Pictures presents, in association with village roadshow pictures, in association with bron creative, a joint effort production, a film by todd phillips, joker. The joker has been portrayed by cesar romero in the 1966 film batman. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. Batman 1989 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Actor robert pattinson has said that fans shouldnt expect joaquin phoenixs joker to make an appearance in the upcoming batman film. The animated series films and its followups as mark hamill also portrayed the joker in them. Joker actor explains thomas wayne batman twist, hidden. The joker is a fictional character who appears in christopher nolans 2008 superhero film the. Coincidentally, joaquin phoenix would end up playing batmans greatest enemy in the recently released film joker, which was directed by todd phillips. Tommy wiseaus joker audition tape nerdist presents. Will robert pattinsons batman battle joaquin phoenixs. Joaquin phoenix wins best actor oscar for joker indiewire.
In the early eighties, before tim burtons batman and. When joker joaquin phoenix was almost cast as batman. Heath andrew ledger 4 april 1979 22 january 2008 was an australian actor, photographer, and music video director. Set in 1981, it follows arthur fleck, a failed standup comedian whose descent into insanity and nihilism inspires a violent. The following is a list of cast members who voiced or portrayed characters appearing in the batman films. The joker has memorably been part of two batman movies in the form of jack nicholson and heath ledger, and was most recently played by jared leto in the first suicide squad film. After performing roles in several australian television and film productions. Ahead of the release of joaquin phoenixs new movie, we ranked the actors who have played the joker over the years, including heath ledger and jack nicholson.
Actor jack nicholson as the joker in film batman john joseph nicholson is an american actor and filmmaker who has performed for more than 60 years. When the film was released in july 2008, six months after the actor had died from an accidental prescription drug overdose, the performance caused a. Well known for many film including batman 1989, the shining 1980 and the departed 2006. Batman and robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop mr. Unlike most versions of the joker, this one has a first and last name, arthur fleck. Although batman made his first live action appearance in a 1943 film serial, itd be another. Heath ledger 19792008 when hunky, twentyyearold heartthrob heath ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as. It took about five seasons for the show to finally reveal the real joker of the. Joaquin phoenix will play the latest version of batmans nemesis, and he has some big clown shoes to fill. Robert pattinson is currently busy with the shoot of his upcoming superhero film the batman.
Over the years, various actors have provided the characters voice in. Jack nicholson had already been a prominent actor in hollywood for over thirty years by the time he was cast in the role of the joker, batmans most recognizable and idolized adversary. In gotham city, mentally troubled comedian arthur fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. The list is sorted by film and character, as some characters may have been portrayed by multiple actors. A psychopathic criminal mastermind and mass murderer with a warped, sadistic sense of humor, the joker is hired by gotham citys mob bosses to kill the vigilante batman, and also comes into conflict with batmans allies, gotham police officer james gordon and district attorn. All joker actors ranked 8 best joker performances of all time. Joaquin phoenix to be the next joker heres every actor whos played the iconic. But as it features mark hamill as the joker, ive put it together with the batman. When actor brett cullen joined joker, he didnt realize his character would be at the crux of some of the film s most integral and most debated moments. The moment joker world premiered at the venice film festival where it won the golden lion many oscar.
Back in 1989, tim burton decided to bring his style to gotham city with the film simply titled. Joaquin phoenix almost played batman for darren aronofsky. The joker movie connects arthur fleck to thomas wayne, father of bruce wayne, which suggests that the joker and batman are half brothers. Why joaquin phoenixs joker will never meet robert pattinsons batman. For their portrayals, heath ledger won an academy award for best supporting actor while joaquin phoenix won an academy award for best. Batman film, the studio would eventually choose director christopher nolan to take the reins. The film, based on dc comics characters, stars joaquin phoenix as the joker and provides a possible origin story for the character. Tim burtons batman is a memorable version of the dark knight for its gothic style and also for jack nicholsons performance as jack napier a. Heath ledgers performance as joker in the dark knight is a masterpiece from all points of view. Tv series was a drawnout prequel to bruce waynes life behind the cowl of batman. Gordon shows batman a joker playing card left at the crime scene.
From cesar romero to mark hamill keep reading to see the various actors who have played the clown prince of crime on the big screen over the years. Phoenix was considered the frontrunner for best actor this year by a wide margin. The actor will not appear as the joker alongside robert pattinsons batman according to the new film s director. We look at what each of the movie joker actors have brought to the role, from cesar romero in batman 66 to joaquin phoenix. Joker is a 2019 american psychological thriller film directed and produced by todd phillips, who cowrote the screenplay with scott silver. Being a world war ii era production, the movie serial like many of this period was used as wartime propaganda and had an antijapanese bent with j. We dont ever really know the jokers actual age, but its hard to imagine an adult batman pattinson will be 35 when the batman is released facing off with a joker in the range of 65 years old.
Then you have numerous animated series like batman. The joker, played by 53yearold veteran voice actor kevin michael richardson, turns up with a radically changed look and an eerie new laugh. Joaquin phoenix took home plenty of awards, including the oscar for best actor, for his lead performance in joker, the origin story of batmans most notorious nemesis. Batman begins which starred christian bale as the caped crusader hit theaters in 2005, and was followed up by 2008s the dark. Ledgers performance as the joker in the film earned him the academy award for best supporting actor, making him the first actor to win an oscar for a comicbook movie. Joker final trailer now playing in theaters youtube. The serial starred lewis wilson as batman and douglas croft as robin. The actors suicide squad character had been sidelined long before todd phillipss film starring joaquin phoenix as batmans arch enemy was greenlit. The film stars jack nicholson as the joker and michael keaton as bruce wayne batman, alongside kim basinger, robert wuhl, pat hingle, billy dee williams, michael. With arnold schwarzenegger, george clooney, chris odonnell, uma thurman. While not formally connected to any other film series, but only to the, controversial, story from the comic of the same name. This week, joaquin phoenixs new joker movie will give a frightening.
Will joker joaquin phoenix be in the batman movie in 2021. The joker, the archenemy of the fictional superhero batman, has appeared in various media. The the crown star was once in line to play the joker in an unmade 1980s batman movie. Arkham origins troy baker reading jokers monologue from the killing joke duration. Robert pattinson on whether joaquin phoenixs joker could.
With robert pattinson, colin farrell, zoe kravitz, andy serkis. Directed by joel schumacher and written by akiva goldsman, it stars george clooney replacing val kilmer as. After his success in the room and the the disaster artist, tommy wiseau has been publicly campaigning for one of the most iconic roles in the history of film. The movie burton schumacher series 19891997 christopher nolan series 20052012 joker. Batman was a 15chapter serial film released in 1943 by columbia pictures and was the first appearance of the comic book character on film.
The late actor had come to nolans attention through his earlier work, and the director offered him the part of bruce wayne aka batman in batman begins. Released in july 2008, the dark knight broke several box office records and received both popular and critical accolades, especially with regard to ledgers performance as the joker. Joker star joaquin phoenix was darren aronofskys pick to. The joker is a fictional character who appears in christopher nolans 2008 superhero film the dark knight, based upon the dc comics character and supervillain of the same name. After performing roles in several australian television and film productions during the 1990s, ledger left for the united states in 1998 to further develop his film career.
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