Michael Caine played Batman's butler in the Dark Knight trilogy.
Alfred Pennyworth . Pennyworth is depicted as Bruce Wayne 's loyal and tireless butler , legal guardian , best friend , aide-de-camp , and surrogate father figure following the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne . Michael Caine . Caine played Nigel Powers in the 2002 parody Austin Powers in Goldmember , and Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan 's The Dark Knight Trilogy .