CHERNOBYL star Alex Ferns has landed a major role in the new Batman movie, we can reveal.

After a stellar 2019 for the actor in which he landed a Bafta for his role as miners’ leader Glukhov, Warner Bros supremos signed him up for the superhero caper.

4 Alex Ferns - who won a Scottish Bafta for his role in Chernobyl - will star in the next Batman film Credit: PA:Press Association

4 Ferns was hailed for playing miner leader Andrei Glukhov in the hit HBO show

Starring Robert Pattinson as Batman and Colin Farrell as the Penguin, the 51-year-old former Eastenders baddie joins a long line of A-Listers in the flick which will be released next year.

Alex from Lennoxtown, Dunbartonshire, revealed last year that he felt his own career was in danger of going into meltdown before Chernobyl.

He went from playing EastEnders wife-beater Trevor to almost 20 years without a major role.

4 Robert Pattinson will take on the lead role in the upcoming flick Credit: PA:Press Association

4 He follows Ben Affleck - who played the Caped Crusader in Batman V Superman Credit: Alamy

And his last long-running job was as Shieldinch scumbag Rick Harper in River City in 2018.

But getting a big part in what is likely to be the biggest film of 2021 shows how highly rated he is.

A movie insider said: “Alex was tremendous in Chernobyl and he’s one of the best actors out there.

“It should come as no surprise that he’s starting to land some major roles in major movies.

“The Batman will be the talk of Tinseltown and Alex deserves to be thrust into that conversation.



“Anybody who knows him will tell you this kind of role is well deserved and a long time coming.”

Last November, Ferns won a Scottish Bafta for his role as miner leader Andrei Glukhov in the hit HBO series.

Most read in Showbiz CAR SWASH Joe Swash surprises Stacey Solomon with epic £50,000 campervan for the family Exclusive MEL'S HELL 'Cheating' nanny helps Mel B's ex buy £1m pad while Spice Girl lives in bungalow 'FOOTBALL IS ME' Alex Scott hits out at trolls with poem about racism after QoS backlash 'FLOODS OF TEARS' Nick Knowles pays tribute to DIY SOS star who died after episode aired Exclusive PHIL HER BOOTS Phil Schofield to share £9m fortune with wife to avoid bitter split like Ant Exclusive I'M O'KAY Peter Kay went to Irish bolthole to get his smile back after cancelling £40m tour

He dedicated his best television actor gong to the victims of the nuclear accident.

And he told how he refused to be upstaged by a co-star's bigger willy in the miners' naked scene.

When it came to the moment of stripping off, he saw his nude pal "swinging away" - and banished him to the back of the shot.

Emmy Awards 2019 nominations filled with British shows and talent

We pay for your stories and videos! Do you have a story or video for The Scottish Sun? Email us at scoop@thesun.co.uk or call 0141 420 5300