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  Val Kilmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kilmer was born in Los Angeles, California to Eugene Kilmer and Gladys Ekstadt, the second of three sons; the family has Scottish, Irish, Sephardic Jewish, Cherokee Native American (from a paternal great-grandmother), Swedish, German and distant Mongolian ancestry.
Kilmer was in negotiations with Richard Dutcher (a leading director of Mormon-related films) to play the lead role in a film entitled Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith, although the project never materialized.
Kilmer was married to Joanne Whalley, an actress and former lead singer of Cindy and the Saffrons, from March 1988 to February 1996.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Val Kilmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kilmer was born in Los Angeles, California to Eugene Kilmer and Gladys (who divorced when he was 9); the family has Scottish, Irish, Sephardic Jewish, Cherokee Native American (from a paternal great-grandmother [1]), Swedish, German and distant Mongolian ancestry.
Kilmer was in negotiations with Richard Dutcher (a leading director of Mormon-related films) to play the lead role in his 2005 film Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith.
Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor considered by fans to be one of the most talented and underappreciated actors currently working in film and television.
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 Val Kilmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Val Kilmer graduated from Chatsworth High in California.
Kilmer was offered the lead in the second "Batman".
Kilmer's subtle trademark is twirling small objects in his fingers.
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 Val Kilmer - Biography - Alexander The Great - Filmography - Val Kilmer
Val Edward Kilmer was born on December 31, 1959 in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, the second of the three sons of Eugene Kilmer and his wife.
In 1989 Kilmer auditioned for the role of the self-destructive rock star Jim Morrison, the legendary lead singer and lyricist of the Doors, in Oliver Stone's proposed film biography sending the director an unsolicited video of himself singing Doors songs that had been recorded at different stages of Morrison's brief career.
Kilmer's next cinematic role was in the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Michael Apted's Thunderheart (1992), Kilmer who is part Cherokee, portrayed a part-Sioux FBI agent assigned to investigate a murder on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in the 1970s.
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 Val Kilmer
A distant cousin of the poet Joyce Kilmer, Val Kilmer was born in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, the second of the three sons to a real-estate developer, and a homemaker.
When Kilmer was nine years old, his parents divorced, and his mother moved to Arizona, while Kilmer stayed behind in the town of Chatsworth, California with his father; Kilmer's much-remarked intensity and sincerity was evident at an early age.
Kilmer left Chatsworth for New York City, where he became, at the age of 17, one of the youngest students ever admitted to the drama department of the Juilliard School.
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 A-List: Val Kilmer
Kilmer is convincing as a he sings and dances his way through the over-the-top musical sequences, as well as being able to deliver the sometimes ludicrous and cringe-inducing dialogue with the proper sincerity required for such a spoof.
Tombstone is a modern retelling of the OK Corral showdown and yes, Kilmer’s Doc Holliday is given a sense of fatalism, but c’mon, it’s Val Kilmer under the hat and behind the mustache.
Val Kilmer is good in the movie, but it’s not his typical scene stealing type of performance.
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 Val Kilmer Picture, Profile, Gossip, and News at CelebrityWonder.com
Val Kilmer was so impressed with her when filming ALEXANDER he believes all of those on the Moroccan desert film set - including inanimate objects - were mesmerized by her.
Kilmer has hit back at suggestions he is a nightmare to work with, insisting it's his characters that are difficult, not him -- Kilmer's on-set antics have been slammed by director John Frankenheimer and troubled actor Tom Sizemore.
Val Kilmer is teaming up with Tom Cruise to play a daring pilot for the second time in World War Two epic THE FEW.
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 The Jim Carrey Area-Val Kilmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Val Kilmer (1959 -) Biography from Baseline With an appealing, reserved sexiness and sporting bee-stung lips, this athletic, part-Cherokee performer was a natural to become a movie star.
Kilmer was trained in the classics at Juilliard where he and his classmates wrote and performed How It All Began, a play eventually produced at the New York Shakespeare Festival with Kilmer in the lead.
Kilmer displayed a flair for fantasy heroics as the dwarf-friendly lead in Ron Howard's WILLOW (1988), a lavish but uninvolving fantasy from producer George Lucas that disappointed commercially.
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 Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer (he is the most talented actor and singer) began his film career early.
Val holds the distinction of being the youngest student ever to be accepted into the acting program there, thirty plus is the normal accepted age.
Val Kilmer is a distant cousin of poet Joyce Kilmer.
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 Jennifer's Val Kilmer Homepage
Kilmer was the youngest student ever admitted into the drama department of the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City.
Kilmer's portrayal of Jim Morrison in "The Doors" showcased not only his physical and emotional range as an actor but his musical talents as well, as he performed all of the vocals in the live concert sequences.
Kilmer played FBI agent Ray Levoy in the political drama, "Thunderheart." After appearing as Elvis in "True Romance," Kilmer received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Doc Holliday, the unpredictable and dangerous friend of lawman Wyatt Earp, in the hit Western "Tombstone."
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 Val Kilmer - Wikipedia
Seit seiner Darstellung des legendären Musikers Jim Morrison in Oliver Stones The Doors von 1991 gilt Kilmer als einer der talentiertesten Schauspieler seiner Generation.
Trotz seines Talents wird Kilmer von vielen Regisseuren gemieden, da er als sehr exzentrisch und schwierig gilt.
Val Kilmer war von 1989 bis 1996 mit der Schauspielerin Joanne Whalley verheiratet, die er bei den Dreharbeiten zu Willow kennengelernt hatte.
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 Val Kilmer @ Filmbug
Val Kilmer is one of the most prolific actors of his generation.
Kilmer's other memorable roles include Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's The Doors, the title character in Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever, Doc Holliday in Tombstone and Simon Templar in The Saint.
Kilmer's films also include Renny Harlin's Mindhunters, the animated feature Delgo, Ron Howard's The Missing, Blind Horizon, Stateside, Wonderland and a role opposite Robert Downey Jr.
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 Madmartigan/Val Kilmer (from the Willow Official Poster Magazine)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kilmer, who works alongside actors Davis, Whalley, O'Herlihy, Pat Roach and others, has praise for his colleagues, a group assembled by executive producer George Lucas and director Ron Howard.
Kilmer is perhaps best known for his role as "Iceman" Kazansky in Top Gun.
An actor with a special love for the theater, Val Kilmer looks forward to returning to the stage now that his odyssey in the world of Willow is over.
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 Extratv.com : Val Kilmer
Now Val is back flying high on the Hollywood scene, this time playing a secret agent in a new political thriller directed by David Mamet.
Kilmer says of his character, "His assignment is to retrieve a girl of a high-ranking American official."
Joining Kilmer in the spy story is consummate character actor William H. Macy, "Third Watch's" Tia Texada, and "Antwone Fisher's" Derek Luke.
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 Val Kilmer Biography
Kilmer's ex-wife is Joanne Whalley, an actress and former lead singer of Cindy and the Saffrons.
Kilmer is regarded as "difficult" by some in the industry, such as directors John Frankenheimer (The Island of Doctor Moreau), Ron Howard (Willow) and Joel Schumacher (Batman Forever).
Recently, Kilmer was in negotiations with Richard Dutcher (God's Army, Brigham City) for the lead role in his 2005 film Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith.
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 AbsoluteNow: Val Kilmer photos - Actor VAL KILMER at the world premiere, in Los Angeles, of his new movie Red Planet. ...
Val Kilmer World Premiere of Universal Pictures "Red Dragon" at the Ziegfeld Theater, New York City.
Actor VAL KILMER with actress CARRIE-ANN MOSS at the world premiere, in Los Angeles, of their new movie Red Planet.
Actor VAL KILMER at the world premiere, in Los Angeles, of his new movie Red Planet.
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 Val Kilmer Film Festival and Convention 2005
In this thriller filmed entirely in New Mexico, Val Kilmer plays a man who doesn't know who he is but who thinks he knows something about a planned presidential assassination.
We rent a theater and movies for a private showing of two Val Kilmer films as they were meant to be seen -- on the big screen, in the theater.
The 2005 Val Kilmer Film Festival and Convention was the smallest ever, but still a lot of fun.
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 Val Kilmer BBC 1 Sunday 10.30 am   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I have just learned that the actor Val Kilmer will be featured on "The Heaven and Earth Show" tomorrow morning (Sunday, January 16) at some point between 10:30 a.m.
I got the impression that Val Kilmer is not too comfortable talking about himself (also makes a change!) or his private side, but he came over as a gentle and thoughtful individual and as a caring dad.
I was grateful, too, for the approach of the friendly interviewer who seemed to me to be genuinely interested in Val Kilmer's healings, even though she probably knew little about Christian Science.
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 Val Kilmer - MovieActors.com
Val's acting career began on stage, and he still participates in theatre; he played HAMLET at the 1988 Colorado Shakespeare Festival.
While filming THE DOORS in 1991, Val Kilmer broke his arm badly when he performed a jump from the stage into the crowd Kilmer is the fifth actor to play Batman and he is the only blonde actor to have played Bruce Wayne/Batman.
In the 1988's WILLOW, Val Kilmer does a variation on his trademark of twirling objects - he twirls a sword during the fight in the snow camp.
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 CNN.com - Val Kilmer: From Batman to porn star - Oct. 20, 2003
Kilmer quickly met with Gov. Bill Richardson, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations known for playing peacemaker in disputes worldwide.
Afterward, Richardson said Kilmer loves the state, averring: "This is a great New Mexican." Kilmer also took an ad out in The Santa Fe New Mexican, proclaiming: "I love my state and Pecos where I live."
Kilmer turned down "Wonderland" at first because he didn't care for the subject and was looking for a comedy.
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 Amazon.com: Willow (Special Edition): DVD: Val Kilmer,Warwick Davis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Val Kilmer plays the warrior who joins Willow's campaign with the evil queen's daughter (Joanne Whalley, who later married Kilmer).
Setting out on the dangerous journey, he soon meets adventurous Madmartigan (Val Kilmer), and the two pair up to take the baby to its destination, which changes almost every minute as they encounter such beings as a forest fairy, and a sorceress who comes in the form of a rat, a bird, a goat, etc.
Kilmer's character is a throwback of sorts to the swashbuckling heroes of yesteryear, while Davis is a hero as well, and the one we all come out rooting for.
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The male celebrity Val Kilmer was born in the year 1959 and in the country USA!
Val Kilmer examines what it means to be a celebrity in this day and age.
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 Sexy Male Celebrities - Val Kilmer
A serious and ambitious actor-by Hollywood standards-the stage-trained Kilmer has carved out an idiosyncratic career as a film lead willing to play quirky character parts such as his delicious portrayal of Elvis in True Romance (1993).
Along the way, Kilmer also picked up a reputation as a "difficult" actor, prone to artistic disputes with his directors and producers.
Kilmer enjoyed a critical hit as the star of Michael Apted's Thunderheart (1992), an engrossing crime drama about a part-Sioux FBI agent who must confront his heritage while investigating a murder on an Oglala Sioux reservation.
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 Val Kilmer Photos - Val Kilmer News - Val Kilmer Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Val is the youngest student to ever be accepted into Julliard's drama department.
Val co-authored the play entitled How It All Began and it was performed at the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theatre in 1981.
Val ranked number 62 in Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
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 New Biography of Val Kilmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Val Edward Kilmer has led a very interesting life, he was raised next to Roy Rogers, and dated Academy Award nominated actress Mare Winningham when he was in high school and was friends with Kevin Spacey.
Val deserves another chance, and perhaps he has one with a new flurry of movies comming out, possibly his own movie caled Blessed.
UPDATE: Val Kilmer has signed 110 copies of the book, unfortunately I can't sell you any, but they are available at www.flatsigned.com.
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