The Batman: Every Character Ranked From Worst To Best

11. Commissioner Pete Savage

Commissioner Pete Savage (Alex Ferns) doesn't have a massive part in the film, but it is an important one for a couple of reasons.

For starters, he's basically this universe's version of Commissioner Loeb, the corrupt commissioner who precedes Jim Gordon in most iterations of Batman, and who is typically either killed or ousted, making way for Gordon to take up the mantle.

Early on we see him chewing out Lieutenant Gordon (Jeffrey Wright) for letting Batman (Robert Pattinson) access the scene of Gotham mayor Don Mitchell Jr.'s (Rupert Penry-Jones) murder, and a few scenes later Savage gets his own comeuppance at the hands of the Riddler (Paul Dano).

As it turns out, Savage is on mobster Carmine Falcone's (John Turturro) payroll and was part of the drug bust staged to bring down Falcone's rival Sal Maroni.

The Riddler makes him pay the price for his corruption by injecting him with arsenic (rat poison) and fitting a rat trap around his neck, leading to his brutal off-screen demise.

Again, Savage is a relatively minor character all things considered, but veteran character actor Alex Ferns carries himself with a piercing, unnerving quality that makes him memorable within just a few brief scenes.