Val Edward Kilmer was born on December 31, 1959 and he is an American actor.
- One of the most popular actors of the 80s and 90s.
- Movies : Heat, The Saint
- Parents : Gladys Ekstadt and Eugene Kilmer
- Spouse : Joanne Whalley (1988-1996)
- Children : Mercedes Kilmer (1991), Jack Kilmer (1995)
- Name : Val Edward Kilmer
- Height : 1.82m
Val Kilmer Biography
Kilmer was born on December 31, 1959, in Los Angeles, the son of Gladys Swanette (born Eksted ; 1928-2019) and Eugene Dorris Kilmer (1921-1993), an aerospace distributor of real estate developer equipment and goods. His mom was from Swedish descent. His dad descendents were English, Scots-Irish, French, and German.
His parents were divorcing in 1968 when he was 8 years old. His grandfather has been a gold miner in New Mexico, near the Arizona border. In 1977, his younger brother Wesley, who was an epileptic, was drowning in a hot tub at age 15. His father had died in 1993.
He was attending Berkeley Hall School, a Christian Science school in Los Angeles, through the ninth grade. He was attending Chatsworth High School with Kevin Spacey and Mare Winningham, and also was attending the Hollywood Professional School.
He was becoming the youngest person at the time to be accepted into the Juilliard School’s Drama Division, where he was a member of Group 10.
Val Kilmer Health
In January 2015, he was hospitalized for what his representative said was tests for a possible tumor. He was saying on social media: “I have not had a tumor, not a tumor operation , not any operation. I had a complication where the best way to receive care was to remain under the watchful eye of the UCLA ICU “.
After previously denying persistent rumors that he had been diagnosed with cancer, he was saying in April 2017 that he had experienced a “cancer cure”.
In December 2017, The Hollywood Reporter was revealing that he had undergone a “two-year battle with throat cancer” and that “a procedure on his trachea has reduced his voice to a hoarseness and left him breathless”.
Due to cancer, he underwent chemotherapy and had two tracheotomies. In 2020, he was reporting that he had been cancer-free for four years and that she used a feeding tube to feed himself because he could no longer eat.
Val Kilmer Top Gun
During a brief hiatus, he was backpacking across Europe before playing the title character in the 1985 sitcom Real Genius . He was turning down a role in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet before being cast as a naval aviator “Iceman” in the action film Top Gun alongside Tom Cruise. Top Gun was grossing a total of $344.7 million worldwide and made him a huge star.
Following roles in the television movies The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, he was playing Madmartigan in the fantasy Willow;he met his future wife, co-star Joanne Whalley, on the set of the film.
He was starring in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival production of Hamlet in 1988. In 1989, he was playing the lead in both Kill Me Again, again opposite Whalley, and in TNT’s Billy the Kid.
Val Kilmer Career
In 1981, while at The Juilliard, he was co-authoring and starring in the play How It All Began, which was performed at the New York Shakespeare Festival’s Public Theater. He was turning down a role in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 film The Outsiders, as he had prior stage commitments.
In 1983 he was appearing on Broadway in The Slab Boys with Kevin Bacon and Sean Penn. That same year, his first offstage acting role (excluding television commercials) came in the form of an episode of ABC Afterschool Special called One Too Many, which was an educational drama about drinking and driving; it also starred a young Michelle Pfeiffer.
Also in 1983, he was self-publishing a collection of his own poetry entitled My Edens After Burns, which included poems inspired by his time with Pfeiffer. The poetry book is hard to come by and expensive; even second-hand copies are $300 and up.
His big break came when he received top billing in the spy movie spoof comedy Top Secret! , in which she played an American rock and roll star. He was singing all the songs in the film and released an album under the name of the film’s character, “Nick Rivers“.
As he gained larger roles and prestige, he also gained a reputation as a ladies’ man, dating numerous women, some many years older, including Cher and Ellen Barkin. 
Val Kilmer Movies
Originally a stage actor, he was becoming popular in the mid-1980s after a series of comedic film appearances, beginning with Top Secret! (1984) and 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), an Elvis Presley appearance in True Romance (1993), Doc Holliday in Tombstone (1993), Chris Shiherlis in Heat (1995), Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Forever (1995), Simon Templar in The Saint (1997), Moses in The Prince of Egypt (1998), “Gay Perry” in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), and Dieter Von Cunth in MacGruber (2010).
He is also the author of the book I’m Your Huckleberry: A Memoir , published in 2020. 
Val Kilmer Filmography
Val Kilmer Batman
In December 1993, Batman Forever director Joel Schumacher had seen Tombstone and was very impressed with Kilmer’s performance as Doc Holliday. Schumacher felt that he was perfect for the role of Batman, although at the time, the role was still Michael Keaton’s. 
In July 1994, Keaton decided not to return for a third Batman film after 1992 ‘s Batman Returns, due to “creative differences”.
William Baldwin (who previously worked with Schumacher on Flatliners) was reported to be a top contender, although just days after Keaton dropped out, Kilmer was chosen.
Kilmer took on the role without even knowing who the new director was and without reading the script.
Val Kilmer Age
He is 62 years old.
Val Kilmer Net Worth
According to The Sun, his net worth is $25 million. He has mainly earned this money from his career as an actor both in the film industry and on television. However, he has also made money from his other ventures, such as writing a book.
Val Kilmer Private Life
He have been married to Joanne Whalley until February 1996.
The two met while they was working on the film Willow . The couple have two children, a daughter, Mercedes who was born on October 29, 1991, and a son, Jack who was born on June 6, 1995.
He is known to have feuds with some of the actors he has worked with, notably The Island of Dr. Moreau co-star Marlon Brando and Red Planet and Heat co-star Tom Sizemore.
On the subject of Kilmer not getting to know his co-stars, Kilmer’s Tombstone co-star Michael Biehn said, “People ask me what it’s like to work with Val Kilmer. I don’t know. I never met him.” I never shook his hand. I know Doc Holliday, but I don’t know Kilmer.”
Other actors have noted that Kilmer prepares for his roles extensively and meticulously. Irwin Winkler (director of At First Sight ) spoke about his decision to hire Kilmer. “I had heard the stories about it, so I checked it out. I called Bob De Niro and Michael Mann, who had worked with him on Heat , and they both raved about it…I had a wonderful experience, in spite of all the naysayers” . 
Jeffrey Katzenberg ,the producer of Prince of Egypt ,is talking about the actor: “He was one of the first people in the cast of The Prince of Egypt. He was there every step of the way; patient, understanding, and extraordinarily generous with the time.”
