"Batman"" (1977, voiced by Lennie Weinrib) and """" (1985, voiced by Frank Welker). A darker version of the Joker (played by Jack Nicholson) made his film debut in 1989's ""Batman"", which earned over $400 million at the worldwide box office. The role was a defining performance in Nicholson's career and was considered to overshadow Batman's, with film critic Roger Ebert saying that the audience must sometimes remind themselves not to root for the Joker. ""Batman""s success led to the 1992 television series, """". Voiced by Mark Hamill, the Joker retained the darker tone of the comics in stories acceptable for"
"George A. Romero filmography George A. Romero (1940–2017) was an American-Canadian film director, writer, editor and cinematographer. He contributed to many projects as either the writer, director, editor, cinematographer or a combination of the four. Romero's first project was the 1968 horror film ""Night of the Living Dead"", which he produced independently. Romero was also a contributing producer for the anthology television series ""Tales from the Darkside"", which aired from 1983 to 1988. Romero was featured and voiced alongside Robert Englund, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Danny Trejo and Michael Rooker in a downloadable content pack in """" as a zombie boss"
"them in sacrificing an amnesiac victim to the bat god Barbatos in exchange for funding for his time-travel experiments. Carter Nichols rejects the offer when he refused to participate in the sacrifice which enabled the amnesiac victim (who turned out to be Bruce Wayne) to escape through time. Simon Hurt arranged for Carter Nichols to not be taken seriously as a scientist. At some earlier point in Batman's history, Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, Scarecrow, and the Imposter Mad Hatter trap Batman and Robin in a torture device that they had Carter Nichols make. In the present, Batman (Dick Grayson) and Robin"
"lips blood red, changes his hair to a dark green, and drives him insane. Monaghan stated that he drew inspiration from previous interpretations of the Joker for his performance as Jerome, particularly that of Mark Hamill, adding ""I think he's the Joker in that he represents the idea, the greater concept."" Joker is shown as one of the many villains Batman's killed in Trigon's reality. The Joker makes a cameo in Powerless episode ""Wayne or Lose"". Cesar Romero reprised his role in the 1966 film ""Batman"", in which the Joker is a member of the United Underworld, alongside fellow Gotham"
"themselves from the rafters to inform the students that the exam papers were counterfeit which they planted, rendering the Joker's picture useless. Batman and Robin then attack, putting the Joker and his henchmen out of circulation. Susie, meanwhile, is sent to the Wayne Foundation Institute for Delinquent Girls. He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul ""He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul"" is the 16th episode of the ""Batman"" television series, first airing on ABC March 3, 1966 and repeated August 11, 1966 in its first season. It guest starred Cesar Romero as the Joker. Picking up from the last"
"Cesar Romero from appearing on the debut episode. The Joker, attempts to undermine student morale at Woodrow Roosevelt High School in order to recruit high school dropouts for his gang of ""Bad Pennies"" by rigging the school vending machines to give out silver dollars and negotiable stocks and bonds instead of milk. Alerted by Commissioner James Gordon, Batman races out to the school; an immediate assembly is made by the school's student leaders: including Richard ""Dick"" Grayson, Pete, and Susie, the school's head cheerleader. Batman shows up to show slides of mug shots of The Joker, when suddenly, out of"
"desire to work on issues related to veterans. Despite his otherwise Republican views, he is an advocate for gun control and has been described as ""the most anti-gun person working in Hollywood today"". Sylvester Stallone Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (; born July 6, 1946) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is well known for his Hollywood action roles, including boxer Rocky Balboa in the ""Rocky"" series (1976–2018), soldier John Rambo in the five ""Rambo"" films (1982–2019), and mercenary Barney Ross in the three ""The Expendables"" films (2010–2014). He wrote or co-wrote most of the 14 films in"
"in ""Call of the Dead"", the zombie map included in the content pack named ""Escalation"". George A. Romero filmography George A. Romero (1940–2017) was an American-Canadian film director, writer, editor and cinematographer. He contributed to many projects as either the writer, director, editor, cinematographer or a combination of the four. Romero's first project was the 1968 horror film ""Night of the Living Dead"", which he produced independently. Romero was also a contributing producer for the anthology television series ""Tales from the Darkside"", which aired from 1983 to 1988. Romero was featured and voiced alongside Robert Englund, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Danny"
"Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom is an animated comedy film based on the Lego and DC Comics brands, which was released on August 25, 2015 on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. This is the fourth Lego DC Comics film following """", """" and """". Actors from various DC properties reprise their respective roles, including Mark Hamill as The Trickster, Nolan North as Superman, Khary Payton as Cyborg, John DiMaggio as The Joker, Josh Keaton as Green Lantern,"
"Jason Hillhouse provides the voice of Dick Grayson, while Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprise their respective roles (from the DC animated universe) as Batman and the Joker in the storyboard sequence. Burton planned to cast Northern Irish actor Ricky Addison Reed as Robin, but later felt it was unimportant to the story and cut Robin out altogether. In an earlier script of ""Batman Returns"", he was portrayed as a technologically savvy street kid who would help Batman following his narrow escape when The Penguin tried to kill him. He would later play a crucial role in Batman's final confrontation"
"Kirk as Green Lantern, Shemar Moore as Cyborg, Sean Astin as Shazam, Steven Blum as Darkseid, and Rocky Carroll as Dr. Silas Stone. In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity, and this is the first animated movie from the DC Universe based on The New 52. A mid credits scene at the end of the movie alludes to a follow up movie involving Atlantis. On July 20, 2013, as part of the San Diego Comic-Con, DC Comics announced on Twitter a new animated feature ""Son of Batman"". The film is based on Grant Morrison's ""Batman and Son"" storyline."
"Josh Keaton Joshua Luis Wiener (born February 8, 1979), known by his stage name Josh Keaton, is an American actor, voice actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Takashi (Shiro) Shirogane in """", Spider-Man in ""The Spectacular Spider-Man"", Norman Osborn in ""Marvel's Spider-Man"", Jack Darby in """" and the adolescent Hercules in the film ""Hercules"". Keaton was born in Hacienda Heights, California, to a father from Brooklyn, New York and a mother from Lima, Peru. He has three sisters: Danielle, Alitzah (Ali Navarro), and Sabrina. He is fluent in Spanish which he learned first as a child,"
"Kevin Michael Richardson Kevin Michael Richardson (born October 25, 1964) is an American actor and voice actor, who has played a multitude of characters in animated series and video games. He is known for his distinctively deep voice and has been playing mostly villainous characters since the 1990s. For voicing the Joker in ""The Batman"" (2004–08), he was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards. A classically trained actor and a native of the Bronx, New York, Richardson first gained recognition as one of only eight U.S. high school students selected for the National Foundation for the Arts' ""Arts '82"" program."
"Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor and film-maker who has performed for over sixty years. He is known for playing a wide range of starring or supporting roles, including satirical comedy, romance, and dark portrayals of anti-heroes and villainous characters. In many of his films, he has played the ""eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter"", someone who rebels against the social structure. His most known and celebrated films include the road drama ""Easy Rider"" (1969); the dramas ""Five Easy Pieces"" (1970) and ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975); the comedy-dramas ""The Last Detail"""
"Sylvester Stallone Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (; born July 6, 1946) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is well known for his Hollywood action roles, including boxer Rocky Balboa in the ""Rocky"" series (1976–2018), soldier John Rambo in the five ""Rambo"" films (1982–2019), and mercenary Barney Ross in the three ""The Expendables"" films (2010–2014). He wrote or co-wrote most of the 14 films in all three franchises, and directed many of them. Stallone's film ""Rocky"" was inducted into the National Film Registry, and had its props placed in the Smithsonian Museum. His use of the front entrance"
"portrayals) has been heavily criticized as ""cheap, misogynistic writing"". Rosario Dawson voiced Barbara Gordon in ""The LEGO Batman Movie"". This incarnation is the new Police Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department after her father retires. But when the Joker causes chaos around the city and releases a few major non-DC comics villains from the Phantom Zone, Barbara helps Batman, Robin, and Alfred recapture the villains, and later on after she and the gang team up with the original Joker Gang, Barbara becomes Batgirl. Her Batgirl costume is purple with gold accents to reflect the costume from the '60s TV"
"more realistic tone, with humanity and realism being the basis of the film. The film was primarily shot in the United Kingdom and Chicago, and relied on traditional stunts and scale models with minimal use of computer-generated imagery. Christian Bale starred as Batman, Liam Neeson as Ra's al Ghul, and Cillian Murphy as The Scarecrow. Katie Holmes appears in the movie as Bruce's love interest, Rachel Dawes, a role created for the film. Alfred, the ex-British Army member was played by Michael Caine and Jim Gordon was portrayed by Gary Oldman. A new Batmobile (called the Tumbler) and a more"
"scheduled ""The Lego Batman Movie"" for a February 10, 2017 release. In July 2015, Arnett's ""Arrested Development"" co-star Michael Cera was cast to voice Robin. In August 2015, Zach Galifianakis entered final negotiations to voice the Joker. In October 2015, Rosario Dawson was cast to voice Barbara Gordon, the daughter of police commissioner James Gordon who later becomes the crime-fighting heroine Batgirl. The following month, Ralph Fiennes was cast as Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's butler. Mariah Carey, although initial reports indicated she was playing Commissioner Gordon, was actually cast as Mayor McCaskill. The first trailer for the film was released"
"Academy. Nicholson's acting career spans over sixty years. He has won three Academy Awards, and with twelve nominations, he is the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. Among his most notable films are ""Easy Rider"" (1969), ""Five Easy Pieces"" (1970), ""The Last Detail"" (1973), ""Chinatown"" (1974), ""The Passenger"" (1975), ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975), ""The Shining"" (1980), ""Terms of Endearment"" (1983), ""Batman"" (1989), ""A Few Good Men"" (1992), ""As Good as It Gets"" (1997), ""About Schmidt"" (2002), ""Something's Gotta Give"" (2003), ""The Departed"" (2006), and ""The Bucket List"" (2007). Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April"
"role, Burton chose to cast Michael Keaton as Batman following their previous collaboration in ""Beetlejuice"", despite Keaton's average physique, inexperience with action films, and reputation as a comic actor. Although Burton won in the end, the furor over the casting provoked enormous fan animosity, to the extent that Warner Brothers' share price slumped. Burton had considered it ridiculous to cast a ""bulked-up"" ultra-masculine man as Batman, insisting that Batman should be an ordinary man who dressed up in an elaborate bat costume to frighten criminals. Burton cast Jack Nicholson as The Joker (Tim Curry being his second choice) in a"
"Romero (film) Romero is a 1989 American biopic depicting the story of Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, who organized peaceful protests against the violent military regime, eventually at the cost of his own life. The film stars Raúl Juliá as Oscar Romero, Richard Jordan as Romero's close friend and fellow martyred priest, Rutilio Grande, as well as actors Ana Alicia and Harold Gould. Although the film depicts true events, there are some fictional characters. During the 1977 El Salvadoran presidential election, public unrest is at an all-time high over fears of election fraud. In the midst of a guerrilla uprising, the"
"in a series of interviews which were published in 1996 - two years after Romero's death, in Hadleigh's book ""Hollywood Gays"". Charlie Harper, lead singer of English punk band UK Subs, was reportedly a nephew of Romero. A registered Republican, in October 1960, he appeared in the Nixon-Lodge Bumper Sticker Motorcade Campaign. On January 1, 1994, aged 86, Romero died from complications of a blood clot while being treated for bronchitis and pneumonia at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California. His body was cremated and the ashes were interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California. For his contributions"
"noteworthy portrayal of Ward"", although they felt it was Hackman ""who steals the picture"". As with ""The Last Temptation of Christ"", the film became embroiled in controversy, this time by African-American activists who criticized its fictionalization of events. Dafoe was briefly considered for the role of the super-villain the Joker in the Tim Burton-directed superhero film ""Batman"" (1989), as screenwriter Sam Hamm noticed physical similarities, but was never offered the part that eventually went to Jack Nicholson. Dafoe starred in the drama ""Triumph of the Spirit"" in 1989 as Jewish Greek boxer Salamo Arouch, an Auschwitz concentration camp inmate who"
"AVERT DISASTER??<br> ANSWERS... TOMORROW NIGHT! SAME TIME, SAME CHANNEL! The Joker Is Wild (Batman) ""The Joker is Wild"" is an episode of the ""Batman"" television series in its first season, most notable for being Cesar Romero's debut as the Joker. It was first telecast as the fifth episode on ABC January 26, 1966 and was rerun May 25, 1966 and May 24, 1967. The story begins with the Joker in prison pitching in (and enjoying) a ballgame. After a few pitches, the catcher switches the ball with one he has stashed in his padding, and tells the Joker ""This is"
"Joker (The Dark Knight) The Joker is a fictional character who appears in Christopher Nolan's 2008 superhero film ""The Dark Knight"". Based upon the DC Comics character of the same name, he was played by Australian actor Heath Ledger. A psychopathic mass murderer with a sadistic sense of humor, the Joker attempts to undermine the efforts of Batman (Christian Bale), James Gordon (Gary Oldman), and Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to rid Gotham City of crime. The character embodies themes of chaos, anarchy and obsession: throughout the film, he expresses a desire to upset social order through crime, and defines himself"
"Supporting Actor in recognition of Ledger's performance in ""The Dark Knight"". Joker (The Dark Knight) The Joker is a fictional character who appears in Christopher Nolan's 2008 superhero film ""The Dark Knight"". Based upon the DC Comics character of the same name, he was played by Australian actor Heath Ledger. A psychopathic mass murderer with a sadistic sense of humor, the Joker attempts to undermine the efforts of Batman (Christian Bale), James Gordon (Gary Oldman), and Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to rid Gotham City of crime. The character embodies themes of chaos, anarchy and obsession: throughout the film, he expresses"
"""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" and married two years later. He was previously married to Shari Berkowitz. Jeremy Davidson (actor) Jeremy Davidson (born Jeremy Michael Greenberg; December 24, 1971) is an American actor, writer and director. He has been featured as Jack Randall, Kitty's love interest in the television series ""Brothers & Sisters"". He appeared in five seasons of the Lifetime series ""Army Wives"" as SFC Chase Moran. He played recurring characters on the ABC TV 2011-12 series ""Pan Am"", the NBC TV 2013 series ""Do No Harm"", and of the USA Network series ""Royal Pains"". Davidson is married"
"victims with a grotesque grin similar to his own. Bruce Wayne later recognises the Joker as the mugger who murdered his parents, leading him down the path of becoming a crime-fighter. After telling Batman that they ""made each other"", the Joker attempts to escape via helicopter, but Batman ties a grappling hook around his leg and attaches it to a stone gargoyle, causing the Joker to fall to his death when the statue breaks loose of its moorings. In ""Batman Returns"" There was talk of having Jack Nicholson return as the Joker, despite his fate at the end of the"
"downloadable map pack called ""Escalation"" for the video game """". He appears as himself in the zombies map ""Call of the Dead"" as a non-playable enemy character. Romero is featured alongside actors Sarah Michelle Gellar, Danny Trejo, Michael Rooker, and Robert Englund, all of the four being playable characters. He is portrayed as a powerful ""boss"" zombie armed with a movie studio light. In 2010, Romero was contacted by Claudio Argento to direct a 3D remake of his younger brother Dario Argento's film, ""Deep Red"" (1975). Claudio was expected to write the screenplay and told Romero that his brother would"
"Sid Haig Sid Haig (born Sidney Eddy Mosesian, July 14, 1939) is an American actor. His roles have included acting in Jack Hill's blaxploitation films of the 1970s as well as his role as Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie's horror films ""House of 1000 Corpses"" and ""The Devil's Rejects"". He had a leading role on the television series ""Jason of Star Command"", as the villain Dragos. He has appeared in many television programs including ""Batman"", """", """", ""Gunsmoke"", ""The Rockford Files"", ""Electra Woman and Dyna Girl"", ""Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"", ""Get Smart"", ""Fantasy Island"", ""Sledge Hammer!"", ""The A-Team"","
"""Bruiser"" (2000). He also created and executive-produced the 1983–88 television series ""Tales from the Darkside"". Romero is often noted as an influential pioneer of the horror-film genre and has been called an ""icon"" and the ""Father of the Zombie Film"". Romero was born in the New York City borough of the Bronx. He is the son of Ann (Dvorsky) and George Romero, a commercial artist. His mother was Lithuanian and his father moved from Spain to Cuba as a child. His father has been reported as born in A Coruña, with his family coming from the Galician town of Neda,"
"short-lived WB live-action series ""Birds of Prey"", based on the comic book of the same title, featured a flashback sequence in which the Joker shoots Barbara Gordon and paralyzes her. This sequence featured Hamill voicing Joker, dubbed over actor/stuntman Roger Stoneburner whose facial structure more resembled the character. The actor's face was shot in the background so as to be slightly blurred. Hamill voiced the Joker alongside his ""Batman: The Animated Series"" co-star Kevin Conroy as Batman and Jason Hillhouse as Dick Grayson in a feature of a storyboard scene included in the 2005 Special Edition DVD of Tim Burton's"
"Romero as the Joker, Burgess Meredith as the Penguin, Frank Gorshin as the Riddler, and Lee Meriweather as Catwoman. In 1999, Tim McCanlies wrote a pilot script and series bible for a planned series called ""Bruce Wayne"" to be produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions. Taking place in his teenage years, the series would cover his passage into young adulthood, training, and development into becoming Batman. Other characters would include Alfred, Sergeant Jim Gordon, law school student Harvey Dent, and a seductive young Selina Kyle. Planned to run for five to six seasons, it would show how he acquired his martial arts"