Adaptations of Riddler in other media | |
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![]() A cosplayer dressed as the Riddler | |
Created by | Bill Finger Dick Sprang |
Original source | Comics published by DC Comics |
First appearance | Detective Comics #140 (October 1948) |
Films and television | |
Film(s) | Batman (1966) Batman Forever (1995) The Lego Batman Movie (2017) The Batman (2022) |
Television show(s) | Batman (1966) The New Adventures of Batman (1977) Challenge of the Superfriends (1978) Legends of the Superheroes (1979) Super Friends (1980) Batman: The Animated Series (1994) The New Batman Adventures (1997) Superman: The Animated Series (1998) Batman Beyond (1999) The Batman (2004) Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008) Young Justice (2010) DC Nation Shorts (2011) Gotham (2014) DC Super Hero Girls (2015) Justice League Action (2016) Harley Quinn (2019) Batwheels (2022) |
The Riddler, a supervillain in DC Comics and an adversary of the superhero Batman, has been adapted into numerous forms of media, including feature films, television series, and video games. The character has been portrayed in live-action by Frank Gorshin and John Astin in the 1960s television series Batman , Jim Carrey in the 1995 film Batman Forever , Cory Michael Smith in the 2014 Fox series Gotham , and Paul Dano in the 2022 film The Batman . Actors who have voiced the Riddler include John Glover in the DC Animated Universe, Robert Englund in The Batman , and Wally Wingert in the Batman: Arkham video games.
Edward Nygma / Riddler appears in series set in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU), voiced by John Glover. [4] To avoid confusion with the Joker, the producers of Batman: The Animated Series chose not to portray this version as Frank Gorshin's cackling trickster from Batman (1966); instead portraying the Riddler as a smooth intellectual who presents genuinely challenging puzzles and dresses in a sedated version of Gorshin's preferred costume for the character. The series creators also admitted they did not use him often because his character made story plots too long, complex, or bizarre, and they found it difficult to devise the villain's riddles. [9]
Edward Nashton / Enigma / Riddler appears in the Batman: Arkham video game series, voiced by Wally Wingert. [4] This version had an abusive father who accused him of cheating in a riddle solving contest before beating him. This resulted in Nashton becoming obsessed with riddles and proving his intellectual superiority. He would later go on to become a police consultant and the apparent head of the Gotham City Police Department (GCPD)'s Cybercrime unit, during which he operated as Enigma before eventually becoming the Riddler.