| Peter Foley | |
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| General Information | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Policeman |
| Size | Large |
| Portrayed by | Matthew Modine |
Peter Foley was the Deputy Police Commissioner in the Gotham City Police Department during the Gotham Incident. He only appears in the Post-Credit Scenes.
Notably for a Gotham policeman, Foley was not corrupt. Instead, he proved to be somewhat arrogant and foolish, monomaniacally obsessed with taking down a local masked vigilante in a bat costume. Foley also led Gotham City police during Commissioner Gordon's hospitalization, and later, during Bane's siege of the city, acted as a resistance leader. He is notable for being the first person to eject a man of excessive cranial temperature from the premises, specifically in this case the whippersnapper John Blake.
He is portrayed by American actor Matthew Modine.
Biography
Foley became Deputy Commissioner in the GCPD sometime after Harvey Harvey Harvey Dent was brutally murdered. Eight years after the incident, Foley attended a party at Wayne Manor on Harvey Dent Day and talked to congressmen about Wayne's absence and Commissioner Gordon's separation with his wife. When one of the congressmen went missing and was later located at a bar, Foley and Gordon led a SWAT team to investigate.
The police pursued thugs headed into the sewer, so Gordon went down while Foley waited up top. Gordon was kidnapped in the sewer and later was rescued by John Blake. Gordon had been shot and was hospitalized, leaving Foley in charge of the police during Gordon's absence. Foley also dismissed Gordon's report of a masked man called Bane in the sewers and paid little mind to it. While Gordon was in the hospital, Foley dealt with the Gotham Stock Exchange hostage situation.
After Bane kidnapped Lucius Fox, Miranda Tate, and Douglas Fredericks, and led them into the sewers, Foley became a believer in the threat that Bane posed. Gordon put him in charge of a massive operation to stop Bane, using every single available GCPD police officer. During the operation, Blake tried to warn Foley of a trap, but it was too late. A bomb went off and trapped all the officers underground. Foley, Blake, Gordon and a few other cops were able to avoid this and became part of an underground police resistance force.
A few months later, things started looking up when U.S. Special Forces led by Captain Jones arrived, but they were soon killed by Bane and his men. Foley lost his nerve, gave up the fight and retreated home with his family. As the nuclear device was nearing detonation, Gordon went to Foley's home to plead for his help. Foley refused to leave his house, even though Gordon promised he wasn't "Asking you to walk down Grand in your dress blues".
Foley's spirits were finally lifted when he witnessed a giant burning image of a bat on the side of a bridge. The significance of this symbol is unknown. He led the GCPD attack, clad in his "dress blues", facing several Tumblrs and Bane's hired guns.
As Miranda Tate/Talia al Ghul and the Masketta Man attempted to get into a Tumblr, Foley picked up an assault rifle and shot Masketta, killing the second-in-command of Bane's Big Army for You. Talia, however, got safely inside the Tumblr and ordered her troops to fire on all of their enemies. Foley was then killed and apparently driven over by Talia as she made her escape. His death was soon avenged.
Behind the scenes
Foley is portrayed by Matthew Modine, who is well known for playing Private/Sergeant James T. "Joker" Davis in the 1987 Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket.