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Jason Clarke (born 17 July 1969) is an Australian actor. He has appeared in many TV series, and is known for playing Tommy Caffee on the television series Brotherhood. He has also appeared in many films, often as an antagonist. His film roles include Zero Dark Thirty (2012), White House Down (2013) The Devil All the Time (2020), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Terminator Genisys (2015), Everest (2015), All I See Is You (2016), Mudbound (2017), Chappaquiddick (2017), First Man (2018), Pet Sematary (2019), and Oppenheimer (2023). In 2022, he starred in the HBO sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty as former Los Angeles Lakers player turned coach Jerry West.
As with Joker, will be an origin story set outside the DCEU. Story follows Eddie Nashton (Aka Edward Nygma) as he struggles with his boss for a gaming company which he has issues with. Nygma creates the game The Riddle of the Minotaur for the company Competitron. The game makes the company millions yet Nygma feels he isn't getting the credit he deserves for creating the game and feels he should be the one with the all the money. His boss tells him "if you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" He's later fired from Competitron and that's the final straw for Nygma. He decides to exact revenge on his former boss, the company and the people he feels are neglecting him (the film intertwines between this and his not-so-good childhood). He dons the identity of a puzzle and clues obsessed vigilante called The Riddler.
