William Roache is a British actor listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest-serving male television star in a continuous role. Roache has played Ken Barlow in the ITV soap Coronation Street since its very first episode in 1960.
Before he was the butler of the Waynes, Alfred was an MI5 agent. When he's put on a task to prevent a crime boss from killing Thomas Wayne, Alfred goes down the very path that would lead him to become the iconic butler.