(CNN) Val Kilmer is back on both the big and small screen.

Kilmer's speaking voice is now much different because of a bout with throat cancer.

Actor Val Kilmer opens up about his battle with cancer and past relationships in new memoir. @ChrisConnelly has the story. https://t.co/8jVW3sLFzp pic.twitter.com/PzmE12EWFo — Good Morning America (@GMA) April 21, 2020

"I feel a lot better than I sound, but I feel wonderful," the 60-year-old said. "I was diagnosed with throat cancer which healed very quickly. This is a tracheotomy to help me breathe because the glands in my throat swelled up as well."