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56-540: David Albert Mazouz ( / d ə ˈ v iː d m ə ˈ z uː z / ; born ( 2001-02-19 ) February 19, 2001) 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

112-416: A Searchlight , he quietly observes the city from afar atop a building, becoming Gotham's protector for years to come. Mazouz has received praise for his portrayal of the teenage Bruce Wayne, with critics lauding his mature approach to portraying the character, especially for someone his age. However, there was some criticism for the perceived rushed pacing of Bruce's development in the show. In 2018, Mazouz

168-420: A mugger in front of their son, Bruce Wayne. This tragedy shocks Gotham and leads to Park Row (the street where it occurred) being labeled Crime Alley. Most importantly, it serves as the motivation for Bruce to become Batman. During Batman R.I.P. , it is alleged that Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne were leading a double life, secretly partaking in criminal endeavors, drug abuse and orgies while presenting

224-466: A computer that appears to have vital information about Wayne Enterprises, but Alfred attempts to stop Bruce from investigating further out of concern for his safety, even smashing the computer. Bruce refuses to back down and fires Alfred, but later relents and hires him back under the condition they work together. Bruce, Selina and Alfred later attend a charity ball that is infiltrated by criminals led by Jerome Valeska and Barbara Kean . When Alfred's life

280-470: A façade of respectability to the outside world. The alleged evidence is revealed to be doctored in the aftermath of the storyline, however. Doctor Simon Hurt , head of the Black Glove and the mastermind behind Batman R.I.P. , actually claims to be Thomas Wayne to both Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth. Although both of them rebuke him without hesitation, Hurt never explicitly drops the claim. In

336-449: A flashback reveals that Thomas Wayne saved the life of gangster Carmine Falcone . Falcone's father Vincent Falcone came to Wayne Manor and begged Thomas to save his dying son, who had been shot by rival gangster Luigi Maroni. Thomas wanted to take the younger Falcone to the hospital, but Vincent insisted that nobody know about the shooting; the surgery was thus performed in the dining room with Alfred assisting. After saving Carmine's life, he

392-643: A head when Hurt returns to the city, claiming to be Thomas Wayne in order to take control of Wayne Manor and establish himself as the new Batman, but Grayson and Damian outsmart him. It is hinted at during the course of the Batman and Robin series that Simon Hurt's actual identity is Thomas Wayne, albeit one from the 17th century who was a 'black sheep' of the Wayne family and prolongs his life through occult rituals. The Return of Bruce Wayne miniseries and its fallout Bruce Wayne: The Road Home cements Hurt's status as

448-674: A key figure in the origin of Batman, Thomas Wayne has appeared in multiple forms of media. Notable portrayals of the character in live-action films include Linus Roache in Batman Begins (2005), Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Brett Cullen in Joker (2019), and Luke Roberts in The Batman (2022). Ben Aldridge also portrays him in the television series Pennyworth (2019). Thomas Wayne, M.D.

504-416: A kid actor, a lot of the roles that you get on TV are the son or the friend. This is such a prominent role, and an interesting role. It’s a role that really is unreplaceable. I love the fact that he’s so strong and so mature and so adult-like. I feel like I’m playing an adult. I don’t feel like I’m playing a kid character. In October 2022, asked alongside John Stephens as to who he would consider casting as

560-546: A long time, but that he will return once he is able to protect Gotham. Bruce decides to start his training for his war on crime. In the series finale ten years later, Bruce returns to Gotham, which has flourished with Gordon as Commissioner of the GCPD, to celebrate the opening of the new Wayne Tower. At the same time, a mysterious vigilante in a bat-like costume begins apprehending Gotham's wanted criminals, including Cobblepot and Nygma, now dubbed The Penguin and The Riddler , and

616-746: 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 and graduated in 2023. Mazouz started his career in commercials at age 8. In 2012, he played the role of mute Jacob "Jake" Bohm in the TV series Touch . Mazouz has appeared in several television series including: Mike & Molly , Gotham , The Office , and Criminal Minds . He has also appeared in

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672-403: A resurrected Jerome, enters a relationship with Selina, and is kidnapped and trained by a mysterious Shaman, later meeting Ra's al Ghul in the process. In the season's final scene, a masked Bruce dressed in military-grade body armor of his father's invention saves a family from a mugger. While training to fight crime as the "Dark Knight", Bruce starts investigating Ra's al Ghul, and learns that

728-508: A returned and disfigured Jeremiah, who had abducted Gordon's Daughter Barbara Lee. This mysterious figure, whom Lucius and Alfred know is Bruce, also has a run-in with Selina, who has become a cat burglar, and has a quietly emotional exchange with her while concealed in the shadows. After escaping a prison van, Penguin and Riddler plot their revenge on the Dark Knight, though they fear his nearby presence. Finally, as Gordon and Bullock ignite

784-417: A strange object fall to Earth . As he inspects it, Thomas' consciousness is transported to Krypton , and presented in a holographic form. There, he encounters Jor-El , wishing to know what kind of a world Earth is, as it is one of many possible candidates for him to send his son Kal-El to. Thomas tells Jor-El that the people of Earth aren't perfect, but are essentially a good and kind race, who would raise

840-605: A teenage boy who resembles Bruce himself. Upon further investigation, Bruce encounters the Court of Owls , an organization revealed to be pulling the strings in Wayne Enterprises. The leader of the Court, Kathryn Monroe, offers Bruce a deal: if he stops investigating them, they will spare his life and those of his loved ones. Bruce reluctantly agrees. Bruce eventually encounters and fights his doppelgänger, faces off against

896-517: A young 10 to 11-year-old Bruce Wayne in the Gotham and V for Vendetta prequel television series Pennyworth , while promoting its third season , Heller stated that there were no plans beyond featuring Bruce as a baby in the main plot of Pennyworth , but with regards to a future flashforward epilogue : "I think we had the best Batman out there in David Mazouz . I'll bring him back [in

952-423: Is before dissolving into a swarm of bats. That night, he reconciles with Alfred, and prevents Ivy from killing a crowd full of Gotham's social elite at a charity auction. Meanwhile, he befriends Jerome Valeska's twin brother Jeremiah – unaware that he is just as insane as his brother and planning to destroy Gotham. The League of Shadows later kidnaps Bruce with the goal of resurrecting Ra's and having Ra's usurp

1008-450: Is seen in the suit for closeup shots. Bruce is never referred to as "Batman" in the series, with the closest reference being Oswald Cobblepot calling him "a man dressed like a bat". Mazouz said that Gotham characterizes Bruce as wise beyond his years, and that he was drawn to the character's maturity: I really like the fact that he’s such a mature kid. He’s so strong and he’s really not like any regular kid that you’ve seen before. As

1064-567: Is seldom shown outside of Bruce Wayne's and Alfred Pennyworth 's memories of him, and Bruce's dreams and nightmares. He is frequently depicted as looking very much like his son, but with a mustache. A notable occurrence in Thomas’ biography was when Bruce falls through a fissure on the Wayne property, into what would one day become the Batcave (sometimes the fissure is replaced with an abandoned well). Thomas eventually rescues his terrified son from

1120-904: Is threatened by the intrusion, Bruce goes back for him and is almost killed himself before Theo Galavan , a wealthy industrialist, intervenes and kills Jerome. Galavan turns out to actually be the leader of the criminals, masterminding the event to make himself look like a hero while secretly planning to destroy the Wayne family. Galavan poses as a father figure to gain Bruce's trust, and Bruce grows close to Galavan's niece Silver St. Cloud . Galavan eventually reveals his true colors and kidnaps Bruce and Silver. With help from Selina, Gordon and Galavan's sister Tabitha , Bruce escapes and saves Silver's life, leaving Theo there before Gordon and crime boss Oswald Cobblepot confront and kill Theo. The second half of season two has Bruce continuing to track down his parents' killer. Alfred eventually confronts Bruce and confirms

1176-512: Is torn, Batman wears his father's in order to frighten Moxon. Sure enough, the costume restores Moxon's memory; the former crime boss panics, believing that Thomas’ ghost is attacking, and flees into the streets and is struck and killed by a truck. These events were retold in the 1980 miniseries The Untold Legend of the Batman . Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths , Thomas as the "First Batman"

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1232-679: The Convergence event, he is killed while fighting the Club of Villains and succeeded by Dick Grayson . An alternate universe variant of Thomas Wayne from Earth-Three appears in The New 52 . This version is a sociopathic doctor who is later killed by Alfred Pennyworth. An alternate universe variant of Thomas Wayne appears in DC Comics Bombshells . This version was saved by Batwoman , leading Bruce Wayne to become Batman in

1288-501: The pilot episode , Bruce witnesses a mugger murder his parents in a dark alley behind the movie theater . As the Gotham City Police Department arrives, detective Jim Gordon comforts Bruce at the scene and promises to find his parents killer. Though Gordon and his partner Harvey Bullock find the alleged killer, Mario Pepper, and gun him down, they later realize that mobster Fish Mooney framed him and that

1344-467: The series finale ] ." Bruce is introduced as the 12-year-old son of wealthy businessman Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha . Thomas is the CEO of Wayne Enterprises , a vast multinational corporation that is secretly actually controlled by the secret organization The Court of Owls . After Bruce's parents are murdered, he embarks on a mission to find their killer and protect Gotham City from criminals. In

1400-512: The "Dark Knight" he is destined to be. The two criminal masterminds kidnap Alfred and dose Bruce with Jonathan Crane 's fear toxin, plaguing him with hallucinations of Alfred going insane and attacking him. When it wears off, he returns with Alfred and Selina to Wayne Manor – where Jeremiah appears and shoots Selina in the stomach, injuring her spinal cord. After seeing Selina off to the hospital, he goes to confront Ra's and Jeremiah, who have destroyed all bridges leading outside of Gotham, turning

1456-566: The ABC show Private Practice as the adopted brother of Betsy. From 2014 to 2019, Mazouz portrayed a younger version of Bruce Wayne , and eventually the superhero Batman , in Fox 's action-crime TV series Gotham . The show explored the young-to-teenage days and the transition to Batman of the famous DC Comics character, as well as the origins of its villains including Penguin , The Riddler , Poison Ivy , and The Joker . He received praise for his performance. In 2016, he had leading roles in

1512-422: The GCPD refuses to indict Strange due to a lack of evidence, Bruce personally heads to Indian Hills with Selina to confront Strange, who unleashes a number of mutated monsters onto the city and captures Bruce, Lucius, and Alfred. The GCPD intervenes when Strange threatens to blow the facility up, arresting Strange and freeing the captives. Strange's monsters continue to roam the streets, however, one of them including

1568-589: The League's current leader, Barbara Kean. Bruce reluctantly does so as a way to redeem his sin and Ra's returns, albeit in a weakened form. Ra's eventually regains his strength and promises to leave Bruce alone until the time comes to reforge Bruce into "Gotham's Dark Knight." After Jeremiah's plan to bomb the city fails, Ra's returns to Gotham to ally himself with Jeremiah to fulfill Bruce's destiny. When Ra's and Jeremiah reveal their plan, they both tell Bruce that they are destroying Gotham for his benefit, to help him become

1624-621: The altered reality's counterparts of Batman and the Joker respectively, and dies again by the end of the storyline. Dr. Wayne returned to the main DC Universe in DC Rebirth , as a revived amalgamation of his original self killed by Joe Chill and his Flashpoint Batman self killed in " The Button ", teaming up with the supervillain Bane to attempt to force his son to retire as Batman. As

1680-581: The cave. Dr. Wayne's role in his son's future vigilante career is expanded upon in "The First Batman", a Silver Age tale from Detective Comics #235, which reveals that Dr. Wayne attacks and defeats hoodlums while dressed like a "Bat-Man" for a masquerade ball . According to the story, Dr. Wayne's actions result in crime boss Lew Moxon being imprisoned; ten years later, Moxon orders Joe Chill to murder Dr. Wayne. Realizing Moxon ordered his parents killed, Batman confronts Moxon, now suffering from amnesia and thus has no memory of Dr. Wayne. When his costume

1736-420: The character, such as those by Frank Miller and Jeph Loeb , Thomas Wayne is portrayed as having been a somewhat distant, stern father, bestowing more kindness and generosity on his patients than his own son. Dr. Wayne was once suspected to be the father of Bane . However, DNA testing proved this to be false, and Bane's real father was recently revealed to be King Snake . In Batman: The Long Halloween ,

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1792-526: The child right, convincing Jor-El to send Kal-El there. Upon returning to his body, Thomas uses the technology in the Kryptonian probe to revitalize a failing Wayne Enterprises. Years later, the alien technology would be the basis of much of Batman's crimefighting technology. Thomas recorded his encounter in a diary, which was discovered by Bruce in the present day. When exiting a movie theater (opera in some versions), Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered by

1848-412: The city into a " No Man's Land ". During the ensuing struggle, Kean, Ra's' onetime lover and protégé, puts the dagger in Bruce's hand and forces him to stab Ra's, mortally wounding him. As he dies, Ra's tells Bruce that he must choose between simply being Bruce Wayne and becoming the "Dark Knight". After Gotham is evacuated, Bruce decides to stay behind and help Gordon fight the criminals who have taken over

1904-648: The city. Months later, Bruce helps Gordon provide the people of the Narrows with food, shelter and medicine. He also uses herbs reluctantly supplied by Ivy to help Selina regain the ability to walk. When Selina goes after Jeremiah looking for revenge, he tries to stop her, but is unable to prevent her from stabbing and seemingly killing Jeremiah. She tearfully confesses to him that she saw his parents die and did nothing, and rejects his attempts to comfort her. Meanwhile, Jeremiah, who has become obsessed with Bruce, kidnaps him and tries to convince him of his plan to recreate

1960-664: The commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department after the deaths of Martha and Bruce. An alternate universe variant of Thomas Wayne appears in Superman: Red Son . This version is an anti-communist activist who is later killed by the NKVD under Commissar Pyotr Roslov . An alternate universe variant of Thomas Wayne from Earth-Two who succeeded Bruce as Batman using the Miraclo pill appears in The New 52 . During

2016-416: The dagger. Bruce feels guilty for killing Ra's in cold blood, and falls into a deep depression. He numbs the pain by partying nonstop, fires Alfred and gives up his plan to protect Gotham. When Ivy ( Peyton List ) doses him with her hallucinogenic plant toxin, however, he sees a vision of a fearsome, mysterious cloaked entity – what he would be in the future  – who says he cannot escape who he really

2072-846: The elder Thomas Wayne from the Puritan Ages, driven insane by his meeting with Barbatos , the Hyper-Adapter sent through time along with Bruce Wayne to ensure the effectiveness of Darkseid's "Omega Sanction". An alternate universe variant of Thomas Wayne appears in Batman: Castle of the Bat . This version was resurrected as a Frankenstein -like creature after Bruce Wayne discovered his disembodied, preserved brain. An alternate universe variant of Thomas Wayne appears in Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty . This version

2128-451: The executive he was trying to spy on catches him, Bruce encounters Lucius Fox in the aftermath of being caught. Fox offers to help him, revealing that Thomas Wayne did not approve of the corruption behind the company. Alfred and Bruce later find a secret cave underneath Wayne Manor belonging to his father. Bruce digs further into Wayne Manor, and finds a letter from his father telling him to choose between "happiness or truth". He also finds

2184-459: The films The Games Maker and The Darkness . 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

2240-530: The horror films The Darkness , as Michael Taylor, and Incarnate , as Cameron. Dear Dumb Diary Bruce Wayne (Gotham) Bruce Wayne is a fictional character appearing in the Fox series Gotham , based on the character of the same name who is the secret identity of DC Comics superhero Batman , created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane , and developed for television by Bruno Heller . Gotham portrays Bruce's teenage years and transition into adapting his Batman persona in later years. The series marks

2296-404: The murder of his parents, and Ivy is the daughter of the wrongly accused murderer. Bruce and Selina become close as Selina temporarily stays at Wayne Manor for shelter. Bruce becomes skeptical of how his father's company is run and is convinced that someone in the company wanted his parents dead. With Selina's help, he infiltrates Wayne Enterprises and gains access to crucial information. Though

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2352-411: The mysterious terrorist wants to gain possession of a millennia-old dagger. Bruce buys the dagger at auction to draw Ra's out, but Ra's retaliates by killing Bruce's young friend Alex. Bruce becomes obsessed with avenging Alex, and confronts Ra's – who surprises him by begging Bruce to put him out of his misery. Bruce refuses, but when Ra's threatens his loved ones, he loses control and stabs Ra's with

2408-422: The name of the killer as Patrick "Matches" Malone ( Michael Bowen ). After receiving a gun from Selina and finding Matches' location, Bruce confronts Matches in the latter's apartment, only to find that Matches was contracted by another source that he refuses to name. Matches, who is suicidal, begs Bruce to put him out of his misery, but Bruce refuses, leaving Matches to shoot himself. Bruce then decides to live in

2464-445: The night that Bruce's parents were murdered. When Bruce refuses and sees the ruse, Jeremiah blows up Wayne Manor. Jeremiah then flees to Ace Chemicals , and in the ensuing struggle with Bruce falls into a vat of toxic waste. Soon afterward, Ivy uses her plant toxins to hypnotize Bruce and get him to poison Gotham's water supply. Selina manages to snap him out of it, and they defeat Ivy with help from Fox. Later, Bruce and Selina attend

2520-440: The ongoing follow-up series, Batman & Robin , it is suggested that some, if not all, of these allegations have begun to circulate around Gotham; Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne attend a high society function where a few party guests vaguely mention the existence of rumors surrounding the family, and Dick tries to tie Bruce's absence from the public eye with being occupied with clearing his family's reputation. Matters come to

2576-514: The real killer is still at large. Bruce becomes obsessed with finding the real killer, and with training himself to become a vigilante. Alfred Pennyworth , the Waynes' butler and Bruce's guardian following their deaths, is troubled by Bruce's behavior, but nevertheless agrees to train him in armed and unarmed combat, and becomes his guide and mentor. Bruce later meets street orphans Selina Kyle and Ivy Pepper ; unbeknownst to Bruce, Selina witnessed

2632-399: The role of Bruce, hearing the news after attending school one day. Mazouz cites Batman comics as main inspiration for playing his character. For the series finale, which flashes forward ten years into the future from the rest of the series, Mikhail Mudrik provides the body double for the adult Bruce in his vigilante suit during action sequences, but Mazouz provides the character's voice and

2688-413: The second time Batman was adapted for live-action television after the 1960 Batman series , though the lead character in Gotham is James Gordon . Bruce is portrayed by David Mazouz , while Mikhail Mudrik portrays him as an adult in the series finale. He is never referred to as "Batman" in the series . Bruce Wayne is the orphaned son of Thomas and Martha Wayne , who are murdered at the beginning of

2744-450: The series by a masked gunman. After the incident, Bruce began to question the inner workings of Gotham City, and along with his allies, seeks to uncover the corruption destroying Gotham and get to the reason behind his parents' murder. In the process, he begins the training that shapes his destiny as a feared vigilante. In the prequel series Pennyworth , Bruce is revealed to have had an older sister, Samantha , who disappeared long before he

2800-493: The streets with Selina to learn what it takes to fight crime in Gotham. He returns once Fox fixes his father's computer. Soon afterward, Bruce, Fox, and Alfred discover that Hugo Strange ( B.D. Wong ), a former colleague of Thomas Wayne, had ordered the hit. Strange had been conducting mutation experiments within Wayne Enterprises' Indian Hills program; when Thomas shut the program down, Strange retaliated by having him killed. When

2856-549: The wedding of Gordon and Leslie Thompkins , and share a passionate kiss. Theresa Walker, the government operative who has been overseeing Gotham's reconstruction, reveals her true identity as Nyssa al Ghul , Ra's al Ghul's daughter, and pledges to avenge her father's death by killing Bruce. With help from Selina and Gordon, Bruce defeats Nyssa, but at a cost: Nyssa's henchman Bane severely injures Alfred. Bruce blames himself, and leaves Gotham so no one else he loves will be hurt. Before he leaves, he tells Alfred that he will be gone

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2912-399: Was retconned - he instead attends the masquerade ball as Zorro . This was retconned once more in the pages of Superman/Batman , where Superman , hoping to reverse some universe-altering change in the time streams, lands in a version of Gotham City in which Thomas never died, finding him giving out Halloween candy in the original Batman costume. In many of the modern interpretations of

2968-488: Was born. After long efforts were made to create a television series based on Batman's origins with little success, Gotham was conceived by Bruno Heller and was eventually picked up by Fox . Though the series eventually focused on James Gordon , chronicling his rise to commissioner of the Gotham City police, Bruce Wayne remained a central character. David Mazouz went through a long audition before finally winning

3024-672: Was killed by Vandal Savage . An alternate universe variant of Thomas Wayne appears in Batman: Holy Terror . This version is the chief physician of the Privy Council who opposes Oliver Cromwell 's worldwide theocratic government An alternate universe variant of Thomas Wayne appears in Batman: Earth One . An alternate universe variant of Thomas Wayne appears in JLA: Earth 2 . This version became

3080-699: Was nominated for the Saturn Award for the Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series and the "Choice Action TV Actor" award at the Teen Choice Awards . Thomas Wayne Wayne was revived in Geoff Johns ' alternate timeline comic Flashpoint (2011), in which he plays a major role as a hardened, more violent version of Batman, whose son was killed instead of his wife and himself, leading both of them to become

3136-427: Was offered a reward or favor, but refused to accept any form of payment. Unbeknownst to Thomas, young Bruce watched this all in silence from afar. Years later, Bruce contemplates whether Gotham would have been better off had his father let Falcone die; Alfred replies that Thomas would have helped anyone in need. In Superman/Batman #50, it is revealed that, while on a drive with a pregnant Martha Wayne, Thomas witnesses

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