greetings nerdy list aficionados and welcome back to top 10 nerd and today
we're doing something a little different and looking at portrayals of a character
this time the Joker so let's start with some caveats people have different
tastes and just because someone is more universally acclaimed or pan doesn't
mean you'll feel the same and it also doesn't make you a better or worse fan
to be with or against the group so long story short too late I know like what
you like and don't let anyone tell you otherwise
now let's take a look at some of them I'm Sasha and these are the top 10 Joker
performances let's go
number 10 Kevin Michael Richardson of course this list has voice actors on it
voice acting is acting don't let anyone tell you different so Kevin Michael
Richardson voiced the Joker on the Batman the first Batman animated series
outside of the DCAU the Batman ran from 2004 to 2008 and it
did try to do its own thing and differentiate itself from its
predecessor Batman the Animated Series or Batman TAS this was a hard task as
that series is still considered by many to be the Batman series Richardson
provide a bit of a different take on the Joker staying in the hype hit strands of
mania but also dropping down real low for emphasis and menace when he felt it
called for it it was dynamic and unique and suited the character who admittedly
had a bit more of a different design that people may have been used to seeing
Sheol is the dangling sleeves it puts some people off but the battle is a show
that if you embraced it you just had to embrace it for what it was itself hats
off to Kevin Michael Richardson who has too often forgotten every time I bring
my brand of funny to Gotham the only sound I hear is number 9 John DiMaggio
now John DiMaggio is an acclaimed voice actor who has lent his voice to many
well-known and beloved characters up them all my favorites are probably
bender from Futurama and Jake the dog for adventure time but he also portrayed
the Joker in Batman under the Red Hood and his rendition was a bit rougher than
usual a bit coarser and it fit with the darker tone of that movie I mean they
get pretty graphic with how much of the crowbar beatdown they show and the blood
okay from a time when blood wasn't allowed
seeing it on screen and cartoons is still a bit of a big deal for me this
performance is often put behind Jensen Ackles isn't that same film as Jason
Todd but it holds up this is a good adaptation of this story you know before
some of these DC anime and movies were like you know how people like the plot
which is why we're gathering it well what if we just changed it I'm going to
need something to wear in a very big truck number eight Jared Leto I know for
some this is blasphemy hating lettuce performance is like one
of those entry carts to nerd them it's like you're at a club and you said you
hate letter right you can come in but i postulate this performance matches the
movie it's in I can hear the jokes now so terrible the Lola wolf okay haha lull
it up but it really does it also matches the Batman in its universe Batman the
Joker have to match it's essential this Joker is an opposite to batfleck or sad
Fleck and him not always smiling that's also not uncommon actually in his first
ever appearance he's pretty grim the design is a look I'll say that but it's
not a performance you forget I'm part of their opinion but I think the worst
performances are ones that are utterly forgettable like how so many people
forget Val Kilmer was Batman no one is gonna forget what oh the sexual stuff
was interesting too it was a different take and that's a risk does it get more
hey deserves or is the hate spot-on share your thoughts down below number
seven is Zach Galifianakis so this is from a Lego Batman movie and it's a much
more whiny comedic take on the character which works with a tone of this film
which is largely satirical so why any pining Joker works a Joker entirely
driven by the plot of essentially bitter exes the lego movie quite lovingly pokes
fun at a lot of things lots of different interpretations of Batman for many
people this will be reminded many people that Batman could be fun
so yeah worthy of a mention for sure also just because lots of people go away
going what that was a Cal finatus and save the city or catch your great
enemy we can't do both I'm sorry what did you just say you can't do both
thanks I know I mean the other thing number 6 Michael Emerson so here we have
the adaptation of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns a key work in the
Dark Age and for many a must read Batman story it tells the dark Elseworlds tale
of a dark future and a geriatric course heart Batman and was also really key and
popularizing those panels of TV screens I tried to a dominate comic store part
of the 90s The Joker here was well he was quite clearly in love with Batman
this comic is often studied when you're talking about canonical bat jokes queer
subtext the Joker is literally had a tonic till Batman Returns
now Emerson's performance is interesting as it is a blend of many it has a hint
of Hamill mania a dash of Romero charm but it also plays with being ordinary
like just a voice you could hear from an ordinary person which no way really adds
to the Menace particularly during the talkshow scene the idea that he could be
anyone it's an interesting take and it's not done too often it's alright I want
people to get me alright then that's why I'm gonna kill everyone in this room
number 5 Jack Nicholson so Batman 1989 was a big deal four years since the Adam
West series in the 60s Batman had been in limbo
there had been pitched projects and ideas but nothing really stuck it took a
long time to crawl out of the camp hole I mean I get it it's a good hole so in
this Jack Nicholson plays it as a suave mobster eventually turned more crazed
mobster it's a more controlled crazy when compared to some of the others but
it really works for the Burton universe and it was the first live-action Joker
and so long the rictus smile was also iconic the
mirror scene have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight this
movie and this performance have some truly iconic moments the performance
vacillates from showman to cold killer and it's fascinating to watch and of
course it's a great foil for Keaton's Batman who people really weren't sure
about he's too sure he's not handsome enough he's a comedic actor everyone
always has words for who they cast as Batman you have to run the gauntlet
before you even perform it's breath tell me something my friend
ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight number four Cesar Romero
sixties Joker even had a green moustache anybody else noticed that because I
always said and I loved it now that's attention to detail the
Batman sixty series was going full Silver Age and doing it hard but
contrary to popular belief it knew what it was doing so this was even cambiar
than some of the silvery stories at times and it was fully on purpose so
don't let it fool you sometimes people forget the people in other time periods
before their own new and irony satire and all kinds of other things were so
Cesar Romero for some growing up he was the Joker the fun-loving clown prince of
crime with a manic presence and charismatic performance one that is
still emulated by many it's a fun time with a joker in the series number three
Cameron Monaghan so this isn't supposed to be the Joker he's the proto Joker so
it's his brother allegedly but Monaghan pulled off many
dynamic performances on this series pretty much every type of Joker there
has been dangerous manic calm collected obsessed so many also all the different
looks now this is another one that's polarizing for some but Monahan works
hard to make each of his versions different and unique and it shows Gotham
could be a bit of a mess in terms of hitting its stride and focus but
whatever they asked of him Cameron always delivered and he had a
great laugh with Monaghan you could pick and choose which many found appealing
while some felt it was an overload and too much what are your thoughts what's
the secret to good comedy
timing number two Heath Ledger so no list would be complete without Ledger's
Joker from Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy he appeared in the sequel film The Dark
Knight this was a very dark grungy take on the character much more of a
nihilistic anarchist it was a more dangerous take and one
that many found more realistic which was a point that most too enjoyed Nolan's
trilogy felt he had brought to the floor and with that realism came credibility
Ledger became one of the actors to fully inhabit the role and vanish within it
there is also a tragic mythologized element to this performance now because
of Ledger's untimely passing shortly after the true son became linked him
playing this role despite the insistence made close to him that that was not the
case this portrayal was an iconic one and the look has become an inspiration
for many portrayals since particularly the overdrawn lips five people died then
you let them take your place even to a guy like me that's cold and in at number
one Mark Hamill I'm sure many of you were waiting you
knew Mark Hamill's Joker is the Joker for many the voice they hear when they
read comics the one in their heads the one against which others are measured
and we'll brought an energy and uniqueness the Joker's voice finding a
way to make it completely his own for the point were off times when people
portray the Joker it is him they emulate for many he has become the standard to
achieve and when you hit that level of performance it's safe to say that you
have well owned the character that happens sometimes a perfect match Hamill
just really got into it he actually used to perform the Joker standing up because
that gave him the amount of energy he needed for it Mark Hamill was amazing
million dollars so before we end this was filmed before Joker was released so
I don't want to see any what about Joaquin no I'm not ranking a performance
I've never seen maybe it's amazing let me know where you feel it belongs down
below people of the future and those with advance tickets I'm Sasha and
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