Val Kilmer
| Val Kilmer | |
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Kilmer at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
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| Born |
December 31, 1959 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Chatsworth High School Juilliard School |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Joanne Whalley (1988–96; 2 Children) |
Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is 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 the military action film Top Gun (1986) and the fantasy film Willow (1988).
Some of his other notable film roles include Jim Morrison in The Doors (1991), Doc Holliday in Tombstone (1993), armed robber Chris Shiherlis in Heat (1995), Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Forever (1995), Simon Templar in The Saint (1997), astronaut Robby Gallagher in Red Planet (2000), and a meth-using informant in The Salton Sea (2002).
Kilmer was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Gladys and Eugene Kilmer, an aerospace equipment distributor and real estate developer. His parents divorced in 1968 when he was 9 years old. In 1977 Kilmer's younger brother Wesley drowned in a swimming pool at age 15; their father died in 1993. Kilmer's grandfather was a gold miner in New Mexico, near the border with Arizona. His mother was of Swedish descent. His father's ancestry included English, Scots-Irish, French, German, and Cherokee Native American.
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