FrameThrower · Actors · Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer
14 films · 779 frames · top-billed in 10 · 1986–2022
Born 31 December 1959 · Los Angeles, California, USA · died 1 April 2025
Val Edward Kilmer was 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 blockbuster action films, including a role in Top Gun and a lead role in Willow.
During the 1990s, Kilmer gained critical respect after a series of films that were also commercially successful, including his roles as Jim Morrison in The Doors, Doc Holliday in 1993's Tombstone, Batman in 1995's Batman Forever, Chris Shiherlis in 1995's Heat, and Simon Templar in 1997's The Saint.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 779 frames from the 14 films we hold. This is the look of the work Val takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 14 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work Val takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Top Gun: Maverick
2022 · Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
Twixt
2011 · Hall Baltimore
Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
2009 · Stevie Pruit
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005 · Gay Perry
Alexander
2004 · Philip
The Prince of Egypt
1998 · Moses (voice)
Heat
1995 · Chris Shiherlis
Batman Forever
1995 · Bruce Wayne / Batman
Tombstone
1993 · Doc Holliday
Top Gun
1986 · Ice
Song to Song
2017 · Duane
Palo Alto
2013 · Stewart
Pollock
2000 · Willem DeKooning
True Romance
1993 · Mentor
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 779 frames from Val Kilmer's 14 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.