 2023, Val Kilmer has appeared in 115 films and 22 TV shows.
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- Top Gun: Maverick (2022) — as Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
- Heat (1995) — as Chris Shiherlis
- Top Gun (1986) — as Ice
- The Prince of Egypt (1998) — as Moses (voice)
- True Romance (1993) — as Mentor
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