Heath andrew ledger 4 april 1979 22 january 2008 was an australian actor, photographer, and music video director. Will robert pattinsons batman battle joaquin phoenixs. For their portrayals, heath ledger won an academy award for best supporting actor while joaquin phoenix won an academy award for best. 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. 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. The list is sorted by film and character, as some characters may have been portrayed by multiple actors.
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. Joaquin phoenix wins best actor oscar for joker indiewire. 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. This week, joaquin phoenixs new joker movie will give a frightening. All joker actors ranked 8 best joker performances of all time. 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. Coincidentally, joaquin phoenix would end up playing batmans greatest enemy in the recently released film joker, which was directed by todd phillips. 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. 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. The joker is a fictional character who appears in christopher nolans 2008 superhero film the. Then you have numerous animated series like batman. 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. With arnold schwarzenegger, george clooney, chris odonnell, uma thurman.
He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. With robert pattinson, colin farrell, zoe kravitz, andy serkis. 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. The movie burton schumacher series 19891997 christopher nolan series 20052012 joker. Although batman made his first live action appearance in a 1943 film serial, itd be another. Set in 1981, it follows arthur fleck, a failed standup comedian whose descent into insanity and nihilism inspires a violent. The film, based on dc comics characters, stars joaquin phoenix as the joker and provides a possible origin story for the character. Joker star joaquin phoenix was darren aronofskys pick to. 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. Batman 1989 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Joker final trailer now playing in theaters youtube. 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. In the early eighties, before tim burtons batman and. The actors suicide squad character had been sidelined long before todd phillipss film starring joaquin phoenix as batmans arch enemy was greenlit.
Well known for many film including batman 1989, the shining 1980 and the departed 2006. Arkham origins troy baker reading jokers monologue from the killing joke duration. The best joker actors ranked from worst to best esquire. Gordon shows batman a joker playing card left at the crime scene. The animated series films and its followups as mark hamill also portrayed the joker in them. In his penultimate film performance, ledger played the joker in christopher nolans 2008 film the dark knight, which was. Joaquin phoenix to be the next joker heres every actor whos played the iconic. The the crown star was once in line to play the joker in an unmade 1980s batman movie.
Robert pattinson on whether joaquin phoenixs joker could. Batman begins which starred christian bale as the caped crusader hit theaters in 2005, and was followed up by 2008s the dark. The following is a list of cast members who voiced or portrayed characters appearing in the batman films. A new movie based on batmans most iconic villain, joker, is coming to theaters this october. Batman film, the studio would eventually choose director christopher nolan to take the reins.
Batman was a 15chapter serial film released in 1943 by columbia pictures and was the first appearance of the comic book character on film. Why joaquin phoenixs joker will never meet robert pattinsons batman. Of course, we cant forget cesar romero, who was the first joker in batman. We look at what each of the movie joker actors have brought to the role, from cesar romero in batman 66 to joaquin phoenix. Directed by joel schumacher and written by akiva goldsman, it stars george clooney replacing val kilmer as. 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 will play the latest version of batmans nemesis, and he has some big clown shoes to fill. The actor will not appear as the joker alongside robert pattinsons batman according to the new film s director. It took about five seasons for the show to finally reveal the real joker of the. The joker, the archenemy of the fictional superhero batman, has appeared in various media. Tommy wiseaus joker audition tape nerdist presents.
In gotham city, mentally troubled comedian arthur fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. Back in 1989, tim burton decided to bring his style to gotham city with the film simply titled. Actor robert pattinson has said that fans shouldnt expect joaquin phoenixs joker to make an appearance in the upcoming batman film. While not formally connected to any other film series, but only to the, controversial, story from the comic of the same name.
Joker is a 2019 american psychological thriller film directed and produced by todd phillips, who cowrote the screenplay with scott silver. Batman and robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop mr. The fact that joker takes place during the 1980s and the batman is reportedly set in the 1990s would line the two films up perfectly, making bruce wayne the right age to face off against the joker. Will joker joaquin phoenix be in the batman movie in 2021. After performing roles in several australian television and film productions. 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. The serial starred lewis wilson as batman and douglas croft as robin. 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.
Unlike most versions of the joker, this one has a first and last name, arthur fleck. Pictures presents, in association with village roadshow pictures, in association with bron creative, a joint effort production, a film by todd phillips, joker. 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. Phoenix was considered the frontrunner for best actor this year by a wide margin. 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. 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.
The joker movie connects arthur fleck to thomas wayne, father of bruce wayne, which suggests that the joker and batman are half brothers. Joaquin phoenix almost played batman for darren aronofsky. Tv series was a drawnout prequel to bruce waynes life behind the cowl of batman. Batman is a 1989 american superhero film directed by tim burton and produced by jon peters and peter guber, based on the dc comics character of the same name. Joker actor explains thomas wayne batman twist, hidden. 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. 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 is the fourth and final installment of warner bros. The moment joker world premiered at the venice film festival where it won the golden lion many oscar.
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