SOUTHLAND Star Ben McKenzie Set to Play James Gordon on GOTHAM Series

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Going up the corporate ladder, Southland star Ben McKenzie has been signed to play young Commissioner James Gordon in Fox' Gotham series. The TV show will obviously be an origins story, unless they hire an older actor to portray Gordon as a Commissioner, but that was never the network's plan.



Find out more on Gotham's story below:

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Gotham is described as an origin tale centering on DC Comics fixture Commissioner James Gordon and the villains that made Gotham famous.

The Warner Bros. Television drama pilot, which has series commitment attached, is being written and executive produced by The Mentalist showrunner Bruno Heller. Danny Cannon (CSI, Nikita) will direct and executive produce the pilot.

Gotham's Gordon is a rookie detective for Gotham City Open Police Department's Homicide Squad. A college football star,
and a war hero, Gordon was fast-tracked through the GCPD
ranks. He's brave, energetic and honest. Driven to live up to the classical virtues of a father he barely knew, he's an idealistic soul, to the point of naiveté. That virtue is tempered by analytical intelligence and an ambitious alpha male ego -- he'll back up his naive ideals with action.

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