Batman depicted in both film and television by Lewis Wilson, Robert Lowery, Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck, and Dante Pereira-Olson. In early 1939, the success of Superman in "Action Comics" prompted editors at National Comics Publications (the future DC Comics) to request more superheroes for its titles. In response, Bob Kane created "the Bat-Man". Collaborator Bill Finger recalled that "Kane had an idea for a character called 'Batman,' and he'd like me to see the drawings. I went over to Kane's, and he had drawn a character who looked very much like Superman with
George Clooney filmography Empire Award and Satellite Award nominations. In 2001, he teamed up again with Soderbergh for the star-studded caper film "Ocean's Eleven", alongside Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and many others. The film was followed by two sequels starring Clooney, "Ocean's Twelve" in 2004 and "Ocean's Thirteen" in 2007. He has also appeared in "Solaris" (2002), "Welcome To Collinwood" (2002), "Intolerable Cruelty" (2003), "Syriana" (2005), for which he was rewarded with a Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, "The Good German" (2006), "Michael Clayton" (2007), "Burn After Reading" (2008), "Up in the Air" (2009), for the latter earning an Academy Award nomination.