Portrait of Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer

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.

Born: December 31, 1959

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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

2021
2021
The Birthday Cake

as Uncle Angelo

2020
Paydirt

as Sheriff Tucker

2019
1st Born

as Biden

2018
The Super

as Walter

2017
The Snowman

as Rafto

2017
Song to Song

as Duane

2016
Cinema Twain

as Mark Twain

2014
Palo Alto

as Stewart

2014
The Spoils of Babylon

as General Cauliffe

2013
Standing Up

as Hofstadder

2013
Planes

as Bravo (voice)

2013
Riddle

as Sheriff Richards

2012
The Fourth Dimension

as Val Kilmer (segment "The Lotus Community Workshop")

2012
7 Below

as McCormick

2012
2012
Breathless

as Dale

2012
Deep in the Heart

as The Bearded Man

2011
Twixt

as Hall Baltimore

2011
5 Days of War

as Dutchman

2011
Blood Out

as Arturo

2011
Kill the Irishman

as Joe Manditski

2010
The Traveler

as Mr. Nobody / Drifter

2010
Gun

as Angel

2010
MacGruber

as Cunth

2010
Bloodworth

as Warren Bloodworth

2009
Double Identity

as Dr. Nicholas Pinter

2009
Hardwired

as Virgil Kirkhill

2009
The Thaw

as Dr. David Kruipen

2009
American Cowslip

as Todd Inglebrink

2009
Streets of Blood

as Detective Andy Devereaux

2008
Delgo

as Bogardus (voice)

2008
XIII

as La Mangouste

2008
Knight Rider

as KITT (voice)

2008
2:22

as Maz

2008
Columbus Day

as John Cologne

2008
Felon

as John Smith

2008
The Love Guru

as Val Kilmer (uncredited)

2008
Mon Clown

as Self

2008
Knight Rider

as K.I.T.T. (voice)

2008
Conspiracy

as MacPherson

2008
Comanche Moon

as Inish Scull

2007
2006
Déjà Vu

as Paul Pryzwarra

2006
Moscow Zero

as Andrey

2006
Dead Man's Bounty

as The Wanted Man

2006
Psych

as Detective Dobson

2006
Played

as Dillon

2006
10th & Wolf

as Murtha

2005
2005
2005
Nigella

as Self

2005
Champion

as Self

2005
Numb3rs

as Mason Lancer

2005
Trudell

as Self - Actor, Friend

2004
Alexander

as Philip

2004
Bounty Hunters

as Himself

2004
Entourage

as The Sherpa

2004
Stateside

as Staff Sergeant Skeer

2004
Mindhunters

as Jake Harris

2004
George and the Dragon

as El Cabillo (uncredited)

2004
Spartan

as Scott

2003
Blind Horizon

as Frank Kavanaugh

2003
The Missing

as Lt. Jim Ducharme

2003
Wonderland

as John Holmes

2003
Masked and Anonymous

as Animal Wrangler

2002
2002
Hard Cash

as FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell

2002
The Salton Sea

as Tom Van Allen | Danny Parker

2000
Red Planet

as Robby Gallagher

2000
Pollock

as Willem DeKooning

1999
1999
Three Days

as Self

1999
Joe the King

as Bob Henry

1999
At First Sight

as Virgil Adamson

1998
The Prince of Egypt

as Moses (voice)

1997
The Saint

as Simon Templar

1996
The Ghost and the Darkness

as Col. John Henry Patterson

1996
Dead Girl

as Dr. Dark

1996
1996
1995
Heat

as Chris Shiherlis

1995
Wings of Courage

as Jean Mermoz

1995
Batman Forever

as Bruce Wayne / Batman

1993
Tombstone

as Doc Holliday

1993
The Real McCoy

as J.T. Barker

1993
True Romance

as Mentor

1992
Thunderheart

as Ray Levoi

1991
The Doors

as Jim Morrison

1989
Kill Me Again

as Jack Andrews

1989
Billy the Kid

as William Bonney

1988
Willow

as Madmartigan

1988
1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

as Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts

1986
1986
Top Gun

as Ice

1985
Real Genius

as Chris Knight

1985
1984
Top Secret!

as Nick Rivers

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Audience Member