VAL KILMER (b. December 31, 1959)
Val Kilmer graduated from Juilliard, where, at 17, he was the youngest Actor ever accepted to the Drama Division. He burst onto the Hollywood scene as rock star Nick Rivers in the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker comedy Top Secret!, then starred in the cult classic Real Genius. He rocketed to international stardom playing Iceman in Top Gun, Jim Morrison in The Doors, Doc Holliday in Tombstone and the Caped Crusader in Batman Forever. Other memorable films include Shane Black's comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, George Lucas and Ron Howard's fantasy film Willow, and Michael Mann's crime thriller Heat.
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An accomplished stage Actor, he made his Broadway debut in Slab Boys with Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon. He has appeared in numerous theater productions including Joseph Papp’s Henry IV: Part One, As You Like It with Patti LuPone, and ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore. He also starred in the title role in Hamlet for the Colorado Theater Festival, and in Andrew Rattenbury’s stage adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice on London’s West End.
Along the way, Val received a Grammy nomination and an honorary doctorate in English from William Woods University. He recently wrote, produced, directed and starred in Citizen Twain a one-man play about Mark Twain and is now touring Cinema Twain, a film version of the play. He has spent the last decade writing a film about Mark Twain and Mary Baker Eddy which he plans to direct.
As a Fine Artist, Val Kilmer has shown at the James Kelly Gallery in Santa Fe, NM, and Studio 360 in Tokyo. His WONDERLAND of collage and painted photographs were exhibited in Rome and Los Angeles.
Val had his NYC debut Solo Exhibition VALHOLLA at the Woodward Gallery in NYC from May 20 – July 22, 2017 which received critical acclaim. Val Kilmer’s artwork was featured alongside Andy Warhol, Richard Hambleton and Keith Haring in a Group Exhibition, 20in18, at Woodward Gallery from February – March 23, 2018.
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ICON GO ON, I’LL GO ON Exhibition was featured at the GABBA Gallery in Los
Angeles, California from July 20 - July 31, 2017. A year-long installation at the Betsy Hotel in Miami, Florida of Val Kilmer’s contemporary art runs through November 2018.
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