Biography
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 Mo...
Known For
Complete Filmography

How to Rob a Bank
2024
as Chris Shiherlis (archive footage)
In this true-crime documentary, a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle pulls off an unprecedented string of bank robberies straight out of the movies.

Willow: Behind the Magic
2023
as Self / Madmartigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Featuring the breakout stars from the series and returning legends, this documentary takes viewers behind the scenes for an in-depth look at the makin...

Top Gun: Maverick
2022
as Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” ...

Val
2021
as Self
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film a...

Val
2021
Producer, Cinematography
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film a...

The Birthday Cake
2021
as Uncle Angelo
On the 10th anniversary of his father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of bringing a cake to the home of his uncle, a mob boss, for a ce...

A Soldier's Revenge
2021
as CJ
Haunted by wartime horrors, Civil War soldier-turned-bounty-hunter Frank Connor spends his time post-war polishing off two things: whiskey and fugitiv...
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey Keitel a fairy and how did we all almost become die...

Paydirt
2020
as Sheriff Tucker
A parolee teams up with his old crew determined to find a buried bag of cash stolen a decade ago from a DEA bust gone bad, while being tracked by a re...

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
as Bluntman
Jay and Silent Bob embark on a cross-country mission to stop Hollywood from rebooting a film based on their comic book characters Bluntman and Chronic...

1st Born
2019
as Biden
Tucker and Hamid are going to be grandfathers for the first time, but only if they can come together long enough to save their first-born grandchild.

The Super
2018
as Walter
A man becomes the superintendent of a large New York City apartment building where people mysteriously go missing.

The Snowman
2017
as Rafto
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

Song to Song
2017
as Duane
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook ...
Animals
2016
A ghostly voice sings about transience while the camera glides past closed curtains, capturing the expressive, lived-in face of a dozing Val Kilmer. R...

Cinema Twain
2016
as Mark Twain
Val Kilmer, master of reinvention, becomes Mark Twain, in a funny, moving, contemporary and reflective performance, based on the life of the man who w...

Cinema Twain
2016
Director, Producer, Writer
Val Kilmer, master of reinvention, becomes Mark Twain, in a funny, moving, contemporary and reflective performance, based on the life of the man who w...

Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
2014
as Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witn...

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big scr...

Palo Alto
2013
as Stewart
A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

Standing Up
2013
as Hofstadder
Based on one of the most beloved Young Adult novels of all time: Two kids are stripped naked and left together on an island in a lake - victims of a v...

Planes
2013
as Bravo (voice)
Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his...

Twixt: A Documentary
2013
as Self
The making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Twixt," directed by his granddaughter Gia.

Riddle
2013
as Sheriff Richards
Holly & Nathan Teller live in a small town in Pennsylvania. Holly is on the cheerleading team and has a close relationship with her younger brothe...

The Fourth Dimension
2012
as Val Kilmer (segment "The Lotus Community Workshop")
Created under a “manifesto” whose directives would make Lars von Trier shudder, this three-part film might look on paper like an exercise in forced hi...

The Roadie
2012
Tenacious D search for a new roadie when they find one of the most amazing Roadies that has ever toured the roads (Danny McBride)

The Lotus Community Workshop
2012
as Val Kilmer
A former actor-turned-self-help guru holds a motivational workshop in a skating rink, lives in a mansion and rides BMX bikes with his girlfriend.

7 Below
2012
as McCormick
A group of strangers is trapped in a time warp house where a terrible event transpired exactly 100 years prior.

Wyatt Earp's Revenge
2012
as Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp is approached by a journalist for an interview about how he became a famous sheriff. Earp told the story of how he was a fearless U.S. Mars...

Breathless
2012
as Dale
Lorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband, Dale’s, criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists t...

Deep in the Heart
2012
as The Bearded Man
An alcoholic man refocuses himself on putting kids through college via 4H and FFA scholarship donations. Guiding him is a spiritual figure he calls "T...

Twixt
2011
as Hall Baltimore
A struggling horror writer visiting a small town on a book tour gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he i...

5 Days of War
2011
as Dutchman
An American journalist and his cameraman are caught in the combat zone during the first Russian airstrikes against Georgia. Rescuing Tatia, a young Ge...

Blood Out
2011
as Arturo
When big city detectives refuse to further investigate his kid brother's gang related murder, small town Sheriff Michael Spencer drops the badge and g...

Kill the Irishman
2011
as Joe Manditski
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian...

The Traveler
2010
as Mr. Nobody / Drifter
On a dark Christmas Eve in a small town, the lone Sheriffs on the night shift encounter a mysterious man who goes by the name of Mr. Nobody. As the ni...

Gun
2010
as Angel
The Detroit Police launches a full-scale war against gun runners with the cooperation of the Feds and target a criminal named Rich. When a gun exchang...

MacGruber
2010
as Cunth
Ex-special operative MacGruber is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth, who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and b...

The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2010
as Himself
Behind the scenes documentary for Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Features interviews and on-set footage.

Bloodworth
2010
as Warren Bloodworth
E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - after forty years of roaming. The wife he walked out on has withered and ...

Double Identity
2009
as Dr. Nicholas Pinter
In Chechnya, an American doctor takes a detour in life when he helps a mysterious woman escape from her would-be assailant.

Hardwired
2009
as Virgil Kirkhill
After a tragic accident Luke Gibson is left with critical injuries and complete amnesia. A new technological breakthrough from the Hexx Corporation - ...

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
2009
as Stevie Pruit
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to hi...

The Thaw
2009
as Dr. David Kruipen
At a remote Arctic research station, four ecology students discover the real horror of global warming is not the melting ice, but what's frozen within...

American Cowslip
2009
as Todd Inglebrink
In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with ...

Streets of Blood
2009
as Detective Andy Devereaux
A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows...

The Steam Experiment
2009
as Jimmy
A deranged scientist locks 6 people in a steam room and threatens to turn up the heat if the local paper doesn't publish his story about global warmin...

Delgo
2008
as Bogardus (voice)
In a divided land, it takes a rebellious boy and his clandestine love for a Princess of an opposing race to stop a war orchestrated by a power hungry ...

Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family
2008
as Narrator (voice)
In decades past, Native American artists who wanted to sell to mainstream collectors had little choice but to create predictable, Hollywood-style west...

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
as Self
A 6 part documentary of making of Batman franchise.

2:22
2008
as Maz
The plan was easy; the job was not. On a snowy night a tight crew of four criminals plan to pull off a routine heist. When things go horribly wrong, f...

Columbus Day
2008
as John Cologne
A thief tries to fix the damage done during the biggest heist of his career.

Felon
2008
as John Smith
A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

The Love Guru
2008
as Val Kilmer (uncredited)
Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skill...

Mon Clown
2008
as Self
Documentary from French TV channel Canal+ about Marion Cotillard's road to the Oscar for her performance as French singer Édith Piaf in the 2007 film ...
American Meth
2008
as Narrator
Actor Val Kilmer narrates this powerful film exploring the methamphetamine epidemic that's ravaged blue-collar America. Putting a human face on the pr...

Knight Rider
2008
as K.I.T.T. (voice)
When a group of ruthless mercenaries kill a reclusive scientist, his creation, a new model of artificially intelligent supercar, escapes to find his d...

Conspiracy
2008
as MacPherson
A Gulf War veteran with PTSD heads to a small town to find his friend. When he arrives his friend and his family have vanished and the townsfolk afrai...

Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007
as Henderson
West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally ...

Déjà Vu
2006
as Paul Pryzwarra
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the sce...

Moscow Zero
2006
as Andrey
In Moscow, the priest Owen hires a team to guide him in the underworld to find his friend Sergei that is missing while researching the legend about th...

Dead Man's Bounty
2006
as The Wanted Man
A mysterious loner rides into a small town carrying the body of a sought-after outlaw. But after he gambles his bounty away in a card game with the sh...

Played
2006
as Dillon
An examination of the malevolent London underworld with it's despicable criminal underground. Ray (Mick Rossi) just finished an eight year prison sent...

10th & Wolf
2006
as Murtha
A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with ...

The Ten Commandments: The Musical
2006
as Moses
The tale of two brothers, Moses and Ramses: united by love, divided by destiny, they lead their two nations in an epic struggle between slavery and li...

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005
as Gay Perry
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along wi...

Champion
2005
as Self
Danny Trejo, you know the man. He has fierce tattoos, and frequently plays a thug in your favorite movies. Behind the ink and the wicked characters he...

The Making of 'Heat'
2005
as Self
Behind the scenes documentary on the classic Michael Mann heist film.

Trudell
2005
as Self - Actor, Friend
A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances and politics.

Alexander
2004
as Philip
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then ...
Biography: Val Kilmer
2004
as Self
A&E's Biography of Val Kilmer.

Bounty Hunters
2004
as Himself
The first ever documentary film to give the viewer the real inside story on the controversial profession of Bounty Hunting. Narrated by Val Kilmer, th...

Stateside
2004
as Staff Sergeant Skeer
The film follows a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with a female musician. The relationship is threatened when she dev...

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
2004
as Self
A comprehensive 6-part documentary on the making of "Top Gun" featuring all-new interviews with the cast and crew. Available on Disc 2 of the "Top Gun...

Mindhunters
2004
as Jake Harris
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very lo...

George and the Dragon
2004
as El Cabillo (uncredited)
In 12th century England, the handsome and noble knight, George, has left the Crusades behind to follow his dream of a peaceful life on his own piece o...

Spartan
2004
as Scott
U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get thi...

Blind Horizon
2003
as Frank Kavanaugh
Left for dead in the remote Southwest, Frank is found clinging to life and in a state of amnesia. As he recovers, ominous memories begin to flash back...

The Missing
2003
as Lt. Jim Ducharme
When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of...
The Seventh Man
2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The story chronicles 2 years in the life of the best 6-man football team in Texas, the Panther Creek Panthers.

Wonderland
2003
as John Holmes
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The...

Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Animal Wrangler
A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on ...

Hard Cash
2002
as FBI Agent Mark C. Cornell
Released from prison, an infamous thief and his new crew pull of a brilliant robbery but then become embroiled with a corrupt FBI agent when they disc...

The Salton Sea
2002
as Tom Van Allen | Danny Parker
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriend...

Red Planet
2000
as Robby Gallagher
Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

Pollock
2000
as Willem DeKooning
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United Sta...

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
as Self (archive footage)
The making of The Prince of Egypt (1998).

Three Days
1999
as Self
Three Days is a feature film exploring the on-and-off-tour lives of Jane's Addiction. Set predominately on their 1997 'Relapse Tour', this docu-drama ...

Joe the King
1999
as Bob Henry
A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing se...

At First Sight
1999
as Virgil Adamson
A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.

The Prince of Egypt
1998
as Moses (voice)
The strong bond between two brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences.
Africa Unbottled
1998
as Self / Narrator
Hosted by Val Kilmer, the documentary follows playwright Nicholas Ellenbogen as he travels to remote communities in six different African countries. I...
Africa Unbottled
1998
Producer
Hosted by Val Kilmer, the documentary follows playwright Nicholas Ellenbogen as he travels to remote communities in six different African countries. I...
The Doors: The Road of Excess
1997
as Self
Interviews with friends of the late Jim Morrison and several people involved with the making of the film The Doors (1991) by Oliver Stone, delving int...

The Saint
1997
as Simon Templar
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on t...

The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
as Col. John Henry Patterson
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects resu...

Dead Girl
1996
as Dr. Dark
Ari Rose is a failing actor who cannot distinguish between reality and fantasy. He first dreams about and then meets in real life a mysterious woman n...

The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
as Montgomery
A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have fo...

A Century of Science Fiction
1996
as Self
American Documentary, narrated by Christopher Lee

Heat
1995
as Chris Shiherlis
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna p...

Batman Forever
1995
as Bruce Wayne / Batman
In the looming shadows of Gotham City, two villainous souls devise twin schemes of revenge against the city's dark guardian. Two-Face, disfigured by c...

Wings of Courage
1995
as Jean Mermoz
In 1930 South America, a small group of French pilots struggle to prove they can offer a reliable airmail service over the Andes. When one of the youn...

Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
1995
as Self - Batman
How a new director and cast created a new version of Gotham's classic good and bad guys.

Tombstone
1993
as Doc Holliday
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining t...

The Real McCoy
1993
as J.T. Barker
Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated, Karen was the bank robber of her time, but no...

True Romance
1993
as Mentor
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

Thunderheart
1992
as Ray Levoi
A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.

The Doors
1991
as Jim Morrison
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991
as Reader
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers is a 1991 American short documentary film directed by Bill Couturié. It shows footage from World War I, World...

Kill Me Again
1989
as Jack Andrews
After Faye and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince, successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to abscond with the loot. She heads to Reno, where she hir...

Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid
1989
as William Bonney
Gore Vidal's historical novel is brought to life in this television production of Turner Network Television's Billy the Kid.

Willow
1988
as Madmartigan
The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Will...

Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988
as Self / Madmartigan
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the film Willow (1988). Included are interviews with cast and crew and scenes of the actual filming o...

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
as Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986
as Philippe Huron
A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.

Top Gun
1986
as Ice
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pi...

Real Genius
1985
as Chris Knight
When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they d...

One Too Many
1985
as Eric
Four high school friends find their lives changed forever when one of the friends drives drunk with devastating results.

Top Secret!
1984
as Nick Rivers
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillar...
Riptide
N/A
When a biker gang's drug operation is raided by the ATF the gang leader's two sons develop differing views about the gang's future.