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- Denzel Washington's action movie star status would make him a perfect fit to play a powerful and emotional version of Alfred in the DCU's Batman movies.
- Mark Strong, with his DC past and experience playing Merlin in Kingsman, has the necessary qualities to be the veteran "guy in the chair" for the DCU's Batman.
- Jude Law, Idris Elba, and Kenneth Branagh also have the charisma and talent to play a younger version of Alfred, bringing their own unique charm to the role.
With a new Batman on the way, the DC Universe also needs to cast its version of Alfred Pennyworth for The Brave and the Bold, and there are some actors that could fit perfectly as the Dark Knight's esteemed butler. Throughout the years, several actors played Alfred Pennyworth in live-action, with some performances, such as Michael Caine's in director Christopher Nolan's The Dark Night trilogy, standing out among the rest. Across both movies and TV, different versions of Bruce Wayne's most prominent father figure have thrived, with Alfred even getting his own series.
The latest live-action versions of Alfred include a young take on the character over three seasons of Pennyworth, Jeremy Irons' Alfred from the DCEU, and motion capture superstar Andy Serkis giving life to the iconic DC character in The Batman. While Serkis will continue playing Alfred, The Batman's universe will stand as an Elseworlds story, separate from the canon of James Gunn's DC Universe. The Flash director Andy Muschietti is rebooting Batman in the DCU's The Brave and the Bold movie, and here are 10 actors who could play Alfred Pennyworth in the upcoming film and the DCU as a whole.
Your browser does not support the video tag. 10 Denzel Washington Could Bring Calm Intensity To Alfred Known For Training Day, We Are The Titans, The Equalizer, And More Close Denzel Washington is an action movie star, and that would make him perfect to play the DCU's Alfred. The character is much more than a simple butler, with Pennyworth having served a long career in the British military before working for Thomas and Martha Wayne in most versions of the DC character. Alfred is constantly one of the emotional cores of every Batman adaptation, so bringing in one of the most talented actors of all time in Washington to play the role would guarantee that the DCU's Batman movies will keep that element going in a major way.