Ra's al Ghul was a mentor and trainer to Bruce Wayne under the name Henri Ducard and recruited him into the League of Shadows to destroy Gotham City. Bruce defied the organization, dismantled his allies in the Gotham Underworld, and put a stop to Ra's himself. Ra's was the father of Bruce's later romantic interest and foe, Talia al Ghul. He was portrayed by Liam Neeson in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Rises as an older man, and by Josh Pence as a younger man in The Dark Knight Rises.