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.

Filmography

• 2022Top Gun: Maverick — Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
• 2021A Soldier's Revenge — CJ
• 2021The Birthday Cake — Uncle Angelo
• 2021Val — Self, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2020Paydirt — Sheriff Tucker
• 20191st Born — Biden
• 2019Jay and Silent Bob Reboot — Bluntman
• 2018The Super — Walter
• 2017Song to Song — Duane
• 2017The Snowman — Rafto
• 2016Cinema Twain — Mark Twain, Director, Producer, Writer
• 2014Palo Alto — Stewart
• The Spoils of Babylon — General Cauliffe
• 2014Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn — Mark Twain
• 2013Planes — Bravo (voice)
• 2013Riddle — Sheriff Richards
• 2013Standing Up — Hofstadder
• 20127 Below — McCormick
• 2012Breathless — Dale
• 2012Deep in the Heart — The Bearded Man
• 2012The Fourth Dimension — Val Kilmer (segment "The Lotus Community Workshop")
• 2012The Lotus Community Workshop — Val Kilmer
• 2012The Roadie
• 2012Wyatt Earp's Revenge — Wyatt Earp
• 20115 Days of War — Dutchman
• 2011Blood Out — Arturo
• 2011Kill the Irishman — Joe Manditski
• 2011Twixt — Hall Baltimore, Songs
• 2010Bloodworth — Warren Bloodworth
• 2010Gun — Angel
• 2010MacGruber — Cunth
• 2010The Traveler — Mr. Nobody / Drifter
• 2009American Cowslip — Todd Inglebrink
• 2009Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans — Stevie Pruit
• 2009Double Identity — Dr. Nicholas Pinter
• 2009Hardwired — Virgil Kirkhill
• 2009Streets of Blood — Detective Andy Devereaux
• 2009The Steam Experiment — Jimmy
• 2009The Thaw — Dr. David Kruipen
• 20082:22 — Maz
• 2008American Meth — Narrator
• 2008Columbus Day — John Cologne
• Comanche Moon — Inish Scull, Associate Producer
• 2008Conspiracy — MacPherson
• 2008Delgo — Bogardus (voice)
• 2008Felon — John Smith
• 2008Knight Rider — K.I.T.T. (voice)
• Knight Rider — KITT (voice)
• 2008The Love Guru — Val Kilmer (uncredited)
• 2008Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family — Narrator (voice)
• XIII — La Mangouste
• 2007Have Dreams, Will Travel — Henderson
• 200610th & Wolf — Murtha
• 2006Dead Man's Bounty — The Wanted Man
• 2006Déjà Vu — Paul Pryzwarra
• 2006Moscow Zero — Andrey
• 2006Played — Dillon
• Psych — Detective Dobson
• 2006The Ten Commandments: The Musical — Moses
• 2005Kiss Kiss Bang Bang — Gay Perry
• Numb3rs — Mason Lancer
• The Showbiz Show with David Spade
• 2005Trudell — Self - Actor, Friend
• 2004Alexander — Philip
• Entourage — The Sherpa
• 2004George and the Dragon — El Cabillo (uncredited)
• 2004Mindhunters — Jake Harris
• 2004Spartan — Scott
• 2004Stateside — Staff Sergeant Skeer
• 2003Blind Horizon — Frank Kavanaugh
• 2003Masked and Anonymous — Animal Wrangler
• 2003The Missing — Lt. Jim Ducharme
• 2003Wonderland — John Holmes
• 2002Hard Cash — FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell
• 2002The Salton Sea — Tom Van Allen | Danny Parker
• 2000Pollock — Willem DeKooning
• 2000Red Planet — Robby Gallagher
• 1999At First Sight — Virgil Adamson
• 1999Joe the King — Bob Henry
• 1998Africa Unbottled — Self / Narrator, Producer
• 1998The Prince of Egypt — Moses (voice)
• 1997The Saint — Simon Templar
• 1996Dead Girl — Dr. Dark
• 1996The Ghost and the Darkness — Col. John Henry Patterson
• 1996The Island of Dr. Moreau — Montgomery
• 1995Batman Forever — Batman / Bruce Wayne
• 1995Heat — Chris Shiherlis
• 1995Wings of Courage — Jean Mermoz
• 1993The Real McCoy — J.T. Barker
• 1993Tombstone — Doc Holliday
• 1993True Romance — Mentor
• 1992Thunderheart — Ray Levoi
• 1991Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers — Reader
• 1991The Doors — Jim Morrison
• 1989Billy the Kid — William Bonney
• 1989Kill Me Again — Jack Andrews
• 1988Willow — Madmartigan
• 1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains — Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
• 1986The Murders in the Rue Morgue — Philippe Huron
• 1986Top Gun — Ice
• 1985One Too Many — Eric
• 1985Real Genius — Chris Knight
• 1984Top Secret! — Nick Rivers
• ABC Afterschool Special — Eric

Appearances as themselves (33)

• 2023Willow: Behind the Magic — Self / Madmartigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend — Self (archive footage)
• The Choe Show — Self
• 2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Twixt: A Documentary — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2010The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans — Himself
• 2008Mon Clown — Self
• 2008Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight — Self
• 2005Champion — Self
• Nigella — Self
• 2005The Making of 'Heat' — Self
• The Reichen Show — Self
• 2004Bounty Hunters — Himself
• 2004Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• 2003The Seventh Man — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2002The Making of 'Tombstone' — Self
• V Graham Norton — Self
• 1999The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Three Days — Self
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• 1997The Doors: The Road of Excess — Self
• 1996A Century of Science Fiction — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• 1995Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? — Self - Batman
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• 1988Willow: The Making of an Adventure — Self / Madmartigan
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Audience Member