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Batman: All 7 Two-Face actors ranked from worst to best

By Samuel Dunsiger

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: A Two-Face costume from the 1995 Batman Forever film worn by Tommy Lee Jones and designed by Rob Ringwood and Mary Vogt is on display at the DC Comics Exhibition: Dawn Of Super Heroes at the O2 Arena on February 22, 2018 in London, England. The exhibition, which opens on February 23rd, features 45 original costumes, models and props used in DC Comics productions including the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman films. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: A Two-Face costume from the 1995 Batman Forever film worn by Tommy Lee Jones and designed by Rob Ringwood and Mary Vogt is on display at the DC Comics Exhibition: Dawn Of Super Heroes at the O2 Arena on February 22, 2018 in London, England. The exhibition, which opens on February 23rd, features 45 original costumes, models and props used in DC Comics productions including the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman films. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) /
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Billy Dee Williams, Two-Face, Batman
LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 10: Actor Billy Dee Williams arrives for the Premiere Of Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story” held on May 10, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images) /

5. Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams portrayed the straight-laced lawyer Harvey Dent in Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman. Similar to the incarnations from D’Agosto in Gotham and Collins in Gotham Knights, Williams portrays a pre-transformation version of the character while he is still Gotham City’s leading District Attorney, long before he becomes the villainous Two-Face.

While Williams’s version of the good guy gone bad was lacking somewhat, this wasn’t due to Williams’s performance, but rather the material he was working with in the movie. Unfortunately, the actor was limited to playing a supporting character, as Harvey with Commissioner Gordon and Batman to battle Jack Nicholson’s the Joker, who emerged as the real highlight of the film.

Further, it was intended for Williams to return in Batman Forever – for which the character would inevitably turn into Two-Face – before Tommy Lee Jones ultimately landed the role after the franchise’s move in a more outlandish direction.

One thing to note though is that Williams did get the chance to play the character again, voicing Two-Face in 2017’s The Lego Batman Movie, in which he was able to let loose as the disfigured villain.

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