Who Would Be the Next Best Joker?

Robert Carlyle should be the next joker. his role as Rumpelstiltskin handed him the part. great actor who has been up and coming, and has proven his capability to handle a crazy role . the joker would fit him well. I am also hoping they return to the way the joker is supposed to be, non stop fun and mayhem all with a smile. Sorry Heath Ledger, you looked good but not the real joker. Jack Nicholson show these guys how its done

Robert Carlyl is definitely a great actor

Nolan went a completely different dirction with batman. You can't compare Ledger to Nicholson in the sense that Nicholson was closer to the comic version on Joker. Everything was a funny game to him. Nolan's batman and the characters took on a more serious/psychopathic route where, yea joker got a kick out of causing mayhem but he didn't have toy teeth clacking around and presents full of gas or explosives just to see the surprise and fear in someone, he wanted total chaos and got a kick out of the destruction and panic that he caused doing things that weren't funny just to get his laughs. And as for the RIDDLER, if he was a few years younger, maybe even now he could still, but I have always thought watching HOUSE that HUGE LAURIE would be a smart ass joker. He already walks with a cane on the show and like to make people think.

I think as long as jonny was under the guise of tim burton he would be an awsome Joker but if not i think the nex best joker could be Robin Williams and thats a fact

haah good choice

BENICIO DEL TORO WOULD BE PERFECT THE EYES, VOICE ALREADY LOOKS A JOKER. BENICIO IS THE JOKER.

wow great choice, he actually would

Ashton Kutcher should be THE JOKER

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They should cast an unknown! The superstars have had their day, let some one else take a crack at it.

Well enough of the joker;-] lets bring a new BAD GUY into play, the "RIDDLER" and have Jim Carey play the part;-]

He already did.

DOH! I missed that one! I guess its time to get out of the Bat Cave;-] LOL

Riddle me this?

I think it was "Batman: Forever"
you didn't miss much! *LOL*

Have a Great New Year;-] And thanks for the up ill check it out on a rainy day;-] But i am looking forward to seeing the new "Under World" Flick;-]

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I am a total Joker fangirl. That said, NEITHER Johnny Depp, nor Charlie Hunnam. 1. Johnny Depp doesn't fit the part. He's a good actor, but I don't see him doing it proper. 2. Charlie Hunnam just doesn't look right.

Given that Joker was designed after actor Conrad Veidt:

Who alternatively looks like this:



I would suggest trying to find someone whose look has that same dynamic. Maybe Crispin Glover? I'd need to see him with a really big smile. Possibly Robert Knepper. Adrien Brody would be a good look. Tim Roth, may be good as well. He has the smile:

The big thing with Joker is you need someone (unless you're going for anarchy-Joker like Ledger was) who is tall, slender, but still able to be intimidating in that, "You don't mess with this person" type of way. Classically, he should be well-dressed, tailored suits, and have a crazy look in his eyes.

That said, I have mixed feelings about Nolan's rendition of the Bat family. Particularly since fangirls all of a sudden screamed, "OMG! FINALLY! The Joker is SEXY!" No, he isn't "finally" sexy, he's always been that way.

ledger did a good job,but he robbed the
character of his maniacal joy as a villain.

He played Sweeney Todd pretty well so I think he can do a really dark Joker or he could add some humor. Johnny can play it just about any way they would want it.

Charlie Sheen. He too is a walking train wreck.

Eric Holder would be the next best joker.

Well i know i will probably get some comments but i think these 2 should have a shot of playing the joker.
Brad Pitt

Marilyn Manson

hahah marilyn manson

I LOVE Johnny Depp!!

But at the same time, I don't think its possible to be better than Heath Ledger.

Many more will play the Joker but none will ever top Heath's performance.

i read somewhere that the next time joker appears it will be heath ledger still. they will be using the scenes that were cut out of the dark knight.

yes i heard that too, that they were gonna used the unseen footage scenes from Dark Knight but they said they weren't gonna do it afterall

So don't even try.
That said, it isn't like the Batman franchise is gonna go away, and as long as there is a Batman, there will have to be a Joker. So all I ask is that you don't try to recreate what Heath Ledger died, creating. Do something different. Maybe someone with less name appeal but with as much or more stage presence; like Steve Buschemi, or Bradley Whitford. Maybe even Mathew Perry.

Robin Williams or Michael Keaton

He's good at everything. :) But nobody can really replace the old Jokers though.

They have him as someone else though, in the third installment.

Please, nobody can top jack nicholson as the joker !

My favorite one is

heath ledger took his life..to be this character...

Jim Carrey

Nah I seriously, seriously doubt we'll ever get a portrayal of The Joker like that again.....however the best version of them all is easily the voice done by Mark Hamill.I dunno, slap some extreme makeup on him and let him run wild, I bet he'd kick ass at the role.Though sadly he's thinking about retiring from it. :(

I'm not certain there's a need for a new Joker. This latest Batman franchise is finished. Christian Bale said he was through playing the Batman.