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Lt. James Gordon, played by Benjamin McKenzie

James Gordon grew up in Gotham City's surrounding suburbs and romanticized the city as a glamorous and exciting metropolis where his late father once served as a successful district attorney. Now, James has become a police detective and is engaged to his fiancée, Barbara Kean. James hopes to restore Gotham back to the pure version he remembers it was as a kid.

James is partnered with the brash, but shrewd police legend Harvey Bullock. Together they investigate the city's highest-profile case ever: the murder of local billionaires Thomas and Martha Wayne. At the scene of the crime, Gordon meets the sole survivor: the Waynes' hauntingly intense 12-year-old son, Bruce, toward whom the young detectives feels an inexplicable kinship. Moved by the boy's profound loss, Gordon vows to catch the killer.
 
 
Young Bruce Wayne, played by David Mazouz

Traumatized by the death of his parents, Young Bruce finds protectors in two unlikely sources: his parents' butler, Alfred Pennyworth; and a young Lt. James Gordon who is strangely drawn to the grief-stricken boy.
 
 
Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, played by Robin L. Taylor

An intellectually gifted thug with impeccable manners, Oswald hides his bloodlust behind a polite demeanor as he works for Fish Mooney and hopes to carve out an empire of his own.
 
 
Young Selina Kyle/Catwoman, played by Camren Bicondova

A Gotham street thief, the orphaned Selina Kyle roams the streets, taking what she can to survive and fighting back when cornered.
 
 
Detective Harvey Bullock, played by Donal Logue

A legend in the Gotham police, the shrewd but brash Harvey Bullock ends up partnered with rookie detective, James Gordon. The two of them stumble upon the city's highest-profile case ever: the murder of local billionaires Thomas and Martha Wayne.
 
 
Fish Mooney, played by Jada Pinkett Smith

Fish Mooney has controlled the Gotham crime world for years, and has no intention of giving up her power because of an upstart police detective like Lt. James Gordon.
 
 
Carmine Falcone [episode 2+], played by John Doman

TBD
 
 
Alfred Pennyworth, played by Sean Pertwee

A British ex-marine hailing from East London, Alfred wasn't present when his employers, Thomas and Martha Wayne, were brutally killed. To make up for his guilt, Alfred swears to protect their son, young Bruce Wayne.
 
 
Barbara Kean, played by Erin Richards

Engaged to Lt. James Gordon, Barbara hopes that the two of them can make a life in Gotham, free of the violence that plagues the city.
 
 
Captain Sarah Essen, played by Zabryna Guevara

A captain in the Gotham police force, Captain Essen finds herself walking a fine line between enforcing the law, and setting off a criminal backlash if she goes too far. Adding fuel to the fire is the arrival of new detective James Gordon, who is determine dto restore the city to what it once was.
 
 
Crispus Allen [episode 2+], played by Andrew Stewart Jones

TBD
 
 
Renee Montoya [episode 2+], played by Victoria Cartagena

TBD
 
Classification: Scripted
Genre: Action | Crime
Status: Returning Series
Network: FOX ( USA)
Airs: Mondays at 08:00 pm
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Premiere: September 22, 2014
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