From the not always clear past, Joker is portrayed on the big screen as a sadistic psychopath, but of great charisma. He is also a man with knowledge (chemical, computer, to name just a few) which is out of the ordinary. A creative and crazy man, the Joker represents absolute evil in cinema, the genius who is fighting to bring darkness instead of light into the world. This kind of character, however hateful, can only have a certain charm.
The Joker has always represented one of the characters coming from a comic book that is able to intrigue even those who have never been especially fond of the subject. This is because the character has become so deeply rooted in mass pop culture that he is immediately recognizable by anyone, as proven by the fact that, statistically, the vast majority of audiences who visited the theaters to watch Suicide Squad went to enjoy Jared Leto’s interpretation.
However, the Joker has had many faces over the years, and not just on paper, but also in movies and TV series. Therefore, this begs the question: what are the best versions of the character? We are going to explore in this ranking all the audiovisual interpretations of the Joker, to decide which one has been the most convincing. We remind you that, as always, like every ranking, this is strictly personal and we invite you to share yours in the comments section.
Well, let’s face it: Mark Hamill has been always known by the public for two roles in particular, that of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars saga and for being the voice of the Joker both in the Batman animated series of the ’90s created by Paul Dini and in other products about the Batman, such as the Batman Arkham videogame series or the animated film based on The Killing Joke.
Despite never having put his face on it, Hamill is by all rights one of the best interpreters of this character, partly thanks to an extraordinary voice that has always highlighted the madness, but also the extreme danger, beginning with the animated series, in which he was definitely more unwarlike than what you can expect from a character in a series for children and young people.
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The maturity of Hamill’s Joker took place especially in the Batman Arkham saga, where the actor had the opportunity to indulge himself, rendering the character even more insane and cruel than he was permitted to be in the past, reaching incredible peaks of ability.
