Over the years, several actors have played Batman. It got to the point where people compared the constant changing of batman actors to the constant changing of James Bond actors. This artikel looks at Batman's eighty years of live-action appearances.
Lewis Wilson (1943)
Lewis Wilson became the first actor to play batman in live action in 1943's batman movie serial.
Robert Lowery (1949)
Robert Lowery played batman in 1949's batman and Robin movie serial.
Adam West (1966 - 1968, 1979)
Adam West became the first actor to play batman in a televisi series in 1966's batman series. He played batman in all 120 episodes of the series. He also played batman in 1966's Batman: The Movie. His last live-action appearance as batman was in 1979's Legends of the Superheroes TV special. However, he did guest voices in several batman cartoons. Also, returned to the role of batman in voice form in a couple of animated films that were made before his passing in 2017. To this day, Adam West remains the actor that has played batman in live action the most.
Michael Keaton (1989 - 1992, 2023)
Michael Keaton played batman in 1989's batman and 1992's batman Returns. He returned to play batman in 2023's The Flash. He also played batman in the unreleased Batgirl film and deleted content from Aquaman and the lost Kingdom.
Joey de Leon (1991)
Joey de Leon played batman in 1991's Alyas batman en Robin parody film.
Val Kilmer (1995)
Val Kilmer played batman in 1995's batman Forever.
George Clooney (1997)
George Clooney played batman in 1997's batman and Robin.
Bruce Thomas (2000 - 2002)
Bruce Thomas played batman in a series of OnStar commercials.
Christian Bale (2005 - 2012)
Christian Bale played batman in The Dark Knight trilogy.
David Mazouz (2014 - 2019)
David Mazouz played a young Bruce Wayne in the Gotham series.
Ben Affleck (2016 - 2017, 2021 - 2023)
Ben Affleck played batman in 2016's batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad and 2017's Justice League. He considered permanently retiring from the role, but he came back for new footage for 2021's cut of Justice League. He played batman in 2023's The Flash. Like Michael Keaton, he was going to be in Aquaman and the lost Kingdom, but his footage was cut out of the film.
Iain Glen (2019 - 2021)
Iain Glen played Bruce Wayne in the 2nd and 3rd seasons of Titans.
Dante Pereira-Olson (2019)
Dante Pereira-Olson played a young Bruce Wayne in 2019's Joker. It's currently unknown if Bruce Wayne will be in selanjutnya year's Joker sequel.
Kevin Conroy (2019)
Kevin Conroy is known for voicing batman lebih times than anybody else. He played a live-action version of Bruce Wayne in 2019's Crisis on Infinite Earths TV special.
Robert Pattinson (2022 - ongoing)
Robert Pattinson played batman in 2022's The batman and is expected to return for the sequel.
A new actor
A new actor is going to play batman in the upcoming The brave and the Bold film. At this time, it's unknown who will play batman in the film.
Lewis Wilson (1943)
Lewis Wilson became the first actor to play batman in live action in 1943's batman movie serial.
Robert Lowery (1949)
Robert Lowery played batman in 1949's batman and Robin movie serial.
Adam West (1966 - 1968, 1979)
Adam West became the first actor to play batman in a televisi series in 1966's batman series. He played batman in all 120 episodes of the series. He also played batman in 1966's Batman: The Movie. His last live-action appearance as batman was in 1979's Legends of the Superheroes TV special. However, he did guest voices in several batman cartoons. Also, returned to the role of batman in voice form in a couple of animated films that were made before his passing in 2017. To this day, Adam West remains the actor that has played batman in live action the most.
Michael Keaton (1989 - 1992, 2023)
Michael Keaton played batman in 1989's batman and 1992's batman Returns. He returned to play batman in 2023's The Flash. He also played batman in the unreleased Batgirl film and deleted content from Aquaman and the lost Kingdom.
Joey de Leon (1991)
Joey de Leon played batman in 1991's Alyas batman en Robin parody film.
Val Kilmer (1995)
Val Kilmer played batman in 1995's batman Forever.
George Clooney (1997)
George Clooney played batman in 1997's batman and Robin.
Bruce Thomas (2000 - 2002)
Bruce Thomas played batman in a series of OnStar commercials.
Christian Bale (2005 - 2012)
Christian Bale played batman in The Dark Knight trilogy.
David Mazouz (2014 - 2019)
David Mazouz played a young Bruce Wayne in the Gotham series.
Ben Affleck (2016 - 2017, 2021 - 2023)
Ben Affleck played batman in 2016's batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad and 2017's Justice League. He considered permanently retiring from the role, but he came back for new footage for 2021's cut of Justice League. He played batman in 2023's The Flash. Like Michael Keaton, he was going to be in Aquaman and the lost Kingdom, but his footage was cut out of the film.
Iain Glen (2019 - 2021)
Iain Glen played Bruce Wayne in the 2nd and 3rd seasons of Titans.
Dante Pereira-Olson (2019)
Dante Pereira-Olson played a young Bruce Wayne in 2019's Joker. It's currently unknown if Bruce Wayne will be in selanjutnya year's Joker sequel.
Kevin Conroy (2019)
Kevin Conroy is known for voicing batman lebih times than anybody else. He played a live-action version of Bruce Wayne in 2019's Crisis on Infinite Earths TV special.
Robert Pattinson (2022 - ongoing)
Robert Pattinson played batman in 2022's The batman and is expected to return for the sequel.
A new actor
A new actor is going to play batman in the upcoming The brave and the Bold film. At this time, it's unknown who will play batman in the film.