Val Kilmer Was Born to Play Jim Morrison. Why the actor was the only person who could don the tight leather pants and unironic pretension of the over-the-top Doors frontman.

Val Kilmer leaves such a vast legacy as the world mourns the news of his death at 65. There’s so much to be said about his charisma, his range, his smolder, his volleyball skills, his work ethic.

While Tombstone might be the late, great Val Kilmer's best known Western movie, he starred in an even better, more underrated ...

Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and elusive personality also made him a high-profile supporting player ...

"He came up to me and said, 'Hi Robby, I'm Val Kilmer, I got the gig, I'm going to play Jim,'" Krieger recalls, reflecting with fondness on that encounter in light of Kilmer's passing on April 1 ...

Val Kilmer turned in an amazing role as Doc Holliday in Tombstone, but was ignored in awards season, something that seems ...

Iconic actor Val Kilmer, who last appeared in “Top Gun ... his role as Iceman in “Top Gun” (1986), but also portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors” (1991) and Batman in “Batman Forever ...

as Jim Morrison in The Doors. Jimbo, the most ridiculously pretentious egomaniac in rock-star history, seemed so excessive that no actor could play him, but Val Kilmer was up to the task.