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today we're counting down the top five actors who have played Batman you know what I'm in a ranking mood we're gonna make this a top seven actors who played Batman number seven is George Clooney this wasn't Clooney's fault he plays a great tough guy check out from dusk till dawn the blame falls on director Joel Schumacher number six is Val Kilmer Kilmer was an okay departure from Michael Keaton's run as Batman wisey number six the blame falls on director Joel Schumacher now let's get to the top five at number five is Ben Affleck okay the movie is not even out yet but I'm ranking Ben Affleck higher on this list then both Clooney and Kilmer a flex delivery of lines as Batman and the Batman vs Superman trailers is way better than anything Kilmer or Clooney ever did as bad people will the movie be any good I don't know at number 4 is Adam West the 60s Batman series might have been really really hokey but West did his best to deliver some really goofy lines as seriously as possible sure the series reduced Batman to a joke but West managed to be less silly than George Clooney he did at number 3 is Michael Keaton Tim Burton's casting of Michael Keaton as Batman was controversial at the time how was Beetlejuice couldn't be the Batman and you know what he was really really good he might have been a better Bruce Wayne than Batman his Bruce Wayne is a tiny bit unhinged as he should be Wayne is a man who dresses as a bat and fights crime he is unhinged at number 2 Christian Bale this guy can act he was an excellent Bruce Wayne it was an excellent Batman was his gruff bat voice a little over the top sure but again this is a man who dresses as a giant bat when Bale was Batman all you saw was Batman Bale and the Bruce Wayne character disappeared he's a tough act to follow and the number one actor to play Batman is Kevin Conroy you might not know his name or his face but you know his voice Kevin Conroy is the voice of Batman and animated shows like batman the animated series Justice League and others Conroy says the people behind Batman the Animated Series auditioned over 500 people before he gave it a try it was also Conroy's idea to use two distinct voices for Bruce Wayne and Batman because since Bruce Wayne is so rich and famous people would recognize his and so the kevin conroy legend grows don't agree with this video let me know in the comments or argue with me on twitter i'm matt is I'm always up for some verbal fisticuffs for more top 5s visit top-5 cnet.com