List of actors who have played Batman
The following is a list of actors who have played Batman in various media. It primarily features portrayals of Bruce Wayne, but also includes performances of other characters who have assumed the Batman mantle such as Terry McGinnis.
Radio and audio dramas
[edit]| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Crowley | The Adventures of Superman | 1945-1948 | Radio series (Mutual) |
| Stacy Harris | |||
| Gary Merrill | |||
| Richard Devon | The Batman Mystery Club[1] | 1950 | Radio pilot |
| Bob Sessions | Superman On Trial[2] | 1988 | BBC Radio |
| Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome[3] | 1989 | ||
| Batman: Knightfall | 1994 | ||
| Jeffrey Wright | Batman: The Audio Adventures | 2021-2022 | Scripted podcast |
| Winston Duke | Batman Unburied | 2022 | Scripted podcast |
| Rocco Pitanga | 2022 | Scripted podcast (Brazilian release) | |
| Alfonso Herrera | 2022 | Scripted podcast (Mexican release) | |
| Dali Benssalah | 2022 | Scripted podcast (French release) | |
| Murathan Muslu | 2022 | Scripted podcast (German release) | |
| Amit Sadh | 2022 | Scripted podcast (Indian release) | |
| Ario Bayu | 2022 | Scripted podcast (Indonesian release) | |
| Claudio Santamaria | 2022 | Scripted podcast (Italian release) | |
| Ryohei Otani | 2022 | Scripted podcast (Japanese release) | |
| Justin Hartley | Harley Quinn and The Joker: Sound Mind | 2023 | Scripted podcast |
| Colman Domingo | The Riddler: Secrets in the Dark[4] | 2023 | Scripted podcast |
| Batman Unburied - Fallen City | 2024 | Scripted podcast | |
| Jason Spisak | DC High Volume: Batman[5] | 2025 | Scripted podcast |
Stage plays
[edit]| Name | Title | Date | Type and location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Court | Batman Live | 2011 | UK arena tour |
| Sam Heughan | |||
| Joe Walker | Holy Musical B@man! | 2012 | StarKid musical parody |
Television and DTV films
[edit]| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam West | Legends of the Superheroes | 1979 | Two-part television special (NBC) |
| Kevin Conroy | The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest | 1997 | Animated television compilation film, DC Animated Universe |
| Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero | 1998 | Animated direct-to-video film, DC Animated Universe | |
| Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | 2000 | Animated direct-to-video film, DC Animated Universe | |
| Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman | 2003 | Animated direct-to-video film, DC Animated Universe | |
| Batman: Gotham Knight | 2008 | Animated direct-to-video film, set in the continuity of the Dark Knight trilogy | |
| Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | 2009 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | 2010 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Justice League: Doom | 2012 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | 2013 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Batman: Assault on Arkham | 2014 | Animated direct-to-video film, set in the continuity of the Batman: Arkham game series | |
| Batman and Harley Quinn | 2017 | Animated direct-to-video film, DC Animated Universe | |
| Justice League vs. the Fatal Five | 2019 | Animated direct-to-video film, DC Animated Universe | |
| Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three | 2024 | Animated direct-to-video film, posthumous release; dedicated in memory | |
| Will Friedle | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | 2000 | Animated direct-to-video film, DC Animated Universe |
| Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths | 2024 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Rino Romano | The Batman vs. Dracula | 2005 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Jeremy Sisto | Justice League: The New Frontier | 2008 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| William Baldwin | Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths | 2010 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Bruce Greenwood | Batman: Under the Red Hood | 2010 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Batman: Gotham by Gaslight | 2018 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Batman: Death in the Family | 2020 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Seth Green | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special | 2012 | Stop-motion/animated television special |
| Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise | 2014 | Stop-motion/animated television special | |
| Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship | 2015 | Stop-motion/animated television special | |
| Peter Weller | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | 2012/2013 | 2-part animated direct-to-video film |
| Troy Baker | Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite | 2013 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League | 2015 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered | 2015 | Animated direct-to-video short film | |
| Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom | 2015 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Cosmic Clash | 2016 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Gotham City Breakout | 2016 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash | 2018 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis | 2018 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2019 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Lego DC Batman: Family Matters | 2019 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Lego DC Shazam! Magic and Monsters | 2020 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons | 2022 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part II | 2023 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Kevin McKidd | Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | 2013 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Diedrich Bader | JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time | 2014 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold | 2018 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Jason O'Mara | Justice League: War | 2014 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Son of Batman | 2014 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Justice League: Throne of Atlantis | 2015 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Batman vs. Robin | 2015 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Batman: Bad Blood | 2016 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Justice League vs. Teen Titans | 2016 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Justice League Dark | 2017 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| The Death of Superman | 2018 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Reign of the Supermen | 2019 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Batman: Hush | 2019 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Justice League Dark: Apokolips War | 2020 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Roger Craig Smith | Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts | 2015 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem | 2015 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants | 2016 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Batman Ninja | 2018 | Anime film, direct-to-video English dub | |
| Superman: Red Son | 2020 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Michael C. Hall | Justice League: Gods and Monsters | 2015 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Sean Maher | Batman: Bad Blood | 2016 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| David Giuntoli | Batman: Soul of the Dragon | 2021 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham | 2021 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Ben Affleck | Zack Snyder's Justice League | 2021 | HBO Max release, director's cut of Justice League (2017) |
| Jensen Ackles | Batman: The Long Halloween | 2021 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Legion of Super-Heroes | 2023 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Justice League: Warworld | 2023 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths | 2024 | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Anson Mount | Injustice | 2021 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Keith Ferguson | Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse | 2022 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Nat Wolff | Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part I | 2023 | Animated direct-to-video film |
| Luke Wilson | Merry Little Batman | 2023 | Animated streaming film |
| Joe Daniels | Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League | 2025 | Anime film, direct-to-video English dub |
Television series
[edit]| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam West | Batman | 1966-1968 | ABC series |
| Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show | 1984-1985 | Animated series, Super Friends franchise | |
| The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians | 1985 | ||
| Olan Soule | The Batman/Superman Hour | 1968-1969 | Animated series, broadcast on CBS |
| The New Scooby-Doo Movies - "The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair" and "The Caped Crusader Caper" | 1972 | Animated series, broadcast on CBS | |
| Super Friends | 1973 | Animated series, Super Friends franchise | |
| The All-New Super Friends Hour | 1977-1978 | ||
| Challenge of the Superfriends | 1978 | ||
| The World's Greatest SuperFriends | 1979-1980 | ||
| Super Friends | 1980-1983 | ||
| Kevin Conroy | Batman: The Animated Series | 1992-1995 | Animated series, DC Animated Universe |
| The New Batman Adventures | 1997-1999 | ||
| Superman: The Animated Series | 1997-1999 | ||
| Batman Beyond | 1999-2001 | ||
| The Zeta Project - "Shadows" | 2001 | ||
| Justice League | 2001-2004 | ||
| Static Shock | 2002-2004 | ||
| Justice League Unlimited | 2004-2006 | ||
| Batman: The Brave and the Bold - "The Super-Batman of Planet X!" | 2010 | Animated series | |
| Justice League Action | 2016-2018 | Animated series | |
| Teen Titans Go! - "Real Orangins" | 2018 | Animated series | |
| Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? - "What a Night, For a Dark Knight!" | 2019 | Animated series | |
| Batwoman - "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two" | 2019 | Arrowverse, broadcast on the CW | |
| Gary Owens | The New Batman Adventures - "Legends of the Dark Knight" | 1998 | Animated series, DC Animated Universe |
| Michael Ironside | |||
| Will Friedle | Batman Beyond | 1999-2001 | Animated series, DC Animated Universe |
| The Zeta Project - "Shadows" | 2001 | ||
| Static Shock - "Future Shock" | 2004 | ||
| Justice League Unlimited - "The Once and Future Thing, Part Two: Time, Warped" and "Epilogue" | 2005 | ||
| Alex Daniels | Birds of Prey - "Pilot" | 2002 | Broadcast on the WB |
| Kyle Alcazar | Justice League Unlimited - "Kid Stuff" | 2004 | Animated series, DC Animated Universe |
| Rino Romano | The Batman | 2004-2008 | Animated series |
| Bruce Greenwood | Young Justice | 2010-2019 | Animated series |
| Diedrich Bader | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | 2008-2011 | Animated series |
| Harley Quinn | 2019-present | Animated series | |
| Corey Burton | Batman: The Brave and the Bold - "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!" | 2011 | Animated series |
| Frank Welker | |||
| Anthony Ruivivar | Beware the Batman | 2013 | Animated series, broadcast on Cartoon Network |
| David Mazouz | Gotham | 2014-2019 | Broadcast on Fox |
| Iain Glen | Titans | 2019-2021 | Aired on DC Universe and HBO Max |
| Warren Christie | Batwoman - "Armed and Dangerous" | 2021 | Arrowverse, broadcast on The CW |
| Jack Stanton | Harley Quinn - "Batman Begins Forever" | 2022 | Animated series, broadcast on Max |
| Ethan Hawke | Batwheels | 2022-present | Animated series, broadcast on Cartoon Network |
| David Miller | Gotham Knights - "Pilot" | 2023 | Broadcast on The CW |
| Hamish Linklater | Batman: Caped Crusader | 2024-present | Animated series, released on Amazon Prime Video |
Theatrical films
[edit]| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Wilson | Batman | 1943 | Film serial |
| Robert Lowery | Batman and Robin | 1949 | Film serial |
| Adam West | Batman | 1966 | Spin-off to the 1960s television series |
| Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders | 2016 | Animated film, spin-off to the 1960s television series, premiered at New York Comic-Con with a limited theatrical release | |
| Batman vs. Two-Face | 2017 | Animated film, spin-off to the 1960s television series, premiered at New York Comic-Con | |
| Michael Keaton | Batman | 1989 | Original Batman film series (1989-1997) |
| Batman Returns | 1992 | ||
| The Flash | 2023 | DC Extended Universe | |
| Batgirl | N/A | Unreleased, DC Extended Universe | |
| Charles Roskilly | Batman | 1989 | Original Batman film series (1989-1997) |
| Kevin Conroy | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | 1993 | Animated feature film, DC Animated Universe |
| Batman: The Killing Joke | 2016 | Animated feature film, limited theatrical release | |
| Val Kilmer | Batman Forever | 1995 | Original Batman film series (1989-1997) |
| George Clooney | Batman & Robin | 1997 | Original Batman film series (1989-1997) |
| The Flash | 2023 | DC Extended Universe | |
| Eric Lloyd | Batman & Robin | 1997 | Original Batman film series (1989-1997) |
| Christian Bale | Batman Begins | 2005 | Dark Knight trilogy |
| The Dark Knight | 2008 | ||
| The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | ||
| Gus Lewis | Batman Begins | 2005 | Dark Knight trilogy |
| Ben Affleck | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 2016 | DC Extended Universe |
| Suicide Squad | 2016 | ||
| Justice League | 2017 | ||
| The Flash | 2023 | ||
| Brandon Spink | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 2016 | DC Extended Universe |
| Will Arnett | The Lego Movie | 2014 | Animated feature film |
| The Lego Batman Movie | 2017 | ||
| The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | 2019 | ||
| Koichi Yamadera | Batman Ninja | 2018 | Anime film, Japanese theatrical release |
| Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League | 2025 | Anime film, Japanese release | |
| Jimmy Kimmel | Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | 2019 | Animated feature film |
| Dante Pereira-Olson | Joker | 2019 | |
| Robert Pattinson | The Batman | 2022 | |
| Keanu Reeves | DC League of Super-Pets | 2022 | Animated feature film |
Video games
[edit]| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Conroy | The Adventures of Batman & Robin | 1994 | DC Animated Universe |
| Batman: Vengeance | 2001 | DC Animated Universe | |
| Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu | 2003 | DC Animated Universe | |
| Batman: Arkham Asylum | 2009 | Batman: Arkham series | |
| DC Universe Online | 2011 | ||
| Batman: Arkham City | 2011 | Batman: Arkham series | |
| Batman: Arkham City Lockdown | 2011 | Batman: Arkham series | |
| Injustice: Gods Among Us | 2013 | Injustice series | |
| Infinite Crisis | 2015 | ||
| Batman: Arkham Knight | 2015 | Batman: Arkham series | |
| Batman: Arkham Underworld | 2016 | Batman: Arkham series | |
| View-Master Batman Animated VR | 2016 | ||
| Batman: Arkham VR | 2016 | Batman: Arkham series | |
| Injustice 2 | 2017 | Injustice series | |
| Lego DC Super-Villains | 2018 | Lego video game series | |
| MultiVersus | 2022 | ||
| Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | 2024 | Batman: Arkham series, posthumous release | |
| Julian Fletcher | Batman: Dark Tomorrow | 2003 | |
| Rino Romano | The Batman: Multiply, Divide, and Conquer | 2004 | |
| The Batman: Gotham City Rescue | 2005 | ||
| Christian Bale | Batman Begins | 2005 | |
| Ron Perlman | Justice League Heroes | 2006 | |
| Dave Gazzana | Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe | 2008 | |
| Diedrich Bader | Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame | 2010 | |
| Diedrich Bader | Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame | 2010 | |
| Justice League: Cosmic Chaos | 2023 | ||
| Troy Baker | Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes | 2012 | Lego video game series |
| Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham | 2014 | Lego video game series | |
| Lego Dimensions | 2015 | Lego video game series | |
| Batman: The Telltale Series | 2016 | Telltale Batman series | |
| Batman: The Enemy Within | 2017 | Telltale Batman series | |
| Roger Craig Smith | Batman: Arkham Origins | 2013 | Batman: Arkham series |
| Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate | 2013 | Batman: Arkham series | |
| Batman: Arkham Shadow | 2024 | Batman: Arkham series | |
| DC: Dark Legion | 2025 | ||
| Robin Atkin Downes | Infinite Crisis | 2015 | |
| Steve Blum | 2015 | ||
| Christopher Escalante | DC Battle Arena | 2021 | |
| Michael Antonakos | Gotham Knights | 2022 |
Web originals and motion comics
[edit]| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Thornton | Superman: Red Son | 2009 | Motion comic[6] |
| Michael Dobson | Batman: Black & White | 2009 | Motion comic[7] |
| Michael C. Hall | Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles | 2015 | Animated web series |
| Andy Biersack | Dark Nights: Death Metal - Sonic Metalverse | 2020-2021 | Motion comic[8] |
See also
[edit]- Batman (franchise)
- List of actors who have played Superman
- List of actors who have played Wonder Woman
References
[edit]- ^ Hayde, Michael J. (2009). Flights of Fantasy: The Unauthorized but True Story of Radio & TV's Adventures of Superman. BearManor Media. p. 64. Retrieved 2025-03-23 – via Google Books.
- ^ "BBC Genome Project". Superman on Trial. 5 June 1988.
- ^ "BBC Genome Project". Batman: the Lazarus Syndrome.
- ^ The Riddler: Secrets in the Dark
- ^ "DC AND REALM PROUDLY PRESENT DC HIGH VOLUME: BATMAN". DC.com.
- ^ Superman: Red Son Motion Comics
- ^ Batman Black & White Motion Comics
- ^ Dark Nights: Death Metal - Sonic Metalverse
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