Harvey Dent (1989 film series character)
Harvey Dent, later known as Two-Face, is a fictional character from the superhero films Batman (1989) and Batman Forever (1995), adapted from the DC Comics supervillain of the same name. In the first film, Harvey (played by Billy Dee Williams) is introduced as the newly elected district attorney of Gotham City, who vows to lock up crime boss Carl Grissom. By the end of the film, he becomes an ally of Batman and Commissioner Gordon in their war on crime. However, at least two years before the events of Batman Forever, Harvey is hideously scarred on the left side of his face after mob boss Sal Maroni throws acidic chemicals at him during a court trial. He subsequently goes insane and becomes the criminal "Two-Face", who is obsessed with the number two and the concept of duality and uses a two-headed coin which was also damaged on one side by the acid to make decisions. During the film, Two-Face (portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones) allies with the Riddler to learn Batman's secret identity and exact revenge on him for failing to save him. While this version of Two-Face is a much more faithful adaptation of the comic book character than most other villains from the 1990s Batman film series, he is depicted as more comedic rather than threatening, and is responsible for the death of Dick Grayson's family and his subsequent transformation into Robin (a role which is filled by mob boss Tony Zucco in the comics). Although Batman Forever received mixed reviews, Jones' portrayal of Two-Face was one of the few elements that were praised. This version of Two-Face returned in a comic book series titled Batman '89, which continued the stories of the first two Batman films directed by Tim Burton while retconning Batman Forever and its 1997 sequel, Batman & Robin. As such, the character of Two-Face was reimagined, and remodeled to resemble Billy Dee Williams, as in The Lego Batman Movie (2017). The comic book was launched by DC in August 2021. (Wikipedia).
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