"featured a one-time fireworks show to promote the movie, and replica busts of Batman, Robin, Two-Face, and the Riddler can still be found in the Justice League store in the Looney Tunes U.S.A. section. Batman Forever Batman Forever is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Tim Burton, based on the DC Comics character Batman. It is the third installment of the initial ""Batman"" film series, with Val Kilmer replacing Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, and Chris O'Donnell. The plot focuses on Batman trying"
"Frank Gorshin Frank John Gorshin Jr. (April 5, 1933 – May 17, 2005) was an American character actor, impressionist, and comedian. He was perhaps best known as an impressionist, with many guest appearances on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" and ""Tonight Starring Steve Allen"". His most famous acting role was as the Riddler on the live-action television series ""Batman"". Gorshin was born on April 5, 1933, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Catholic parents Frances, a seamstress, and Frank Gorshin Sr., a railroad worker. He was of Slovenian ancestry. His father, Frank Sr., was a second-generation Slovenian-American whose parents emigrated to"
"shows, audiences were warned not to attend if they disliked smoking, as he often smoked onstage. He is interred at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in the Hazelwood section of Pittsburgh. Frank Gorshin Frank John Gorshin Jr. (April 5, 1933 – May 17, 2005) was an American character actor, impressionist, and comedian. He was perhaps best known as an impressionist, with many guest appearances on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" and ""Tonight Starring Steve Allen"". His most famous acting role was as the Riddler on the live-action television series ""Batman"". Gorshin was born on April 5, 1933, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of"
"Will Friedle William Alan Friedle (; born August 11, 1976) is an American actor, writer and comedian. He is best known for his comedic roles, most notably the underachieving elder brother Eric Matthews on the long-running TV sitcom ""Boy Meets World"" from 1993 to 2000. More recently, he has voiced a number of animated characters such as Terry McGinnis/Batman, the title character of ""Batman Beyond"", and Ron Stoppable of ""Kim Possible"". He voices Deadpool in ""Ultimate Spider-Man"" and Star-Lord in the animated version of ""Guardians of the Galaxy"", replacing Chris Cox. He also performed the voices of Doyle in ""The"
"Role in a Comedy) for his best remembered role as The Riddler on ABC's 1960s live-action television series ""Batman"", starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Gorshin's portrayal of the character included a high-pitched, deranged cackle, inspired by that of Tommy Udo (Richard Widmark) in ""Kiss of Death"" (1947). He played the Riddler in ten episodes of the series as well as the theatrical movie, although John Astin made one appearance in the role on an occasion when Gorshin was unavailable. He reprised the role in the 1979 television movie ""Legends of the Superheroes"". Gorshin also had a memorable role in"
"John Fink John Fink (born February 11, 1940) is an American film and television actor. In the 1970-1971 the NBC sitcom ""Nancy"", Fink was cast as an Iowa veterinarian, Dr. Adam Hudson, who marries the daughter of the President of the United States. The short-lived series starred Renne Jarrett (born 1946) as the title character and Celeste Holm and Robert F. Simon in supporting roles. He is known for his roles in two ""Batman"" movies, ""Batman Forever"" (1995) and ""Batman & Robin"" (1997), and his other film credits include ""Loving"" (1970), ""The Carey Treatment"" (1972), ""Home for the Holidays"" (1972),"
"League Unlimited, , ThunderCats"" and ""Mad"". He married his girlfriend, Susan Martens, on September 25, 2016 in Connecticut. Will Friedle William Alan Friedle (; born August 11, 1976) is an American actor, writer and comedian. He is best known for his comedic roles, most notably the underachieving elder brother Eric Matthews on the long-running TV sitcom ""Boy Meets World"" from 1993 to 2000. More recently, he has voiced a number of animated characters such as Terry McGinnis/Batman, the title character of ""Batman Beyond"", and Ron Stoppable of ""Kim Possible"". He voices Deadpool in ""Ultimate Spider-Man"" and Star-Lord in the animated"
"Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with ""Top Secret!"" (1984), then the cult classic ""Real Genius"" (1985), as well as the military action film ""Top Gun"" (1986), the fantasy film ""Willow"" (1988), and Doc Holliday in ""Tombstone"" (1993). Some of his other notable film roles include Jim Morrison in ""The Doors"" (1991), ""Mentor"" Elvis Presley in ""True Romance"" (1993), armed robber Chris Shiherlis in ""Heat"" (1995), Bruce Wayne / Batman in ""Batman Forever"" (1995),"
"is a practicing Roman Catholic. Chris O'Donnell Christopher Eugene O'Donnell (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor and former model. He played Charlie Simms in ""Scent of a Woman"", D'Artagnan in ""The Three Musketeers"", Jack Foley in the drama film ""Circle of Friends"", Dick Grayson/Robin in ""Batman Forever"" and ""Batman & Robin"", Jason Brown in Robert Altman's ""Cookie's Fortune"", and Peter Garrett in ""Vertical Limit"". O'Donnell currently stars as special Agent G. Callen on the CBS crime drama television series """", a spin-off of ""NCIS"". Christopher O'Donnell was born in Winnetka, Illinois, the son of William Charles O'Donnell, Sr.,"
"Michael Keaton Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor, producer, and director. He first rose to fame for his roles on the CBS sitcoms ""All's Fair"" and ""The Mary Tyler Moore Hour"" and his comedic film roles in ""Night Shift"" (1982), ""Mr. Mom"" (1983), ""Johnny Dangerously"" (1984), and ""Beetlejuice"" (1988). He earned further acclaim for his dramatic portrayal of the title character in Tim Burton's ""Batman"" (1989) and ""Batman Returns"" (1992). He is also known for playing The Vulture in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with """" (2017) and in the"
"Michael Keaton Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor, producer, and director. He first rose to fame for his roles on the CBS sitcoms ""All's Fair"" and ""The Mary Tyler Moore Hour"" and his comedic film roles in ""Night Shift"" (1982), ""Mr. Mom"" (1983), ""Johnny Dangerously"" (1984), and ""Beetlejuice"" (1988). He earned further acclaim for his dramatic portrayal of the title character in Tim Burton's ""Batman"" (1989) and ""Batman Returns"" (1992). He is also known for playing The Vulture in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with """" (2017) and in the"
"(1994) and ""Circle of Friends"" (1995), O'Donnell co-starred with Drew Barrymore in the movie ""Mad Love"" (1995), then went on to play Dick Grayson/Robin in ""Batman Forever"", in which Drew Barrymore also made an appearance. He reportedly was part of a field of candidates that included Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Toby Stephens, and Scott Speedman. Producers narrowed their choices to DiCaprio and O'Donnell. At a comic book convention, they asked a group of 11-year-old boys, the target audience, which actor could win a fistfight. After the boys overwhelmingly declared O'Donnell the winner,"
"Martin Freeman Martin John Christopher Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor and comedian, who became known for portraying Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary ""The Office"", Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama ""Sherlock"", Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's ""The Hobbit"" film trilogy, and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series ""Fargo"". His other notable film roles include the romantic comedy ""Love Actually"" (2003), the comic science fiction film ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" (2005), the semi-improvised comedy ""Nativity!"" (2009), the comedic ""Three Flavours Cornetto"" trilogy, most prominently in"
"suggested by Zanuck himself. Critics and audiences have noted that Tommy Udo is similar to Batman's archenemy The Joker. Widmark himself was a big fan of ""Batman"" comics, and modeled Udo after The Joker. Frank Gorshin, who played The Riddler in the 60's television series ""Batman"", modeled his deranged cackle after Udo. Attorney Earl Howser was played by Taylor Holmes, while Howard Smith was cast as a prison warden. Character actor Karl Malden got the part of Sergeant William Cullen. After doing this film, Malden took a three-year break from film acting, returning in a small part as a bartender"
"in films such as ""Mo' Money"", ""The Last Boy Scout"", ""Major Payne"", ""Celtic Pride"", ""Bulletproof"", and ""The Great White Hype"", and wrote and starred in the film ""Blankman"". He also appeared in Janet Jackson's video ""The Best Things in Life Are Free"" and was considered for the role of The Riddler in ""Batman Forever"" (the role went to Jim Carrey, his co star from ""In Living Color"" and ""Earth Girls Are Easy""). In October 1996, he produced ""Waynehead"", a short lived cartoon for the WB, loosely based on his own childhood growing up in a large family, starring a poor"
"Chris O'Donnell Christopher Eugene O'Donnell (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor and former model. He played Charlie Simms in ""Scent of a Woman"", D'Artagnan in ""The Three Musketeers"", Jack Foley in the drama film ""Circle of Friends"", Dick Grayson/Robin in ""Batman Forever"" and ""Batman & Robin"", Jason Brown in Robert Altman's ""Cookie's Fortune"", and Peter Garrett in ""Vertical Limit"". O'Donnell currently stars as special Agent G. Callen on the CBS crime drama television series """", a spin-off of ""NCIS"". Christopher O'Donnell was born in Winnetka, Illinois, the son of William Charles O'Donnell, Sr., a general manager of WBBM-AM,"
"drummer Micky Dolenz was attached to star as the Riddler, the film's main antagonist. Also, Harvey Dent's transformation into Two-Face was supposed to occur in the film, with Billy Dee Williams reprising his role as Dent from the first film, after turning down the offer to appear in ""Batman Returns"". Along with these, Michelle Pfeiffer was attached to return as Catwoman, Marlon Wayans was attached to star as Robin, and Rene Russo was attached to star as Dr. Chase Meridian. However, when Warner Bros. observed that the script was just as gloomy as the previous film, they decided to put"
"voiced Corporal Griffen in the video game """" and its sequel, """". Cudlitz is married to Rachael Cudlitz. They met while students at California Institute of Arts. Their twin sons, Max and Mason, were born February 12, 1997, in Los Angeles, California. Michael Cudlitz Michael Cudlitz (born December 29, 1964) is an American actor, known for portraying John Cooper on the TNT drama series ""Southland"", Sergeant Denver ""Bull"" Randleman on the HBO miniseries ""Band of Brothers"", and Sergeant Abraham Ford on the AMC horror series ""The Walking Dead"". Cudlitz was born on Long Island, New York and grew up in"
"Billy Campbell William Oliver Campbell (born July 7, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He first gained recognition for his recurring role as Luke Fuller in the TV series ""Dynasty"". Since then, he became known for playing Rick Sammler on ""Once and Again"", Det. Joey Indelli on ""Crime Story"", Jordan Collier on ""The 4400"", and Dr. Jon Fielding on the ""Tales of the City"" miniseries. His most notable films include ""The Rocketeer"", ""Bram Stoker's Dracula"" and ""Enough."" He portrayed Darren Richmond on the AMC television series ""The Killing"", and played Dr. Alan Farragut in the SyFy series ""Helix""."
"William Sadler (actor) William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) is an American film and television actor. His television and motion picture roles have included Chesty Puller in ""The Pacific"", in """", Sheriff Jim Valenti in ""Roswell"", convict Heywood in ""The Shawshank Redemption"", Senator Vernon Trent in ""Hard to Kill"", and the Grim Reaper in ""Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey"", a role for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, and his role as Colonel Stuart opposite Bruce Willis in ""Die Hard 2"". He played the character of President of the United States, Matthew Ellis, in ""Iron"
"Michael Cudlitz Michael Cudlitz (born December 29, 1964) is an American actor, known for portraying John Cooper on the TNT drama series ""Southland"", Sergeant Denver ""Bull"" Randleman on the HBO miniseries ""Band of Brothers"", and Sergeant Abraham Ford on the AMC horror series ""The Walking Dead"". Cudlitz was born on Long Island, New York and grew up in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. He is a 1982 graduate of Lakewood High School. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts, where he graduated in 1990. While a student at California Institute of the Arts until"
"John DiMaggio John DiMaggio (; born September 4, 1968) is an American voice actor and comedian. His voice features as Bender in ""Futurama"", Jake the Dog on ""Adventure Time"", Marcus Fenix in the ""Gears of War"" series, Dr. Drakken on ""Kim Possible"", Brother Blood on ""Teen Titans"", Sandman and Hammerhead on ""The Spectacular Spider-Man"", Aquaman in """", the Scotsman on ""Samurai Jack"", Schnitzel on ""Chowder"", Rico in ""The Penguins of Madagascar"" and King Zøg on ""Disenchantment"". A native of North Plainfield, New Jersey, DiMaggio graduated from North Plainfield High School. DiMaggio attended Rutgers University. DiMaggio is known for his role"
"Most of the rest of the cast and crew, though, apparently had no familiarity with the drug; in a later interview, Nilsson recounted that he simply pretended to be drunk for his role (his own subsequent LSD experience inspired ""The Point!"", a 1970 animated movie Nilsson wrote and scored). Pop culture buffs have noted that three cast members, Frank Gorshin (The Riddler), Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) and Cesar Romero (The Joker), played recurring villains in the 1966–68 ""Batman"" television series, which broadcast its final episode in March, nine months before ""Skidoo""'s release. The film's then-futuristic costume designer, Rudi Gernreich, also"
"to make a film adaptation of the novel ""Rainbow Six"" by Tom Clancy with Goldsman as producer. Akiva Goldsman Akiva J. Goldsman (born July 7, 1962) is an American film and television writer, director, and producer known for his work on blockbuster motion pictures and adaptations of popular novels. Goldsman's filmography as a screenwriter includes ""Batman Forever"" and its sequel ""Batman & Robin"", ""I, Robot"", ""I Am Legend,"" ""Cinderella Man,"" and numerous rewrites both credited and uncredited. He also wrote more than a dozen episodes for the science fiction television series ""Fringe"". In 2002, Goldsman received the Academy Award for"
"Byron Keith Byron Keith (November 17, 1917 – January 19, 1996) was an American actor. Keith was born Cletus Leo Schwitters, and he worked on radio as Clete Lee. He made his film debut in the 1946 Orson Welles thriller ""The Stranger"" and appeared mostly in supporting character roles in film and television productions, including ""Untamed Mistress"" (1956), ""The Great Bank Robbery"" (1969) and ""Beware! The Blob"" (1972). He is best known for his recurring part as Gotham City's Mayor Linseed on the 1960s television series ""Batman."" He also had a recurring role as police lieutenant Roy Gilmore in ""77"
"Lance Reddick Lance Reddick (born December 31, 1962) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing Cedric Daniels in ""The Wire"" and Phillip Broyles in ""Fringe"". He is also known for portraying Detective Johnny Basil on ""Oz"" and Matthew Abaddon in ""Lost"". Additionally, he provided both the voice and likeness for video game characters Martin Hatch in ""Quantum Break"", Sylens in ""Horizon Zero Dawn"" and Commander Zavala in the ""Destiny"" franchise. Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Friends School of Baltimore. As a teenager, he studied music at the Peabody Preparatory Institute and a"
"reported to be a top contender, though just days after Keaton dropped out, Kilmer was cast. Kilmer took the role without even knowing who the new director was and without reading the script. Released in June 1995, ""Batman Forever"" was a success at the box office, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics. There was debate about Kilmer's performance: some critics, like ""The New York Times"" Janet Maslin, thought Kilmer was a poor successor to Keaton in the part; while others, such as Roger Ebert, had kind words for Kilmer. ""Batman"" creator Bob Kane said in a ""Cinescape"" interview that of"
"Adam Sandler Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer. After becoming a ""Saturday Night Live"" cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office. He is best known for his roles in the films ""Billy Madison"" (1995), the sports comedies ""Happy Gilmore"" (1996) and ""The Waterboy"" (1998), the romantic comedy ""The Wedding Singer"" (1998), ""Big Daddy"" (1999), and ""Mr. Deeds"" (2002), and voicing Dracula in ""Hotel Transylvania"" (2012), ""Hotel Transylvania 2"" (2015), and """" (2018). Several of"
"beauty with, it seems, a sense of humor"". The following year, she and Cruise re-teamed for Ron Howard's Irish epic ""Far and Away"" (1992), which was a modest critical and commercial success. In 1993, she starred in the thriller ""Malice"" opposite Alec Baldwin and the drama ""My Life"" opposite Michael Keaton. In 1995, Kidman appeared in her highest-grossing live-action film (as of 2018), playing Dr. Chase Meridian, the damsel in distress, in the superhero film ""Batman Forever"", opposite Val Kilmer as the film's title character. The same year Kidman starred in Gus Van Sant's critically acclaimed dark comedy ""To Die"
"that same year, he starred opposite Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in ""Heat"", which is now considered one of the best crime/drama films of the 1990s. In December 1993, ""Batman Forever"" director Joel Schumacher had seen ""Tombstone"" and was most impressed with Kilmer's performance as Doc Holliday. Schumacher felt him to be perfect for the role of Batman, though at the time, the role was still Michael Keaton's. In July 1994, Keaton decided not to return for a third Batman film after 1992's ""Batman Returns"", due to ""creative differences"". William Baldwin (who previously worked with Schumacher on ""Flatliners"") was"
"felt that Jack Napier was a pathetic abnormality while Joker was the true, beautiful personality), in an effort to get Napier into releasing the Joker persona. The Riddler is prominently featured in all four primary installments of the ""Batman: Arkham"" video game series, where he is voiced by Wally Wingert. In addition to serving as one of the many supervillains that Batman has to apprehend, his presence provides much of the puzzle solving content found in each game. Riddler The Riddler (Edward Nigma) is a fictional supervillain/antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bill Finger"
"I love you. God bless. Michael (Mr Wayne) Keaton."" Gough was added in ""In Memoriam"" at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Michael Gough Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was an English character actor who made over 150 film and television appearances, known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958 and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four films of the Tim Burton / Joel Schumacher ""Batman"" tetralogy. Gough was born in Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States (now Malaysia) on 23 November 1916, the son of English"
"hooded villain whose identity remains a mystery throughout the serial until the end. ""Batman"" (also known as ""Batman: The Movie"") is a 1966 film adaptation of the popular ""Batman"" television series, and was the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character. The 20th Century Fox release starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin, as well as Lee Meriwether as Catwoman, Cesar Romero as the Joker, Burgess Meredith as the Penguin and Frank Gorshin as the Riddler. The film was directed by Leslie H. Martinson, who also directed a pair of ""Batman"" episodes: ""The Penguin Goes"