Bruce Wayne (1989 film series character) performer George Clooney
Bruce ThomasWayne, better known by his vigilante superhero alias Batman, is a fictional character who is featured as the main protagonist in Warner Bros.' initial Batman film series (1989–2023), and later as a supporting character in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film The Flash (2023). Based on the DC Comics character of the same name, he was portrayed by Michael Keaton in Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), before being recast with Val Kilmer and George Clooney in Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997) respectively.
Keaton's portrayal of the character was critically acclaimed and influenced subsequent interpretations. Both Keaton and Clooney reprised their roles in the 2023 film The Flash, which retroactively incorporates them into two alternate timelines of the DCEU's continuity. Keaton was also expected to reprise the role in Batgirl and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (the original ending of The Flash incorporating him into the main timeline of the DCEU's continuity) before the film's cancellation and scene deletion, respectively.