The Dark Knight Rises Adds Brett Cullen and Chris Ellis

Brett Cullen and Chris Ellis join The Dark Knight Rises
Brett Cullen and Chris Ellis join The Dark Knight Rises
Christopher Nolan has added veteran character actors Brett Cullen and Chris Ellis to round out the ensemble cast of The Dark Knight Rises for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.

Brett Cullen will play a judge, while Chris Ellis will play a priest.

The duo joins Matthew Modine, Tom Conti, Joey King, Daniel Sunjata, Diego Klattenhoff and Burn Gorman as newcomers to the superhero franchise.

The Dark Knight Rises comes to theaters July 20th, 2012 and stars Liam Neeson, Tom Hardy, Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Aidan Gillen, Marion Cotillard. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (39)

  1. zeus

    @brandon olsen, thats one guy, but thanks for comment!!

    1 year agoby @zeusFlag

  2. Brandon Olson

    @zeus Will Smith

    1 year agoby @Brandon-OlsonFlag

  3. zeus

    @superman81, yes, but Daniel Sunjata isnt black. Anyway, doesnt really matter, i just wish black actors had more roles in these big budget movies. Obama is President, cant we have the same effect in hollywood.

    1 year agoby @zeusFlag

  4. Salem6777

    this movie will be epic!

    1 year agoby @Salem6777Flag

  5. skywise

    wowow this cas just keep getting better and better. I hope they dont go overboard with too many characters in the spotlight

    1 year agoby @skywiseFlag

  6. Pjwolsker

    i dont give a f*ck. just tell us the plot so we know what its about!!

    1 year agoby @pjwolskerFlag

  7. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    @dan1 Great. I'm a happy camper

    1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  8. Dan

    @bawnian-dexeus Yeah he's coming back :)

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

  9. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    That's gotta be one sweet script Nolan has with all this characters line up. Is Carbonella rturningas Mayor or was there a re election?

    1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  10. Dan

    @incmob LOL. We seriously need to buy that book for some people around here.

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

  11. incmob

    @ejk1 lol... too true. well i have a lot of people on my xmas list this year from the movieweb forums... and they are getting "film making: for dummies"... havent read it myself but heard chapter 4 is titled "Hire actors". those that dont want it... are getting fruit cakes.

    1 year agoby @incmobFlag

  12. Dan

    @ejk1 You can't stop the ignorant masses.

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

  13. ejk1

    @incmob @dan1 You know what's hilarious? Even after you tell some of these people about the need to fill out the cast, they will still talk about how bloated the movie is becoming.

    1 year agoby @ejk1Flag

  14. Dan

    @incmob Yeah you will. Give it time, my friend :)

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

  15. incmob

    @dan1 LOL, thanks my friend, it amazes me how many on movieweb love movies but still cant understand the basics of filmaking... no offense to any of those with input though... btw... never going to get used to not putting @supes on here... just saying :)

    1 year agoby @incmobFlag

  16. Cheetoboy

    Wow, more damn people as usual.

    1 year agoby @cheetoboyFlag

  17. Dan

    @incmob Thank you for bringing some reason into this discussion. You'd think that'd be glaringly obvious, but it's not apparantly.

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

  18. CaptainRumi

    Goodwin Stanhope in the TDKR? Hell yeah.

    1 year agoby @captainrumiFlag

  19. J.P.

    @zender There were a bunch of people in The Dark Knight.

    1 year agoby @jptheredskullFlag

  20. incmob

    I think all of you are forgetting that this is a movie... and it is not about JUST batman and alfred there are many supporting characters as well. movieweb announces every little and big actor that is going to be in the film, however, we saw how big a part michael anthony hall played in TDK, and i also remember them releasing that information and i thought his part would be bigger but it was brief... so just because there are a lot of actors, doesnt mean the story is going to revolve around them, i would much rather see actors play bit parts any day then having nolan hire extras from a temp agency

    1 year agoby @incmobFlag

  21. joekerr2e

    Starting to wonder if Nolan is stacking this movie so the Academy and voting members can't deny him the Director/Picture awards. Or, could be all these people need a little extra money for the upcoming holiday season... your pick.

    1 year agoby @joekerr2eFlag

  22. Superman81

    @zeus last I checked Morgan freeman is black. And Daniel sunjata isn't white. So its not all white cast

    1 year agoby @superman81Flag

  23. Mka47

    can't make a movie with only 8 cast members. come on, that's day one sh*t moviewebers

    1 year agoby @mka47Flag

  24. SonOfOne41

    Alot of people? Or a "league" of people. i.e. league of shadows

    1 year agoby @SonOfOne41Flag

  25. Ryan Moran

    the 2nd guy was an *sshole in the replacements

    1 year agoby @nightwing18Flag

  26. CUPID

    Whatever.

    1 year agoby @cupidFlag

  27. Major Tom

    Hey, can I be in TDKR, too? I mean, they've added so many people already...

    1 year agoby @movie-nutFlag