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Val Kilmer

1959 - 2025

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Val Edward Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) was an American actor. Initially a stage actor, he later found fame as a leading man in films in a wide variety of genres, including comedies, dramas, action adventures, westerns, historical films, crime dramas, science fiction films, and fantasy films. Films in which Kilmer appeared grossed more than $3.85 billion worldwide. In 1992, film critic Roger Ebert remarked, "if there is an award for the most unsung leading man of his generation, Kilmer should get it". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Val Kilmer has received more than 39,010,014 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.

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Memorability Metrics

  • 39M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.49

    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 13,578. Before 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 10. Before 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. Among people deceased in 2025, Val Kilmer ranks 11. Before him are Marianne Faithfull, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Sam Nujoma, Horst Köhler, George Foreman, and Aga Khan IV. After him are Richard Chamberlain, Denis Law, Leo Beenhakker, Sofia Gubaidulina, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and Ágnes Keleti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Val Kilmer ranks 612 out of 20,380. Before 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).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Val Kilmer ranks 168. Before 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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