Val Kilmer

Movies and Other works

• Camino Real ( Casanova).......25) Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)
• Richard III (Richard)...........26) The Man Who Broke 1000 Chains (1987)
• Sand (wrote and directed)............27)Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid (1989)
• Slab Boys........28) The Prince of Egypt (1998)
• 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.........29)Joe the King (1999)
• 2000 Red Planet .........30)Pollock (2000)
• 1999 At First Sight ...........31)The Salton Sea (2002)
• 1997 The Saint ............32)The Missing (2003)
• 1996 The Ghost & The Darkness ..........33)Alexander (2004)
• 1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau .........34)Mindhunters (2005)
• 1995 Heat ...............35)Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang (2005)
• 1995 Batman Forever
• 1995 Dead Girl
• 1995 Wings Of Courage
• 1993 Tombstone
• 1993 True Romance
• 1993 The Real McCoy
• 1992 Thunderheart
• 1991 The Doors
• 1989 Kill Me Again
• 1988 Willow
• 1986 Top Gun
• 1985 Real Genius
• 1984 Top Secret!

Birthdate: December 31, 1959

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California

Occupations: Actor, Writer, Musician

Quote: "It's probably fair to say I have [taken myself too seriously] on some jobs. I'm sure I'm more guilty of being difficult than I'd like to remember. I don't regret my desires; I've regretted the way I...communicate[d] my desires. Maybe I've lost a job because of some rumor. I doubt it. But nobody good...I've worked with has ever said anything negative about me, because we've never had a negative experience. By 'good', I mean directors who do their homework...are passionate, crazy, never sleep, and do like I do and just go after it." -- Premiere magazine, April 1997

Claim to Fame: Played Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's The Doors

Significant Other(s):

Mare Winningham: actress, had a three-year relationship during high school

Cher: actress, singer; dated briefly in 1980s

Ellen Barkin: dated in 1984

Michelle Pfeiffer: wrote poetry for her, remembering her in his book of poetry, My Eden After Burns

Wife: Joanne Whalley (aka Joanne Whalley-Kilmer), actress; British; appeared together in Willow (1988); married February 1988; announced separation shortly after the birth of their second child; filed for divorce July 21, 1995

Drew Barrymore: actress; reportedly dated in 1995

Cindy Crawford: model; dated in 1996

Jaycee Gossett: businesswoman; dating as of late 1998

Family:

Grandmother: Cherokee heritage

Father: Eugene Kilmer, aerospace equipment distributor, real estate developer; divorced from Kilmer's mother in 1968; died in 1993

Mother: Gladys Kilmer

Brother: Wesley; drowned during an epileptic fit in the family swimming pool when he was 15; born in 1962

Brother: Mark, Mental health worker; estranged from Kilmer since their father's funeral

Daughter: Mercedes; born October 29, 1991 in Santa Fe, New Mexico; mother, Joanne Whalley

Son: Jack; born June 1995; mother, Joanne Whalley

Cousin: Joyce Kilmer, poet

Factoids:

Grew up on a ranch once owned by Roy Rogers in Chatsworth, California; used to visit the hippies at the neighboring Spahn ranch, home to Charles Manson Named one of People magazine's 10 worst dressed (September 20, 1999)

Education:

Hollywood Professional School, Hollywood,California The Juilliard School, New York, New York (majored in drama); at age 17, he was the youngest student accepted to the drama division