Exclusive: Nick Creegan talks about playing first Black Joker on Batmwoman series
Currently airing on The CW is season 3 of BATWOMAN, starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson, Victoria Cartagena, Robin Givens, and Nick Creegan.
In season three of “Batwoman,” Ryan Wilder (Javicia Leslie) has shed her parole for the Batsuit and her van for the Batcave to carry out the legacy of Batwoman and protect Gotham’s underserved communities. Her journey continues as she and the Bat Team focus on finding Batman’s scattered trophies, a collection of objects seized from Gotham’s most infamous villains, before they land in pernicious hands. Meanwhile, Ryan personally struggles with the bombshell dropped by Alice (Rachel Skarsten) - that her birth mother is still alive.
Alice is locked up in Arkham and holding on to hope that her father, a recently incarcerated Jacob Kane, will save her…but nothing can keep an evil woman down. Mary (Nicole Kang) is graduating from medical school and finding difficulty juggling her roles as a full-fledged MD at her clinic and as a vital part of the Bat Team. At the same time, Luke (Camrus Johnson) is winging it as a superhero after discovering a suit made for him by his father, but he soon realizes it takes more than a suit to be super. Having said goodbye to Kate and the Crows, Sophie (Meagan Tandy) feels free to find a new purpose, but while making the most of her newly liberated lifestyle, she finds herself in the middle of an exciting but very unexpected love triangle.
As visits from villains past loom over Gotham and anyone can become a baddie by finding a wayward Bat trophy, Renee Montoya (Victoria Cartagena) steps in to supervise recovery of the scattered artifacts, forcing an unwelcome partnership between Gotham’s favorite hero and most notorious ne’er-do-well. And despite best efforts to avoid her newly uncovered past, Ryan is thrust into the world of super mogul Jada Jet (Robin Givens) and her son Marquis (Nick Creegan) when Wayne Enterprises lands on the radar of another one of Gotham’s most powerful families.
Creegan plays Marquis Jet, who will be corrupted into a unique twist on DC Universe’s infamous ‘Joker’ villain. Upon the season’s return on January 12, 2022, Creegan will be the first Black actor to portray the ‘Joker’ character.
Most recently, Creegan starred in A BALCONY IN BROOKLYN, the short film he co-created during the COVID pandemic’s nationwide quarantine. The short takes a dystopian look at New York City's underground culture in the height of quarantine through the eyes of a roommate pair, ‘Nick’ and ‘Glad.’
Previously, he played the recurring role of ‘Richard "Richie" Wheatley, Jr.’, son of the Mafia-tied businessman played by Dylan McDermott, in the first season of NBC’s hit spin-off LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME from the long-running LAW & ORDER series franchise.
Creegan broke into the industry as ‘Desmond’ in Season 1 of the OWN drama series DAVID MAKES MAN from Oscar-winning MOONLIGHT co-writer Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Creegan about playing Marquis and being seen as the first Black Joker.