The Doors' Robby Krieger didn't think Val Kilmer looked like Jim Morrison when he was cast in the 1991 Oliver Stone-directed ...

At first skeptical, guitarist Robby Krieger was quickly convinced of Val Kilmer's talent as the actor dove into playing Doors ...

Robby Krieger, guitarist for the legendary '60s band The Doors, had come to meet Val Kilmer, a young actor who had landed the plum if difficult role of Jim Morrison, the band's lead singer ...

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.

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 ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Val Kilmer, the charisma-oozing leading man who lost himself portraying such tormented, self-loathing characters as Jim Morrison, gunslinger Doc Holliday and Batman ...

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 ...