Val Kilmer, who died of pneumonia at 65 on April 1, famously had a negative experience portraying Batman in 1995's Batman Forever. "It’s not about Batman. There is no Batman," he once said in an interview.

Chemotherapy and a tracheotomy affected the voice of an actor who had played Batman in the pre-Christopher Nolan era and was a major action star in the 1990s. Yet, despite his long illness, it was not cancer that took his life.

One of Hollywood's most celebrated leading men of the 80s and 90s, Val Kilmer has died aged 65. From roles as Top Gun 's Iceman to Batman, here is a look at the leading actor's life in pictures.