Alfred Pennyworth (DC Extended Universe)

Alfred Crane Pennyworth is the chief of security, mentor, surrogate father, and close friend of Bruce Wayne. Alfred has served the Wayne family since before Bruce was born. After Bruce was left orphaned from the murder of both of his parents when he was a boy, Alfred watched over him as a parental figure, watching him grow and mature, and assisting him in his quest to become the Batman.

He later assisted Batman when he fought Superman, and when he fought Doomsday in Gotham Port along with Superman and Wonder Woman, and was successful. Two years after that, he assisted Batman again when the Justice League tried to stop Steppenwolf's attempt to terraform Earth, an attempt which yielded success.

## Role in the Films

### Early life

#### SAS training

Alfred was born in the United Kingdom, in the middle of the 20th century. As a young man, he would join his country's armed forces, and shortly thereafter, the SAS Special Forces, where Alfred would receive training in intelligence gathering, field medicine, weaponry, as well as the ability to pilot all sorts of vehicles and aircraft.

#### Employed by the Waynes

At some point, Alfred retired from the British Armed Force and moved to the United States of America, where he became the bodyguard to the Waynes, which were headed by Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha, billionaire philanthropists from Gotham City. Sometime later, they had their only child, Bruce.

#### Raising and mentoring Bruce

In 1981, the Waynes were murdered by a mugger, whilst taking a young Bruce to see a showing of *"The Mark of Zorro"* at the Aragon Theater, and Alfred was placed as the legal guardian and confidant of Bruce. The young boy's anger at the death of his parents and the blame he placed on himself was apparent to see, and he proclaimed that he would rid Gotham City of the criminal and the corrupt, and asked Alfred for his help. Publicly, Alfred was known as the Chief of Security for Bruce Wayne.

#### "The Batman"

Bruce would stay true to his word, eventually becoming the vigilante "Batman" as an adult, with Alfred's SAS training allowing him to help Bruce build his numerous high-tech gadgets, to operate the Batcomputer, and to give Bruce pertinent advice during the latter's missions in his one-man anti-crime crusade. At some point, Alfred left the decaying Wayne Manor and lived in a comfortable trailer on the Wayne Estate.

### Helping Bruce

#### The *White Portuguese*

18 months after the Black Zero Event, and 20 years after becoming Batman, Alfred and Bruce continued their mission to combat organized crime in Gotham City as well as preparing countermeasures against the perceived threat of Superman. Alfred operated on the Armored Batsuit while he and Bruce discussed Anatoli Knyazev and his connection to the *White Portuguese*, though Alfred himself speculated that this person might not even actually exist, instead being a mere "phantasm".

#### Lex Luthor's fundraiser

When Bruce Wayne was invited to a social gathering by Lex Luthor, Alfred guided him via earpiece through Lex's mansion and plants a data drive in Lex's computer servers to extract information regarding the *White Portuguese*. However, Diana Prince steals the drive and leaves before Bruce or Alfred could decrypt it.

#### Conflict with Bruce

Later, after Diana returns the drive to Bruce, he decrypts the drive and tells Alfred that the *White Portuguese* is actually the name of a ship carrying a large nugget of Kryptonite from the wreckage of the World Engine to Lex Luthor, which is capable of significantly weakening Superman. Alfred vehemently protests Bruce's decision to combat Superman, believing that he is not an enemy of humanity. He pleads to Bruce to change his mind, saying that it would be suicide to try to kill the Man of Steel, though Bruce remains stubborn.

#### US Capitol bombing

When the Capital bombing occurs, Alfred sees it on the news in the Glasshouse and also sees the checks that Wallace Keefe sent back with hate messages. Alfred realizes that Bruce has snapped, and can only look on as the latter prepares for his battle.

#### Second conflict with Bruce

With his physical preparation complete, Bruce retreats to mentally prepare for his duel with Superman at the abandoned Wayne Manor, where he is found by Alfred, who once more attempts to implore Bruce to stop, claiming that Batman cannot win such a confrontation, with it being "suicide".

Bruce grimly responds saying that he is now older than his father Thomas Wayne had ever been, and that this might be the only thing that he does which actually matters, since despite Batman having defeated numerous Gotham City criminals and supervillains over the last 20 years, "criminals are like weeds", in that if 1 is pulled up, another grows in its place. While Superman has the potential to become the most formidable supervillain in history, taking him down before that happens is "about the future of the world", something Bruce sees as "Batman's legacy".

Bruce then grimly muses at how his father had once told him that despite the Wayne Manor itself being built on railways, real estates and oil, the first generation of Waynes had made their fortune as hunters, trading pelts and skins with the French. Thus, Bruce not only hopes to live up to his father by taking Superman down, but also feels kinship with his ancestors, as a hunter of sorts. As Bruce walks away, Alfred, understanding that trying to stop the former is hopeless, bitterly remarks "So falls the House of Wayne."

#### Rescue of Martha Kent

After the fight between Batman and Superman is resolved, Alfred tracks down Knyazev's cellphone to a portside warehouse in Gotham where Martha Kent is being held. Batman flies the Batwing towards the safehouse, and Alfred scans the warehouse to find 24 mercenaries on the third floor guarding Martha. He then takes remote control of the Batwing and lands Batman on the second floor, who then proceeds to neutralize all the men, seemingly kill Knyazev, and rescue Martha.

### War for Earth

#### Assembling the Justice League

After Arthur Curry refused Bruce's offer, he and Alfred got back on the jet and headed back to Gotham City. While on the jet, they began to go over the other members for the team like Barry Allen, Diana, and Victor Stone discussing their character backgrounds and powers, while Alfred tells Bruce that he shouldn't listen to Lex's warning.

While Bruce is recruiting Barry Allen, Alfred instructs Diana on how to make tea and shows her the new gauntlet he is working on, Diana jokes about it's similarity to her own bracelets, telling Alfred that he should work on a Lasso for Bruce, "in black, of course."

When Diana was reviewing footage of Victor Stone, Alfred told her that footage always gets a little twitchy which then led to Victor speaking on the Batcomputer. Diana then convinced Victor to meet with her, while Alfred jokingly remarks, "Looks like you have a date tonight."

#### Skirmish under Gotham Harbor

When the Justice League had reached Stryker's Island, Alfred then gave them directions into the machine room where the hostages were being held. He then assists Batman by taking control of the Knightcrawler and bringing it to him in order for Batman to fight Steppenwolf and the Parademons. Cyborg then responds to him and takes over the Knightcrawler with Alfred left confused wondering who he was.

#### Superman's resurrection

While Bruce and Alfred work on repairs in the Batcave. Alfred confronts Bruce about his plan to resurrect Superman and questions if they'll be strong enough to defeat Steppenwolf.

#### Battle of Pozharnov

Discovering that Steppenwolf planned on combining the Mother Boxes near a village located in Russia, the Justice League had gone to stop him by taking the Flying Fox.

While the Justice League fights Steppenwolf, Alfred works on repairs for Bruce's Aston Martin, Superman then appears and Alfred tells him why the League brought him back.

#### A new world

After stopping the invasion of Parademons led by Steppenwolf, Wayne and Pennyworth started planning to rebuild the Manor as the headquarters for the Justice League and its potential future recruits, with the help from Diana Prince.

#### Continuing the Fight

In the following years, Alfred would continue to aid Batman in his fight against crime. He was present when Barry Allen ran into the Batcave to start training with Bruce.

## Appearances

* Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Jeremy Irons
* Justice League - Jeremy Irons
* Zack Snyder's Justice League - Jeremy Irons
* The Flash - Jeremy Irons

## See Also

* Alfred Pennyworth (Alan Napier)
* Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Gough)
* Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Caine)
* Alfred Pennyworth (Douglas Hodge)
* Alfred Pennyworth (Andy Serkis)