Val Kilmer

Age: 50
Height: 6'

Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Born: Dec. 31st, 1959

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Val Kilmer's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Knight Rider	K.I.T.T.
Comanche Moon	Inish Scull
XIII: The Conspiracy (CA)	La Mangouste
XIII	La Mangouste
The Money Programme (UK)	Val Kilmer

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in Los Angeles, California. Studied at Hollywood's Professional's School and, in his teens, entered Juilliard's drama program. His professional acting career began on stage, and he still participates in theater; he played Hamlet at the 1988 Colorado Shakespeare Festival. His film debut was in the 1984 spoof Top Secret! (1984), wherein he starred as blond rock idol Nick Rivers. He was in a number of films throughout the 1980s, including the 1986 smash Top Gun (1986). Despite his obvious talent and range, it wasn't until his astonishingly believable performance as Jim Morrison (I) in Oliver Stone (I)'s The Doors (1991) that the world sat up and took notice. Kilmer again put his good baritone to use in the movie, performing all of the concert pieces. Since then, he has played two more American legends, Elvis Presley in True Romance (1993) and Doc Holliday in Tombstone (1993). In July 1994, it was announced that Kilmer would be taking over the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne from Michael Keaton.

TRIVIA:

Volunteered to work with AmeriCares in 1998.
Friends with musician 'David Crosby' (qv).
Favorite band is 'Rage Against the Machine' (qv).
'Warwick Davis (I)' (qv), Kilmer's co-star in _Willow (1988)_ (qv), says in his audio commentary that the question he is most frequently asked is: "What was is it like to work with Val Kilmer?" Davis says he has very fond memories of working with Kilmer, stating that Kilmer had a great sense of humor and was very dedicated to the job.
'Keith Campbell (I)' (qv) has doubled for him in many films. His most recent double has been Chuck Borden.
Did his own singing while playing 'Jim Morrison (I)' (qv) in _The Doors (1991)_ (qv). The real members of the band said they had difficulty distinguishing Kilmer's voice from that of Morrison's.
Turned down roles in movies such as: Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), Flatliners (1990), Captain America (1990), Backdraft (1991), Sliver (1993), Point Break (1991), In the Line of Fire (1993), Indecent Proposal (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), The Insider (1999), Bandits (2001), Austin Powers in Goldmember (cameo) (2002), Collateral (2004), and Dark Matter (2007).
While the movie _The Missing (2003/I)_ (qv) was being shot about one hour from his New Mexico ranch, he called up his old friend 'Ron Howard (I)' (qv) [writer/director] and asked for a part. Ron gladly accepted and gave him a part which only took 3 days to film. Kilmer's scene is close to 13 minutes long, not counting the DVD's deleted scene.