Sure, he might lack the iconic 'tache from the comics, but Gotham's Gordon is as convincing as any other.
The actor had a tough act to follow, with Gary Oldman's pitch-perfect portrayal of Gotham's venerable police commissioner still fresh in the minds of audiences everywhere, but he's still serviceable in the role.
Unlike the Gordon of Nolan's films - whose main strength drew from the nuances of Oldman's performance - Gotham's version succeeds because the city truly changes him. The serialised format afforded to the series has allowed the showrunners to depict a stark transition for the lieutenant, with the boy-scout of the first season having been replaced by a tired, altogether more cynical antihero by the time the third season started airing.
McKenzie's done really well to convey that transformation convincingly, and has in part been aided by his equally talented co-stars. Morena Baccarin shines as Leslie Thompkins, and the two together possess an infallible onscreen chemistry. Just a shame Barbara keeps on getting in the way...
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
