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

Fanboys recoiled, but the campy, colorful Batman Forever looks bolder than ever in a drab age for superhero movies—and the late actor's Caped Crusader was the ideal foil for manic villains Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones.

Val Kilmer was Batman, Jim Morrison, The Saint, Madmartigan... and finally, just Val. Val Kilmer was one of the most untamed stars of 80s Hollywood. True to that spirit, his filmography is equally uncontrollable,

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The country is mourning the death of Val Kilmer on Wednesday night. The Hollywood icon was loved on the big screen, but when he took a break from Hollywood, he moved to a place he had grown up loving.

Kilmer, who died at 65 on April 1, was wholly comfortable in that sweet spot where ego and commitment intertwine.

Val Kilmer, who starred in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," and "Batman Forever" while earning a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy for his intensity and temperament, has died, the New York Times reported.

His performances in films like The Doors, Heat and Batman Forever are all likely to come up, while Willow and True Romance have their own dedicated fans. One of his biggest films, Top Gun, is not only beloved by people old enough to have seen it when it was released in 1986,

Since news broke last night that actor Val Kilmer had died at the age of 65, there has been an outpouring of tributes from fellow actors and filmmakers praising Kilmer’s talent on-screen. Matt Corman,