Val Edward Kilmer was born on 31st December 1959, in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor who rose to prominence in 1980s after landing notable roles in the films “Top Gun“ (1986), “Willow“ (1988) and others. Val Kilmer has been accumulating his net worth as an actor since 1977.
How rich is Kilmer? Under the latest estimations it was announced that the total size of Val Kilmer‘s net worth is $25 million.
Val Kilmer Net Worth $25 Million
To give some background facts about Kilmer, he was raised in the San Fernando Valley. The parents of the boy divorced when he was 9 years old. He was educated at Berkeley Hall School, Christian Science School, Chatsworth High School, Hollywood Professional School and Juilliard School’s Drama Division. Val Kilmer was seeking to become an actor from adolescence, which later helped him to accumulate the huge amount of his net worth.
Concerning his career, he began as a stage actor, debuting with a main role in the play “How It All Began” (1981) at the Public Theatre during the New York Shakespeare Festival. Later, he took off-Broadway roles including in “The Slab Boys” (1983). In addition to this, he appeared in various television commercials, and the educational television series “One Too Many” (1983). His major breakthrough was landed in the action comedy film “Top Secret!” (1984), directed by Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and David Zucker, which was well evaluated by critics, and the box office grossed $20 million, so the lead actor Kilmer proved to be worthy of applause and main roles. In fact, he has created roles in more than 70 feature films up to date, which have increased the net worth of Val Kilmer significantly.
Val has won three awards, including a CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries for his role in “The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains” (1987), Prism Award for the Best Performance in a Theatrical Feature Film for his appearance in “The Salton Sea” (2002), and Satellite Award for the Best Supporting Actor in Motion Picture for the character created in “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” (2005). It should be noted that the actor was nominated for MTV Movie Awards and Saturn Award for the roles landed in the films “The Doors” (1991), “Tombstone” (1993), “Batman Forever” (1995) and “Heat” (1995). However, several roles were considered as complete failures and received nominations for the Golden Raspberry Awards. These were the roles of Montgomery in “The Island of Dr. Moreau” (1996), Simon Templar in “The Saint” (1997), and Philip II of Macedon role in “Alexander” (2004). Regardless, all have contributed to his net worth.
Currently, Kilmer is working on upcoming productions including the miniseries “The Spoils Before Dying” created by Matt Piedmont, and feature film “Weightless” directed by Terrence Malick. Even though Val Kilmer has the reputation of being a difficult personality to work with, some directors such as Irwin Winkler, and co-stars including Warwick Davis and Bob De Niro claim that he is a dedicated and hard-working actor.
Some facts about his private life: Kilmer has been married once to the actress Joanne Whalley (1988 – 1996). The family has two children.
