Val Kilmer has accepted an award at the United Nations (UN) in New York and given his first public speech since his battle with throat cancer.
The Top Gun star, 59, appeared at the Novus Summit at the UN on Saturday, and collected an award for his work with the TwainMania Foundation, created to educate children on author Mark Twain's legacy.
Video published on the uInterview YouTube channel showed Kilmer speaking in a barely audible rasp with his hand to a scarf on his throat, but praising "programmes around the world".
Kilmer initially denied he was battling cancer, but revealed his fight with the illness to The Hollywood Reporter in 2017, confirming he had a procedure on his trachea that has reduced his voice to a rasp and leaves him short of breath.
Despite his health battles, the actor is confirmed as returning to join Tom Cruise in a sequel to their iconic 1986 movie Top Gun, in which he played flying ace Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky, the rival to Cruise's lead, Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell.
The Mission: Impossible star surprised fans by revealing the first full trailer for the film at Comic-Con in San Diego, California last week, although Iceman didn't appear in any footage.
However, Kilmer confirmed he had a ball working with his old foil on the new film, telling The Hollywood Reporter back in February, "It will be a great film, I promise. This time around had me laughing with Tom like a high schooler. He's so funny. I hope he's saved the world enough to take a decade and re-establish himself as a great comedian as he has it in him."
The sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, is out next June.