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Val Kilmer
$\"Kilmer$ Val Kilmer at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Valentine Edward Kilmer (1959-12-31) December 31, 1959 (age 65) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Juilliard School (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981\u2013present
Spouse	\n Joanne Whalley \n (m. 1988; div. 1996)
Children	2, including Jack Kilmer
Website	valkilmer.com

Valentine Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959)^[1]^[2] is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, he found fame after appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984) and Real Genius (1985), as well as the military action film Top Gun (1986) and the fantasy film Willow (1988). Kilmer gained acclaim for his portrayal of Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991). He was cast as a main character in films such as the western Tombstone (1993), and the crime dramas True Romance (1993) and Heat (1995). He portrayed Batman in Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever (1995), and continued to star in films such as The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), The Saint (1997), The Prince of Egypt (1998), Alexander (2004), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), and The Snowman (2017). In 2022, Kilmer reprised his role as Iceman in Top Gun: Maverick (2022).\n

In 2015, Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer; he had a procedure on his trachea that damaged his vocal cords to the point where he had extreme difficulty speaking. He also underwent chemotherapy and two tracheotomies.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] In 2020, he published his memoir, titled I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir.^[7] The 2021 documentary film Val documents his health issues and career. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim.^[8] He was one of the best-paid actors of the 1990s; films featuring him have grossed over $3.5 billion at the worldwide box-office.^[9] In 1992, critic Roger Ebert wrote, \"if there is an award for the most unsung leading man of his generation, Kilmer should get it\".^[10]\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1984\n	Top Secret!\n	Nick Rivers	\n
1985\n	Real Genius\n	Chris Knight	\n
1986\n	Top Gun\n	Lt. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky	\n
1988\n	Willow\n	Madmartigan	\n
1989\n	Kill Me Again\n	Jack Andrews	\n
1991\n	The Doors\n	Jim Morrison	\n
1992\n	Thunderheart\n	FBI Agent Ray Levoi	\n
1993\n	The Real McCoy\n	J.T. Barker	\n
Tombstone\n	Doc Holliday	\n
True Romance\n	Elvis Presley	\n
1995\n	Batman Forever\n	Bruce Wayne / Batman	\n
Heat\n	Chris Shiherlis	\n
Wings of Courage\n	Jean Mermoz	\n
1996\n	The Island of Dr. Moreau\n	Dr. Montgomery	\n
The Ghost and the Darkness\n	Col. John Henry Patterson	\n
Dead Girl\n	Dr. Dark	\n
1997\n	The Saint\n	Simon Templar	\n
1998\n	The Prince of Egypt\n	Moses / God	Voice\n
1999\n	At First Sight\n	Virgil 'Virg' Adamson	\n
Joe the King\n	Bob Henry	\n
2000\n	Pollock\n	Willem de Kooning	\n
Red Planet\n	Robby Gallagher, Engineer	\n
2002\n	The Salton Sea\n	Danny Parker / Tom Van Allen	\n
Hard Cash\n	FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell	Direct-to-video\n
2003\n	Wonderland\n	John Holmes	\n
The Missing\n	Lieutenant Jim Ducharme	\n
Blind Horizon\n	Frank Kavanaugh	\n
Masked and Anonymous\n	Animal Wrangler	\n
2004\n	Spartan\n	Sergeant John / Bobby Scott	\n
Stateside\n	Staff Sergeant Skeer	\n
Alexander\n	Philip II of Macedon	\n
George and the Dragon\n	'El Cabillo'	Uncredited cameo\n
2005\n	Mindhunters\n	FBI Agent Jake Harris	\n
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang\n	Perry Van Shrike	\n
2006\n	Summer Love\n	'The Wanted Man'\n	Direct-to-video\n
Moscow Zero\n	Andrey\n
10th & Wolf\n	Murtha\n	\n
Played\n	Dillon\n	Direct-to-video\n
D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu\n	Agent Paul Pryzwarra	\n
2007\n	Have Dreams, Will Travel\n	Henderson	\n
2008\n	Conspiracy\n	William 'Spooky' MacPherson	Direct-to-video\n
Felon\n	John Smith\n
Delgo\n	General Bogardus	Voice\n
2:22\n	Maz	Direct-to-video\n
Columbus Day\n	John	Direct-to-video; also producer\n
The Love Guru\n	Val Kilmer	Uncredited cameo\n
2009\n	The Chaos Experiment\n	James Pettis	Direct-to-video\n
Streets of Blood\n	Detective Andy Devereaux\n
American Cowslip\n	Todd Inglebrink	\n
The Thaw\n	Dr. David Kruipen	Direct-to-video\n
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans\n	Detective Stevie Pruit	\n
Hardwired\n	Virgil Kirkhill	Direct-to-video\n
Double Identity\n	Dr. Nicholas Pinter / John Charter\n
2010\n	The Traveler\n	The Stranger / Mr. Nobody / Stanley Happerton\n
Bloodworth\n	Warren Bloodworth	\n
MacGruber\n	Dieter Von Cunth	\n
Gun\n	Angel	Direct-to-video\n
2011\n	Kill the Irishman\n	Detective Joe Manditski / Narrator	\n
Blood Out\n	Arturo	Direct-to-video\n
5 Days of War\n	Dutch Journalist	\n
Twixt\n	Hall Baltimore	\n
2012\n	Seven Below\n	Bill McCormick	Direct-to-video\n
Wyatt Earp's Revenge\n	Older Wyatt Earp\n
The Fourth Dimension\n	Val Kilmer	Segment: \"Lotus Community Workshop\"\n
Breathless\n	Dale	Direct-to-video\n
2013\n	Riddle\n	Sheriff Richards\n
Planes\n	Bravo	Voice\n
Standing Up\n	Hofstadder	\n
Palo Alto\n	Stewart	\n
2014\n	Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn\n	Mark Twain	\n
2017\n	Song to Song\n	Duane	\n
The Snowman\n	Gert Rafto	\n
The Super\n	Walter	\n
2018\n	1st Born\n	Biden	\n
2019\n	Jay and Silent Bob Reboot\n	Val Kilmer / Reboot Bluntman	Cameo\n
Cinema Twain\n	Mark Twain	Filmed version of Citizen Twain.^[63]\n
2020\n	A Soldier's Revenge\n	C.J. Connor	\n
Paydirt\n	Sheriff Tucker	\n
2021\n	The Birthday Cake\n	Uncle Angelo	\n
Val\n	Himself	Documentary\n
2022\n	Top Gun: Maverick\n	Admiral Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky	\n
2025\n	Zootopia 2\n	TBA^{[citation needed]}	Voice; Post production\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1983\n	ABC Afterschool Special\n	\n	Episode: \"One Too Many\"\n
1986\n	The Murders in the Rue Morgue\n	Phillipe Huron\n	Television film\n
1987\n	The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains\n	Robert Eliot Burns / Eliot Roberts\n	Television film\n
1989\n	Billy the Kid\n	William H. Bonney / Billy the Kid\n	Television film\n
2000\n	Saturday Night Live\n	Himself\n	Episode: \"Val Kilmer/U2\"\n
2004\n	Entourage\n	The Sherpa\n	Episode: \"The Script and the Sherpa\"\n
2007\n	Numb3rs\n	Mason Lancer\n	Episode: \"Trust Metric\"\n
2008\n	Comanche Moon\n	Inish Scull\n	3 episodes; also associate producer\n
XIII: The Conspiracy\n	Mongoose\n	Television miniseries\n
2008\u20132009\n	Knight Rider\n	KITT\n	Voice 18 episodes; uncredited\n
2013\n	Life's Too Short\n	Himself\n	Episode: \"Special\"\n
Ghost Ghirls\n	Sweetriver Jackson\n	2 episodes\n
2014\n	The Spoils of Babylon\n	General Cauliffe\n	3 episodes\n
Psych\n	Detective Dobson\n	Episode: \"The Break-Up\"\n
2021\n	The Choe Show\n	Himself\n	\n
2022\n	Willow\n	Madmartigan\n	Archive footage\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Venue\n
1981\n	Henry IV, Part 1\n	Hotspur / Ensemble\n	Delacorte Theatre, Off-Broadway\n
1983\n	The Slab Boys\n	Alan Downie\n	Playhouse Theatre, Broadway\n
1992\n	'Tis Pity She's a Whore\n	Giovanni\n	The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway\n
2004\n	The Ten Commandments: The Musical\n	Moses\n	Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles\n
2005\n	The Postman Always Rings Twice\n	Frank\n	Playhouse Theatre, London\n
2012\n	Citizen Twain\n	Mark Twain\n	The Masonic Lodge, Los Angeles\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
2012\n	\"To Be the Best\"\n	Himself\n	Tenacious D\n
2016\n	\"Animals\"\n	Himself\n	Oneohtrix Point Never\n

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