THEN AND NOW: 'The Dark Knight' cast 15 years later

Bale went from playing the Caped Crusader to winning best supporting actor in 2011's "The Fighter." He's since been nominated three more times for an Academy Award for roles in 2014's "American Hustle," 2016's "The Big Short," and 2019's "Vice."

Known for bulking up and losing weight over the years for roles, Bale lost 70 pounds to go from playing Dick Cheney in "Vice" to racecar driver Ken Hill in 2020's excellent "Ford v Ferrari."

In 2022, Bale went from DC hero to Marvel villain in "Thor: Love and Thunder" in an unrecognizable role as Gorr the God Butcher.

Ledger died in February 2008 of an accidental overdose before the film's premiere.

His performance led to the first comic-book movie nomination and win at the Oscars.

Following the film's exclusion from the best picture nods, the Academy Awards expanded the category to include up to 10 nominees.

Oldman said he was thrilled to play the famous commissioner in the franchise, describing him as "incorruptible, virtuous, strong, heroic, but understated."

After the WB franchise, Oldman was nominated for his first Academy Award, receiving a best actor nod for his role in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" at the 2012 Oscars.

It was his first of three Oscar nods. Oldman subsequently was nominated for, and won, the best actor Oscar in 2018 for his leading role in "Dark Hour" and was nominated a third time for best actor in "Mank" at the 2021 awards show. 

Oldman worked with Nolan again in 2023's "Oppenheimer," playing President Truman.

After starring in a rom-com with Jennifer Aniston and appearing in "The Rum Diary" with Johnny Depp, Eckhart led 2014's critically maligned "I, Frankenstein" as the titular monster. 

Eckart has also appeared in Gerard Butler's "Olympus Has Fallen" franchise, playing the President of the United States in two films.

More recently, the 55-year-old actor has appeared on TV, playing President Ford on Showtime's "The First Lady" and voiced a character on AMC+'s canceled adult animated series "Pantheon."

After taking over the role of assistant district attorney Rachel Dawes from Katie Holmes in "The Dark Knight" and getting kidnapped by the Joker, Gyllenhaal was nominated for best supporting actress at the 2010 Oscars for her role in "Crazy Heart."

Gyllenhaal has since starred in 2010's "Nanny McPhee" sequel, 2013's "White House Down," and TV show "The Deuce."

Recently, Gyllenhaal wrote and directed her first film, "The Lost Daughter," which received noms for best actress, best supporting actress, and best adapted screenplay at the 94th Oscars.

After playing the main villain in "Batman Begins," Murphy makes a brief appearance at the start of "The Dark Knight" as the Scarecrow.

The Irish actor originally auditioned to play the Caped Crusader, telling Marc Maron in July 2023 that he knew he was the "wrong" choice for the role when he put on Val Kilmer's Batsuit.

Murphy went on to star in "Peaky Blinders," reunited with Nolan in "Inception," and appeared in "A Quiet Place Part II" before Nolan approached the actor to star as the father of the atomic bomb in "Oppenheimer."

Dastmalchian's first role was in "The Dark Knight" as one of the Joker's henchmen who takes aim at the mayor.

Since then, the actor's appeared in "Prisoners," Marvel's "Ant-Man" franchise, DC's "The Flash" TV series as a villain, and "Blade Runner 2049."

In 2021, he played Polka-Dot Man in "The Suicide Squad," sharing a profound connection with the character. This summer, he starred in the adaptation of Stephen King's "The Boogeyman" and "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" in addition to reuniting with Nolan in "Oppenheimer."

Additionally a comic-book writer, Dastmalchian's horror comic "Count Crowley" debuted in 2019.

In the past decade and a half, Freeman has appeared in over 50 movies and TV shows, including "Now You See Me" and its sequel, "The Lego Movie," "Ted 2," "Madam Secretary," and the "Olympus Has Fallen" franchise along with "The Dark Knight" costar Aaron Eckhart.

In 2010, Freeman became the announcer for the CBS Evening News, and four years later, he turned his Mississippi ranch into a bee sanctuary in an effort to help save bees.

In 2018, Freeman was accused of harassment and "inappropriate comments" on film sets by multiple women. One of these women later told Essence her comments were taken out of context.

Caine appeared in Nolan's next films, including 2010's "Inception" and 2014's "Interstellar," 2017's "Dunkirk," and 2020's "Tenet." He also reunited with Freeman in the "Now You See Me" franchise.

In 2020, the actor told The Hindu he was surprised when Nolan asked him to play Alfred and said working on "The Dark Knight" trilogy was "one of the greatest things" he's done in his life.

Caine's set to star in an upcoming drama this fall called "The Great Escaper," which follows a World War II vet who breaks out of a nursing home to celebrate the 70th anniversary of D-Day in France.

Hall played reporter Mike Engel who was kidnapped by the Joker in the sequel.

Since "The Dark Knight," Hall appeared on ABC's "The Goldbergs" and, most recently, 2021's "Halloween Kills."

The "Lost" actor then starred as the sheriff and directed episodes of A&E's "Bates Motel."

He went on to make appearances in "The Good Wife," "Person of Interest," and "Ray Donovan."

His movies include "The Lone Ranger," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," and 2016's "Independence Day" sequel.

Recently, Fichtner appeared in the quietly-released 2023 film "Hypnotic," starring Ben Affleck, which bombed.