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18 July 2008 (USA) moreTagline:
Why So Serious? morePlot:
Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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(in credits order) | Christian Bale | ... | Bruce Wayne / Batman |
 | Heath Ledger | ... | The Joker |
 | Aaron Eckhart | ... | Harvey Dent / Two-Face |
 | Michael Caine | ... | Alfred Pennyworth |
 | Maggie Gyllenhaal | ... | Rachel Dawes |
 | Gary Oldman | ... | James Gordon |
 | Morgan Freeman | ... | Lucius Fox |
 | Monique Curnen | ... | Det. Anna Ramirez (as Monique Gabriela Curnen) |
 | Ron Dean | ... | Detective Wuertz |
 | Cillian Murphy | ... | Scarecrow |
 | Chin Han | ... | Lau |
 | Nestor Carbonell | ... | Mayor Anthony Garcia |
 | Eric Roberts | ... | Salvatore Maroni |
 | Ritchie Coster | ... | The Chechen |
 | Anthony Michael Hall | ... | Mike Engel |
 | Keith Szarabajka | ... | Detective Stephens |
 | Colin McFarlane | ... | Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb |
 | Joshua Harto | ... | Coleman Reese |
 | Melinda McGraw | ... | Barbara Gordon |
 | Nathan Gamble | ... | James Gordon Jr. |
 | Michael Vieau | ... | Al Rossi |
| Michael Stoyanov | ... | Dopey |
| William Smillie | ... | Happy |
| Danny Goldring | ... | Grumpy |
 | Michael Jai White | ... | Gambol |
 | Matthew O'Neill | ... | Chuckles |
 | William Fichtner | ... | Bank Manager |
 | Olumiji Olawumi | ... | Drug Dealer |
| Gregory Beam | ... | Drug Buyer |
| Erik Hellman | ... | Junkie |
 | Beatrice Rosen | ... | Natascha |
| Vincenzo Nicoli | ... | Crime Boss |
 | Edison Chen | ... | LSI VP |
| Nydia Rodriguez Terracina | ... | Judge Surrillo |
 | Andy Luther | ... | Brian |
| James Farruggio | ... | Man No. 1 |
 | Tom McElroy | ... | Man No. 2 |
| Will Zahrn | ... | Assistant DA |
 | James Fierro | ... | Thug at Party |
| Patrick Leahy | ... | Unintimidated Gentleman at Party |
 | Sam Derence | ... | Male Guest |
| Jennifer Knox | ... | Female Guest |
| Patrick Clear | ... | Judge Freel |
 | Sarah Jayne Dunn | ... | Maroni's Mistress |
 | Chucky Venice | ... | Gambol's Bodyguard #1 (as Chucky Venn) |
 | Winston Ellis | ... | Gambol's Bodyguard #2 |
 | David Dastmalchian | ... | Joker's Thug |
| Sophia Hinshelwood | ... | Reporter |
| Keith Kupferer | ... | Heckler |
 | Joseph Luis Caballero | ... | Cop Heckler |
| Richard Dillane | ... | Acting Commissioner |
 | Daryl Satcher | ... | Officer at Intersection |
 | Chris Petschler | ... | Convoy Leader |
| Aidan Feore | ... | Fat Thug |
| Philip Bulcock | ... | Detective Murphy |
| Paul Birchard | ... | Cop with Fat Thug |
 | Walter Lewis | ... | Medic |
| Vincent Riotta | ... | Cop at 250 52nd St. |
| Nancy Crane | ... | Nurse |
| K. Todd Freeman | ... | Polk |
 | Matt Shallenberger | ... | Officer Berg |
| Michael Andrew Gorman | ... | Cop at Hospital |
| Lanny Lutz | ... | Bartender |
| Peter Defaria | ... | Civilian |
 | Matt Rippy | ... | First Mate |
| Andrew Bicknell | ... | Prison Ferry Pilot |
| Ariyon Bakare | ... | Guard Commander |
 | Doug Ballard | ... | Businessman |
| Helene Wilson | ... | Mother |
 | Tommy Campbell | ... | Passenger #1 |
| Craig Heaney | ... | Passenger #2 |
| Lorna Gayle | ... | Passenger #3 |
| Lisa McAllister | ... | Passenger #4 |
| Peter Brooke | ... | Passenger #5 |
 | Joshua Rollins | ... | SWAT Sniper |
 | Dale Rivera | ... | SWAT Leader |
 | Matthew Leitch | ... | Prisoner on Ferry |
 | Tommy 'Tiny' Lister | ... | Tattooed Prisoner |
| Thomas Gaitsch | ... | Reporter #3 |
| William Armstrong | ... | Evans |
 | Adam Kalesperis | ... | Honor Guard Man |
| Tristan Tait | ... | Uniform Cop |
 | Bronson Webb | ... | Bounty Hunter #1 |
| David Ajala | ... | Bounty Hunter #2 |
| Gertrude Kyles | ... | Fox's Secretary |
 | Jonathan Ryland | ... | Passenger Ferry Pilot |
| James Scales | ... | Guardsman |
| Nigel Carrington | ... | Warden |
| Ian Pirie | ... | Corrections Officer |
| Lateef Lovejoy | ... | Prisoner #1 |
| Grahame Edwards | ... | Prisoner #2 |
| Roger Monk | ... | Prisoner #3 |
| Ronan Summers | ... | Prison Corrections Officer #2 |
| Wai Wong | ... | Hong Kong Detective |
| Michael Corey Foster | ... | Honor Guard Leader |
| Hannah Gunn | ... | Gordon's Daughter |
| Brandon Lambdin | ... | Armored Car SWAT |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Jeff Albertson | ... | Gotham Police Officer |
 | Stephen Armourae | ... | Kirk Stedden - Ferry Prisoner |
 | Tommy Bartlett | ... | Salvatore Maroni's Defense Attorney |
 | Nadia Cameron-Blakey | ... | Cressida Spink |
| Jamie Cho | ... | Lau's Bodyguard |
 | Kelli Clevenger | ... | Paramedic |
| Martyn Cooper | ... | Prisoner |
| Jay Fuller | ... | Prisoner |
 | Steven H. Hansen | ... | Maroni Henchman |
| Julie Hilgendorf | ... | Russian Ballerina (as Julie Theresa) |
 | Don Kress | ... | Maroni Henchman |
| Dan Latham | ... | Police Sgt. Spellman - Gotham Bomb Squad |
 | Angelina Lyubomirova | ... | Ballerina |
 | Sanjay Madhav | ... | Senator |
| Teresa Mahoney-Bostridge | ... | Refugee |
| Kerri Parker | ... | Maroni's Mistress |
| John Snowden | ... | Detective |
 | Robert Stone | ... | Prisoner |
 | Chris Wilson | ... | Gotham MCU Detective |
| Tracy L. Aldaz | ... | Emergency Medical Technician (uncredited) |
 | Matthew W. Allen | ... | Civilian (uncredited) |
 | Martin Ballantyne | ... | Joker's Henchman (uncredited) |
 | Debbi Burns | ... | Bank Patron (uncredited) |
 | Matt Cho | ... | Lau Henchman (uncredited) |
 | Henry Chu | ... | Lau Henchman (uncredited) |
| Jazz Dhiman | ... | Prisoner (uncredited) |
 | Tony Domino | ... | Press Conference Heckler (uncredited) |
 | Gene Fojtik | ... | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
 | Reese Foster | ... | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Jason Frederick | ... | Wayne Penthouse Party Guest (uncredited) |
 | Darren Elliot Fulsher | ... | Police (uncredited) |
 | David Fultz | ... | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
 | Scott Ganyo | ... | EMT (uncredited) |
 | Marisol Giraud | ... | Wayne Penthouse Party Guest (uncredited) |
 | Tim Glanfield | ... | Hostage (uncredited) |
| Kevin Hefner | ... | SWAT member (uncredited) |
 | Emily Margaret Heitzer | ... | Student (uncredited) |
 | Jor'don Hodges | ... | Gotham City Police (uncredited) |
| John Hoving | ... | Bank Vault Manager (uncredited) |
 | Ramses Jimenez | ... | National Guard (uncredited) |
 | Bob Kaliebe | ... | Police Officer (uncredited) |
 | Nicky Katt | ... | Shotgun SWAT (uncredited) |
| Mark Keiser | ... | Business Man / Crime Scene Witness (uncredited) |
 | Charles Kierscht | ... | Guest at Bruce Wayne's Penthouse (uncredited) |
 | Thomas Kosik | ... | Parade Police Officer (uncredited) |
 | Michael Kuster | ... | Wayne Penthouse Party Guest (uncredited) |
 | Joseph Lazicki | ... | Wayne Manor Party Guest (uncredited) |
 | David Lesley | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
 | Deborah Lynn | ... | Penthouse Partygoer (uncredited) |
 | Jonathan Macchi | ... | Wayne Penthouse Party Guest (uncredited) |
 | Joseph Mazurk | ... | Court Bailiff / Parade Policeman (uncredited) |
| Dean Mitchell | ... | Firefighter (uncredited) |
 | Stephen Modell | ... | Prisoner (uncredited) |
 | Rory Plante | ... | Evacuating Hospital Patient (uncredited) |
| Henry Sandifer | ... | Bank Hostage (uncredited) |
| Jan Seybold | ... | Secretary to D.A. Harvey Dent (uncredited) |
 | Amit Shah | ... | Party Guest (uncredited) |
 | Vivek Shah | ... | Middle Eastern Bank Hostage (uncredited) |
 | Sofiya Smirnova | ... | Evacuee (uncredited) |
 | Bruce Spielbauer | ... | High Ranking Police Official (uncredited) |
 | Richard Strobel | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
 | John Thurner | ... | Wayne Penthouse Party Guest (uncredited) |
 | Tom Townsend | ... | Gotham Cop (uncredited) |
 | John Turk | ... | Chechen Bodyguard (uncredited) |
 | Mike Whyte | ... | Gotham Police Officer (uncredited) |
 | Erik A. Williams | ... | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Lisa Wolf | ... | Business Woman (uncredited) |
 | Kevin Zaideman | ... | Party Staff (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Christopher Nolan | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Jonathan Nolan | (screenplay) and | |
| Christopher Nolan | (screenplay) | |
| Christopher Nolan | (story) & | |
| David S. Goyer | (story) | |
| Bob Kane | (characters) | |
Produced by | |||
| Kevin De La Noy | .... | executive producer | |
| Jordan Goldberg | .... | associate producer | |
| Philip Lee | .... | line producer: Hong Kong | |
| Karl McMillan | .... | production associate producer | |
| Benjamin Melniker | .... | executive producer | |
| Christopher Nolan | .... | producer | |
| Charles Roven | .... | producer | |
| Emma Thomas | .... | producer | |
| Thomas Tull | .... | executive producer | |
| Michael E. Uslan | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| James Newton Howard | |||
| Hans Zimmer | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Wally Pfister | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Lee Smith | |||
Casting by | |||
| John Papsidera | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Nathan Crowley | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Mark Bartholomew | |||
| James Hambidge | |||
| Kevin Kavanaugh | |||
| Simon Lamont | (supervising art director) | ||
| Steven Lawrence | |||
| Naaman Marshall | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Peter Lando | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Lindy Hemming | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Janice Alexander | .... | hair department head | |
| John Caglione Jr. | .... | makeup artist | |
| Latrice Edwards | .... | makeup artist | |
| Vivian Guzman | .... | additional hair stylist | |
| Lisa Jelic | .... | makeup artist | |
| Conor O'Sullivan | .... | prosthetics supervisor | |
| Susie O'Sullivan | .... | trainee prosthetic makeup (as Susan O'Sullivan) | |
| Linda Rizzuto | .... | hair stylist | |
| Peter Robb-King | .... | makeup department head | |
| Sue Robb-King | .... | key makeup artist | |
| Kimberley Spiteri | .... | key hair stylist | |
| Thomas Terhaar | .... | hair stylist | |
| Tim Toth | .... | hair stylist | |
| Robert Trenton | .... | prosthetic makeup artist | |
| Vicki Vacca | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Chen On Chu | .... | production manager: Hong Kong | |
| Bill Daly | .... | post production executive | |
| Geoff Dibben | .... | production supervisor: UK | |
| Jan Foster | .... | unit production manager | |
| David E. Hall | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Thomas Hayslip | .... | production manager: Hong Kong | |
| Thomas Hayslip | .... | production supervisor: Chicago | |
| Michael Murray | .... | production manager: Cardington | |
| Susan Towner | .... | unit production manager | |
Art Department | ||
| Jason Bartolone | .... | propmaker foreman |
| Guy Belegaud | .... | general foreman |
| Ute Bergk | .... | assistant set decorator |
| Rob Bliss | .... | concept artist |
| Andrew Booth | .... | creative director: computer and video |
| Troy Borisy | .... | leadman |
| Toby Britton | .... | assistant art director |
| Charlotte Bushnell | .... | art department assistant |
| Neal Callow | .... | stand-by art director |
| J. André Chaintreuil | .... | digital set designer |
| Richard Cheal | .... | props |
| Larry Clark | .... | head painter |
| Stephanie Class | .... | set decorating production assistant |
| Matt Cooke | .... | dressing props |
| Stan Cook | .... | property storeman |
| Jim Cornish | .... | storyboard artist |
| Peter Dorme | .... | assistant art director |
| Anthony Joseph Fatigato | .... | painter |
| Jordana Finkel | .... | art department assistant |
| Dan Fischer | .... | construction laborer |
| Pip Fox | .... | stand-by propman |
| Shane T. French | .... | propmaker |
| Michael D. Gianneschi | .... | assistant property master |
| Leigh Gilbert | .... | construction manager |
| Thomas J. Glynn | .... | set dresser |
| Brad Good | .... | assistant property master |
| David Hicks | .... | graphic design: computer and video |
| Ryan Patrick Kelly | .... | assistant property master |
| Michael King | .... | production buyer |
| Jeffrey Lawrence | .... | art intern |
| Jenne Lee | .... | art department coordinator: Chicago |
| Phillis Lehmer | .... | assistant art director: graphics |
| Mary Mackenzie | .... | junior draughtsman |
| Gaynor Maher | .... | construction manager's assistant |
| Chris McBride | .... | computer & video supervisor |
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