We were amazed how he could look so much like Jim Morrison: Who is Val Kilmer?

Val Edward Kilmer as Oliver Stone's Jim Morrison; was born on December 31, 1959, in Los Angeles, California. Val's brother Wesley, the middle of three brothers, had drowned traumatically in their home pool. After this trauma, he started acting in high school with his friend Kevin Spacey. He later attended the Hollywood Professional School and the Juilliard School in New York City, where he became the youngest student admitted to the drama major.

Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer found fame after appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984) and Real Genius (1985), as well as the military action film Top Gun (1986) and the fantasy film Willow (1988).

In 1981, he appeared as both the co-writer and lead actor in the play How It All Began at the New York Shakespeare Festival. Being meticulous in his film choices throughout his career, Kilmer turned down an offer for Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film, The Outsiders, but later appeared in the educational TV drama One Too Many, which also featured Michelle Pfeiffer on alcohol and driving.

The first film of the artist, who has been on the theater stage since a young age, is Top Secret. Kilmer, who played the rock artist Nick Rivers in this 1984 movie, sang all the songs of the movie himself. He even went even further and released an album under the name of the character in the film. Then, in 1986, he gave life to the character of Iceman, the fierce rival of legendary actor Tom Cruise, in the movie Top Gun.

1991 was a turning point for Val Kilmer. The artist, who played Jim Morrison in the movie The Doors, one of the biggest rock bands in history, directed by Oliver Stone, fascinated everyone with his performance. For the character of Jim Morrison, Kilmer lost weight for 6 months, grew his hair long, and also memorized every single word from The Doors. The talented artist also recorded a tape of The Doors singing to convince director Oliver Stone. The likeness of Val Kilmer and Jim Morrison, which you will be amazed by when you watch the movie, has been the subject of admiration by the main members of The Doors.

Kilmer in 1995; became the second actor to portray the character of Batman after Michael Keaton in the movie Batman Forever, in which he appeared with Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, and Nicole Kidman. This success of the artist has been an essential step in his career.

Although Val Kilmer appeared in Michael Mann's 1995 film Heat with master actors such as Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, he never faded.

Having a successful career, the artist was able to fit 45 films in 60 years. In addition, Kilmer, who has not yet directed a movie, has a script he wrote based on the novel 'The Killer Inside Me' and said that one of his biggest dreams is to direct this movie.

The artist, who was ranked 62nd on the British Empire Magazine's list of "100 greatest movie stars of all time" in 1997, married Joanne Whalley, the lead singer of the music group Cind & the Saffrons, in 1988 and divorced in 1996. The artist has two children named Mercedes and Jack.

Unfortunately, Val Kilmer has been battling throat cancer for some time.

In 2020, Kilmer reported that he had not had cancer for four years and was using a feeding tube to feed himself as he could no longer eat.

In 2021, after complex work, Kilmer's voice was recreated through AI technology using archived audio of his voice.