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.
115 movies · 23 shows
Willow: Behind the Magic
2023·4.3
Top Gun: Maverick
2022·8.2
Val
2021·7.2
The Birthday Cake
2021·5.1
A Soldier's Revenge
2021·5.0
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021·5.0
Paydirt
2020·5.6
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019·5.7
1st Born
2019·5.7
The Super
2018·5.1
The Snowman
2017·5.2
Song to Song
2017·5.5
Animals
2016·0.0
Cinema Twain
2016·7.0
Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
2014·5.4
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014·6.7
Palo Alto
2014·6.1
Standing Up
2013·6.6
Planes
2013·5.9
Twixt: A Documentary
2013·0.0
Riddle
2013·4.6
The Roadie
2012·6.0
The Fourth Dimension
2012·5.5
The Lotus Community Workshop
2012·0.0
7 Below
2012·3.6
Wyatt Earp's Revenge
2012·4.4
Breathless
2012·5.9
Deep in the Heart
2012·5.1
Twixt
2011·5.1
5 Days of War
2011·5.7
Blood Out
2011·5.2
Kill the Irishman
2011·6.8
The Traveler
2010·5.4
Gun
2010·5.2
MacGruber
2010·5.4
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2010·10.0
Bloodworth
2010·6.5
Double Identity
2009·4.8
Hardwired
2009·5.1
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009·6.2
The Thaw
2009·5.7
American Cowslip
2009·5.1
Streets of Blood
2009·4.3
The Steam Experiment
2009·4.1
Delgo
2008·4.6
Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family
2008·0.0
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008·0.0
2:22
2008·5.1
Columbus Day
2008·5.0
Felon
2008·7.1
The Love Guru
2008·4.1
Mon Clown
2008·7.0
American Meth
2008·6.6
Knight Rider
2008·6.3
Conspiracy
2008·5.4
Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007·7.6
Déjà Vu
2006·6.9
Moscow Zero
2006·3.4
Dead Man's Bounty
2006·3.5
Played
2006·3.9
10th & Wolf
2006·5.9
The Ten Commandments: The Musical
2006·6.7
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005·7.2
Champion
2005·6.6
The Making of 'Heat'
2005·6.3
Trudell
2005·5.7
Alexander
2004·6.0
Bounty Hunters
2004·9.0
Stateside
2004·5.1
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
2004·8.0
Mindhunters
2004·6.5
George and the Dragon
2004·5.5
Spartan
2004·6.2
Blind Horizon
2003·5.8
The Missing
2003·6.3
The Seventh Man
2003·9.0
Wonderland
2003·6.1
Masked and Anonymous
2003·5.2
Hard Cash
2002·4.6
The Salton Sea
2002·6.6
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002·5.0
Red Planet
2000·5.7
Pollock
2000·6.7
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999·6.6
Three Days
1999·7.5
Joe the King
1999·5.9
At First Sight
1999·6.0
The Prince of Egypt
1998·7.3
Africa Unbottled
1998·0.0
The Doors: The Road of Excess
1997·9.0
The Saint
1997·6.1
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996·6.8
Dead Girl
1996·4.8
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996·4.9
A Century of Science Fiction
1996·6.9
Heat
1995·7.9
Batman Forever
1995·5.5
Wings of Courage
1995·6.7
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
1995·7.0
Tombstone
1993·7.6
The Real McCoy
1993·5.7
True Romance
1993·7.5
Thunderheart
1992·6.3
The Doors
1991·7.1
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991·6.3
Kill Me Again
1989·6.2
Billy the Kid
1989·7.1
Willow
1988·7.0
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988·7.3
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987·6.7
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986·6.0
Top Gun
1986·7.1
Real Genius
1985·6.7
One Too Many
1985·0.0
Top Secret!
1984·7.1