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- Christian Bale. View The Dark Knight on Amazon. Yes, we need to speak about the voice. The low, gravely gurgle he puts on when Batman is irksome at times, but this is a powerful portrayal of the caped crusader.
- Michael Keaton. View The Batman Anthology on Amazon. At the time, Michael Keaton as Batman angered a lot of people. Known for his comedy turns, it was felt he just wasn’t suited to the role.
- Kevin Conroy. View Batman: The Animated Series on Amazon. That voice. It just is Batman. Kevin Conroy’s dulcet tones made Batman: The Animated series what is was, perhaps the greatest take on the Caped crusader yet.
- Robert Pattinson. The reviews are in and it's official: Robert Pattinson is one of the best Batmans of all time, with his movie The Batman proving that you can have both brains and brawn in a blockbuster.
- Michael Keaton (1989–1992; 2023) Unflinching, unfazed, unyielding, understated, unpretentious, and numerous other un- words, Michael Keaton's Batman really is the silent warrior at the gates.
- Kevin Conroy (1992–2024) As of this moment, there is no actor on God's green earth who's played Batman as many times as Kevin Conroy. Even though his original Batman: The Animated Series went off the air in 1996, he later voiced the Caped Crusader in hundreds of additional animated projects, the Batman: Arkham and Injustice series' of video games, and even appeared as Bruce Wayne in a cameo on the CW's Crisis on Infinite Earths.
- Christian Bale (2005–2012) Having Academy Award-winning actor Christian Bale as No. 3 on this list will arguably be a controversial opinion, but here are the facts: In the Christopher Nolan Bat-trilogy, Bale does an absolutely superb job of playing both Bruce and Bat, as his acting chops allow him to really dissect the character and reconcile a number of conflicting emotions that are fine in comic books, but more hokey in real life.
- Adam West (1966–1968) There's enough to say about Adam West's Batman that it could fill a book. And it has! (Look up Gotham City: 14 Miles, if you want a real deep dive on the subject.)
- Robert Lowery
- Lewis Wilson
- Will Arnett
- George Clooney
- Val Kilmer
- Ben Affleck
- Robert Pattinson
- Kevin Conroy
- Christian Bale
- Michael Keaton
The first time we see Lowery in his Bruce Wayne persona, he’s yawning, feigning tiredness to his girlfriend, Vicky Vale. That’s a first impression that makes for a lasting association throughout the four and a half hours of the 1949 Batman and Robinserial. Every time we see the unmasked actor, even when he doesn’t mean to seem like a “lazy do-nothi...
If the main idea for Wilson’s Bruce Wayne was to make the guy an a-hole, he did his job very well. Batman’s alter-ego should simply be himself, a wealthy bachelor who sometimes makes appearances as a philanthropic mystery man. In the 1943 Batmanserial, though, he tries too hard to be unlike a superhero, to keep up the masquerade. Early on, Dick Gra...
There’s certainly nothing wrong with Will Arnett’s portrayal of Bruce Wayne in The Lego Batman Movie. In fact, the animated feature gives us a very sequence involving Batman coming home to live his most introverted life, complete with a great HDMI input-related gag. Arnett’s Bruce Wayne is perhaps one of the loneliest portrayals on the list, as the...
There are plenty of problems with George Clooney’s portrayal of Batman in Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin. And we’ll certainly get to those. But as Bruce Wayne, he has a few bright spots. Most notably, Clooney’s performance comes alive in many of the scenes that he shares with Michael Gough’s Alfred. As his friend, employee, and longtime guardian ...
Robert Pattinson might be “emo Batman,” but Val Kilmer was the first and maybe only truly sensitive Bruce Wayne. He’s the closest to a real romantic, he took in a near-adult teen as his ward after the kid’s family died trying to be heroes, and he cares enough about the world to not fund an employee’s project that could mess with people’s minds. Thi...
Ben Affleck’s Bruce Wayne is all business. He’s working from the opposite point on the timeline than Robert Pattinson. This Bruce Wayne has been doing the Batman secret identity thing for a little too long. So long that he’s given up Christian Bale’s gameshow duality. His superpower is his money, and his confidence stems from that pile of cash he r...
The conceit with the dichotomy between Batman and Bruce Wayne is that there’s a noticeable distinction between them. The former commits violence in the dark while the latter is the public face no one would suspect such things. The Batmanmakes a point of blurring that line, meaning Robert Pattinson’s Bruce is every bit as dour and grimacy as his Bat...
Kevin Conroy’s Bruce Wayne is just a good dude. He can play the schmoozer and the billionaire nitwit, but more often than not, he fills the room with warmth. His Bruce Wayne does what many online wish other versions of the character would do. He uses his money to make a better Gotham. He’s not only out there in the alleys, punching punks in their m...
The last person Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne wants to be is Bruce Wayne. He wears the billionaire playboy like a Halloween suit, a costume to trick, definitely not treat, those around him. His Wayne is a disguise used as a weapon to distract from his nightly activities. Much to Alfred’s chagrin, Bale’s Wayne happily torpedoes his reputation amongst...
The advantage that Michael Keaton’s portrayal of Batman has over many of these other guys is that he fits perfectly into the vibe that Tim Burton was looking to deliver. As Bruce Wayne, he’s mysterious and aloof, a puzzle to be solved by the characters around him, which makes for a perfect distraction from the fact that he moonlights as a rubber-cl...
Mar 3, 2022 · Our definitive ranking of modern movie Batmen, from Michael Keaton to Robert Pattinson. ‘The Flash’ has helped cement the legacies of Keaton and Ben Affleck. Here’s how they stack up against ...
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- Diedrich Bader. Diedrich Bader has voiced Batman in multiple animated adaptations of the character, including multiple films and television appearances of Scooby-Doo & Batman as well as the television series Harley Quinn.
- Val Kilmer. Val Kilmer is one of the more iconic actors to play the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman with one of the most successful film careers of the '90s, starring in legendary releases like Top Gun, The Doors, and Heat.
- Jason O'Mara. Jason O'Mara took over the animated voice work for the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne from Kevin Conroy and has been doing an amazing job since.
- Ben Affleck. Ben Affleck is an incredibly well-known and famous actor but had a relatively short-lived run as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Affleck is featured as the Dark Knight in four films, including Zack Snyder's Justice League, Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice, and Suicide Squad.
Nov 11, 2022 · Expertly performed, Keaton’s Batman will be the standard at which all Batman performances, animated or live-action, will always be compared to. That's why Keaton — who revealed recently why he walked away from the franchise — tops our best Batman actors piece!
Apr 26, 2023 · Who are the best Batman actors through live-action and animated movies, TV, and film?
