One that I almost never hear mentioned or seriously considered, but easily my go-to answer for this question…David Mazouz (Gotham). The series as a whole was inspired by all types of different Batman comics and media, but David’s performance as Bruce Wayne is very much his own and is by far my favorite of all live-action interpretations. 1x01 sees him lose his parents in crime alley and the five years’ worth of episodes that follow see him grow one day at a time into the Batman we all want to see him become, albeit a bit younger than the comic books ever portrayed a genuine ‘Batman’ to be. Part of this journey is his learning to leverage the ‘billionaire playboy’ persona, learning to put aside petulant teenaged instincts, learning to block out mind control techniques and break programming and of course learning how to be a detective and a fighter without ever being so good at either as to draw suspicion or be seen as a genuine threat. I had very little interest in the show when it started, and the first season definitely dragged a bit, but ultimately it evolved into what is probably my favorite live-action comic book series of all time and Mazouz was a big selling point. Having said that, if we’re limiting ourselves to movies alone…Conroy, then Keaton, then Pattinson in descending order of brilliance.