Time Is Cruel: You Won’t Even Recognize These Famous Faces

Val Kilmer, Hot Stuff

Val Kilmer started out on the stage and then moved into acting. His first screen role was in an ABC Afterschool Special starring opposite a young Michelle Pfeiffer back in 1983.

He would go on to star opposite Tom Cruise in Top Gun by the end of the decade and by the mid-1990s, Val Kilmer was considered to be seriously hot property. He famously beat out 1980s pop icon Michael Hutchence of INXS to play Jim Morrison of The Doors in Oliver Stone’s blockbuster movie about the band. His role in Heat with De Niro and Pacino is often considered to be his finest.