He became the youngest student accepted into Juilliard’s Drama Division.
Val Edward Kilmer, born on December 31, 1959, in Los Angeles, California, was an American actor renowned for his versatility and intense screen presence. Raised in the San Fernando Valley, he attended Chatsworth High School alongside future stars like Kevin Spacey and Mare Winningham. At 17, he became the youngest student accepted into Juilliard’s Drama Division, where he honed his craft before transitioning from stage to screen. Kilmer’s breakout role came as “Iceman” in Top Gun (1986),
Never say no to a hostage-taker. It’s in the manual.
The Negotiator is a taut action-thriller centered on police negotiator Danny Roman, portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson. Roman is framed for embezzlement and the murder of his partner and, in a desperate attempt to clear his name, takes hostages at the Chicago Internal Affairs Division. He demands that another expert negotiator, Chris Sabian (played by Kevin Spacey), handle the situation, believing Sabian to be neutral and objective.
I watched this star-studded Warner Brothers Picture Company 1995 movie Outbreak on AMC. It is a Wolfgang Peterson film (The Neverending Story, Enemy Mine, Shattered, In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Troy, Poseidon) which he was also executive producer and director. The movie is based on Richard Preston’s 1994 nonfiction book “The Hot Zone”. In 1967 a virus infects a whole town in the African Jungle.
