Acting
Val Kilmer
EN, FR cinema · 113 credits
Born
31 December 1959
Died
1 April 2025 (aged 65)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Val Edward 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 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
Filmography
Willow: Behind the Magic
as Self / Madmartigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Top Gun: Maverick
as Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
The Birthday Cake
as Uncle Angelo
Val
as Self, Producer, Director of Photography
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Paydirt
as Sheriff Tucker
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
as Bluntman
1st Born
as Biden
The Super
as Walter
Song to Song
as Duane
The Snowman
as Rafto
Cinema Twain
as Mark Twain, Director, Producer, Writer
Palo Alto
as Stewart
Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
as Mark Twain
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
Planes
as Bravo (voice)
Riddle
as Sheriff Richards
Standing Up
as Hofstadder
7 Below
as McCormick
The Fourth Dimension
as Val Kilmer (segment "The Lotus Community Workshop")
Wyatt Earp's Revenge
as Wyatt Earp
Breathless
as Dale
Deep in the Heart
as The Bearded Man
Kill the Irishman
as Joe Manditski
5 Days of War
as Dutchman
Blood Out
as Arturo
Twixt
as Hall Baltimore, Songs
The Traveler
as Mr. Nobody / Drifter
MacGruber
as Cunth
Bloodworth
as Warren Bloodworth
Gun
as Angel
The Steam Experiment
as Jimmy
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Stevie Pruit
Double Identity
as Dr. Nicholas Pinter
Hardwired
as Virgil Kirkhill
The Thaw
as Dr. David Kruipen
American Cowslip
as Todd Inglebrink
Streets of Blood
as Detective Andy Devereaux
Delgo
as Bogardus (voice)
2:22
as Maz
The Love Guru
as Val Kilmer (uncredited)
Felon
as John Smith
Conspiracy
as MacPherson
Columbus Day
as John Cologne
American Meth
2008
American Meth
as Narrator
Mon Clown
as Self
Knight Rider
as K.I.T.T. (voice)
Have Dreams, Will Travel
as Henderson
Déjà Vu
as Paul Pryzwarra
Played
as Dillon
Moscow Zero
as Andrey
10th & Wolf
as Murtha
Dead Man's Bounty
as The Wanted Man
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
as Gay Perry
Champion
as Self
Trudell
as Self - Actor, Friend
Alexander
as Philip
Spartan
as Scott
Stateside
as Staff Sergeant Skeer
Mindhunters
as Jake Harris
George and the Dragon
as El Cabillo (uncredited)
Bounty Hunters
as Himself
Wonderland
as John Holmes
Blind Horizon
as Frank Kavanaugh
Masked and Anonymous
as Animal Wrangler
The Missing
as Lt. Jim Ducharme
The Seventh Man
2003
The Seventh Man
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hard Cash
as FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell
The Salton Sea
as Tom Van Allen | Danny Parker
Red Planet
as Robby Gallagher
Pollock
as Willem DeKooning
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
The Prince of Egypt
as Moses (voice)
Africa Unbottled
1998
Africa Unbottled
as Self / Narrator, Producer
The Saint
as Simon Templar
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Col. John Henry Patterson
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery
Dead Girl
as Dr. Dark
Batman Forever
as Batman / Bruce Wayne
Heat
as Chris Shiherlis
Wings of Courage
as Jean Mermoz
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
as Self - Batman
True Romance
as Mentor
The Real McCoy
as J.T. Barker
Tombstone
as Doc Holliday
Thunderheart
as Ray Levoi
The Doors
as Jim Morrison
Kill Me Again
as Jack Andrews
Billy the Kid
as William Bonney
Willow
as Madmartigan
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
as Self / Madmartigan
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
Top Gun
as Ice
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Philippe Huron
Real Genius
as Chris Knight
Top Secret!
as Nick Rivers