The teenage series "Gotham": roles and actors

The stories of Batman, his friends and enemies have gained unprecedented popularity since the launch of the Christopher Nolan franchise . Television operators decided to use this trend, so appeared the television series "Gotham". Roles and actors are so fond of viewers that the project was extended for the third season. So what are we talking about in this show?

"Gotham": roles and actors. Benjamin Mackenzie as Commissioner Gordon

The series about "Gotham" - Batman's hometown - was filmed with the support of the children's television channel Fox. Accordingly, the main characters of this story appear to us a little in an unexpected guise: all the familiar characters in the frame are played by teenagers. Perhaps the most adult performer on the set is Benjamin Mackenzie, who has the role of Commissioner Gordon, an honest guardian of law and order in the city of Gotham.

Roles and actors who played them, overnight became popular among teenagers. At last, Benjamin Mackenzie waited for his star time. The forty-year-old native of the city of Austin has acted in films since 2002, but has not achieved any special recognition until 2014. Mackenzie was always on the sidelines: in the project "Military-Legal Service" he played only an episodic role, in the series "Lonely Hearts" played a secondary character Ryan Atwood. However, in the thriller "88 minutes" the actor managed to collaborate with Al Pacino himself. But the series "Gotham" is the first project in which Mackenzie is assigned the "main violin".

"Gotham" (season 1): actors and roles. Donal Log in the role of Harvey Bullock

Commissioner Gordon in the television series of the Fox channel appears before the viewer of a young man. It covers the beginning of his career in the city. As a reinforcement Gordon got a partner Harvey Bullock. Together they are trying for many seasons to eradicate crime in the city of Gotham.

Roles and actors - that's what makes the project memorable. Donal Log has a fairly well-known name to attract additional fans to the series. Log began to appear in television series in 1990. Among the most famous films at the start of his career can be identified the legendary "X-Files" and the comedy "North Side".

In 1993, the actor appeared in the historical drama "Göttisberg" together with Tom Berenger. Then there was the role in "Little Women" with Winona Ryder and Kirsten Dunst. Here you can see young Christian Bale, who in the future will be Batman in the film Christopher Nolan.

Also during his career, Log managed to star in such films as "The Thin Red Line", "The Runaway Bride", "Patriot" and "Afora".

David Mazowz as Bruce Wayne

The series "Gotham", the actors and roles of which are vigorously discussed by journalists, first appeared on screens in September 2014. According to the plot, the main character of the whole action - Bruce Wayne - is only thirteen years old. The boy just lost his parents and Commissioner Gordon, who investigated this case, gradually becomes his friend and mentor.

The role of the young Batman was entrusted to David Mazowz - a native of the sunny state of California. David has Greek, French and American roots. The boy began to act in films and commercials from the age of 9. And the beginning star of television got into several very promising projects: "Private practice", "Oil as a criminal" and "Office".

In 2012, David won a major role in the dramatic multi-part film "Communication". A year later, along with Morgan Freeman and Amanda, Pitt Masouz took part in the shooting of the thriller "Especially Serious Crimes".

Robin Taylor as Penguin

In the film "Gotham" (Season 2), actors and roles practically did not change. For example, the number of permanent performers for two seasons included Robin Taylor, who was entrusted with the image of the Penguin supervillain.

Robin is a native of Iowa. He graduated from Northwestern University in the suburbs of Chicago and received a bachelor's degree in theater.

In the movie, Robin has been removed since 2005. In the full-length works "Long House", "Other Earth" and "Step Forward" Taylor played secondary roles. Much more extensive looks "serial" Taylor's filmography. First he acted in the project "Law and order", then he played in one episode of the television movie "Life on Mars" and "In the field of view." At the moment, Robin is involved only in "Gotham".

Robin likes to share in the interview details from his personal life: he's been an open gay for 10 years.

Kamren Bikondova as Selina Kyle

If you look at the whole story and the executors of the project "Gotham-2", actors and roles belong to the age category up to 17 years. A female cat, which is quite popular among all generations and ages, is represented in the series by 17-year-old Camren Rene Bikondova. In the series, the famous thief Selina Kyle is just starting her criminal path.

Sam Camrene is really similar in appearance to a cat, and still has incredible flexibility and grace. And all because the girl since 6 years professionally engaged in jazz-funk dancing and hip-hop.

Camren spent her childhood in Hawaii. A little later she became a member of the professional dance group 8 Flavahz, which almost won in the American reality show "Kings of the dance floor."

On the screen, Camren flashes from 2011, mostly in dance films. The role of Celina Kyle in "Gotham" brought the girl popularity - from now on she has a lot of fan communities around the world.

Other performers of roles

As in any show, the series "Gotham" has an extensive cast of actors. Only in the group of permanent performers there are 20 people. Among them: Erin Richards, Zabrin Guevara, Sean Pertwee, Corey Michael Smith and many others.

Secondary roles were received by artists Cameron Monahan, Richard Kind, Clare Foley and Carol Kane.