Tom Hardy portrayed Batman in The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
He has appeared in three Christopher Nolan films : the science fiction thriller Inception -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , portrayed Bane in the superhero film The Dark Knight Rises -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , and the action-thriller Dunkirk -LRB- 2017 -RRB- based on the British evacuation in World War II .	Christopher Nolan	Christopher Nolan	Inception	Inception	Bane	Bane (comics)	The Dark Knight Rises	The Dark Knight Rises	Dunkirk	Dunkirk (2017 film)
Christian Bale reprises the lead role of Bruce Wayne/Batman , with a returning cast of allies : Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth , Gary Oldman as James Gordon , and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox .	Christian Bale	Christian Bale	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Gary Oldman	Gary Oldman	Morgan Freeman	Morgan Freeman	Batman	Batman	Alfred Pennyworth	Alfred Pennyworth	James Gordon	James Gordon (comics)	Lucius Fox	Lucius Fox
