Batman The Dark Knight Trilogy villains (spoilers!)
by EdwardNashtonReeves | created - 01 Aug 2012 | updated - 16 Aug 2012 | PublicBatman villains from Nolan's Trilogy
1. Heath Ledger
Actor | Brokeback Mountain
When hunky, twenty-year-old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of little depth. He spent several years trying desperately to sway this image, but this was a double-edged sword. His work comprised ...
Joker, ''The Dark Knight''
2. Tom Hardy
Actor | Inception
With his breakthrough performance as Eames in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller Inception (2010), English actor Tom Hardy has been brought to the attention of mainstream audiences worldwide. However, the versatile actor has been steadily working on both stage and screen since his television debut...
Bane, ''The Dark Knight Rises''
3. Liam Neeson
Actor | Kinsey
Liam Neeson was born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to Katherine (Brown), a cook, and Bernard Neeson, a school caretaker. He was raised in a Catholic household. During his early years, Liam worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, a truck driver, an assistant architect and an ...
Ra's Al-Ghul, ''Batman Begins'' and ''The Dark Knight Rises''
4. Marion Cotillard
Actress | La Môme
Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard was born on September 30, 1975 in Paris. Cotillard is the daughter of Jean-Claude Cotillard, an actor, playwright and director, and Niseema Theillaud, an actress and drama teacher. Her father's family is from Brittany.
Raised in Orléans, France, she ...
Talia Al-Ghul, ''The Dark Knight Rises''
5. Cillian Murphy
Actor | 28 Days Later...
Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, the oldest child of Brendan Murphy, who works for the Irish Department of Education, and a mother who is a teacher of French. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law ...
Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow, ''Batman Begins'', ''The Dark Knight'' and ''The Dark Knight Rises''
6. Aaron Eckhart
Actor | The Dark Knight
Aaron Edward Eckhart is an American actor. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at an early age, when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Australia for his high school senior ...
Harvey Dent / Two-Face, ''The Dark Knight''
7. Tom Wilkinson
Actor | Michael Clayton
Popular British character actor Tom Wilkinson was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and came from a long line of urban farmers. He was the son of Marjorie (Percival) and Thomas Wilkinson. Economic hardships forced his family to move to Canada for a few years when Wilkinson was a child; then, ...
Carmine Falcone, ''Batman Begins''
8. Eric Roberts
Actor | Runaway Train
Roberts is an Academy Award nominee for his role in Runaway Train, and a three-time Golden Globe nominee for Runaway Train, Star 80, and King of the Gypsies.
In addition, Roberts received acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival for his role in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints and It's My Party. He ...
Sal Maroni, ''The Dark Knight''
9. Ritchie Coster
Actor | The Dark Knight
Ritchie Coster was born on July 1, 1967 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Dark Knight (2008), Let Me In (2010) and The Bounty Hunter (2010).
The Chechen, ''The Dark Knight''
10. Michael Jai White
Actor | Black Dynamite
Michael Jai White is an American actor and martial artist who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn. White ...
Gambol, ''The Dark Knight''
11. Josh Stewart
Actor | Interstellar
Joshua Regnall Stewart was born in Diana, West Virginia, to Margie (Skidmore) and Charles Regnall Stewart, a teacher and Baptist pastor. He studied at the T. Schreiber studios in New York City and was a company member of the 13th Street Repertory Theatre. He continued his work in theater in Los ...
Barsad, ''The Dark Knight Rises''
12. Ben Mendelsohn
Actor | Rogue One
Despite his prominence in Hollywood as a character actor known for playing villains and criminals, Ben Mendelsohn has been a leading man in Australia since starting acting as a teenager.
Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Carole Ann (Ferguson), a nurse, and Frederick ...
Daggett, ''The Dark Knight Rises''
13. Burn Gorman
Actor | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Burn Gorman was born on September 1, 1974 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018). He has been married to Sarah Beard since July 2004. They have three children.
Styver, ''The Dark Knight Rises''
14. Juno Temple
Actress | Atonement
Juno Violet Temple was born in London, England, into a showbiz family, the daughter of producer Amanda Temple and film director Julien Temple. She was named 'Juno' after her parents took a visit to the Grand Canyon during pregnancy and found they were standing on a butte of Cape Final known as Juno...
Jen, ''The Dark Knight Rises''
15. Rutger Hauer
Actor | Hobo with a Shotgun
Blond, blue-eyed, tall and handsome Dutch actor Rutger Hauer enjoyed an international reputation for playing everything from romantic leads to action heroes to sinister villains. Hauer was born in Breukelen, a Dutch town and former municipality in the province of Utrecht.
He was the son of Teunke ...
Earle, ''Batman Begins''
16. Ken Watanabe
Actor | The Last Samurai
Ken Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Japan. Both of his parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy. He became interested in acting at the age of 24, when a director of England's National Theater Company, where he was studying, told him ...
Ra's Al-Ghul (predecessor or double?), ''Batman Begins''
17. Chin Han
Actor | The Dark Knight
Named one of Asia's 25 greatest actors of all-time by CNNGo (a division of CNN) alongside stars like Japan's Toshiro Mifune and India's Amitabh Bachchan and nominated for Variety's Asian Star of the Year Award in 2013, Chin Han's 20 year career has spanned many international theater, television and...
Lau, ''The Dark Knight''
18. William Fichtner
Actor | Crash
A small-town guy with a big heart, William Fichtner has been captivating the hearts of Western New Yorkers for decades. Bill was born in 1956 on Long Island, New York, to Patricia A. (Steitz) and William E. Fichtner. He is of German, Irish, and English descent.
Fichtner was raised in Cheektowaga, ...
Bank Manager, ''The Dark Knight''
19. Monique Gabriela Curnen
Actress | The Dark Knight
Monique Gabriela Curnen is an American actress who has worked in theater, film and television. She grew up in Massachusetts. Both parents were educators and encouraged creativity in the home. Monique took an interest in acting after watching her older brother perform in a school orchestra, and soon...
Ramirez, ''The Dark Knight''
20. Ron Dean
Actor | The Fugitive
Ron Dean is a character actor with over thirty years of film and television roles to his credit. This multi-talented actor, with a "tough guy" demeanor, has masterfully played nasty villains to hard, authoritative individuals (often as cops and military officials). Ron Dean has played in several ...
Wuertz, ''The Dark Knight''
21. Richard Brake
Actor | Doom
Richard Brake was born in Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales, UK. He is an actor, known for Doom (2005), 31 (2016) and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014).
Joe Chill, ''Batman Begins''
22. Tim Booth
Soundtrack | Heat
Tim Booth was born on February 4, 1960 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a music artist and actor, known for Heat (1995), Batman Begins (2005) and One Day (2011).
Mr. Zsasz, ''Batman Begins''
23. Mark Boone Junior
Actor | Memento
Mark Boone Junior was born on March 17, 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Memento (2000), 30 Days of Night (2007) and Batman Begins (2005).
Flass, ''Batman Begins''
24. Gerard Murphy
Actor | Waterworld
Gerard Murphy was born on October 14, 1948 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. He was an actor, known for Waterworld (1995), Batman Begins (2005) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999). He died on August 26, 2013 in Histon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
Judge Faden, ''Batman Begins''
25. Catherine Porter
Actress | Batman Begins
Catherine Porter was born in New York and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arms.
She has performed in various theatrical shows such as Tonight's The Night alongside Tim Howar, Dianne Pilkington, Hannah Waddingham, Howard Samuels, Tim Funnell and Mike Mckell.
Also performed in The Music of ...
Falcone's Assassin, ''Batman Begins''
26. Michael Vieau
Actor | The Dark Knight
Michael Vieau was born on June 9, 1971 in Roselle, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Dark Knight (2008), Public Enemies (2009) and Prison Break (2005). He died on June 29, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Rossi, ''The Dark Knight''
27. Josh Pence
Actor | The Social Network
Josh Pence was born in Santa Monica, California, to real estate agent, Charles, and elementary school teacher, Linda. His father was born in Seattle and his mother was born and raised on a farm in northern Maine. He has one younger brother, Jason. In 2000, Pence graduated from Santa Monica High ...
Young Ra's Al Ghul, ''The Dark Knight Rises''
28. Joey King
Actress | The Act
Joey King started acting professionally when she was four years old. A national spot for Life Cereal was Joey's first commercial. It has been said that Joey inherited the love of acting from her grandmother, who used to perform in live theater.
She has appeared in several television shows and movies...
Young Talia, ''The Dark Knight Rises''
29. David Dastmalchian
Actor | Oppenheimer
David Dastmalchian is originally from Kansas. He moved to Chicago, IL, to study acting at The Theatre School, DePaul University. After college, David worked as a professional fisherman in Alaska, a circus performer, movie theatre usher and playwright. He is an ensemble member of Shattered Globe ...
Thomas Schiff, ''The Dark Knight''
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