translate English to German: Kilmer is known for film roles as diverse as the Elvis-like teen idol Nick Rivers in Top Secret!, real-life gunslinger Doc Holliday, porn star John Holmes, rock idol Jim Morrison, cultural hero Robert Burns, as well as larger-than-life literary characters like Madmartigan in Willow, "Ice-Man" in Top Gun, Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Forever and Simon Templar in The Saint.
1983 debütierte er mit dem Stück Slab Boys am Broadway, wo er neben späteren Größen wie Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey und Kevin Bacon auf der Bühne stand.