Favorite Live Action Incarnation of Bat Character

[The Batman]

Over the various films and TV shows, some characters obviously have had multiple actors in the role. Who were your favorites from a certain character?

Here's mine:

Batman: Michael Keaton
Bruce Wayne: Christian Bale
Honorable Batman Mention: Adam West
Robin: Burt Ward & Chris O Donnell
Alfred: Michael Gough
Commissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman
Batgirl: Yvonne Craig
The Joker: Jack Nicholson & Heath Ledger
Catwoman: Julie Newmar
The Riddler: Frank Gorshin
The Penguin: Burgess Meredith
Two Face: Aaron Eckhart
Mr. Freeze: George Sanders

 

[marvelrobbins]

Over the various films and TV shows, some characters obviously have had multiple actors in the role. Who were your favorites from a certain character?

Here's mine:

Batman: Michael Keaton
Bruce Wayne: Christian Bale
Honorable Batman Mention: Adam West
Robin: Burt Ward & Chris O Donnell
Alfred: Michael Gough
Commissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman
Batgirl: Yvonne Craig
The Joker: Jack Nicholson & Heath Ledger
Catwoman: Julie Newmar
The Riddler: Frank Gorshin
The Penguin: Burgess Meredith
Two Face: Aaron Eckhart
Mr. Freeze: George Sanders

Batman:Michael Keaton and Christian Bale
Bruce Wayne:Christian Bale
Robin:Chris O'Donnell
Alfred:Michael Caine
Commissioner Gordon:Gary Oldman
Batgirl:Yvonne Craig
The Joker:Jack Heath Ledger
Catwoman:Michelle Pfeiffer
The Riddler;Frank Gorshin
The Penguin:Burgess Meredith
Two Face:Aaron Eckhart
Mr. Freeze:George Sanders

 

[Mister Meddle]

Batman: Michael Keaton

Bruce Wayne: The "public" Bruce Wayne, Christian Bale. The actual Bruce Wayne, Michael Keaton.

Honorable Batman Mention: Christian Bale

Robin: Chris O Donnell

Alfred: Michael Gough & Michael Caine
EDIT: I like Michael Gough more but Caine is an honorable mention.


Commissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman

Batgirl: Yvonne Craig

The Joker: Jack Nicholson (also enjoyed Ledger & Romero)

Catwoman: Michelle Pfeifferb

The Riddler: Frank Gorshin

The Penguin: Danny DeVito

Two Face: Aaron Eckhart

Mr. Freeze: None so far.

 

[CWP]

Cillian Murphy as Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow. He was the star of Batman Begins for me.

 

[EliteF50]

Batman: Kevin Porter
Bruce Wayne: Christian Bale/Michael Keaton
Alfred: Michael Gough
Commissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman
The Joker: Jack Nicholson & Heath Ledger
Catwoman: Michelle Pfeiffer
Two Face: Aaron Eckhart

 

[Macphisto]

Batman: Michael Keaton
Bruce Wayne: Michael Keaton
Public Bruce Wayne: Christian Bale
Honourable Batman Mention: Adam West
Robin: Burt Ward
Alfred: Michael Gough
Commissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman
Batgirl: Yvonne Craig
The Joker: Jack Nicholson/Heath Ledger
Catwoman: Julie Newmar/Michelle Pfeiffer
The Riddler: Frank Gorshin
The Penguin: Danny DeVito
Two Face: Aaron Eckhart

 

[Ponyboy]

Batman: Michael Keaton
Bruce Wayne: Michael Keaton.
Honorable Batman mention: Val Kilmer/Christian Bale
Honorable Bruce Wayne mention: Christian Bale
Robin: Burt Ward
Alfred: Michael Gough
Commissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman
Batgirl: Yvonne Craig
The Joker: Jack Nicholson
Catwoman: Michelle Pfeiffer
The Riddler: Frank Gorshin
The Penguin: Danny DeVito
Two Face: Aaron Eckhart
Mr. Freeze: The Governator

 

[The Joker]

Batman: Michael Keaton and Christian Bale
Bruce Wayne: Christian Bale
Robin: Burt Ward
Alfred: Michael Caine
Commissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman
Batgirl: Yvonne Craig
The Joker: Heath Ledger
Catwoman: Julie Newmar
The Riddler: Frank Gorshin
The Penguin: Burgess Meredith
Two Face: Aaron Eckhart
Mr. Freeze: George Sanders

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Batman- Bale
Bruce- Bale
Alfred- Caine
Joker- Ledger
Gordon- Oldman
Two-Face- Eckhart
Catwoman- Pfeiffer
Penguin- DeVito

 

[babbage]

I'll probably get beat up for this, but mine are basically all the iterations and actors from the Nolan movies (and yeah, I grew up with Batman 89 and Returns in the theaters, and the Adam West Batman during the early 80s reruns). Until I see TDKR, though, Michelle Pfeiffer definitely makes my best Catwoman list.

 

[The Joker]

I'll probably get beat up for this, but mine are basically all the iterations and actors from the Nolan movies (and yeah, I grew up with Batman 89 and Returns in the theaters, and the Adam West Batman during the early 80s reruns). Until I see TDKR, though, Michelle Pfeiffer definitely makes my best Catwoman list.

Why would you get beat up for that? Those are excellent choices, and it's not like you picked all Schumacher

 

[babbage]

Just a joke based on the contingent of super pro-Burton Batman/some anti-Nolan Batman fans in this subforum. It's all love.

 

[Fudgie]

Batman: Bale
Bruce Wayne: Bale
Robin: Burt Ward
Alfred: Michael Caine
Commissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman
Batgirl: Yvonne Craig
The Joker: Heath Ledger
Catwoman: Lee Meriwether
The Riddler: Frank Gorshin
The Penguin: Burgess Meredith
Two Face: Aaron Eckhart
Mr. Freeze: Otto Preminger

 

[GothamAlleys]

some anti-Nolan Batman fans in this subforum.

Really? To be honest Ive never noticed any of that. Just anti Schumacher


Anyway,
Batman: Michael Keaton and Christian Bale
Bruce Wayne: Michael Keaton Christian Bale
Alfred: Michael Gough
Commissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman and Pat Hingle
The Joker: Jack Nicholson & Heath Ledger
Catwoman: Michelle Pfeiffer
The Penguin: Danny DeVito
Two Face: Aaron Eckhart

 

[marvelrobbins]

I decided to alter mine after more thinking

Baman-Michael Keaton and Christin Bale
Bruce Wayne(Private)-Michael Keaton
Bruce Wayne(Public)-Christin Bale
Robin-Burt Ward
Batgirl-Yvonne Craig
Alfred-Michael caine
Commissioner Gordon-Gary Oldman
The Joker-Heath Ledger
The Penguin-Danny Devito
The Catwoman-Michelle Pfeiffer
The Riddler-Frank Gorshin
Two-Face-Aaron Eckhart
Bane-Tom Hardy
Mr Freeze-George sanders

 

[Ponyboy]

Just a joke based on the contingent of super pro-Burton Batman/some anti-Nolan Batman fans in this subforum. It's all love.

personally if I'm anti at all, i'm more anti-Bale than anti-Nolan. I like Nolan's version of Bruce Wayne/Batman, but all I see is Bale playing the role out boringly (is that a word?)... He just acts to me as if he's reading cue cards. I think Bale should be trying to give Keaton's performance a run for it's money, and he hasn't done that. *shrugs* Just my interpretation.

 

[babbage]

I was just making an observation (though GothamAlleys is now making me reconsider if I'm mis-perceiving things), not really passing judgment. Everyone's entitled to their preferences in my book. I was joking about the idea that I'd get strung up because I was under the impression that there are Burton/Nolan cliques around here. I take it back if I was wrong.

 

[Elevator Man]

I decided to alter mine after more thinking

Baman-Michael Keaton and Christin Bale
Bruce Wayne(Private)-Michael Keaton
Bruce Wayne(Public)-Christin Bale
Robin-Burt Ward
Batgirl-Yvonne Craig
Alfred-Michael caine
Commissioner Gordon-Gary Oldman
The Joker-Heath Ledger
The Penguin-Danny Devito
The Catwoman-Michelle Pfeiffer
The Riddler-Frank Gorshin
Two-Face-Aaron Eckhart
Bane-Tom Hardy
Mr Freeze-George sanders

So how was Hardy's performance ? Since the movie comes out a little less than a year.

 

[chamber-music]

Tom Hardy would have to seriously mess up to give a worst Bane than the guy from Batman and Robin at the very least.

 

[GothamAlleys]

I was just making an observation (though GothamAlleys is now making me reconsider if I'm mis-perceiving things), not really passing judgment. Everyone's entitled to their preferences in my book. I was joking about the idea that I'd get strung up because I was under the impression that there are Burton/Nolan cliques around here. I take it back if I was wrong.

In my personal experience the vast majority of those who like Nolan's like Burton's and vice versa. I love both myself

 

[AnneFan]

In my personal experience the vast majority of those who like Nolan's like Burton's and vice versa. I love both myself

Yeah, me too. I do prefer Nolan but don't see the need to pick a side aggressively like some people.

Though we all agree that Schumacher sucks!

 

[SuperFerret]

Adam West is the only Batman I accept.

 

[Mister Meddle]

So how was Hardy's performance ? Since the movie comes out a little less than a year.

 

[marvelrobbins]

Well I went ahead and picked him because Is there one persoon who thinks Bane In Batman and Robin will be better than Hardy as Bane?

 

[Mister Meddle]

Well I went ahead and picked him because Is there one persoon who thinks Bane In Batman and Robin will be better than Hardy as Bane?

But the question is how is he your favorite if you don't know anything about the character? That's like saying Halo 4 is going to be the best out of the series, regardless it's way too early to judge because we don't know much about it. Obviously it's simple as hell to surpass the Bane from Batman & Robin. Even a 5 year old could play a more enjoyable character in a fan made film. Regardless of Hardy's acting skills, the character could be completely repackaged and badly written. It's too early to judge.