Batman and starring Michael Keaton as the title character. The film was a huge success; not only was it the top-grossing film of the year, but at the time was the fifth highest-grossing film in history. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. The film's success spawned three sequels: "Batman Returns" (1992), "Batman Forever" (1995) and "Batman & Robin" (1997); the latter two of which were directed by Joel Schumacher instead of Burton, and replaced Keaton as Batman with Val Kilmer and George Clooney, respectively. The second Schumacher film failed to outgross any of its predecessors and
Val Kilmer Echo. Kilmer also played the role of Detective Dobson in the series finale of the television show "Psych". In 2017, Kilmer appeared in "Song to Song" opposite Rooney Mara and Ryan Gosling and directed by Terrence Malick. Kilmer also appeared in the 2017 film,"The Snowman" opposite Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson and directed by Tomas Alfredson. On June 7, 2018, it was confirmed Kilmer would be reprising his role as Lt. Tom "Iceman" Kazanski for the upcoming "Top Gun" sequel "". Kevin Spacey told James Lipton on "Inside the Actors Studio" that one of the turning points of his life