Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham) Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham) Oswald Cobblepot, known as The Penguin, is a fictional character who appears as one of the primary antagonists on the Fox TV series Gotham. He is portrayed by American actor Robin Lord Taylor and is based on the character of the same name, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, that appears as one of Batman's greatest foes. He has been considered the show's breakout character. "Gotham" marks the second time that The Penguin was portrayed on live television, with the first being in the 1960s "Batman" series in which Burgess Meredith played him. In taking on
The Lurker at the Threshold to the fictional book "Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in No Humane Shape", Misquamacus teaches "Sorceries" to Richard Billington and imprisons Ossadagowah, a spawn of Tsathoggua, in a ring of stones. The same character later reappears in the early 19th century as Quamis, a servant of Alijah Billington and the guardian of his son Laban. Quamis, described as a Narragansett Indian, is a worshipper of Nyarlathotep. The character Misquamacus is also the villain of the 1976 novel "The Manitou" (which was made into a film starring Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Burgess Meredith and Michael Ansara in 1978),