There's been a couple of threads on this site about who's been the best guy to portray the joker, which is usually a a close call fight between Mark Hamill and Heath Ledger with Jack Nicholson taking up the rear. But I can't remember ever seeing one about the best man to portray the caped crusader.
So, who do you think is the best Batman, and why? I got half these names from WikiAnswers so here's the quote if anyone doesn't know which one is which.
So, who do you think is the best Batman, and why? I got half these names from WikiAnswers so here's the quote if anyone doesn't know which one is which.
I swapped Lewis Wilson for Bruce Greenwood, who recently played Batman in the animated movie Under the Red Hood, and I also didn't include Rino. I only have so many option slots.WikiAnswers said:the first actor to portray "Batman" was Lewis Wilson in 1943. The comic hero had been around for just four years.
The second to play the masked hero was Robert Lowery in 1949 in The New Adventures of Batman & Robin.
Then came actor Adam West, who starred in the 1966 installment of Batman along with the tongue-in-cheek series that followed.
Michael Keaton played Batman twice, in the action films Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). Val Kilmer played the caped crusader in Batman Forever (1995) and George Clooney portrayed him in Batman & Robin (1997).
Most recently, Christian Bale took on the role, in Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008).
Kevin Conroy was the voice of Batman in the animated series and Rino Ramano gave him his voice in The Batman.