Batman OnStar commercials the villain," which had apparently been missed. The actor portraying Batman in the OnStar spots is Bruce Thomas, Curtis Armstrong portrays The Joker in one of the ads, Vicki Vale is played by Brooke Burns, and The Riddler is played by Brian Stepanek in one of the ads. Michael Gough, who portrays Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, in the "Batman" films directed by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher, reprises his role in the OnStar ads. The voice of OnStar Representative, Karen Boyd, is that of Joanna Rubiner. OnStar began a $50 million ad campaign in February 2000, although it is
Batman: The Animated Series actively involved in the management of Wayne Enterprises, without jeopardizing his secret identity. For example: in the episode "Eternal Youth", Bruce is shown angrily ordering one of his directors to cancel a deal with a timber company in the Amazon rainforest that had been made behind his back, threatening him with termination upon failure to comply. Kevin Conroy used different voices to distinguish between his portrayal of Bruce Wayne and Batman, a tactic used previously by Michael Keaton in Tim Burton's live-action films. Conroy based his dual-voice performance on the 1934 film adaptation of "The Scarlet Pimpernel". The series also