The Joker, or simply known as Joker, is the main antagonist of the 2004-2008 animated superhero television series The Batman and one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside The Penguin) of its 2005 direct-to-video tie-in film The Batman vs. Dracula.
As with all other interpretations of the character, he is a maniacal supervillain who terrorizes Gotham and is the arch-nemesis of Batman.
He was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, who also voiced Goro in Mortal Kombat, Shredder in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, Trigon in Teen Titans, Trigon's 2013 incarnation in Teen Titans Go!, Carlton Duquesne in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, Ian the Gator in The Princess and the Frog, Black Samurai in Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword, and Deebo in Friday: The Animated Series.