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.

Val Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” channeled as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone ‘s “The Doors” and starred in several other 1980s favorites, has died, The New York Times has confirmed. He was 65. He had been battling throat cancer for several years.

Top Gun star Val Kilmer has died at the age of 65, his daughter has said. Kilmer’s daughter Mercedes told the New York Times the actor had died from pneumonia. He rose to fame starring alongside Tom Cruise in the 1986 hit Top Gun playing Iceman,