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Val Kilmer
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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 i…
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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.
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Val Kilmer's Filmography
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Willow: Behind the Magic
as Self / Madmartigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Top Gun: Maverick
as Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
Val
as Self
The Birthday Cake
as Uncle Angelo
A Soldier's Revenge
as CJ
No Poster
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
The Snowman
as Rafto
Song to Song
as Duane
Cinema Twain
as Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
as Mark Twain
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
Palo Alto
as Stewart
Standing Up
as Hofstadder
Planes
as Bravo (voice)
Twixt: A Documentary
as Self
Riddle
as Sheriff Richards
The Roadie
The Fourth Dimension
as Val Kilmer (segment "The Lotus Community Workshop")
The Lotus Community Workshop
as Val Kilmer
7 Below
as McCormick
Wyatt Earp's Revenge
as Wyatt Earp
Breathless
as Dale
Deep in the Heart
as The Bearded Man
Twixt
as Hall Baltimore
5 Days of War
as Dutchman
Blood Out
as Arturo
Kill the Irishman
as Joe Manditski
The Traveler
as Mr. Nobody / Drifter
Gun
as Angel
MacGruber
as Cunth
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Himself
Bloodworth
as Warren Bloodworth
Double Identity
as Dr. Nicholas Pinter
Hardwired
as Virgil Kirkhill
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Stevie Pruit
The Thaw
as Dr. David Kruipen
American Cowslip
as Todd Inglebrink
Streets of Blood
as Detective Andy Devereaux
The Steam Experiment
as Jimmy
Delgo
as Bogardus (voice)
Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family
as Narrator (voice)
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
as Self
2:22
as Maz
Columbus Day
as John Cologne
Felon
as John Smith
The Love Guru
as Val Kilmer (uncredited)
Mon Clown
as Self
No Poster
American Meth
as Narrator
Knight Rider
as K.I.T.T. (voice)
Conspiracy
as MacPherson
Have Dreams, Will Travel
as Henderson
Déjà Vu
as Paul Pryzwarra
Moscow Zero
as Andrey
Dead Man's Bounty
as The Wanted Man
Played
as Dillon
10th & Wolf
as Murtha
The Ten Commandments: The Musical
as Moses
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
as Gay Perry
Champion
as Self
The Making of Heat
as Self
Trudell
as Self - Actor, Friend
Alexander
as Philip
Bounty Hunters
as Himself
Stateside
as Staff Sergeant Skeer
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
as Self
Mindhunters
as Jake Harris
George and the Dragon
as El Cabillo (uncredited)
Spartan
as Scott
Blind Horizon
as Frank Kavanaugh
The Missing
as Lt. Jim Ducharme
No Poster
The Seventh Man
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Wonderland
as John Holmes
Masked and Anonymous
as Animal Wrangler
Hard Cash
as FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell
The Salton Sea
as Tom Van Allen | Danny Parker
The Making of 'Tombstone'
as Self
Red Planet
as Robby Gallagher
Pollock
as Willem DeKooning
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Three Days
as Self
Joe the King
as Bob Henry
At First Sight
as Virgil Adamson
The Prince of Egypt
as Moses (voice)
No Poster
Africa Unbottled
as Self / Narrator
No Poster
The Doors: The Road of Excess
as Self
The Saint
as Simon Templar
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Col. John Henry Patterson
Dead Girl
as Dr. Dark
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery
A Century of Science Fiction
as Self
Heat
as Chris Shiherlis
Batman Forever
as Batman / Bruce Wayne
Wings of Courage
as Jean Mermoz
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
as Self - Batman
Tombstone
as Doc Holliday
The Real McCoy
as J.T. Barker
True Romance
as Mentor
Thunderheart
as Ray Levoi
The Doors
as Jim Morrison
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
as Reader
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
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Philippe Huron
Top Gun
as Ice
Real Genius
as Chris Knight
One Too Many
as Eric
Top Secret!
as Nick Rivers