Narrator
Choose your voice
Audio Volume
Image Generator
Publisher: DC Comics
Bane is a supervillain who possesses a mix of brute strength and exceptional intelligence. He is often credited as the only villain to have "broken the bat", defeating him both physically and mentally. Bane is a son of another of Batman's enemies, King Snake. He has been portrayed by Robert Swenson in the 1997 film Batman & Robin, Tom Hardy in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises, and Shane West in the final season of the FOX television series Gotham.