18 TV/Movie Clowns All the World Loves (Or, Maybe Not...)

It's National Clown Week! Some make you laugh; others are Insane, Killer, or just plain Krusty. Click through this list of famous pop-culture face-painters and vote on whether you're always happy to see them -- or if they seriously creep you out

By Marc Bernardin | Aug 05, 2008

Marc Bernardin

Actor | Authors | Directors | Producers | RolesClass | DVDs | Home Video Products | Media Products | Movies | Video | Batman | The Dark Knight | Individual | Heath Ledger | Jack Nicholson

THE JOKER
Played by Heath Ledger/Jack Nicholson
In The Dark Knight (2008)/ Batman (1989)

Two very different takes on the Clown Prince of Crime, Gotham City's bottomless pit of anarchy. Jack went for wacky, with sadistic undertones, while Heath took the Joker and turned him into a force of nature — unexplained, unpredictable, unleashed.

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