The first official picture of Ben McKenzie as Detective James Gordon in Gotham has been released.

McKenzie leads the upcoming Fox series, which is set in the Batman universe and will explore the origins of the franchise's rogues gallery.

The actor revealed the promotional image of himself as James Gordon on Twitter today (March 26).

Gotham will explore the future Commissioner Gordon's first years on the Gotham police force with his loose cannon partner Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue).

Fox previously released exclusive pictures of Robin Lord Taylor as The Penguin, Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle (Catwoman) and David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne.

There have also been images released featuring Logue as Harvey Bullock and Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth.

Gotham is being developed by The Mentalist's Bruno Heller for the 2014-2015 season.

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