Fox's Batman Prequel Gotham Taps Donal Logue as Gordon's Mentor

Sons of Anarchyalum Donal Logue has joined the cast of Fox's Batman prequel Gotham, TVGuide.com has learned.

The drama pilot, which has a series commitment at Fox, explores the origin stories of Detective James Gordon (Benjamin McKenzie), who will go on to be Gotham's future commissioner and Batman ally, and his battle with the villains who made the city famous.

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The actor will play Gordon's partner and mentor, the rough-around-the-edges Detective Harvey Bullock, who plays loose with police procedure. Still, he gets results and does it with old-school, forceful panache.

Logue — whose credits also include Terriers, Vikingsand Life— joins the previously cast Sean Pertwee as Alfred, Robin Lord Taylor as the Penguin, Erin Richards as Gordon's fiancée Barbara Keen and Zabryna Guevara as Gordon's boss, Captain Essen.

Mentalist creator Bruno Heller will write and executive-produce Gotham with Nikita's Danny Cannon.

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