ACTOR

Val Kilmer

1959 - Today

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Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, he found fame after appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984) and Real Genius (1985), as well as the military action film Top Gun (1986) and the fantasy film Willow (1988). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Val Kilmer has received more than 35,845,246 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Val Kilmer is the 333rd most popular actor (up from 633rd in 2019), the 612th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,167th in 2019) and the 168th most popular American Actor.

Val Kilmer is most famous for his role as Batman in the 1989 film Batman.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Val Kilmer ranks 333 out of 13,578Before him are Jada Pinkett Smith, Julie Christie, Telly Savalas, Ralph Fiennes, Lola Montez, and Matthew Perry. After him are Martin Landau, Cary Grant, Charles Dance, Joan Crawford, Oona O'Neill, and Robert Hossein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Val Kilmer ranks 10Before him are Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Luc Besson, Morrissey, Kevin Spacey, Klaus Iohannis, and Emma Thompson. After him are Evo Morales, Alberto Fernández, Luciano Spalletti, Boris Nemtsov, Hugh Laurie, and Maurizio Sarri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Val Kilmer ranks 612 out of 20,380Before him are Theodore Dreiser (1871), Telly Savalas (1922), Napoleon Hill (1883), Matthew Perry (1969), Milton H. Erickson (1901), and Margaret Mead (1901). After him are Glenn Miller (1904), Martin Landau (1928), Melvin Schwartz (1932), Richard Meier (1934), Albert Pike (1809), and Ruth Benedict (1887).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Val Kilmer ranks 168Before him are John Belushi (1949), Ellen Burstyn (1932), Goldie Hawn (1945), Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), Telly Savalas (1922), and Matthew Perry (1969). After him are Martin Landau (1928), Joan Crawford (1904), Harold Ramis (1944), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), Richard Kiel (1939), and Richard Chamberlain (1934).

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