Batman / Bruce Wayne — Batman: Year One Character Profile

About Batman / Bruce Wayne

Billionaire who returns to Gotham after training abroad. Inspired by a bat, he fights crime as Batman, infiltrates criminal operations, saves Jim Gordon's baby, and helps expose corruption in the GCPD and mafia.

Batman / Bruce Wayne — Character Profile

Batman / Bruce Wayne appears in 3 titles

• Batman Begins (2005) — character page
• Batman: Year One (2011)
• Joker (2019) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Ben McKenzie

Appears in

Batman: Year One (2011)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Batman / Bruce Wayne — related — Falcone (Alex Rocco)
• Batman / Bruce Wayne — Meta Dual Identity — Batman / Bruce Wayne (Ben McKenzie)

  Strategic use of public persona to protect secret identity.

• Batman / Bruce Wayne — Conflict Arch Enemy — Falcone (Alex Rocco)

  Direct antagonism between the vigilante and the crime boss.

• Batman / Bruce Wayne — Conflict Physical Altercation — Selina (Eliza Dushku)

  Initial hostile encounter during Bruce's early street-level surveillance.

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• Jim Gordon (Bryan Cranston)
• Selina (Eliza Dushku)
• Commissioner Loeb (Jon Polito)
• Barbara Gordon (voice) (Grey DeLisle)
• Falcone (Alex Rocco)
• Detective Essen (Katee Sackhoff)
• Jefferson Skeevers (voice) (Keith Ferguson)
• Harvey Dent (voice) (Robin Atkin Downes)
• Henchman (voice) (James Patrick Stuart)
• Holly (voice) (Liliana Mumy)
• Flass' Attorney (voice) (Danny Jacobs)
• Detective Flass (voice) (Fred Tatasciore)