The story of Batman It is long and tortuous. The DC vigilante has become one of the most iconic superheroes of all time along with others like Superman and Wonder Woman, with whom he forms the trinity, and Marvel’s Captain America, Iron Man and Spider-Man, for example. . And he is also one of the heroes who has had the most actors throughout his life.
The first (and least known) are Lewis G. Wilson in the film Batman (1943) and Robert Lowery in Batman and Robin (1949). Shortly after, one of those mentioned in the common lists arrived: Adam West, who played Batman from 1966-1968 in a film and series, and provided his voice to the series Batman: The Animated Series (1992). Despite being the first, not all fans usually remember them.
Movies and series: the best known
From now on everything should sound familiar to you. The next one was Michael Keaton in Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992) and more recently in The Flash (2023). One of the most loved, without a doubt. They followed Val Kilmer a Batman Forever (1995) y George Clooney in Batman & Robin (1997) and in Flash (2023)… although technically he only played Bruce Wayne. And here comes the legend: Christian Bale became the best live-action version between 2005 and 2012 with the Nolan Trilogy. He set the bar pretty high.
Ben Affleck He succeeded Bale in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017), but ended up abandoning the role despite the potential of this version. He appeared in Suicide Squad (2016) and The Flash (2023). Finally, Robert Pattinson He rose as a very human Dark Knight (like Bale) in The Batman (2022) and will continue in The Batman 2 (2026). But stay there, we’re not done!
Batman Arkham Origins
The actor David Mazouz He played a young Bruce Wayne in the Gotham series (2014-2019) and we saw him progress until he took the first steps as Batman, but he was finally Mikhail Mudrik who donned the Dark Knight suit in the series, as mentioned labotelladekandor on Instagram. Likewise, Ian Glen He appeared as Bruce Wayne in the Titans series.
Batman’s voice in movies, series and video games
This is all? Now here near! And Batman has also had many actors who have only lent their voices to animated series and films: Kevin Conroy in numerous animated series and films between 1992-2022, such as Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), and with an appearance in Infinite Crisis (2019);
Peter Weller en Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2012), Bruce Greenwood en Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Jensen Ackles in Batman: The Long Halloween (2021). And I’m sure I’m missing some more animated series and movies. If you remember it, I encourage you to leave it in the comments.
Batman Arkham Knight
As for video games, Roger Craig Smith He lent his voice to Batman Arkham Origins, Michael Antonakos for Gotham Knights and Kevin Conroy for the Batman Arkham trilogy and Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. If we talk about dubbing actors in Spanish, Claudio Serrano has become the most prominent, although there are others such as Ángel del Río, Roberto Encinas, Iñaki Crespo and Oriol Rafel. In short: a hero with many faces and voices.
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