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The Dark Knight Rises is the third movie in director Christopher Nolan's Batman film series. It is intended to be the conclusion of the series. Following the death of DA Harvey Dent, Batman takes responsibility for Dent's crimes as Two Face in order to protect Dent's "White Knight" reputation. As a result, Batman is subsequently hunted by Gotham's Finest. Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight (2008), Batman returns to Gotham where he must discover the truth regarding the mysterious and sexy Selina Kyle, while stopping the villain Bane's plans to destroy Gotham.

• Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, billionaire socialite playboy by day, crime fighter dedicated to protecting Gotham City from the criminal underworld at night. Nolan has stated that, due to the eight-year gap between TDK and TDKR, "he's an older Bruce Wayne; he's not in a great state." Bale has stated that The Dark Knight Rises will be his last portrayal of Batman.
• Tom Hardy as Bane. Hardy stated that he wanted to portray Bane as "more menacing" than in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin film from 1997. Hardy gained 30 pounds of muscle for the role. Costume designer Lindy Hemming explained that Bane wears a mask that supplies him with an analgesic gas to relieve pain he suffers from an injury sustained "early in his story." Hardy describes Bane's fighting style as "Brutal. Brutal. He's a big dude who's incredibly clinical, in the fact that he has a result-based and oriented fighting style. It's not about fighting. It's about carnage. The style is heavy-handed, heavy-footed, it's nasty. Anything from small-joint manipulation to crushing skulls, crushing rib cages, stamping on shins and knees and necks and collarbones and snapping heads off and tearing his fists through chests, ripping out spinal columns. He is a terrorist in mentality as well as brutal action."
• Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle, appears as an associate of Bane. Hathaway said her role as Catwoman was the most physically demanding yet, especially fitting into Catwoman's leather costume. To prepare for her role, Hathaway worked out rigorously five days a week as well as stunt training and an hour and a half of dance each day. Hathaway said, "I've always thought that skinny was the goal, but with this job I also have to be strong." Aside from her physical demands, Hathaway comments on her suit being used for her character: "It’s disappointing. I think everyone feels a slight frustration with it because those stills so undercut the work that’s being done...They've given me a martial arts exercise that I have to do all the time to teach me grace and proper stance and fluid movement. It looks so gentle, but when you're actually doing fight choreography it's 'Oh my gosh, that's actually a block. Oh, I'm hitting somebody's throat right now."
• Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce's trusted butler and confidant, inherited from Bruce's parents. Alfred has acted as a father figure to Bruce, and continues to aid Bruce on his missions as well as supplying him with useful advice.
• Gary Oldman as Commissioner James Gordon. One of the city's few honest police officers. Oldman described his character: "He's a little reminiscent of the Gordon you see in 'Batman Begins.' They've tidied up the city, but there's still work to be done. He's very world-weary."
• Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, who runs Wayne Enterprises on behalf of Bruce Wayne and serves as his armorer, providing him with high-tech equipment.
• Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate, "a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume his father's philanthropic endeavors for Gotham." Cotillard has denied geek speculation that she is playing a dual role as Talia al Ghul, Ra's al Ghul's daughter, stating that her character is a completely original creation... we think she lies. LIES like a dog!
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake, "a Gotham City beat cop assigned to suer secret special duty under the command of Commissioner Gordon."
• Josh Pence and Liam Neeson as Ra's al Ghul, with Pence playing a young Ra's al Ghul thirty years before Batman Begins and Liam Neeson reprising his Batman Begins role in a cameo appearance.
• Aaron Eckhart will not be returning since Harvey Dent, is dead.
• Cillian Murphy, who portrayed the villain Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow in the preceding films, was reportedly sighted on set during filming.

Several Pittsburgh Steelers will make cameo appearances as members of the fictional Gotham Rogues football team in the film, including Ben Roethlisberger, Willie Colon, Hines Ward, Troy Polamalu, Heath Miller, Maurkice Pouncey, Mike Wallace, Aaron Smith, Ryan Clark, James Farrior, LaMarr Woodley, and Casey Hampton, and former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher as the head coach of the Rogues. Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl appears as a kicker for the Rogues' opponents, the Rapid City Monuments.