Writer Rob Sheffield remembers Val Kilmer's performance in 'The Doors' and why he was the perfect Jim Morrison.

This being an Oliver Stone film, The Doors is less concerned with historical accuracy than it is with using a hazy mash-up of ...

Charismatic and versatile, he also won praise for memorable roles as Iceman in 'Top Gun' and Doc Holliday in 'Tombstone,' but ...

Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in a string of high-profile films such as' Batman' and 'The Doors,' has died at age 65.

Celebrated Hollywood actor Val Kilmer, known for his intense performances and iconic roles in Top Gun, Batman Forever and ...

The world woke up this morning to news about the loss of Val Kilmer, one of the most revered and beloved Hollywood actors ...

Actor Val Kilmer died Tuesday night in Los Angeles, his daughter Mercedes Kilmer revealed to the New York Times. Here's what ...

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.

American actor Val Kilmer died at the age of 65. His daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, said that the cause was pneumonia.

A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.

I always marveled at the range, the brilliant variability within the powerful current of Val’s possessing and expressing character.” ...