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47-643: In live-action, the character has been portrayed in film by Tom Wilkinson in Batman Begins (2005) and in television by John Doman in Gotham (2014–2017). In The Batman shared universe, Falcone has been portrayed by John Turturro in the film The Batman (2022) and Mark Strong in The Penguin miniseries (2024). Carmine Falcone made his debut in the four-part story Batman: Year One written by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli in 1987. In

94-595: A Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for playing Benjamin Franklin in the HBO limited series John Adams (2008). His other Emmy-nominated roles were as Roy/Ruth Applewood in the HBO film Normal (2003), James Baker in the HBO film Recount (2008), and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. in the limited series The Kennedys (2011). Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson

141-881: A West End production of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People at the Playhouse Theatre . For his performance he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival . In 1993 he had a small role as an Appeal Prosecutor, Grant Richardson in Jim Sheridan 's biographical crime drama In the Name of the Father starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Emma Thompson . He first gained critical acclaim with his appearance as Seth Pecksniff in

188-594: A flashback in The Long Halloween , gangster Vincent Falcone brings his badly wounded son, Carmine, who had been shot several times by his rival, Luigi Maroni, to Thomas Wayne . Fearing Maroni would finish the job at a public hospital, he begs Wayne, one of the city's best doctors, to perform surgery at Wayne Manor . A young Bruce Wayne watches his father save Falcone's life. Years later at Thomas and Martha Wayne's funeral, Carmine Falcone, now part of his father's crime family, tells Bruce that he can always ask

235-609: A blackout to discover she had murdered her own husband and her grip on her own mind kept worsening until she was defeated by Batman and Robin after setting an entire residential block alight in the Narrows. Following the collapse of Arkham Asylum, Sybil became a patient in a coma held in Arkham Manor. When Dr. Eric Border exposed his true identity as the Joker in the asylum and infected a portion of Clayface with Joker venom, unleashing

282-548: A deep well of sorrow by Wilkinson, this story breathes real tenderness into the movie's reflections on growing older and making peace with past mistakes". In 2013 he portrayed Lord Mansfield in the costume drama Belle starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw . The following year Wilkinson portrayed Lyndon B. Johnson , the 36th President of the United States, in Ava DuVernay 's historical drama film Selma (2014), and had

329-654: A favor of him should he need it. In Batman: Year One , Falcone is shown to be the most powerful figure in Gotham City , with the mayor, city council, and much of Gotham's police force in his pocket and all of the city's criminal outfits under his control. His power comes under attack with the arrival of the mysterious vigilante Batman . Despite GCPD Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb 's desperate attempts to stop him, Batman's attacks on Falcone's crime family become even more brazen and Falcone decides to have Batman killed. Batman further embarrasses Falcone by rescuing Catwoman when

376-518: A household name, but the Joker, the Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman, Two-Face, and the Riddler are just as recognizable." The internet blog io9 observed that "much of the appeal of Batman is that, unlike other superheroes, he's simply a person who has pushed himself to the edge of his natural limits. The flipside of that, though, is that the villains he faces are also by and large simply people with

423-764: A member of the Suicide Squad alongside the Peacemaker , Bolt and the Shrike, but is inadvertently hit by a Joker laughing gas bomb and killed. The Spider started mysteriously killing inmates, causing Batman to go undercover as the inmate Jack Shaw. Batman got into a fight late at night with the Spider, believing him to be Victor Zsasz, but the Spider escaped capture before the guards arrived. The Spider soon targeted Zsasz directly, torturing him within an inch of his life and leaving him to die. Batman eventually discovered

470-631: A nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role . He returned to the West End playing Dr. Stockmann in the Henrik Ibsen play An Enemy of the People (1988) receiving a Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival nomination. Wilkinson received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Full Monty (1997) as well as two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Actor for In

517-667: A nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award . The following year he played Dr. Howard Mierzwiak in the Michel Gondry directed science-fiction romantic comedy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet . He portrayed Carmine Falcone in Christopher Nolan 's superhero film Batman Begins (2005). He also acted in films such as

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564-741: A role in Wes Anderson 's comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He had a lead role alongside Vince Vaughn and Dave Franco in the comedy Unfinished Business (2015). In 2016, he portrayed journalist Ewen MacAskill in Snowden starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and barrister Richard Rampton in Denial acting alongside Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall . He briefly reprised his role as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. in The Kennedys: After Camelot (2017). He voiced Threarah in

611-476: A single, notable obsession—and that's why they're so much more interesting than the usual set of villains." According to What Culture! , "Batman's villains stand in stark contrast to the other rogues galleries in comics lore; they're an unusual collection of freaks who generally blame the Dark Knight for their existence to begin with. Batman villains are usually cut off from reality, often coming to terms with

658-488: Is a list of Batman enemies who have reformed and are more often depicted as allies of the masked vigilante than enemies. Batman: Under the Hood #1 (February 2005, as Red Hood) Some characters generally considered to be allies, yet have come into conflict with Batman. In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance): Batman's rogues gallery has received critical acclaim, cited by many journalists as one of

705-695: Is a list of fictional teams, groups of supervillains, gangs, and organized crime families that are enemies of the Batman family, listed in alphabetical order by name. The first appearance and a brief fictional biography of each team is also listed. Besides his infamous rogues gallery of supervillains , Batman has also faced more "ordinary" enemies, such as assassins, mobsters and terrorists. In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance) Two of Batman's mobster foes have donned costumes and crossed over to become supervillains : In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance) The following

752-402: Is later revealed that Two-Face has Falcone's body in his possession and froze him using Mr. Freeze 's cryogenic technology. Selina Kyle visits Falcone's grave, believing him to be her biological father. Carmine Falcone appears in the second issue of Batman Eternal as a former mobster determined to reclaim his empire after Commissioner Gordon is framed for mass murder. Falcone is unaware of

799-690: The BBC 's 1994 adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name . Wilkinson had a small but important role as the dying father, Mr. Dashwood, in the Ang Lee -directed Sense and Sensibility (1995), and played a villain in the adventure drama The Ghost and the Darkness (1996). The following year he gained acclaim for his leading role as Gerald Cooper in

846-696: The BBC One series Watership Down (2018), and played Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst in the Julian Fellowes historical drama Belgravia (2019). His final appearance was in a television version of The Full Monty . Wilkinson lived in North London with his wife, actress Diana Hardcastle . They had two daughters: Alice (born in 1989) and Molly (born in 1991). Wilkinson died of cardiac arrest at his home in London, on 30 December 2023, at

893-678: The Joseph Conrad short novel The Shadow Line . He later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and made his West End debut as Horatio in the 1981 RSC production of William Shakespeare 's Hamlet at the Aldwych Theatre for which he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role . He went on to act in supporting roles in the British thriller Parker (1984),

940-724: The World War II thriller Valkyrie and acted in the Guy Ritchie action film RocknRolla (both 2008). During this time Wilkinson starred in a string of thrillers including Duplicity (2009), The Conspirator (2010), and The Debt (2010). Also in 2010 he starred in the John Landis directed horror comedy Burke and Hare and portrayed a covert CIA agent in Roman Polanski 's The Ghost Writer . He gained acclaim portraying Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. , in

987-555: The ensemble cast comedy drama The Full Monty (1997). For his performance he earned the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role . That same year he portrayed Marquess of Queensberry in the biographical drama Wilde and Hugh Stratton in the romantic drama Oscar and Lucinda . In 1998 he acted in the British romantic costume drama Shakespeare in Love starring Gwyneth Paltrow , Joseph Fiennes , Geoffrey Rush , and Judi Dench . The film received acclaim and Wilkinson with

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1034-678: The superhero Batman and his allies. Since Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939), his supporting cast has expanded to include other superheroes, and has become what is now called the " Bat-family ". As with most superheroes, a cast of recurring enemies to the Batman family have been introduced throughout the years, collectively referred to as Batman's " rogues gallery ". Many characters from Batman's rogues gallery who are criminally insane become patients at Arkham Asylum after they are apprehended. The following fictional characters are listed in alphabetical order by

1081-591: The 2011 television miniseries The Kennedys , for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award . He and his wife portrayed husband and wife Joe and Rose Kennedy . Earlier that year, he appeared in the comedy film The Green Hornet and the action film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol . The following year he acted in the British comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel starring opposite Judi Dench , Bill Nighy , Dev Patel , and Maggie Smith . David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter praised his performance writing, "Observed with sensitivity and played with

1128-580: The Batman family's most enduring and iconic enemies. These are major Batman family enemies that have not quite reached the status of Batman's classic rogues gallery. First appearing in Strange Adventures #215, the League of Assassins is a team of highly trained killers that was founded by Ra's al Ghul and has often swayed from working under his organization to working independently of it. The group has been led at times by Dr. Ebeneezer Darrk,

1175-656: The Bedroom (2001) and Best Supporting Actor for Michael Clayton (2007). He became known as a character actor , acting in numerous films such as In the Name of the Father (1993), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Patriot (2000), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Batman Begins (2005), Valkyrie (2008), The Ghost Writer (2010), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Belle (2013), Selma (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Denial (2016). In 2009 he won

1222-563: The Bedroom (2001), with co-stars Sissy Spacek and Marisa Tomei . For this performance, he was named Best Actor of the Year by the New York Film Critics' Circle, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor . He then took roles in the period films The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003). For his role as Roy/Ruth Applewood in the HBO film Normal he received

1269-574: The Falcone family getting embroiled in a mob war with Viti's boss Carla in Chicago , which serves only to further diminish Falcone's influence in Gotham. During The Long Halloween , the weakened Falcone family is targeted by a serial killer calling himself Holiday , who targets and kills at least one member of the Falcone crime family each month on a holiday, leaving an item related to that holiday at

1316-470: The Falcone family to that of the Corleone family : Falcone's power and wisdom akin to Vito Corleone, his son Alberto 's personality and appearance that of Fredo Corleone , and his daughter Sofia 's temper matching that of Sonny Corleone . Lastly, his elder son Mario's deportation to Sicily , physical appearance and desire to legitimize the Falcone family are all traits shared with Michael Corleone . In

1363-593: The HBO mini-series John Adams , for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award , as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. That same year he starred in another HBO project, the political drama Recount , in which Wilkinson portrayed American political adviser and lawyer, James A. Baker , in Baker's capacity as Chief Counsel to George W. Bush during the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election , receiving an Emmy Award nomination. He portrayed Friedrich Fromm , acting alongside Tom Cruise , in

1410-537: The Sensei, Lady Shiva, and Cassandra Cain . These are enemies that were introduced under writer Grant Morrison . In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. Since this new timeline began, these supervillains have been introduced. These are characters that have not been around long enough to apply to any other category. These enemies are categorized by their obscurity and for being less notable than other characters in this article. Sybil woke up after

1457-510: The Spider and, after another battle, finally defeated him and threw him out a two-story window. When Batman tried to question him, the Spider simply bit off his own tongue. The serial killer was taken to a cell in the manor and chained in a straitjacket. He had burnt off his fingertips as a means of keeping his true identity secret, but Batman hoped that he would someday discover the Spider's true identity. When these villains debuted, they fought other heroes before fighting Batman. The following

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1504-591: The University of Kent Drama Society (now called T24 Drama Society). After finishing his degree, Wilkinson then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating in 1973. Wilkinson made his acting debut on stage at the Nottingham Playhouse . In 1976 he was in his first film which was the thriller Smuga cienia  [ pl ] directed by Andrzej Wajda adapted from

1551-744: The age of 75. Wilkinson received a Doctor of Letters honorary degree from the University of Kent in July 2001. In the 2005 New Year Honours , he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to Drama". List of Batman Family enemies The Batman family enemies are a collection of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . These characters are depicted as adversaries of

1598-463: The biographical film Sylvia (1985), and the mystery Wetherby (1985). He also worked on several British television series, most notably portraying Raymond Gould in the ITV mini-series First Among Equals (1986). He was simultaneously appearing in this series on television and on the West End stage in Henrik Ibsen 's Ghosts in which he played Pastor Manders. In 1988 he played Dr. Stockmann in

1645-616: The cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture . He played the evil British Ambassador/Juntao in the buddy cop movie Rush Hour (1998) starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker and General Lord Cornwallis in the historical war drama film The Patriot (2000) starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger . Wilkinson won wider critical acclaim for his portrayal of grieving father Matt Fowler in Todd Field 's film, In

1692-484: The comics, Falcone is a powerful Mafia chieftain nicknamed "The Roman ", where his stranglehold over Gotham City 's organized crime is referenced as "The Roman Empire" at least once. In Batman: Year One , his penthouse is designed in a Roman architectural style . The character is based on Marlon Brando 's portrayal of Don Vito Corleone from the 1972 film The Godfather . Jeph Loeb , writer of Batman: The Long Halloween , stated in an interview that he paralleled

1739-501: The greatest rogues galleries in all of comic books. Newsarama ranked Batman's villains as the second-greatest comic book rogues gallery of all time, only preceded by that of Spider-Man , stating that "the Dark Knight Detective is one of comics' most enduring, most iconic, and most popular characters, and none of that would be possible without the denizens of Gotham City's dense and dangerous underworld. Batman may be

1786-521: The horror film The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), Julian Fellowes ' drama Separate Lies (2005), and Woody Allen 's Cassandra's Dream (2007). In 2007, Wilkinson played Arthur Edens, an attorney with bipolar disorder , in Michael Clayton . The performance, which Variety described as "terrific", earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. In 2008, Wilkinson portrayed American polymath Benjamin Franklin in

1833-693: The larger plot against Batman, and was informed that he would have a chance to strike by an anonymous letter sent to him by the true mastermind . In the "War of Jokes and Riddles" storyline, the Joker contacts Falcone and instructs him to kill the Riddler within an hour. His men ultimately fail to complete the assignment, leading the Joker to kill them. The Penguin then takes over his business interests on Joker's behalf. The following are relatives of Carmine Falcone: Tom Wilkinson Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson OBE (5 February 1948 – 30 December 2023)

1880-470: The left side of Dent's face, leading to his becoming Two-Face . Two-Face personally kills Falcone following a coin flip that lands on the scarred side. Falcone's son Alberto, presumed to have been the victim of the killer, confesses that he committed the Holiday killings in an attempt to be accepted into the family business. In Batman: Dark Victory , Falcone's grave is robbed and his body disappears. It

1927-490: The mobster and his henchmen catch her trying to rob them. In the process, Catwoman leaves Falcone permanently scarred when she scratches him with the metal claws of her costume. Falcone orders his nephew Johnny Viti to kidnap the family of Detective Jim Gordon , but the attempt is foiled. When Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent 's investigations start threatening his power, Falcone orders an unsuccessful hit on Johnny out of fear that he might talk. The failed hit results in

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1974-517: The name of their supervillain persona. Each character's first appearance and brief biographies of each fictional character are also listed, staying to their fictional histories and characteristics in the DC Universe . Sometimes more than one fictional character will share a supervillain persona. In those cases, the name of the character most associated with said supervillain identity will have their name in bold in their biography. Listed below are

2021-548: The new monster Clownface, Silverlock was awakened from her coma and escaped from the asylum in the confusion. The Joker, undercover also, as the Arkham attendant Eric Border, shed his disguise and secretly infected this portion of Clayface with Joker venom, morphing it into an entirely separate killing machine he called Clownface. Clownface wreaked havoc in the manor, killing multiple people, before being subdued by Batman and Mr. Freeze. Frozen solid thanks to Freeze's help, Clownface

2068-421: The scene of the crime. When Batman and Dent burn his hoard of stolen cash, Falcone strikes back by hiring costumed "freaks" who become Batman's Rogues Gallery . Convinced that Dent is secretly Holiday, Falcone persuades his former rival Sal Maroni to kill Dent while standing trial for murder. Falcone arranges for Maroni to obtain a vial of acid, which he hurls at Dent during a court proceeding. The acid disfigures

2115-544: Was an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award , a Golden Globe Award , and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards . In 2005 , he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Wilkinson trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before making his West End debut portraying Horatio in Hamlet (1980) for which he received

2162-775: Was born on 5 February 1948 in Leeds , West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of Marjorie and Thomas Wilkinson, a farmer. At the age of 11, he moved with his family to Kitimat , British Columbia, in Canada, where they lived for five years before returning to the United Kingdom and running a pub in Cornwall . Wilkinson graduated in English and American literature from the University of Kent at Canterbury. While at university, Wilkinson became preoccupied with acting and directing with

2209-729: Was stored in the manor's freezer until he was to be collected by the guards. At Blackgate, Cypher formulated an escape plan with other inmates, including the Cluemaster , the Electrocutioner , and the Baffler. After a failed attempt to use his abilities on the other inmates, who evaded his hypnotism with earplugs, Cypher was shot and killed by the Cluemaster. Following the Infinite Frontier relaunch, he acts as

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