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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