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Pax Penguina
"Pax Penguina" is the first episode of the Gotham season 4, fourth season and 67th episode overall from the Warner Bros. series ''Gotham (TV series), Gotham''. The show is itself based on the characters created by DC Comics set in the Batman mythology. This is the first episode with the new subtitle "A Dark Knight". The episode was written by executive producer John Stephens (TV producer), John Stephens and directed by Danny Cannon. It was first broadcast on September 21, 2017. The episode begins three months after the season 3 finale and revolves around a period in which criminals now get "licenses" to commit crimes, provided by Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham), Cobblepot in order to earn the support of the city government and the public to reduce crime. However, a gang of criminals challenge the new licenses' policy and decide to commit heists to send a message to Cobblepot. The gang also makes use of Scarecrow (DC Comics), Jonathan Crane's fear toxin. James Gordon (Gotham), Gordon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotham (TV Series)
''Gotham'' is an American television series developed by Bruno Heller, produced by Warner Bros. Television and based on characters from the Batman mythos in comic books published by DC Comics. The series premiered on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox on September 22, 2014, and ended on April 25, 2019, after five seasons totalling List of Gotham episodes, 100 episodes. It features an ensemble cast that includes Ben McKenzie as Jim Gordon (Gotham), James "Jim" Gordon, Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock (Gotham), Harvey Bullock, and David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne (Gotham), Bruce Wayne. The show follows Gordon's early days at the Gotham City Police Department following the murder of Bruce's parents, as well as the Origin story, origin stories of Batman's infamous List of Batman family enemies, rogues gallery. Development for a prequel series based on Batman began in September 2013, with Bruno Heller hired by Fox to serve as a writer and executive producer. In March 2014, Fox originally ordered 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman
Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on March 30, 1939. In the DC Universe, Batman is the alias of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy American Playboy lifestyle, playboy, Philanthropy, philanthropist, and industrialist who resides in Gotham City. Origin of Batman, His origin story features him swearing vengeance against criminals after witnessing the murder of his parents, Thomas Wayne, Thomas and Martha Wayne, Martha, as a child, a vendetta tempered by the ideal of justice. He trains himself physically and intellectually, crafts a Batsuit, bat-inspired persona, and monitors the Gotham streets at night. Kane, Finger, and other creators accompanied Batman with List of Batman supporting characters, supporting characters, including his sidekicks Robin (character), Robin and Batgirl; allies Alfre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donal Logue
Donal Francis Logue (born February 27, 1966) is a Canadian-American film and television actor. He played the starring role of Sean Finnerty on the sitcom '' Grounded for Life'' (2001–2005), and Detective Harvey Bullock on the DC Comics adaptation ''Gotham'' (2014–2019). He is also known for playing flight nurse Chuck Martin on '' ER'' (2003–2005), Lee Toric on '' Sons of Anarchy'' (2012–2013), Horik on ''Vikings'' (2013–2014), and the recurring role of Lt. (later Captain) Declan Murphy on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2014–2015). Logue's film work includes roles in ''Sneakers'' (1992), '' Gettysburg'' (1993), '' Little Women'' (1994), '' Jerry Maguire'' (1996), ''Blade'' (1998), ''The Patriot'' (2000), '' American Splendor'' (2003), ''Zodiac'' (2007), ''The Cloverfield Paradox'' (2018), and '' Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City'' (2021). He won the Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize for his performance in '' The Tao of Steve'' (2000). Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scarecrow (Gotham Episode)
"The Scarecrow" is the fifteenth episode of the television series '' Gotham''. It premiered on FOX on February 9, 2015 and was written by Ken Woodruff, and directed by Nick Copus. In this episode, Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and Bullock (Donal Logue) continue following Dr. Crane's killing spree. The episode was watched by 5.63 million viewers and received generally positive reviews. Critics praised the ending as scary but felt the subplots were weak. Plot Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) has been captured and is locked up in a rowdy prison-like area. Meanwhile, Dr. Gerald Crane (Julian Sands) continues experimenting with his fear toxin. This time he tests it on himself to re-experience his greatest fear: his wife is killed in a fire. Falcone (John Doman) decides to put an end to Cobblepot's (Robin Lord Taylor) debt to Maroni (David Zayas). He meets with him and Maroni agrees to end his feud with Falcone and forswears vengeance on Oswald, as long as he receives the services of a judg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkham Asylum
Arkham Asylum () is a fictional psychiatric hospital appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in stories featuring Batman. It first appeared in ''Batman'' #258 (October 1974), written by Dennis O'Neil with art by Irv Novick. Located in Gotham City, the asylum houses patients who are Insanity defense, criminally insane, as well as select prisoners with unusual medical requirements that are beyond a conventional prison's ability to accommodate. Its high-profile patients are often members of Batman's List of Batman Family enemies#Classic rogues gallery, rogues gallery. History Located in Gotham City, Arkham Asylum is where Batman's foes who are considered to be mentally ill are brought as patients (other foes are incarcerated at Blackgate Penitentiary). Although it has had numerous administrators, some comic books have featured Jeremiah Arkham. Inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft, and in particular his fictional city of Arkham, Massachusetts, the as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Pertwee
Sean Carl Roland Pertwee (born 4 June 1964) is an English actor, narrator and producer. His credits include ''Chancer'' (1990), '' Leon the Pig Farmer'' (1992), '' Cadfael'' (1994), ''Bodyguards'' (1997), ''Event Horizon'' (1997), '' Stiff Upper Lips'' (1998), ''Soldier'' (1998), ''Cleopatra'' (1999), '' Love, Honour and Obey'' (2000), '' Dog Soldiers'' (2002), ''Julius Caesar'' (2003), '' Ancient Rome–The Rise And Fall of an Empire: Caesar'' (2006), '' Doomsday'' (2008), '' Honest'' (2008), '' Devil's Playground'' (2010), '' Four'' (2011), '' Wild Bill'' (2011), '' Elementary'' (2013–2014), ''Howl'' (2015), '' Gotham'' (2014–2019), '' Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse'' (2020), ''You'' (2023), ''Silent Witness'' (2024), and '' The Night Caller'' (2024). Early life Pertwee was born on 4 June 1964 in Hammersmith, London to actor Jon Pertwee, who played the Third Doctor in ''Doctor Who'', and his German second wife, Ingeborg Rhoesa. Playwright and screenwriter Roland Pertwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben McKenzie
Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan (born September 12, 1978) is an American actor, author and commentator. He is best known for his starring television roles as Ryan Atwood on the teen drama ''The O.C.'' (2003–2007), Ben Sherman on the crime drama ''Southland (TV series), Southland'' (2009–2013), and Jim Gordon (Gotham), James "Jim" Gordon on the crime drama ''Gotham (TV series), Gotham'' (2014–2019). McKenzie made his film debut in the Academy Award-nominated film ''Junebug (film), Junebug'' (2005), before appearing in films including ''88 Minutes'' (2007), ''Goodbye World'' (2013), ''Some Kind of Beautiful'' (2014), and ''Line of Duty (film), Line of Duty'' (2019). In 2020, he made his Broadway debut in the Bess Wohl play ''Grand Horizons''. Outside of acting, McKenzie is noted for his critical commentary on the cryptocurrency bubble and Cryptocurrency and crime, fraud with journalist Jacob Silverman. Their book on the subject, ''Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Lord Taylor
Robin Lord Taylor (born June 4, 1978) is an American actor and director. He is known for playing Oswald Cobblepot in the Fox series '' Gotham'' (2014–2019) and Will Bettelheim in the Netflix series ''You'' (2019). He also voices The Outsider in the video games '' Dishonored 2'' (2016) and '' Dishonored: Death of the Outsider'' (2017). His film roles include the comedy '' Accepted'' (2006), the sci-fi drama '' Another Earth'' (2011), the horror '' Would You Rather'' (2012), and the thriller '' John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum'' (2019). Early life Taylor was born in Shueyville, Iowa, to Robert Harmon Taylor and Mary Susan (née Stamy) Taylor. He attended Solon High School and Northwestern University, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in theatre in 2000. While at Northwestern, his roommate was actor Billy Eichner. Career Taylor has appeared in several television series, such as '' The Walking Dead'', ''Law & Order'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''The Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Siddig
Siddig el-Fadil (born 21 November 1965) is a British actor and director, known professionally as Alexander Siddig. Siddig is best known for his roles as Dr. Julian Bashir in the television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', former terrorist Hamri Al-Assad in the sixth season of the series '' 24'', Doran Martell in ''Game of Thrones'', Ra's al Ghul in '' Gotham'', and Philip Burton in '' Primeval''. He also starred in the films ''Syriana'' (2005), ''Hannibal'' (2006), '' A Lost Man'' (2007), '' Cairo Time'' (2009), and '' Inescapable'' (2012). Early life and education Siddig el-Tahir el-Fadil el-Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim el-Mahdi was born on 21 November 1965 in Omdurman, Sudan. His father, Tahir El Mahdi, was Sudanese; his mother, Gloria (née Taylor; d. 2001) was English. She was the older sister of actor Malcolm McDowell. Siddig's parents met in the 1960s when his mother travelled to Sudan with a friend, who introduced her to Siddig's father. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Mazouz
David Albert Mazouz (; born ) is an American actor, best known for his leading role as Bruce Wayne in Fox's Batman-prequel TV drama '' Gotham'' (2014–2019). Mazouz started his acting career with several guest roles before joining the Fox TV series ''Touch'' (2012–2013), for which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award. He has had leading roles in the films '' The Games Maker'' and '' The Darkness''. Early life Mazouz was born in Los Angeles to a Sephardic Jewish family. His father, Michel Mazouz, is a physician from Tunisia and his mother, Rachel Cohen, is a psychotherapist whose parents are Greek Jews. He has a sister, Rebecca. He was a student at Shalhevet High School, a Modern Orthodox Jewish school, from 2015 to 2019 and appeared in a music video promoting the school. His Bar Mitzvah service was held at the Orthodox Young Israel of Century City in February 2014. In fall 2019, he began attending Stanford University studying economics, psychology, and computer science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ra's Al Ghul
Ra's al Ghul is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. Created by editor Julius Schwartz, writer Dennis O'Neil, and artist Neal Adams, the character first appeared in ''Batman'' #232's "Daughter of the Demon" (June 1971). Most notable as the leader of the League of Assassins, Ra's al Ghul's name in Arabic translates to "Head of the Demon". He is the son of Sensei (DC Comics), Sensei; the father of Talia al Ghul, Ali al Ghul, Nyssa Raatko, Dusan al Ghul and Arkady Duvall; and the maternal grandfather of Damian Wayne, who is the biological son of Bruce Wayne/Batman and Talia. Stories featuring Ra's al Ghul often involve the Lazarus Pits, which restore life to the dying. The Lazarus Pits have considerably prolonged Ra's' life, making him particularly dangerous, as he has honed his combat skills for centuries. Though primarily an enemy of Batman, Ra's has also come into conflict with Superman and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
