“I never cultivated fame, I never cultivated a persona, except possibly the desire to be regarded as an actor.”
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Val Kilmer
Val Edward Kilmer was an American actor. Initially a stage actor, he later found fame as a leading man in films in a wide variety of genres, including comedies, dramas, action adventures, westerns, historical films, crime dramas, science fiction films, and fantasy films. Films in which Kilmer appeared grossed more than $3.85 billion worldwide. In 1992, the film critic Roger Ebert remarked, "if the…
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entertainment · American actor (1959–2025) · film actor · voice actor · television actor · stage actor · actor · also Val Kilmer, Val Edward Kilmer, Kilmer
Born 31 December 1959 · Died 1 April 2025 · Q191084
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2026· 4 entries
The Guardian: First trailer released for western starring AI version of Val Kilmer
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The Guardian: Val Kilmer set to be be resurrected with AI for new film
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Adam Marcus, the director of Kilmer's 2008 film Conspiracy called Kilmer "[the] worst human being I've ever known
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2025· 2 entries
Died 2025-04-01.
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“The character wasn't polite, so when I shook Grazer's hand and he said, 'Hi, I'm the producer,' I said, 'I'm sorry. You look like you're 12 years old. I like to work with men.”
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2022· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Actor Val Kilmer, while portraying gunslinger Doc Holliday in the 1993 Western film "Tombstone," repeated the catchphrase, "I'm your huckle bearer," not "I'm your huckleberry," as is commonly thought.” False.
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2021· 2 entries
Collaborated with Sonantic, a London-based software company, to digitally recreate his voice using AI and archived recordings
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“I’ve witnessed and experienced miracles.”
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2020· 3 entries
Kilmer reported in 2020 that he had been cancer-free for four years but continued to struggle with medical treatments, including the use of a feeding tube.
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That he had been cancer-free for four years but continued to struggle with medical treatments, including the use of a feeding tube
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And a documentary titled Val the following year, both about his career and health struggles
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2018· 10 entries
Published video “Your Top 7 Movies of All Time”.
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Published video “Val Kilmer Fan Tattoos”.
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Published video “NEW VK COLLECTION MOVIE T-SHIRTS”.
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Published video “100+ Doc Holliday Lines From Tombstone”.
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Published video “Heat - Val Kilmer - Movie”.
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Published video “Dener Colorado Cinema Twain Show”.
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Published video “The Art of Acting By Val Kilmer”.
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Published video “New Show”.
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Published video “Best Movie Shoot Out - Heat Movie”.
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Published video “Jim Morrison Pop Figure”.
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2017· 2 entries
Kilmer appeared in Song to Song opposite Rooney Mara and Ryan Gosling and directed by Terrence Malick
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After previously denying persistent rumors that he had been diagnosed with cancer, Kilmer said in April 2017 that he had experienced a "healing of cancer".
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2015· 2 entries
Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer
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“Not often you get to say yes without reading the script.”
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2014· 1 entry
Kilmer was forced to cancel a Citizen Twain show after losing his voice
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2013· 1 entry
Reunited with his Top Gun co-star Anthony Edwards in the Disney animated movie Planes
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2012· 1 entry
Kilmer received a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word
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2010· 2 entries
Kilmer starred in Michael Oblowitz's horror film The Traveler, in which he played the vengeful spirit of a man who had been tortured and murdered while in police custody
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Kilmer appeared as the villain Dieter Von Cunth in MacGruber and had a small cameo role in the music video for Tenacious D's "To Be the Best"
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2008· 2 entries
But it developed into a success secondary to positive word of mouth
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Kilmer starred alongside Stephen Dorff in the Sony and Stage 6 film Felon
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2007· 1 entry
Guest-starred on the hit TV series Numb3rs in the episode "Trust Metric", portraying torture expert Mason Lancer
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2006· 1 entry
Kilmer reunited with director Tony Scott for a third time for a supporting role opposite Denzel Washington in the box-office hit Déjà Vu
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2004· 1 entry
Kilmer returned to the theater to play Moses in a Los Angeles musical production of The Ten Commandments: The Musical, produced by BCBG founder Max Azria
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2003· 1 entry
Kilmer starred alongside Kate Bosworth in the drama/thriller Wonderland, portraying porn star John Holmes
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2002· 2 entries
Kilmer worked on a film about the life of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science church, and Mark Twain, one of her most famous critics
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Starred in the thriller The Salton Sea, which was generally well-reviewed, but received only a limited release
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1999· 1 entry
Played a blind man in the drama/romance At First Sight, which he described as being, as of then, the hardest role he had ever had
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1998· 2 entries
Kilmer traveled to Iraq with AmeriCares to deliver humanitarian aid, the first US humanitarian airlift to Iraq since 1990
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Voiced both Moses and God in the animated film The Prince of Egypt, before starring in the independent film Joe the King (1999)
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1997· 1 entry
Played Simon Templar in the popular action film The Saint
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1996· 2 entries
Appeared in a largely unknown film, Dead Girl, and starred alongside Marlon Brando in the poorly received The Island of Dr
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“The Man Hollywood Loves to Hate.”
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1995· 1 entry
Kilmer starred in Wings of Courage, a 3D IMAX film, and that same year, he starred opposite Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Heat, which is now considered one of the best crime/drama films of the 1990s
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1993· 1 entry
Kilmer played Doc Holliday in the western Tombstone alongside Kurt Russell
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1992· 1 entry
The film critic Roger Ebert remarked, "if there is an award for the most unsung leading man of his generation, Kilmer should get it"
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1989· 1 entry
Kilmer played the lead in Kill Me Again, again opposite Whalley, and played William H
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1983· 2 entries
Appeared off Broadway in The Slab Boys with Kevin Bacon, Sean Penn, and Jackie Earle Haley
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Kilmer self-published a collection of his own poetry entitled My Edens After Burns, that included poems inspired by his time with Pfeiffer
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1977· 1 entry
Kilmer's younger brother Wesley (1961–1977), who had epilepsy, drowned in a hot tub at age 16
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1968· 1 entry
When he was 8 years old and in 1970, his mother married William Bernard Leach
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1959· 2 entries
Born 1959-12-31.
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In Los Angeles, California, the second of three sons to Gladys Swanette (née Ekstadt; 1928–2019) and industrialist and developer, Eugene Dorris Kilmer (1921–1993)
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