The Joker is unquestionably one of the greatest villains in the history of comic books. As Batman's arch-nemesis, he's been terrorizing Gotham City since his debut in 1940, with crimes ranging from bank robberies to an attempt to be the first man to commit murder on the moon, and all the way to widespread destruction that's left an entire city turned into grinning zombies hell-bent on destruction—and befitting a character that great, his popularity hasn't just been confined to comics.
Unfortunately, while the Joker's greatness has resulted in some genuinely great performances, the character's track record outside the comics hasn't exactly been spotless. With over a dozen major appearances in TV, movies, and video games, the the varied interpretations of the Clown Prince of Crime have cast a pretty wide net from amazing to terrible, and we've taken the time to rank them all from worst to best.