Val Kilmer
Hollywood's Val Kilmer is probably still best acknowledged for his role as Jim Morrison, but it was a long road that Kilmer followed before making that career-enhancing move - a road that gave Kilmer plenty of opportunities to demonstrate not only his acting skills, but his moody temperament as well.
Raised in California, Kilmer excelled at acting, singing and
writing during his high school years, and at the age
of 17, became the youngest student ever accepted into
Juilliard's. Kilmer also trained
at the Hollywood Professional School before hitting the New York stage, where he honed his craft for nearly a
decade. He made his Broadway debut in Slab Boys,
along with Kevin Bacon and Sean Penn. During this period Kilmer also made
a few trips to Hollywood, and in 1984 he debuted on the big screen playing
pop singer and spy Nick Rivers in Top Secret. He made it on the
cult sceneby starring in Real Genius,
and then spent the nex