This past weekend Fox announced
that actor Ben McKenzie (The O.C. and Southland) was going to lead the upcoming
Gotham series as James Gordon, and now the network has announced that four
other roles have been filled. So as of now in addition to McKenzie as Gotham’s
future Commissioner Gordon we will have Robin Lord Taylor (The Walking Dead) as
the iconic villain Oswald Cobblepot, aka The Penguin, Sean Pertwee (Camelot)
will play Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred Pennyworth, Zabryna Guevara (Burn Notice)
will be Gordon’s boss, Captain Essen and finally Erin Richards (Being Human)
will play Gordon’s fiancée Barbara Kean.
We previously reported that actor
Donal Logue had been asked to star as Detective Harvey Bullock, a bribe taking
and abusive cop who sometimes sabotages Gordon’s work, while other times acts
like the “bad cop” who is trusted by Gordon. Logue was not referenced in the
announcement, but fingers crossed.
Bruno Heller (The Mentalist)
wrote the pilot and will executive produce alongside Danny Cannon (CSI, Nikita)
who will helm the pilot.
The Penguin – With the brains of
a chess grandmaster and the morals of a jackal, Oswald Cobblepot is a low-level
psychopath (for gangster Fish Mooney) who hides his sadistic lust for power
behind an exquisitely polite demeanor.
Alfred Pennyworth – A
tough-as-nails ex-marine from East London, Alfred Pennyworth has loyally served
the Waynes. Now, in the wake of their tragic deaths, he’s fiercely protective
of the young Bruce Wayne.
Captain Essen – Gordon’s boss at
the GCPD Homicide Squad, Captain Essen balances the two worlds of police and
politics with a Machiavellian skill that’s as much corporate litigator as cop.
Barbara Kean – A sophisticated
emergency room doctor, Barbara is the fiancée of James Gordon, joyful but with
an edge of vulnerability. She stands by her future husband…which can be
difficult in a world as corrupt as Gotham.
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