Val Kilmer
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.
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Acting History
2024
How to Rob a Bank as Chris Shiherlis (archive footage)
2023Willow: Behind the Magic as Self / Madmartigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022Top Gun: Maverick as Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
2021Val as Self
2021The Choe Show as Self
2021The Birthday Cake as Uncle Angelo
2021A Soldier's Revenge as CJ
2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2020Paydirt as Sheriff Tucker
2019Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Bluntman
20191st Born as Biden
2018The Super as Walter
2017The Snowman as Rafto
2017Song to Song as Duane
2016Animals
2016Cinema Twain as Mark Twain
2014Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn as Mark Twain
2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
2014Palo Alto as Stewart
2014The Spoils of Babylon as General Cauliffe
2013Standing Up as Hofstadder
2013Planes as Bravo (voice)
2013Twixt: A Documentary as Self
2013Riddle as Sheriff Richards
2012The Fourth Dimension as Val Kilmer (segment "The Lotus Community Workshop")
2012The Roadie
2012The Lotus Community Workshop as Val Kilmer
20127 Below as McCormick
2012Wyatt Earp's Revenge as Wyatt Earp
2012Breathless as Dale
2012Deep in the Heart as The Bearded Man
2011Twixt as Hall Baltimore
20115 Days of War as Dutchman
2011Blood Out as Arturo
2011Kill the Irishman as Joe Manditski
2010The Traveler as Mr. Nobody / Drifter
2010Gun as Angel
2010MacGruber as Cunth
2010The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans as Himself
2010Bloodworth as Warren Bloodworth
2009Double Identity as Dr. Nicholas Pinter
2009Hardwired as Virgil Kirkhill
2009Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans as Stevie Pruit
2009The Thaw as Dr. David Kruipen
2009American Cowslip as Todd Inglebrink
2009Streets of Blood as Detective Andy Devereaux
2009The Steam Experiment as Jimmy
2008Delgo as Bogardus (voice)
2008Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family as Narrator (voice)
2008Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight as Self
2008XIII as La Mangouste
2008Knight Rider as KITT (voice)
20082:22 as Maz
2008Columbus Day as John Cologne
2008Felon as John Smith
2008The Love Guru as Val Kilmer (uncredited)
2008Mon Clown as Self
2008American Meth as Narrator
2008Knight Rider as K.I.T.T. (voice)
2008Conspiracy as MacPherson
2008Comanche Moon as Inish Scull
2007Have Dreams, Will Travel as Henderson
2006Déjà Vu as Paul Pryzwarra
2006Moscow Zero as Andrey
2006Dead Man's Bounty as The Wanted Man
2006Psych as Detective Dobson
2006Played as Dillon
200610th & Wolf as Murtha
2006The Ten Commandments: The Musical as Moses
2005The Reichen Show as Self
2005The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Gay Perry
2005Nigella as Self
2005Champion as Self
2005The Making of 'Heat' as Self
2005Numb3rs as Mason Lancer
2005Trudell as Self - Actor, Friend
2004Alexander as Philip
2004Biography: Val Kilmer as Self
2004Bounty Hunters as Himself
2004Entourage as The Sherpa
2004Stateside as Staff Sergeant Skeer
2004Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
2004Mindhunters as Jake Harris
2004George and the Dragon as El Cabillo (uncredited)
2004Spartan as Scott
2003Blind Horizon as Frank Kavanaugh
2003The Missing as Lt. Jim Ducharme
2003The Seventh Man as Self - Narrator (voice)
2003Wonderland as John Holmes
2003Masked and Anonymous as Animal Wrangler
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002V Graham Norton as Self
2002Hard Cash as FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell
2002The Salton Sea as Tom Van Allen | Danny Parker
2002The Making of 'Tombstone' as Self
2000Red Planet as Robby Gallagher
2000Pollock as Willem DeKooning
1999The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self (archive footage)
1999Three Days as Self
1999Joe the King as Bob Henry
1999At First Sight as Virgil Adamson
1998The Prince of Egypt as Moses (voice)
1998Vivement dimanche as Self
1998Africa Unbottled as Self / Narrator
1997The Doors: The Road of Excess as Self
1997The Saint as Simon Templar
1996The Ghost and the Darkness as Col. John Henry Patterson
1996Dead Girl as Dr. Dark
1996The Island of Dr. Moreau as Montgomery
1996The Daily Show as Self
1996A Century of Science Fiction as Self
1995Heat as Chris Shiherlis
1995Wings of Courage as Jean Mermoz
1995Batman Forever as Bruce Wayne / Batman
1995Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? as Self - Batman
1994Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993Tombstone as Doc Holliday
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993The Real McCoy as J.T. Barker
1993True Romance as Mentor
1992Thunderheart as Ray Levoi
1991The Doors as Jim Morrison
1991Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers as Reader
1989Kill Me Again as Jack Andrews
1989Billy the Kid as William Bonney
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1988Willow as Madmartigan
1988Willow: The Making of an Adventure as Self / Madmartigan
1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains as Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
1986The Murders in the Rue Morgue as Philippe Huron
1986Top Gun as Ice
1985Real Genius as Chris Knight
1985One Too Many as Eric
1984Top Secret! as Nick Rivers
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1972ABC Afterschool Special as Eric
1953The Oscars as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member