Val Kilmer born on December 31, 1959 in Los Angeles. The son of an aerospace equipment distributor and real estate developer, Kilmer began acting in high school with friend Kevin Spacey. He later attended Hollywood Professional School and Julliard, where he was the youngest student to be accepted to the drama division.

After performing on stage in New York, Kilmer received his film debut in 1984 in the spy spoof Top Secret!. After a string of supporting parts, including the roommate in Real Genius and "Ice Man" in Top Gun, he received his breakthrough role in 1991 as rock icon Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's The Doors.

After that actor notably clashed with Michael Apted for Thunderheart and Joel Schumacher for Batman Forever. In 1995, after refusing to repeat the Bruce Wayne role, Kilmer broke his Batman contract and signed on for the crime thriller Heat with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. And in 1996, he co-starred with Michael Douglas for The Ghost and the Darkness.

He also starred in The Saint, At First Sight and Joe the King, The Prince of Egypt, Mindhunters, Kiss, Bang, Bang (2005), Moskow Zero (2006), and Déjà vu (2006).

Her upcoming movie will be Alpha Numeric (2008) and Delgo (2007).

Kilmer's affairs off-screen have kept the media on watch, including liaisons with Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer and Cindy Crawford. He married actress Joanne Whalley, whom he met on the set of Willow, in 1988. They divorced in 1996 and have two children, Mercedes and Jack.

Filmography

• The Dirt (2008)
• Delgo (2007)
• Alpha Numeric (2008)
• Coin Locker Babies (2008)
• A West Texas Children's Story (2007)
• "Comanche Moon" (2007) (mini) TV Series
• The Ten Commandments: The Musical (2006)
• Deja Vu (2006)
• Summer Love (2006)
• Played (2006)
• 10th & Wolf (2006)
• Moscow Zero (2006)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
• Alexander (2004)
• Bounty Hunters (2004) (TV)
• "Entourage" (1 episode, 2004)
• George and the Dragon (2004)
• Mindhunters (2004)
• Stateside (2004)
• Spartan (2004)
• Blind Horizon (2003)
• The Missing (2003)
• Wonderland (2003)
• Masked and Anonymous (2003)
• The Seventh Man (2003)
• Run for the Money (2002)
• The Salton Sea (2002)
• Red Planet (2000)
• Pollock (2000)
• Joe the King (1999)
• At First Sight (1999)
• The Prince of Egypt (1998)
• The Saint (1997)
• The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
• The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
• Dead Girl (1996)
• Heat (1995)
• Batman Forever (1995)
• Wings of Courage (1995)
• Tombstone (1993)
• True Romance (1993)
• The Real McCoy (1993)
• Thunderheart (1992)
• The Doors (1991)
• Billy the Kid (1989) (TV)
• Kill Me Again (1989)
• Willow (1988)
• The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) (TV)
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986) (TV)
• Top Gun (1986)
• Real Genius (1985)
• "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1 episode, 1985)
• Top Secret! (1984)