Date of Birth : Dec 31st 1959
Kilmer’s first role in 2000 was in the big budget Warner Bros. box office failure Red Planet. That same year, he had a supporting role in the film Pollock and hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time. In 2002, he starred in the thriller The Salton Sea, which was generally well-reviewed, but received only a limited release. The same year, he teamed with his True Romance co-star, Christian Slater, and the two starred in the low budget film, Hard Cash, also known as Run for the Money.Kilmer with Robert Downey Jr. in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, 2005
Kilmer was married to Joanne Whalley, an actress and former lead singer of Cindy & the Saffrons, from March 1988 to February 1996. The two met while working together on the film Willow. They share two children, daughter Mercedes, born in 1991, and son Jack, born in 1995, Jack was born without a name for 2 months.
Kilmer and Tom Cruise, with whom he starred opposite in Top Gun, reportedly disliked each other a great deal off camera, much like their characters, and reportedly got into a fist fight when Kilmer refused to do a charity volley ball game opposite Cruise. Other actors have also noted that he prepares for his roles so extensively and meticulously, it is often done to the chagrin of cast and crew (although many have argued that this should be seen as a tremendous quality rather than a flaw). In addition, on the set of The Island of Dr. Moreau, he and the director, John Frankenheimer, had an explosive argument on-set, after which Frankenheimer stated he would never work with Kilmer again. Moreover, Marlon Brando was reportedly so incensed at Kilmer’s behavior on set that he snatched Kilmer’s cell phone during a take and threw it away. It was reported that exactly the same was stated by Joel Schumacher, Kilmer’s director for Batman Forever (hence Batman being recast with George Clooney).