Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska
Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska are characters and antagonists in the Fox television series Gotham. They are identical twin brothers portrayed by Cameron Monaghan. The series is a crime drama developed by Bruno Heller based on the Batman mythos in comic books published by DC Comics.
| Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska | |
|---|---|
| Gotham characters | |
Cameron Monaghan as Jerome (left) and Jeremiah (right) on Gotham | |
| First appearance | Jerome: "The Blind Fortune Teller" February 16, 2015 Jeremiah: "Mandatory Brunch Meeting" April 5, 2018 |
| Last appearance | Jerome: "That Old Corpse" May 3, 2018 Jeremiah: "The Beginning..." April 25, 2019 |
| Created by | Bruno Heller |
| Portrayed by | Cameron Monaghan |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Criminal (both) |
| Family | Lila Valeska (mother; deceased) Paul Cicero (father; deceased) Zachary Trumble (uncle; deceased) |
| Nationality | American |
Each twin adapts different characteristics of the DC Comics supervillain the Joker. Jerome is depicted as a psychotic nihilist who spreads chaos in Gotham City until his eventual death, while Jeremiah is a cunning psychopath obsessed with tormenting Bruce Wayne. In the series finale set ten years after Jeremiah's first appearance, Jeremiah is reinvented and becomes a figurative amalgamation of both Valeska twins over the course of the show.
The virtual DC FanDome event in 2020 included Jeremiah Valeska in the documentary Joker: Put on a Happy Face among the various iterations of the eponymous character adapted for film and television, confirming that Jeremiah served as Gotham's version of the Joker.