Val Kilmer
Acting1959Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Acting History
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
A Soldier's Revenge
as CJ
The Birthday Cake
as Uncle Angelo
Val
as Self
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
The Choe Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Val
Producer
Val
Director of Photography
2020
Paydirt
as Sheriff Tucker
2019
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
as Bluntman
1st Born
as Biden
2018
The Super
as Walter
2017
Song to Song
as Duane
The Snowman
as Rafto
2016
2014
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
Psych
TVas Detective Dobson• 1 eps
The Spoils of Babylon
TVas General Cauliffe• 6 eps
2013
2012
7 Below
as McCormick
The Fourth Dimension
as Val Kilmer (segment "The Lotus Community Workshop")
Wyatt Earp's Revenge
as Wyatt Earp
Deep in the Heart
as The Bearded Man
Breathless
as Dale
The Lotus Community Workshop
as Val Kilmer
2011
Kill the Irishman
as Joe Manditski
Twixt
as Hall Baltimore
5 Days of War
as Dutchman
Blood Out
as Arturo
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)• 1 eps
Twixt
Songs
2010
2009
Hardwired
as Virgil Kirkhill
The Thaw
as Dr. David Kruipen
Streets of Blood
as Detective Andy Devereaux
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
as Stevie Pruit
The Steam Experiment
as Jimmy
Double Identity
as Dr. Nicholas Pinter
American Cowslip
as Todd Inglebrink
2008
Delgo
as Bogardus (voice)
2:22
as Maz
Conspiracy
as MacPherson
American Meth
as Narrator
Knight Rider
as K.I.T.T. (voice)
Felon
as John Smith
Columbus Day
as John Cologne
The Love Guru
as Val Kilmer (uncredited)
Mon Clown
as Self
Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family
as Narrator (voice)
XIII
TVas La Mangouste• 2 eps
Comanche Moon
TVas Inish Scull• 3 eps
Knight Rider
TVas KITT (voice)• 17 eps
2007
Have Dreams, Will Travel
as Henderson
Numb3rs
TVas Mason Lancer• 1 eps
2006
10th & Wolf
as Murtha
Dead Man's Bounty
as The Wanted Man
Déjà Vu
as Paul Pryzwarra
Moscow Zero
as Andrey
Played
as Dillon
The Reichen Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
2005
Champion
as Self
Trudell
as Self - Actor, Friend
The Making of 'Heat'
as Self
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
as Gay Perry
Inside the Actors Studio
TVas Self• 2 eps
Nigella
TVas Self• 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self• 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self• 2 eps
2004
Mindhunters
as Jake Harris
George and the Dragon
as El Cabillo (uncredited)
Biography: Val Kilmer
as Self
Stateside
as Staff Sergeant Skeer
Spartan
as Scott
Alexander
as Philip
Bounty Hunters
as Himself
Entourage
TVas The Sherpa• 1 eps
2003
Masked and Anonymous
as Animal Wrangler
Wonderland
as John Holmes
The Missing
as Lt. Jim Ducharme
The Seventh Man
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Blind Horizon
as Frank Kavanaugh
V Graham Norton
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Daily Show
TVas Self• 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TVas Self - Guest• 2 eps
2002
The Making of 'Tombstone'
as Self
Hard Cash
as FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell
The Salton Sea
as Tom Van Allen | Danny Parker
2000
Red Planet
as Robby Gallagher
Pollock
as Willem DeKooning
1999
Joe the King
as Bob Henry
At First Sight
as Virgil Adamson
Three Days
as Self
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Vivement dimanche
TVas Self• 1 eps
1998
1997
The Saint
as Simon Templar
1996
Dead Girl
as Dr. Dark
A Century of Science Fiction
as Self
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Col. John Henry Patterson
1995
Heat
as Chris Shiherlis
Wings of Courage
as Jean Mermoz
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
as Self - Batman
Batman Forever
as Bruce Wayne / Batman
1994
The Oscars
TVas Self• 2 eps
1993
1992
Thunderheart
as Ray Levoi
1991
The Doors
as Jim Morrison
1989
Kill Me Again
as Jack Andrews
Billy the Kid
as William Bonney
1988
Willow
as Madmartigan
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
as Self / Madmartigan
1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
1986
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Philippe Huron
Top Gun
as Ice
1985
1984
Top Secret!
as Nick Rivers
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Audience Member• 1 eps