The Dark Knight 2008

The Dark Knight (2008) has 9 Black credited characters out of 97.

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The Van Lathan Ratio · 9%

9% of the credited cast.

Directed by Christopher Nolan · 152 min

On The Rewatchables

Nov 16, 2017 Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion

Credited cast

Every credited role on TMDB, in billing order. Uncredited roles are left out. marks actors who publicly identify as Black. How actors are tagged.

#	Actor	Character	Black
1	Christian Bale	Bruce Wayne
2	Heath Ledger	Joker
3	Aaron Eckhart	Harvey Dent
4	Michael Caine	Alfred
5	Maggie Gyllenhaal	Rachel
6	Gary Oldman	Gordon
7	Morgan Freeman	Lucius Fox	●Counted as Black
8	Monique Gabriela Curnen	Ramirez
9	Ron Dean	Wuertz
10	Cillian Murphy	Scarecrow
11	Chin Han	Lau
12	Nestor Carbonell	Mayor
13	Eric Roberts	Maroni
14	Ritchie Coster	Chechen
15	Anthony Michael Hall	Engel
16	Keith Szarabajka	Stephens
17	Colin McFarlane	Loeb	●Counted as Black
18	Joshua Harto	Reese
19	Melinda McGraw	Barbara Gordon
20	Nathan Gamble	James Gordon
21	Michael Vieau	Rossi
22	Michael Stoyanov	Dopey
23	William Smillie	Happy
24	Danny Goldring	Grumpy
25	Michael Jai White	Gambol	●Counted as Black
26	Matthew O'Neill	Chuckles
27	William Fichtner	Bank Manager
28	Olumiji Olawumi	Drug Dealer
29	Greg Beam	Drug Buyer
30	Erik Hellman	Junkie
31	Beatrice Rosen	Natascha
32	Vincenzo Nicoli	Crime Boss
33	Edison Chen	LSI VP
34	Nydia Rodriguez Terracina	Judge Surrillo
35	Andy Luther	Brian
36	James Farruggio	Man No. 1
37	Tom McElroy	Man No. 2
38	Will Zahrn	Assistant DA
39	James Fierro	Thug at Party
40	Patrick Leahy	Gentleman at Party
41	Sam Derence	Male Guest
42	Jennifer Knox	Female Guest
43	Patrick Clear	Judge Freel
44	Sarah Jayne Dunn	Maroni's Mistress
45	Charles Venn	Gambol's Bodyguard	●Counted as Black
46	Winston Ellis	Gambol's Bodyguard
47	David Dastmalchian	Joker's Thug
48	Sophia Hinshelwood	Reporter
49	Keith Kupferer	Heckler
50	Joseph Luis Caballero	Cop Heckler
51	Richard Dillane	Acting Commissioner
52	Daryl Satcher	Officer at Intersection
53	Chris Petschler	Convoy Leader
54	Aidan Feore	Fat Thug
55	Philip Bulcock	Murphy
56	Paul Birchard	Cop with Fat Thug
57	Walter Lewis	Medic
58	Vincent Riotta	Cop at 250 52nd St.
59	Nancy Crane	Nurse
60	K. Todd Freeman	Polk	●Counted as Black
61	Matt Shallenberger	Berg
62	Michael Andrew Gorman	Cop at Hospital
63	Lanny Lutz	Bartender
64	Peter DeFaria	Civilian
65	Matt Rippy	First Mate
66	Andrew Bicknell	Prison Ferry Pilot
67	Ariyon Bakare	Guard Commander	●Counted as Black
68	Doug Ballard	Businessman
69	Helene Maksoud	Mother
70	Tommy Campbell	Passenger
71	Craig Heaney	Passenger
72	Sutara Gayle	Passenger	●Counted as Black
73	Lisa McAllister	Passenger
74	Peter Brooke	Passenger
75	Joshua Rollins	SWAT Sniper
76	Dale Rivera	SWAT Leader
77	Matthew Leitch	Prisoner on Ferry
78	Tommy Lister Jr.	Tattooed Prisoner	●Counted as Black
79	Thomas Gaitsch	Reporter #3
80	William Armstrong	Evans
81	Adam Kalesperis	Honor Guard Man
82	Tristan Tait	Uniform Cop
83	Bronson Webb	Bounty Hunter
84	David Ajala	Bounty Hunter	●Counted as Black
85	Gertrude Kyles	Fox's Secretary
86	Jonathan Ryland	Passenger Ferry Pilot
87	James Scales	Guardsman
88	Nigel Carrington	Warden
89	Ian Pirie	Corrections Officer
90	Lateef Lovejoy	Prisoner
91	Grahame Edwards	Prisoner
92	Roger Monk	Prisoner
93	Ronan Summers	Prisoner
94	Wai Wong	Hong Kong Detective
95	Michael Corey Foster	Honor Guard Leader
96	Hannah Gunn	Gordon's Daughter
97	Brandon Lambdin	Armoured Car SWAT