‘Gotham’ – Cast List, Plot Details, and Trailer

Ben McKenzie stars as Detective James Gordon in the Batman prequel series, Gotham. The gritty crime thriller will premiere on Fox on September 22, 2014.

Joining Ben McKenzie in season one are David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne, Jada Pinkett Smith as Fish Mooney, Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth, Donal Logue as Detective Harvey Bullock, and Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle/the future Catwoman. Robin Lord Taylor plays Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, Cory Michael Smith is Edward Nygma/the future Riddler, Zabryna Guevara is Captain Sarah Essen, and Erin Richards is Barbara Kean.

Victoria Cartagena plays Renee Montoya, Andrew Stewart Jones is Crispus Allen, and John Doman is Carmine Falcone.

Gotham Cast Photo
Robin Lord Taylor, Jada Pinkett Smith, Cory Michael Smith, Clare Foley, Donal Logue, Ben McKenzie, Camren Bicondova, David Mazouz and Sean Pertwee in ‘Gotham’ (Photo Credit: © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. / FOX)

The Synopsis: Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM.

With a reputation synonymous with law and order, Commissioner James Gordon is one of the crime world’s greatest foes. Everyone knows the name. But what is known of Gordon’s rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? And what did it take to navigate the layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world’s most iconic villains — the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?

Gotham is the origin story of the great DC Comics Super-Villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. From executive producer/writer Bruno Heller (The Mentalist, Rome), this one-hour drama follows one cop’s rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil and chronicles the genesis of one of the most popular super heroes of our time.

Brave, earnest and eager to prove himself, the newly minted detective Gordon (Ben McKenzie) is partnered with the brash, but shrewd police legend Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue), as the two stumble upon the city’s highest-profile case ever: the murder of local billionaires Thomas and Martha Wayne. At the scene of the crime, Gordon meets the sole survivor: the Waynes’ hauntingly intense 12-year-old son, Bruce (David Mazouz), toward whom the young detective feels an inexplicable kinship. Moved by the boy’s profound loss, Gordon vows to catch the killer.

As he navigates the often-underhanded politics of Gotham’s criminal justice system, Gordon encounters imposing gang boss Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith), and many of the characters who will become some of DC Comics’ most renowned, enduring villains, including a teenaged Selina Kyle/the future Catwoman (Camren Bicondova) and Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor). Although the crime drama follows Gordon’s turbulent and singular rise through the Gotham City police department, it also focuses on the unlikely friendship Gordon forms with the young heir to the Wayne fortune, who is being raised by his unflappable butler, Alfred (Sean Pertwee) — a friendship that will last them all of their lives and will play a crucial role in helping the young boy eventually become the crusader he’s destined to be.

Season 1 Interview: Ben McKenzie
Season 1 Interview: David Mazouz
Season 1 Interview: Camren Bicondova
Season 1 Interview: Robin Lord Taylor
Season 1 Interview: Jada Pinkett Smith
Season 1 Interview: John Stephens
Season 1 Interview: Cory Michael Smith
Season 1 Interview: Morena Baccarin
Season 2 Interview: Ben McKenzie
Season 2 Interview: Robin Lord Taylor
Season 2 Interview: David Mazouz
Recap: Gotham season one series premiere recap and review
Recap: Gotham season one episode 10
Recap: Gotham season one finale recap and review
Red Carpet Photos: Comic Con 2014 / WonderCon 2015
Casting Announcements: Jada Pinkett Smith / Donal Logue / Robin Lord Taylor