Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984), then the cult classic Real Genius (1985), as well as the blockbuster action film Top Gun (1986) and the swords and sorcery fantasy film Willow (1988).

Some of his notable film roles include Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991), Doc Holliday in the Western Tombstone (1993), armed robber Chris Shiherilis in Michael Mann's crime saga Heat (1995), Bruce Wayne/Batman in Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever (1995), Simon Templar in The Saint (1997) and a meth-using informant in the 2002 crime thriller The Salton Sea.