Batman (Christian Bale)

Batman is the alias and second identity of billionaire Bruce Wayne, the protector of Gotham City.

After witnessing the murder of his parents at the hands of a mugger as a child, Bruce traveled the world as an adult to train and understand the criminal mind in order to combat it. He was mentored by Ra's al Ghul and later battled him and defeated other forces of the Gotham underworld: The Scarecrow and Carmine Falcone.

In continuing to shut down Gotham's organized crime, Batman encountered and defeated the most fearsome of his adversaries, The Joker, while losing his love interest Rachel Dawes in the process. His defeat of Harvey "Two-Face" Dent resulted in Batman going into hiding and taking the fall for Two-Face's crimes in order to maintain Dent's status as Gotham's "White Knight". As a result, Batman became a fugitive and Bruce turned into a recluse. Eight years later, Batman returned to fight the mercenary Bane while entrusting his business and intimacy to Miranda Tate, not knowing that she was actually Talia al Ghul, the daughter of Ra's al Ghul. After gaining the strength to escape imprisonment, Batman returned to wage war and defeat Bane and save the city from Talia. Bruce faked his death and passed on his legacy to John Blake and left Gotham to start a relationship with Selina Kyle.