The Dark Knight Rises Top 10 acting performances in The Dark Knight Trilogy

[BuddhaWasABat]

Title speaks for itself, my ranking would go like this

1) Heath Ledger as Joker (Probably my favorite acting performance ever)
2) Aaron Eckhart as Two face (Underrated IMO)
3) Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle
4) Christian Bale in TDKR
5) Christian Bale in Begins
6) Tom Hardy as Bane
7) Gary Oldman in TDK
8) Christian Bale in TDK (Underrated)
9) JGL as John Blake
10) Micheal Cain is all 3

 

[Frontier]

I think counting the same actor in each movie individually is a little redundant, rather count them all together as one... so...

1. Heath Ledger
2. Christian Bale
3. Cillian Murphy
4. Liam Neeson
5. Gary Oldman
6. Michael Caine
7. Anne Hathaway
8. Tom Wilkinson (Falcone)
9. Aaron Eckhart
10. Morgan Freeman

 

[OutOfBoose]

It's very subjective. What I enjoyed the most.

1) Heath Ledger;
2) Aaron Eckhart rocked the role;
3) Christian Bale in TDKR;
4) Tom Hardy;
5) Anne Hathaway;
6) Cillian Murphy in all movies;
7) Morgan Freeman in all movies;
8) Gary Oldman in TDK;
9) Michael Cane;
10) JGL.

 

[The Caped Knight]

1. Christian Bale - The Dark Knight Trilogy
2. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
3. Tom Hardy - The Dark Knight Rises
4. Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises
5. Gary Oldman - The Dark Knight Trilogy
6. Sir. Michael Caine - The Dark Knight Trilogy
7. Liam Neeson - Batman Begins & The Dark Knight Rises
8. Aaron Eckhart - The Dark Knight
9. Morgan Freeman - The Dark Knight Trilogy
10. Joseph Gordon-Levitt - The Dark Knight Rises
11. Cillian Murphy
12. Linus Roache
13. Tom Wilkinson
14. Katie Holmes
15. Maggie Gyllenhaal
16. Marion Cotillard

 

[KILLING JOKER]

This is kinda fun. Let's see.

1. Heath Ledger (It just sticks out. Kind of hard to deny it being number 1)
2. Christian Bale
3. Gary Oldman
4. Aaron Eckhart
5. Cillian Murphy
6. Tom Wilkinson (Yeah, that's right. He's superb)
7. Michael Cane
8. JGL (My favorite characte from TDKR)
9. Anne Hathaway
10. Linus Roache (This part was crucial and amazing)

 

[BuddhaWasABat]

Oh and let me just add a special shout out to the worst in the trilogy...

And the winner is...

Spoiler

MATTHEW MODINE!

He shouted every single line he had

 

[ares834]

1. Heath Ledger (Duh)
2. Christian Bale
3. Tom Hardy (never seen an actor convey so much with a mask on)
4. Aaron Eckhart
5. Gary Oldman
6. Michael Cane
7. Cillian Murphy
8. Anne Hathaway
9. Liam Neeson
10. JGL

 

[KILLING JOKER]

Oh and let me just add a special shout out to the worst in the trilogy...

And the winner is...

Spoiler

MATTHEW MODINE!

He shouted every single line he had

I'd say that one goes to Nicky Katt for tainting an amazing film with only seconds of screentime. That guy is the most annoying and ridiculous piece of crap in the whole trilogy. And what sucks is it takes place during one of the best parts of the film.

 

[Drizzle]

My 10 favorite performances in the trilogy:

1. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
2. Gary Oldman - The Dark Knight
3. Tom Hardy - The Dark Knight Rises
4. Michael Caine - The Dark Knight Rises
5. Aaron Eckhart - The Dark Knight Rises
6. Christian Bale - Batman Begins
7. Joseph Gordon Levitt - The Dark Knight Rises
8. Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises
9. Liam Neeson - Batman Begins
10. Morgan Freeman - The Dark Knight

 

[Anno_Domini]

1.) Heath Ledger
2.) Tom Hardy
3.) Gary Oldman
4.) Christian Bale
5.) Michael Caine
6.) Aaron Eckhart
7.) Joseph Gordon-Levitt
8.) Anne Hathaway
9.) Liam Neeson
10.) Morgan Freeman

 

[Micromind]

1. Heath Ledger.
2.Christian Bale.
3. Tom Hardy.
4. Michael Caine.
5. Gary Oldman.
6. Aaron Eckhart.
7. Morgan freeman.
8. Anne Hathaway.
9. Joseph Gordon Levitt.
10. Liam Neeson.

and continuing ...

11. Cillian Murphy.
12. Katie Holmes and Marion Collitard (tie.)
13. Maggie Gyllenhaal.
14. Tom Wilkinson.
15. Linus Roache.

 

[kvz5]

Ledger
Bale
Oldman
Eckhart
Hathaway
Caine
Neeson
Hardy
Murphy
Freeman

 

[Mgneto]

Cool idea.

1. Bale
2. Heath Ledger
3. Michael Caine
4. Liam Neeson
5. Anne Hathaway
6. Aaron Eckhart
7. Gary Oldman
8. Morgan Freeman
9. Tom Hardy
10. Cillian Murphy

Honorable Mention: Maggie Gyllenhall and Eric Roberts

 

[elgato]

Christian Bale
Heath Ledger
Anne Hathaway
Michael Caine
Aaron Eckhart
Liam Neeson
Tom Hardy
Joseph Gordon Levitt
Morgan Freeman
Marion Cotillard

 

[Eddie Dean]

Nicky Katt >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everyone

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Top preformances of the Trilogy:

1.) Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman

2.) Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth

3.) Gary Oldman as Commissioner James Gordon

4.) Heath Ledger as The Joker

5.) Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle

6.) Tom Hardy as Bane

7.) Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face

8.) Liam Neeson as Henri Ducard aka Ra's al Ghul

9.) Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John 'Robin' Blake

10.) Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox

Honorable Mentions: Cillian Murphy as Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow, Tom Wilkinson as Carmine Falcone, Linus Roache as Thomas Wayne, Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate/Talia and Rutger Hauer as Mr. Earle.

 

[KILLING JOKER]

Nicky Katt >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everyone

"That's not good.."

 

[TheDarkKnight08]

1) Bale/Ledger. I can't choose. Before TDK, I would've given it to Ledger, but since TDKR, Bale brought it. I finally rediscovered why I honestly believe he's one the best actors working today.
2) Caine.
3) Oldman. TDK was all his.
4) Eckhart.
5) Hathaway. I was always confident she'd be incredible, and she didn't disappoint. At. All.
6) Neeson.
7) Freeman.
8) Murphy.
9) JGL
10) Cottilard.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Best of the Best:

1. Heath Ledger
2. Christian Bale
3. Aaron Eckhart
4. Tom Hardy
5. Michael Caine
6. Gary Oldman
7. Anne Hathaway
8. Liam Neeson
9. Cillian Murphy
10. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Honorable Mentions:

Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ken Watanabe, Tom "Deebo" Lister, Jr. (one of the best cameos ever)

How the hell did you get into these movies?

Katie Holmes, Eric Roberts

 

[DACrowe]

1) Heath Ledger as the Joker
2) Christian Bale (most especially in BB and TDKR)
3) Gary Oldman (most especially in TDK)
4) Michael Caine (most especially in TDKR)
5) Anne Hathaway
6) Aaron Eckhart
7) Tom Hardy
8) Cillian Murphy
9) Liam Neeson
10) Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Honorable mentions go to Morgan Freeman, Tom Wilkinson, Ken Wantanabe, the guy who played Thomas Wayne, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

My choices.

 

[Mee]

1. Heath Ledger
2. Christian Bale
3. Michael Caine
4. Gary Oldman
5. Aaron Eckhart
6. Liam Neeson
7. Tom Hardy
8. Anne Hathaway
9. Morgan Freeman
10. JGL


This was tough, everyone was pretty great. Everyone in the top 10 anyway. Honorable mentions for Cillian Murphy, Eric Roberts, and Tom Wilkinson.

 

[HolyPurpleSocks]

1) Heath Ledger
2) Christian Bale
3) Michael Caine
4) Gary Oldman
5) Tom Hardy
6) Anne Hathaway
7) Aaron Eckhart
8) Joseph Gordon-Levitt
9) Cillian Murphy
10) Liam Neeson


Special mentions at 11-16 go to Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Linus Roache and whoever that extra was that yelled "No moar dead cops!"

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Ledger
Bale
Oldman
Caine
Hardy
Hathaway
Eckhart
Gordon-Levitt
Gyllenhaal
Neeson

 

[EliteF50]

1. Tom Hardy
2. Christian Bale
3. Heath Ledger
4. Aaron Eckhart
5. Michael Caine
6. Liam Neeson
7. Anne Hathaway
8. Gary Oldman
9. Cillian Murphy
10. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

 

[dmorley21]

1) Heath Ledger

2) Christian Bale (TDKR especially)

3) Anne Hathaway

4) Michael Caine (TDKR especially)

5) Aaron Eckhart

6) Tom Hardy

7) Gary Oldman

8) Tom Wilkinson

9) Marion Cotillard (Loved her apart from the death scene)

10) Liam Neeson (Perfectly cast, but I think he was just more or less playing a character that the more or less plays with regularity)

Honorable mentions to Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Eric Roberts, Maggie G., and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.