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 ...

Jim Morrison,” like she’s Aunt Bee or something. But Kilmer believed in the Jim myth all the way. “I primarily saw myself playing a poet,” Kilmer recalled in his memoir I’m Your Huckleberry.

Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts ...

Andy Fallon/Camera Press, via Redux Supported by By Bruce Weber Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and ...

Val Kilmer, the charisma-oozing leading man who lost himself portraying such tormented, self-loathing characters as Jim ...

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

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

Val Kilmer, the Hollywood legend, passed away on April 1 at 65. His iconic roles in films like Top Gun and The Doors are available on platforms such as Amazon Prime Video and Netflix, showcasing his ...

Jim Carrey, Nicolas Cage and Cher lead tributes to Top Gun and Batman Forever star - Hollywood actor, known for his intense ...