Actor Val Kilmer, star of ‘Batman Forever,’ ‘Top Gun,’ dead at 65

Val Kilmer, the Hollywood film star who starred in “Top Gun” and “Batman Forever,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles.

He was 65.

Kilmer succumbed to pneumonia, his daughter Mercedes told the New York Times. He was diagnosed with throat cancer, which required two tracheotomies, in 2015 and later recovered.

The Los Angeles native made his film debut as rock star Nick Rivers in the 1984 movie “Top Secret!,” which was written and directed by the comedy team that created “Airplane!”

Two years later, Kilmer was launched to superstardom for his role as Lt. Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in “Top Gun,” the highest-grossing movie of 1986.

Kilmer played the rival of Tom Cruise’s Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Ironically, Kilmer had to be talked into doing the movie.