Val Kilmer

Acting

Born December 31, 1959 — Died April 1, 2025 Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Movies(116)

How to Rob a Bank

Chris Shiherlis (archive footage)

2024

Willow: Behind the Magic

Self / Madmartigan (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023

Top Gun: Maverick

Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky

2022

Val

Self

2021

The Birthday Cake

Uncle Angelo

2021

A Soldier's Revenge

2021

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Self (archive footage)

2021

Paydirt

Sheriff Tucker

2020

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Bluntman

2019

1st Born

Biden

2019

The Super

Walter

2018

The Snowman

Rafto

2017

Song to Song

Duane

2017

Animals

2016

Cinema Twain

Mark Twain

2016

Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

2014

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

Self (archive footage)

2014

Palo Alto

Stewart

2014

Standing Up

Hofstadder

2013

Planes

Bravo (voice)

2013

Twixt: A Documentary

Self

2013

Riddle

Sheriff Richards

2013

The Roadie

2012

The Fourth Dimension

Val Kilmer (segment "The Lotus Community Workshop")

2012

The Lotus Community Workshop

Val Kilmer

2012

7 Below

McCormick

2012

Wyatt Earp's Revenge

Wyatt Earp

2012

Breathless

Dale

2012

Deep in the Heart

The Bearded Man

2012

Twixt

Hall Baltimore

2011

5 Days of War

Dutchman

2011

Blood Out

Arturo

2011

Kill the Irishman

Joe Manditski

2011

The Traveler

Mr. Nobody / Drifter

2010

Gun

Angel

2010

MacGruber

Cunth

2010

The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Himself

2010

Bloodworth

Warren Bloodworth

2010

Double Identity

Dr. Nicholas Pinter

2009

Hardwired

Virgil Kirkhill

2009

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Stevie Pruit

2009

The Thaw

Dr. David Kruipen

2009

American Cowslip

Todd Inglebrink

2009

Streets of Blood

Detective Andy Devereaux

2009

The Steam Experiment

Jimmy

2009

Delgo

Bogardus (voice)

2008

Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family

Narrator (voice)

2008

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

Self

2008

2:22

Maz

2008

Columbus Day

John Cologne

2008

Felon

John Smith

2008

The Love Guru

Val Kilmer (uncredited)

2008

Mon Clown

Self

2008

American Meth

Narrator

2008

Knight Rider

K.I.T.T. (voice)

2008

Conspiracy

MacPherson

2008

Have Dreams, Will Travel

Henderson

2007

Déjà Vu

Paul Pryzwarra

2006

Moscow Zero

Andrey

2006

Dead Man's Bounty

The Wanted Man

2006

Played

Dillon

2006

10th & Wolf

Murtha

2006

The Ten Commandments: The Musical

Moses

2006

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Gay Perry

2005

Champion

Self

2005

The Making of 'Heat'

Self

2005

Trudell

Self - Actor, Friend

2005

Alexander

Philip

2004

Bounty Hunters

Himself

2004

Stateside

Staff Sergeant Skeer

2004

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun

Self

2004

Mindhunters

Jake Harris

2004

George and the Dragon

El Cabillo (uncredited)

2004

Spartan

Scott

2004

Blind Horizon

Frank Kavanaugh

2003

The Missing

Lt. Jim Ducharme

2003

The Seventh Man

Self - Narrator (voice)

2003

Wonderland

John Holmes

2003

Masked and Anonymous

Animal Wrangler

2003

Hard Cash

FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell

2002

The Salton Sea

Tom Van Allen | Danny Parker

2002

The Making of 'Tombstone'

Self

2002

Red Planet

Robby Gallagher

2000

Pollock

Willem DeKooning

2000

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

Self (archive footage)

1999

Three Days

Self

1999

Joe the King

Bob Henry

1999

At First Sight

Virgil Adamson

1999

The Prince of Egypt

Moses (voice)

1998

Africa Unbottled

Self / Narrator

1998

The Doors: The Road of Excess

Self

1997

The Saint

Simon Templar

1997

The Ghost and the Darkness

Col. John Henry Patterson

1996

Dead Girl

Dr. Dark

1996

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Montgomery

1996

A Century of Science Fiction

Self

1996

Heat

Chris Shiherlis

1995

Batman Forever

Bruce Wayne / Batman

1995

Wings of Courage

Jean Mermoz

1995

Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?

Self - Batman

1995

Tombstone

Doc Holliday

1993

The Real McCoy

J.T. Barker

1993

True Romance

Mentor

1993

Thunderheart

Ray Levoi

1992

The Doors

Jim Morrison

1991

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

Reader

1991

Kill Me Again

Jack Andrews

1989

Billy the Kid

William Bonney

1989

Willow

Madmartigan

1988

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

Self / Madmartigan

1988

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts

1987

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Philippe Huron

1986

Top Gun

Ice

1986

Real Genius

Chris Knight

1985

One Too Many

Eric

1985

Top Secret!

Nick Rivers

1984

Val Kilmer

TV Shows(22)

Movies(116)