Joker (Nolanverse)

The Joker is the main antagonist of the 2008 superhero film The Dark Knight which is the second installment of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy and also the sequel to Batman Begins.

He was a sadistic psychotic anarchist and notornis criminal mastermind who plans to cause chaos in Gotham City and was responsible for Harvey turning into a villain and Batman's second enemy.

He is portrayed by the late famous Australian actor Heath Ledger.

The Dark Knight
Joker is first seen robbing a bank while also killing other criminals and the Gotham Bank Manger which Batman and Gordon notices. Joker is then seen again coming to see the crime lords talking about Batman and the plan. Joker then pretends to dead in order to kill Gambol and talks to him about his origin of his mouth scars and then kills him with his knife.

Joker is seen on the news where he tortures the fake Batman and forced to tell him to answer the questions and tells everyone that that is how crazy Batman made Gotham and Batman must take off and turn himself and not, people will die. Joker is then seen coming out of the elevator along with his gang and tells everyone good evening and has one question which is where's Harvey Dent, he then attacks one person who said that he and others are not intimidated by thugs which caused him to remind him of his father and reveals that he hated his father. Rachel then tells the Joker to stop what he is doing; Joker then notices her and tries to kill her with her knife but Rachel hit him as well as Bruce/Batman stopping him which cause the Joker to have his gang to kill Batman and Rachel before caught Rachel. Bruce/Batman tells the Joker to drop the gun but Joker refused unless he takes off his mask and show all who he is really are, Joker then tries to kill Rachel by making her fall to her death but Bruce/Batman saved her.

Joker then appear in the public without makeup attempting to kill the mayor but Gordon saved him which caused a disaster. Joker then appears in a truck killing a police officer. Batman and Harvey tried to catch the Joker, but they failed to do so. Just then, Gordon caught the Joker which caused the Joker to go to jail. The Joker then was attacked by the Batman for information which is where is Harvey Dent but Joker refused until he finally said so. After Batman left, Joker escapes from prison and also kill Lau with burning money and then announces everyone about his plan of destroying a hospital.

At the hospital, Joker pretends to be a nurse and tries to make Harvey/Two-Face a villain by using his tragic backstory. After all of that, Joker then made the hospital explode by using his remote. Because of the Joker's actions, the city's people used the two ferries in order to escape but Joker caused the ferries to stop moving and forced the city's people to kill themselves, but the Batman then came and stop the Joker while the city's people refused to kill themselves which caused the Joker to be arrested.

Personality
The Joker was psychotic and serious who just see Gotham as super crazy which he also tries to cause chaos there. He is manipulative since he uses Harvey/Two-Face in order to prove that even someone as good could fall.

Trivia

 * Joker is one of Heath Ledger's last roles before his death on January 22, 2008 (which is before the release of the movie) and speaking of that, Leager would posthumously win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as Joker, which makes Joker so far, the only comic book character to ever win an Academy Award. The film's director Christopher Nolan received the award in his name.
 * Alongside Two-Face, The Joker is the only main antagonist in The Dark Knight Trilogy that had no affiliation with League of the Shadows since the rest of villains do.
 * Despite being the main antagonist of the second film, he was defeated way before Two-Face which makes him the final antagonist.
 * The Joker was originally supposed to return in the third film but was scrapped due to the death of Heath Ledger. Luckily, his fate was resolved in the novelization.
 * During the scene of the Joker's attack at Bruce's house, Michael Caine was so frightened by Ledger's performance that he completely forgotten his line.