I recently started playing Batman: Arkham Asylum which features an awesome version of The Joker voiced by Mark Hamill. It got me thinking about who has “played” The Joker and which ones are my favorite. My only question is, is he The Joker or just Joker?

Mark Hamill (Batman:Arkham Asylum) – Most people don’t think of The Joker when they hear Mark Hamill’s name, but instead picture Luke Skywalker. Mark has had a very extensive career doing voices.

As a voice actor, Mark has done the voice of The Joker for thirteen different shows and at least on video game. His career as The Joker started in 1993 with Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and his most recent role being the video game Batman: Arkham Asylum.

The following is a list of Hamill’s Joker roles. Unless noted, they are animated:
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Batman
Superman
The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest
The New Batman Adventures
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Batman: Vengeance – video game
Static Shock
Birds of Prey – live action
Batman: New Times
Justice League
Robot Chicken
Batman: Arkham Asylum – video game

Mark Hamill has also done voices on two Batman cartoon series in which he did not do the voice of Joker. (more…)