There is no Batman," he once said.Val Kilmer, who died of pneumonia at 65 on Tuesday, April 2, is one of the handful of Hollywood actors over the decades to have portrayed Batman on the big screen. But unlike many stars who have played Gotham's superhero,

The actor took only one turn in the famous batsuit. That film, “Batman Forever,” couldn’t be a more representative artifact of its era.

In what would be the final years of his life, Val Kilmer leaned more into a different type of art than acting, but he never forgot his fans.

Val Kilmer, a versatile Hollywood hero of the ’80s and ’90s with star turns as both the likes of Batman and Jim Morrison, has died. He was 65.

Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died at the age of 65. He also appeared in 1991's The Doors - playing the legendary band's frontman Jim Morrison - plus the Western Tombstone and crime drama Heat.

Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65.