Val Kilmer biography
Val Kilmer was an American actor, born on 31 December 1959 in Los Angeles, who died on 1 April 2025.
Val Kilmer's screen career began in 1984 with Top Secret!, playing Nick Rivers.
Val Kilmer appeared in 82 films and 15 television or streaming titles between 1984 and 2022.
Val Kilmer is remembered for Top Gun, Willow, The Doors, Heat.
- Also known as
- Val Edward Kilmer
- Born
- 31 December 1959
- Died
- 1 April 2025 (aged 65)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles
- Work
- Film actor, Voice actor, Television actor, Stage actor, Actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1982 to 2022
- Known for
- Top Gun, Willow, The Doors, Heat, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Batman Forever
Val Kilmer filmography
83 films and 15 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As Deep as the Grave | Father Fintan | Upcoming | ||
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Admiral Tom "Iceman" Kazansky | ||
| 2021 | The Birthday Cake | Uncle Angelo | ||
| 2020 | Paydirt | Sheriff Tucker | ||
| 2020 | A Soldier's Revenge | C.J. Connor | ||
| 2019 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Val Kilmer / Reboot Bluntman | Cameo | |
| 2019 | Cinema Twain | Mark Twain | Filmed version of Citizen Twain. | |
| 2019 | 1st Born | Biden | ||
| 2017 | The Snowman | Gert Rafto | ||
| 2017 | Song to Song | Duane | ||
| 2017 | The Super | Walter | ||
| 2014 | Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | ||
| 2014 | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau | English | ||
| 2013 | Palo Alto | Stewart | ||
| 2013 | Standing Up | Hofstadder | ||
| 2013 | Riddle | Sheriff Richards | Direct-to-video | |
| 2013 | Planes | Bravo | Voice | |
| 2012 | The Fourth Dimension | Val Kilmer | Segment: "Lotus Community Workshop" | |
| 2012 | Seven Below | Bill McCormick | Direct-to-video | |
| 2012 | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | Older Wyatt Earp | Direct-to-video | |
| 2012 | Breathless | Dale | Direct-to-video | |
| 2011 | 5 Days of War | Dutch Journalist | ||
| 2011 | Kill the Irishman | Detective Joe Manditski / Narrator | ||
| 2011 | Twixt | Hall Baltimore | ||
| 2011 | Blood Out | Arturo | Direct-to-video |
Show all 83 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Spider-Man: Edge of Time | Walker Sloan | ||
| 2010 | Bloodworth | Warren Bloodworth | ||
| 2010 | The Traveler | The Stranger / Mr. Nobody / Stanley Happerton | Direct-to-video | |
| 2010 | MacGruber | Dieter Von Cunth | ||
| 2010 | Gun | Angel | Direct-to-video | |
| 2009 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Detective Stevie Pruit | ||
| 2009 | The Thaw | Dr. David Kruipen | Direct-to-video | |
| 2009 | The Chaos Experiment | James Pettis | Direct-to-video | |
| 2009 | Streets of Blood | Detective Andy Devereaux | Direct-to-video | |
| 2009 | Hardwired | Virgil Kirkhill | Direct-to-video | |
| 2009 | Double Identity | Dr. Nicholas Pinter / John Charter | Direct-to-video | |
| 2009 | American Cowslip | Todd Inglebrink | ||
| 2008 | The Love Guru | Val Kilmer | Uncredited cameo | |
| 2008 | Delgo | General Bogardus | Voice | |
| 2008 | Conspiracy | William "Spooky" MacPherson | Direct-to-video | |
| 2008 | Felon | John Smith | Direct-to-video | |
| 2008 | Columbus Day | John | Direct-to-video; also producer | |
| 2008 | 2:22 | Maz | Direct-to-video | |
| 2007 | Have Dreams, Will Travel | Henderson | ||
| 2006 | Moscow Zero | Andrey | Direct-to-video | |
| 2006 | Déjà Vu | Agent Paul Pryzwarra | ||
| 2006 | 10th & Wolf | Murtha | ||
| 2006 | Summer Love | "The Wanted Man" | Direct-to-video | |
| 2006 | Played | Dillon | Direct-to-video | |
| 2005 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Perry Van Shrike | ||
| 2005 | Mindhunters | FBI Agent Jake Harris | ||
| 2004 | Stateside | Staff Sergeant Skeer | ||
| 2004 | Spartan | Sergeant John / Bobby Scott | ||
| 2004 | George and the Dragon | "El Cabillo" | Uncredited cameo | |
| 2004 | Alexander | Philip II of Macedon | ||
| 2003 | Wonderland | John Holmes | ||
| 2003 | The Missing | Lieutenant Jim Ducharme | ||
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Animal Wrangler | ||
| 2003 | Blind Horizon | Frank Kavanaugh | ||
| 2002 | The Salton Sea | Danny Parker / Tom Van Allen | ||
| 2002 | Hard Cash | FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell | Direct-to-video | |
| 2000 | Red Planet | Robby Gallagher, engineer | ||
| 2000 | Pollock | Willem de Kooning | ||
| 1999 | Joe the King | Bob Henry | ||
| 1999 | At First Sight | Virgil "Virg" Adamson | ||
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Moses / God | Voice | |
| 1997 | The Saint | Simon Templar | ||
| 1996 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | Dr. Montgomery | ||
| 1996 | The Ghost and the Darkness | Col. John Henry Patterson | ||
| 1996 | Dead Girl | Dr. Dark | ||
| 1995 | Wings of Courage | Jean Mermoz | Short film | |
| 1995 | Batman Forever | Bruce Wayne / Batman | ||
| 1995 | Heat | Chris Shiherlis | ||
| 1993 | Tombstone | Doc Holliday | ||
| 1993 | The Real McCoy | J.T. Barker | ||
| 1993 | True Romance | Elvis Presley | ||
| 1992 | Thunderheart | FBI Agent Ray Levoi | ||
| 1991 | The Doors | Jim Morrison | ||
| 1989 | Kill Me Again | Jack Andrews | ||
| 1988 | Willow | Madmartigan | ||
| 1986 | Top Gun | Lt. Tom "Iceman" Kazansky | ||
| 1985 | Real Genius | Chris Knight | ||
| 1984 | Top Secret! | Nick Rivers |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Willow | Madmartigan | Archive footage | |
| 2014 | The Spoils of Babylon | General Cauliffe | 3 episodes | |
| 2014 | Psych | Detective Dobson | Episode: "The Break-Up" | |
| 2013 | Special | English | ||
| 2013 | Ghost Ghirls | Sweetriver Jackson | 2 episodes | |
| 2008 | XIII: The Conspiracy | Mongoose | Television film | |
| 2008 | Knight Rider | KITT | Voice; uncredited | |
| 2008 | Comanche Moon | Inish Scull | Miniseries; also associate producer | |
| 2007 | Trust Metric | English | ||
| 2007 | Numb3rs | Mason Lancer | Episode: "Trust Metric" | |
| 2004 | Entourage | The Sherpa | Episode: "The Script and the Sherpa" | |
| 1989 | Billy the Kid | William H. Bonney / Billy the Kid | Television film | |
| 1987 | The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Robert Eliot Burns / Eliot Roberts | Television film | |
| 1986 | The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Phillipe Huron | Television film | |
| 1985 | ABC Afterschool Special | Episode: "One Too Many"; filmed in 1983 |