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The Evolution of the Joker

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7.4

Cesar Romero

1966 - 1968 Batman

Have you heard this one? It'll KILL you, Batman! A joke a day, keeps the gloom away!

In an interview about his role, Cesar said "Why Dozier wanted me I'll never know because I asked his wife, Ann Rutherford, Why did Bill think of me for this part? She said I don't know. He said he saw you in something, and he said, He's the one I want to play the Joker. I haven't the slightest idea what it was that he saw me in, because I had never done anything like it before."

5.2

Frank Welker

1973 - 1977 - Super Friends

8.6

Jack Nicholson

1989 Batman: The Movie

Haven't you ever heard of the healing power of laughter?

7.4

Mark Hamill

1992-1994 Batman (Animated)
1997 Superman: The Animated Series (character appearance)
1998 The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
1997-1999 The New Batman Adventures
2000 Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker
2001 Batman: Vengeance (video game)
2002 Static Shock (character appearance)
Birds of Pray (voice only)
2005 Batman: New Times (short video)
2005-2006 Justice League
2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum (video game)
2010 DC Universe Online (video game)
2011 Batman: Arkham City (video game)
2015 Batman: Arkham Knight (video game)

Hi-ho couch potatoes. I'm interrupting the Toilet Bowl to bring you my very special New Year's resolution: ahem, starting tonight at midnight, I, your loving uncle Joker, do solemnly vow not to kill anyone for a whole year. Which means I'm going to have to work extra fast to bump off a few more of you today.
[laughs madly]

5.8

Kevin Michael Richardson

2004-2008 The Batman

When Joker's through clowning with you, you wouldn't know where to find your mind!
[cackles maniacally]

8.6

Heath Ledger

2008 The Dark Knight

See, this is how crazy Batman's made Gotham! If you want order in Gotham, Batman must take off his mask and turn himself in. Oh, and every day he doesn't, people will die, starting tonight. I'm a man of my word.
[laughs]

Jeff Bennett

2009-2010 Batman: The Brave and the Bold

[remarking on the death of Batman] He's... he's actually gone!, lets take a moment to reflect on the passing of a man who was more than just another do gooder in tights, he was the best nemesis a sociopath could ask for... okay lets do it again!

6.6

John Di Maggio

2010 Batman: Under The Red Hood

[strikes Robin with crowbar] What hurts more? A? Or B? Forehand? Or backhand? A little louder lamb chop. I think you may have a collapsed lung. That always impedes the oratory.

6.8

Brent Spiner

2011 Young Justice: Revelation (S01 Ep14)

7.7

Michael Emerson

2012 The Dark Knight Returns Part 1
2013 The Dark Knight Returns Part 2

7.6

Troy Baker

2013 Batman: Arkham Origins (Video Game)
2014 Batman: Assault on Arkham (animated movie)

I present to you the death of the Batman!

7.5

Jared Leto

2016 The Suicide Squad

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"This city deserves a better class of criminal. And I'm gonna give it to them!" - Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

After being introduced over 70yrs ago, The Joker character has been the end all villain to The Batman. While the character itself has gone through changes over the years from the more comical to homicidal maniac one thing has remained constant, and that is to create chaos in Gotham City. So here's the evolutionary process that the Joker has gone through over the years in Hollywood from Movies to TV shows, live action and animated.