Why the actor was the only person who could don the tight leather pants and unironic pretension of the over-the-top Doors ...

This being an Oliver Stone film, The Doors is less concerned with historical accuracy than it is with using a hazy mash-up of ...

Charismatic and versatile, he also won praise for memorable roles as Iceman in 'Top Gun' and Doc Holliday in 'Tombstone,' but ...

A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he ...

The late Val Kilmer always added idiosyncrasies to his lead turns, but he was even more effective in roles like Doc Holliday.

Celebrated Hollywood actor Val Kilmer, known for his intense performances and iconic roles in Top Gun, Batman Forever and ...

Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in a string of high-profile films such as' Batman' and 'The Doors,' has died at age 65.

During his rise to fame in the Eighties, Val Kilmer garnered a reputation among his peers and the media as a brooding young ...

Actor Val Kilmer died Tuesday night in Los Angeles, his daughter Mercedes Kilmer revealed to the New York Times. Here's what ...

The charismatic performer was also known for playing Jim Morrison and Doc Holliday.

I like to think Jim Morrison is still out there, only 81, living undercover back in the U.S.A., still watching this movie in his La-Z-Boy. No doubt he approves. R.I.P. to Val Kilmer, an actor who ...

as Jim Morrison in The Doors. Jimbo, the most ridiculously pretentious egomaniac in rock-star history, seemed so excessive that no actor could play him, but Val Kilmer was up to the task.