Edward Nygma — Gotham Character Profile

About Edward Nygma

Frames Gordon for murder in Season 2, competes with Cobblepot for Gotham's criminal dominance, and attempts to kill Gordon in the epilogue before being captured by the vigilante.

Edward Nygma appears in 4 titles

• Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014) — character page
• Gotham (2014)
• Batman: Hush (2019) — character page
• The Batman (2022) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Cory Michael Smith

Appears in

Gotham (2014)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Edward Nygma — Conflict Rival — Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor)

  Their competition becomes a major power struggle in Gotham.

• Edward Nygma — Conflict Adversary — Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz)

  Bruce intervenes against Nygma's attempted assassination.

• Edward Nygma — Conflict Indirect Adversary — Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue)

  Nygma's framing operation affects Bullock's professional partnership.

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