History Creator / ValKilmer

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Born '''Val Edward Kilmer''' (December 31, 1959-) is an award winning actor known for playing [[Film/TopGun Iceman]] ([[NamesTheSame no]], not ''[[Franchise/XMen that]]'' Iceman), [[Film/TheDoors Jim Morrison]], [[Film/{{Tombstone}} Doc Holliday]], and [[Film/BatmanForever Batman]]. He ''really'' likes to prepare himself for his roles, as some of his fellow actors have noted. For a time in the 90s it looked like Kilmer was going to become one of Hollywood's truly elite A-listers, especially after the success of ''Batman Forever'', but his career never quite took off despite so much potential.

* SmallNameBigEgo: [[http://whatculture.com/film/10-famous-actors-who-are-notoriously-difficult-to-work-with.php/11 Built himself a reputation]] [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3614594/A-solitary-man.html for it.]] JoelSchumacher declared that "Val did me two great favors. When I wanted him to be Batman, he said yes. Then he created a situation which allowed me not to have him play Batman again. " John Frankenheimer was even crueler ("“There are two things I will never do in my life, I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn’t enough money in the world.”) [[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/val-kilmer--the-hollywood-bad-boy-done-good-7766422.html Apparently he's mellowed out]], culminating in some AdamWesting playing himself in Creator/HarmonyKorine's ''The Fourth Dimension''.

Born '''Val Edward Kilmer''' (December 31, 1959-) is an award winning actor known for playing [[Film/TopGun Iceman]] ([[NamesTheSame no]], not ''[[Franchise/XMen that]]'' Iceman), [[TheDoors Jim Morrison]], [[Film/{{Tombstone}} Doc Holliday]], and [[Film/BatmanForever Batman]]. He ''really'' likes to prepare himself for his roles, as some of his fellow actors have noted. For a time in the 90s it looked like Kilmer was going to become one of Hollywood's truly elite A-listers, especially after the success of ''Batman Forever'', but his career never quite took off despite so much potential.

Born , '''Val Edward Kilmer''' (December 31, 1959-) is an award winning actor known for playing [[Film/TopGun Iceman]] ([[NamesTheSame no]], not ''[[Franchise/XMen that]]'' Iceman), [[TheDoors Jim Morrison]], [[Film/{{Tombstone}} Doc Holliday]], and [[Film/BatmanForever Batman]]. He ''really'' likes to prepare himself for his roles, as some of his fellow actors have noted. For a time in the 90s it looked like Kilmer was going to become one of Hollywood's truly elite A-listers, especially after the success of ''Batman Forever'', but his career never quite took off despite so much potential.

* Lt. Tom "Iceman" Kazanski in ''Film/TopGun'' (1986)

Born , '''Val Edward Kilmer''' (December 31, 1959-) is an award winning actor known for playing [[Film/TopGun Iceman]] ([[NamesTheSame no]], not ''[[Franchise/{{X-Men}} that]]'' Iceman), [[TheDoors Jim Morrison]], [[Film/{{Tombstone}} Doc Holliday]], and [[Film/BatmanForever Batman]]. He ''really'' likes to prepare himself for his roles, as some of his fellow actors have noted. For a time in the 90s it looked like Kilmer was going to become one of Hollywood's truly elite A-listers, especially after the success of ''Batman Forever'', but his career never quite took off despite so much potential.

Born December 31, 1959, Val Edward Kilmer is an award winning actor known for playing [[Film/TopGun Iceman]] ([[NamesTheSame no]], not ''[[Franchise/{{X-Men}} that]]'' Iceman), [[TheDoors Jim Morrison]], [[Film/{{Tombstone}} Doc Holliday]], and [[Film/BatmanForever Batman]]. He ''really'' likes to prepare himself for his roles, as some of his fellow actors have noted. For a time in the 90s it looked like Kilmer was going to become one of Hollywood's truly elite A-listers, especially after the success of ''Batman Forever'', but his career never quite took off despite so much potential.

* Hall Baltimore in ''Twixt'' (2011)

* Stevie Pruit in ''Film/TheBadLieutenantPortOfCallNewOrleans''

Born December 31, 1959, Val Edward Kilmer is an award winning actor known for playing [[Film/TopGun Iceman]] ([[NamesTheSame no]], not ''[[Franchise/{{X-Men}} that]]'' Iceman), [[TheDoors Jim Morrison]], [[Film/{{Tombstone}} Doc Holliday]], and [[Film/BatmanForever Batman]]. He ''really'' likes to prepare himself for his roles, as some of his fellow actors have noted.

Fittingly, like the real Jim Morrison, Kilmer is a musician as well, having released a CD in 2007. Nowadays, he only appears in DirectToVideo material, sadly - this seems to be due at least in part to his unfortunate reputation of being difficult to work with.

* TheOtherDarrin: He became Batman after MichaelKeaton left. While not as highly regarded, Kilmer still put on a good performance and his physique drew comparisons to comic artist Neal Adams's depiction of Batman. He himself would get the Other Darrin treatment when Creator/GeorgeClooney replaced him for ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.

* Jim Morrison in ''Film/TheDoors'' (1991)

* Moses/God in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' (1998) [[note]](animated)[[/note]]

* TheCastShowOff: Often plays singers and musicians.

* Jim Morrison in ''TheDoors'' (1991)

* Danny Parker in ''TheSaltonSea'' (2002)

* Perry Van Shrike/"Gay Perry" in ''KissKissBangBang'' (2005)

* Dieter von Cunth in ''MacGruber'' (2010)
* Hall Baltimore in''Twixt'' (2011)

* TheOtherDarrin: He became Batman after MichaelKeaton left. While not as highly regarded, Kilmer still put on a good performance and his physique drew comparisons to comic artist Neal Adams's depiction of Batman. He himself would get the Other Darrin treatment when Film/GeorgeClooney replaced him for ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.

* TheOtherDarrin: He became Batman after MichaelKeaton left. While not as highly regarded, Kilmer still put on a good performance and his physique drew comparisons to comic artist Neal Adams's depiction of Batman. He himself would get the Other Darrin treatment when GeorgeClooney replaced him for ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.

* John Holmes in ''{{Film/Wonderland}}'' (2003)
* Bobby Scott in ''{{Film/Spartan}}'' (2004)

* Stevie Pruit in ''Film/{{TheBadLieutenantPortOfCallNewOrleans}}''

Born December 31, 1959, Val Edward Kilmer is an award winning actor known for playing [[Film/TopGun Iceman]] ([[NamesTheSame no]], not ''[[Franchise/{{X-Men}} that]]'' Iceman), [[TheDoors Jim Morrison]], [[Film/{{Tombstone}} Doc Holliday]], and [[Film/BatmanForever Batman]]. He ''really'' likes to prepare himself for his roles, as some of his fellow actors have noted.

Fittingly, like the real Jim Morrison, Kilmer is a musician as well, having released a CD in 2007. Nowadays, he only appears in DirectToVideo material.

Fittingly, like the real Jim Morrison, Kilmer is a musician as well, having released a CD in 2007.

* Bruce Wayne[=/=]{{Batman}} in ''Film/BatmanForever'' (1995)

* IWasQuiteALooker: See Mr Fanservice.

** HollywoodPudgy: Nowadays, however, the poor guy has essentially become "fat joke bait."

* ThePrimaDonna: In the mid '90s, he had such a reputation as a massive diva that Hollywood producers were entertaining themselves by sending around a mock Unabomber sketch altered to have Kilmer's face. Thankfully, [[ItGotBetter he got better.]]

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: A common theme for him. He's one of the only actors to properly convey the modern interpretation of Batman (that he's Batman all the time, even when he's not wearing the suit, Bruce Wayne is just playacting)... and he did it in what's generally regarded as the second-worst Batman movie ever.

* Chris Night in ''Film/RealGenius'' (1985)

* Moses/God in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' (1998) [[hottip: *:(animated)]]