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,

A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.

Charismatic and versatile, he also won praise for memorable roles as Iceman in 'Top Gun' and Doc Holliday in 'Tombstone,' but his unpredictable behavior ruffled some feathers in Hollywood.