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 Val Kilmer
Birthday: December 31, 1959
Birth
Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 6' 0"
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A distinctly handsome leading man, Val Kilmer has been known as difficult to work with from a number of major directors. Trying valiantly to maintain a firm hold on his career, he has often turned down offers for big projects like Blue Velvet, Dirty Dancing, and Indecent Proposal for personal and artistic reasons. He began acting in high school with friend Kevin Spacey before going on to the Hollywood Professional School and eventually even Juilliard. He acted on the New York stage and in Shakespeare festivals before his film debut in 1984 as the rock idol Nick Rivers in the spy spoof Top Secret! Throughout the '80s, he played several hunky supporting roles, such as the older roommate in Real Genius and the cocky "Ice Man" in Top Gun. He had a leading role in Willow, where he met his wife, British actress Joanne Whalley; they both appeared in Kill Me Again a year later and had two children before splitting up in 1996. Kilmer's film breakthrough finally came in 1991, for his portrayal of rock icon Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's The Doors. As the notorious rocker, Kilmer provided his own singing voice for some of the songs on the soundtrack. He went on to play other American icons in his next two films: gunslinger Doc Holliday in Tombstone and the spirit of Elvis in True Romance. Due to his persistent questioning and commenting, the actor didn't get along very well with directors during this time in his career, particularly with Michael Apted for Thunderheart and Joel Schumacher for Batman Forever.Openly refusing to repeat the Bruce Wayne role, Kilmer broke his Batman contract and secured his own star status by appearing with both Robert De Niro and Al Pacino for the crime thriller Heat. This time around, he met with a more accommodating (or at least more tolerant) director, Michael Mann. Working with another acting veteran, he co-starred with Michael Douglas for the hunting adventure The Ghost and the Darkness. Unfortunately, his next few films were disappointments, particularly The Saint and The Island of Dr. Moreau. He switched gears a few times with little success, turning to romantic drama in At First Sight and to science fiction in Red Planet, but neither seemed to fit his dramatic intensity. He was especially ill-suited for the role as the drunken dad in Joe the King. After lending his booming voice to the role of Moses in the animated film The Prince of Egypt, Kilmer returned to form in The Salton Sea as a tormented drug addict. In 2003, he lined up quite a few projects, including the crime thriller Mindhunters and the drama Blind Horizon. In the same year he earned a starring role as another aggressive American icon, the legendary adult film star John Holmes, for the biographical drama Wonderland.After a long string of disappointments, Kilmer received his highest marks in years for his role in the 2005 comedy-thriller Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang, which saw him starring opposite Robert Downey Jr.
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- Attended Chatsworth High School with Kevin Spacey and Mare Winningham.
- Ranked #62 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
- Dated Cindy Crawford. [1996]
- Co-authored play "How It All Began," performed at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, in 1981.
- Was at the time the youngest student ever accepted into Juilliard's Drama department. His record has been eclipsed by Juilliard student Seth Numrich who was admitted at 15 in 2002.
- Father of daughter Mercedes (1992) and son Jack (1995)
- Graduated from Chatsworth High, California. [1977]
- A Led Zeppelin fan.
- Wanted to turn down Juilliard but his classmate at Chatsworth High School, Kevin Spacey, convinced him to accept.
- Val convinced fellow actor Kevin Spacey to attend Juilliard, after Val had inspired him to become an actor in the first place.
- So infuriated the late director John Frankenheimer on the set of The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) that Frankenheimer vowed to never work with Kilmer again, and he never did.
- While being let out of the metal cage during the filming of the crossroad's scene in Willow (1988), the rope holding the cage up broke and the cage landed on Kilmer's foot, nearly breaking it. Later on in the film, Kilmer (who played swordsman Madmartigan) can be spotted having difficulty walking.
- Met first wife, British actress Joanne Whalley, when they filmed the 1988 fantasy Willow (1988).
- Is the fifth actor to play Batman.
- Did his own singing while playing Jim Morrison in The Doors (1991). The real members of the band said they had difficulty distinguishing Kilmer's voice from that of Morrison's.
- Turned down a role in The Outsiders (1983) because he was working with a theater company at the time, and if he had pulled out, the show would have been cancelled and his fellow actors out of a job.
- Got the role of Chris Shiherlis in Heat (1995) after Keanu Reeves, who was originally cast as Chris, backed out.
- Out of all the actors to have played Batman, creator Bob Kane thought he was the best.
- Contrary to popular belief, he enjoyed playing Batman. In fact, he said he enjoyed playing the role so much that he was eager to reprise the role in Batman & Robin (1997), however he could not because he was already committed to doing The Saint (1997).
- During the sled riding scene in Willow (1988), he can be seen wearing a black glove on his left hand.
- Is the only blonde actor to have played Bruce Wayne/Batman.
- Oliver Stone once considered him for the role of Alexander the Great in his long delayed Alexander (2004) project. Kilmer plays the father of Alexander, King Philip, opposite Colin Farrell in the Alexander role instead.
- Has a reputation as being difficult to work with, evidenced in part by the The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) director's promise never to work with him again.
- Did not want to appear in Top Gun (1986), but was forced to do so because of contractual obligations.
- Appeared in Tombstone (1993) opposite Charlton Heston. Five years later, he succeeded Heston in the roles of both Moses and God in The Prince of Egypt (1998).
- Does a variation on his trademark of twirling objects in Willow (1988) - he twirls a sword during the fight in the snow camp.
- At the time that they were filming The Doors (1991), Oliver Stone considered Kilmer for the part of Alexander the Great in his long delayed film project on Alexander the Great. Kilmer appears in the film as King Philip instead.
- Has played two legendary rock and roll musicians - Jim Morrison and Elvis Presley.
- He was 4' 11" when he entered high school. He acknowledged this on the "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993).
- Said that his daughter and her friends were very "blown away" when they saw him in the Batman costume for the first time.
- Described the Madmartigan character from the 1988 fantasy Willow (1988) as being a "warrior on warrior skid row."
- Admits in interviews that he is a horrible cook.
- After filming his first film Top Secret! (1984), he went off and backpacked around Europe.
- Enjoys scuba diving.
- Enjoys traveling.
- Filmed his part as Elvis Presley in True Romance (1993) in 1 day.
- Friends with musician David Crosby.
- Good friends with actor Frank Whaley.
- Has lived in New Mexico since 1983.
- His father, Eugene, died in 1993.
- His first auditions were for commercials at 13 years old.
- His parents divorced when he was 9 years old.
- In 1995, Kilmer learned he was getting a divorce while watching CNN in a hotel room. "It was no fun," he has said.
- In the past he used to send taped auditions to filmmakers, figuring it was much better (and have less pressure) than what he would have done in a live audition.
- Is of Swedish, German, Mongolian, Scottish, Irish, and Cherokee ancestry.
- Loves buffalos and owns (or owned) a few on his ranch in New Mexico.
- Loves candles.
- Poet Joyce Kilmer is his second cousin twice removed.
- Stated in 1999 that At First Sight (1999) was his most challenging role to date.
- Turned down Patrick Swayze's role in Dirty Dancing (1987) because he didn't want to be perceived as a "hunk."
- Turned down roles in movies such as Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), Flatliners (1990), Backdraft (1991), Sliver (1993), Point Break (1991), In the Line of Fire (1993) and Indecent Proposal (1993).
- Visited Iraq briefly during the Gulf War in April 1998 with AmeriCares, delivering supplies such as food, medicine and baby food.
- He was in the Kalahari Desert in Africa researching a story he was writing about witch doctors when he was offered the Batman Forever (1995) Batman role.
- Wrote poetry for actress Michelle Pfeiffer.
- Broke his arm while filming The Doors (1991), when he performed a jump from the stage into the crowd and the stuntman failed to catch him. The injury has left Kilmer with an abnormal growth on his right elbow. The abnormal growth can clearly be seen many times in Heat (1995).
- Was originally set to play the lead role in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) but asked to switch roles because of his divorce.
- Keith Campbell has doubled for him in many films.
- Said that his divorce from British actress Joanne Whalley was the most painful thing he ever experienced.
- Warwick Davis, Kilmer's co-star in Willow (1988), says in his audio commentary that the question he is most frequently asked is "What was is it like to work with Val Kilmer?". Davis says he has very fond memories of working with Kilmer, stating that Kilmer had a great sense of humor and was very dedicated to the job.
- Favorite band is Rage Against the Machine.
- While the movie The Missing (2003/I) was being shot about one hour from his New Mexico ranch, he called up his old friend Ron Howard [writer/director] and asked for a part. Ron gladly accepted and gave him a part which only took 3 days to film. Kilmer's scene is close to 13 minutes long, not counting the DVD's deleted scene.
- He and Elvis Presley, whom Kilmer portrayed in True Romance (1993), both have Cherokee ancestry.
- Shares his birthday with Tim Matheson.
- Shares two roles with Peter Dobson. In True Romance (1993), Kilmer plays Elvis Presley, a role Dobson played in Forrest Gump (1994). Kilmer also plays Chris Shiherlis in Heat (1995), which was a remake of L.A. Takedown (1989) (TV), in which Dobson played the role.
- Was originally cast as Johnny Mnemonic in Johnny Mnemonic (1995) but left the project when he was offered the role of Batman in Batman Forever (1995). He was replaced by Keanu Reeves, whom Kilmer later replaced as Chris Siherlis in Heat (1995).
- Grew up in the San Fernando Valley the middle son of three boys (Mark the eldest; Wesley the youngest). During his high school years, Wesley drowned in the family's swimming pool, an incident Val claims inspired his subsequent performance in The Salton Sea (2002).
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