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Highlights from the acting career of Val Kilmer

American actor Val Kilmer, who starred in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors", "Tombstone" and "Batman Forever" while earning a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy for his intensity and temperament, has died at age 65.

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Actor Val Kilmer looks towards the media during a press conference for the production of "Deja Vu," the first major theatrical film to be shot in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans Feb. 2, 2006.
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Actor Val Kilmer attends The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles 23rd Annual Simply Shakespeare benefit reading of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" in Santa Monica, California Sept. 25, 2013.
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Cast member Val Kilmer attends a news conference for the film "Twixt" at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto Sept. 12, 2011.
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Actor Val Kilmer attends the Los Angeles premiere of Warner Brothers pictures' "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood on Oct. 18, 2005.
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Actor Val Kilmer, who portrayed lead singer Jim Morrison in the film "The Doors," arrives for the 15th anniversary of the picture in Hollywood, Calif., Dec. 6, 2006.
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Actor Val Kilmer waves to photographers during a photocall in a downtown hotel in Rome Jan. 10, 2005.

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Actor Val Kilmer, who played Batman and Jim Morrison, dies at 65