Val Kilmer
1959–2025 · American actor
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 there is an award for the most unsung leading man of his generation, Kilmer should get it".
Val Kilmer, in order
- 1975 Saturday Night Live (TV series): acted · directed by A. D. Miles and Adam McKay · audiences 63% · streaming on Peacock, Prime Video, fuboTV
- 1984 Top Secret!: acted · directed by David Zucker and Jerry Zucker · critics 76%, audiences 80%
- 1985 Real Genius: acted · directed by Martha Coolidge
- 1986 The Murders in the Rue Morgue (TV movie): acted
- 1986 Top Gun: acted · directed by Tony Scott · critics 58%, audiences 83% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Pluto TV
- 1987 The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (TV movie): acted · directed by Daniel Mann
- 1988 Willow: acted · directed by Ron Howard · critics 53%, audiences 79% · streaming on Prime Video, Disney+
- 1989 Billy the Kid (TV movie): acted · directed by William A. Graham
- 1989 Kill Me Again: acted · directed by John Dahl
- 1991 The Doors: acted · directed by Oliver Stone
- 1992 Thunderheart: acted · directed by Michael Apted
- 1993 The Real McCoy: acted · directed by Russell Mulcahy
- 1993 Tombstone: acted · directed by George P. Cosmatos and Kevin Jarre · critics 77%, audiences 93% · streaming on MGM+, Fandango at Home (free)
- 1993 True Romance: acted · directed by Tony Scott · critics 93%, audiences 93% · streaming on Netflix
- 1995 Batman Forever: acted · directed by Joel Schumacher · critics 43%, audiences 33% · streaming on HBO Max
- 1995 Heat: acted · directed by Michael Mann · critics 84%, audiences 94% · streaming on Netflix, Prime Video
- 1996 The Ghost and the Darkness: acted · directed by Stephen Hopkins · critics 52%, audiences 75% · streaming on Paramount+, Hoopla, Tubi
- 1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau: acted · directed by John Frankenheimer and Richard Stanley · critics 24%, audiences 20% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, YouTube (free)
- 1996 Wings of Courage: acted · directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
- 1997 The Saint: acted · directed by Phillip Noyce · critics 28%, audiences 63% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 1999 At First Sight: acted · directed by Irwin Winkler · critics 35%, audiences 46% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
- 1999 Joe the King: acted · directed by Frank Whaley
- 2000 Pollock: acted · directed by Ed Harris · critics 79%, audiences 74% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel
- 2000 Red Planet: acted · directed by Antony Hoffman
- 2002 Hard Cash: acted · directed by Predrag Antonijević
- 2002 The Salton Sea: acted · directed by D.J. Caruso · critics 63%, audiences 82% · streaming on YouTube (free), Plex, Tubi
- 2003 Blind Horizon: acted · directed by Michael Haussman
- 2003 Masked and Anonymous: acted · directed by Larry Charles
- 2003 The Missing: acted · directed by Ron Howard · critics 57%, audiences 51% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Tubi
- 2003 Wonderland: acted · directed by James Cox
- 2004 Alexander: acted · directed by Oliver Stone
- 2004 George and the Dragon: acted · directed by Tom Reeve
- 2004 Mindhunters: acted · directed by Renny Harlin · critics 26%, audiences 57% · streaming on Philo, Hoopla, Starz
- 2004 Spartan: acted · directed by David Mamet
- 2004 Stateside: acted · directed by Reverge Anselmo
- 2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: acted · directed by Shane Black · critics 86%, audiences 87%
- 2006 10th & Wolf: acted · directed by Robert Moresco
- 2006 Déjà Vu: acted · directed by Tony Scott · critics 55%, audiences 73% · streaming on Tubi
- 2006 Moscow Zero: acted · directed by María Lidón
- 2006 Summer Love: acted · directed by Piotr Uklański
- 2007 Have Dreams, Will Travel: acted · directed by Brad Isaacs
- 2007 Numbers (TV series): acted · streaming on Roku Channel
- 2008 2:22: acted · directed by Phillip Guzman
- 2008 Columbus Day: acted · directed by Charles Burmeister
- 2008 Conspiracy: acted · directed by Adam Marcus
- 2008 Delgo: acted · directed by Jason Maurer and Marc F. Adler
- 2008 Felon: acted · directed by Ric Roman Waugh
- 2008 Lonesome Dove series (TV series): acted
- 2008 The Love Guru: acted · directed by Marco Schnabel
- 2009 American Cowslip: acted · directed by Mark David
- 2009 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans: acted · directed by Werner Herzog · critics 86%, audiences 57% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
- 2009 Double Identity: acted · directed by Dennis Dimster
- 2009 Hardwired: acted · directed by Ernie Barbarash
- 2009 Streets of Blood: acted · directed by Charles Winkler
- 2009 The Chaos Experiment: acted · directed by Philippe Martinez
- 2009 The Thaw: acted · directed by Mark A. Lewis
- 2010 Bloodworth: acted · directed by Shane Dax Taylor
- 2010 Gun (TV movie): acted · directed by Jessy Terrero
- 2010 MacGruber: acted · directed by Jorma Taccone
- 2010 The Traveler: acted · directed by Michael Oblowitz
- 2011 5 Days of War: acted · directed by Renny Harlin
- 2011 Blood Out: acted · directed by Jason Hewitt
- 2011 Kill the Irishman: acted · directed by Jonathan Hensleigh · critics 63%, audiences 67% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2011 Twixt: wrote, acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- 2012 Breathless: acted · directed by Jesse Baget
- 2012 Seven Below: acted · directed by Kevin Carraway
- 2012 The Fourth Dimension: acted · directed by Aleksei Fedorchenko and Harmony Korine
- 2012 Wyatt Earp's Revenge: acted · directed by Michael Feifer
- 2013 Life's Too Short (TV series): acted
- 2013 Palo Alto: acted · directed by Gia Coppola · critics 69%, audiences 49% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2014 Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau: acted · directed by David Gregory
- 2014 Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn: acted · directed by Jo Kastner
- 2017 Song to Song: acted · directed by Terrence Malick
- 2017 The Snowman: acted · directed by Tomas Alfredson · critics 7%, audiences 19% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 2020 A Soldier's Revenge: acted · directed by Michael Feifer
- 2020 Paydirt: acted · directed by Christian Sesma
- 2022 Top Gun: Maverick: acted · directed by Joseph Kosinski · critics 96%, audiences 99% · streaming on Netflix, Paramount+
- As Deep as the Grave: acted
- The Birthday Cake: acted