Richard "Dick" Grayson is the son of circus acrobats and the boyfriend of Barbara Gordon. After Barbara became a Blue Lantern, she made arrangements for Dick to replace her as Batman's partner.
The son of circus acrobasts. By 2012, Dick was in a relationship with Barbara Gordon. The relationship was problematic, as Barbara felt that this parents' circus took up too much of his time.
When she became a Blue Lantern, which required her to leave Earth, she sent Dick to Bruce Wayne, knowing that he needs someone like her.
In the comics, Dick Grayson is of Romani heritage. Based on the character design, the same might apply to the Smallville version.
In the Comics[]
Richard "Dick" Grayson was the original Robin. First appearing in Detective Comics #38 (April, 1940). Dick was the son of circus acrobats, who were murdered. The young Dick Grayson was taken in by Bruce Wayne (Batman) who trained him into becoming his sidekick and allowed the young boy to fight crime alongside him.
In the 1980's, DC decided to revamp the character. Dick gave up the Robin persona, which was assumed by Jason Todd, and became Nightwing. He moved to the city of Bludhaven, becoming a cop by day and costumed vigilante by night.
Other faces of Dick Grayson[]
Douglas Croft as Dick Grayson/Robin in Batman (1943)
Burt Ward as Dick Grayson/Robin in Batman (1966).
Casey Kasem as the voice of Dick Grayson/Robin in The Adventures of Batman (1969), which was repackaged from The Superman/Batman Hour (1968).
Casey Kasem as Dick Grayson/Robin in The New Scooby-Doo Movies episodes "The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair" and "The Caped Crusader Caper".
Casey Kasem as the voice of Dick Grayson/Robin in Super Friends (1975) and all future seasons from then to The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985-86).
Burt Ward as the voice of Dick Grayson/Robin in The New Adventures of Batman (1977).
Burt Ward as Dick Grayson/Robin in the Legend of the Super Heroes specials.
Loren Lester as the voice Dick Grayson/Robin in Batman: The Animated Series.
Chris O'Donnell as Dick Grayson/Robin in Schumacher Batman films (1995-1997).
Loren Lester as the voice Dick Grayson/Robin/Nightwing in The New Batman Adventures.
Jason Marsden as Young Burt Ward/Dick Grayson/Robin in the 2003 tv movie Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt.
Scott Menville as the voice of Dick Grayson/Robin in Teen Titans (2003).[1]
Evan Sabara as the voice of Dick Grayson/Robin in The Batman(2006-2008).
Jerry O'Connell as the voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing in The Batman episode "Artifacts" (2007)
Jeremy Shada as the voice of Young Dick Grayson/Robin in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Crawford Wilson as the voice of Older Dick Grayson/Robin/Nightwing in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Lex Lang as the voice of Dick Grayson/Batman in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Knights of Tomorrow!".
Jeff Bennett as the voice of Rubin in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!".
Grey Griffin as the voice of the Bat-Manga version of Dick Gryson/Robin in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!".
Jason Marsden as the voice of the Scooby Doo version Dick Grayson/Robin in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!".
Shane Haboucha as the voice of Dick Grayson/Robin in Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
Jesse McCartney as the voice of young Dick Grayson/Robin in Young Justice (2010).
Neil Patrick Harris as the voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing in Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
Jesse McCartney as the voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing in Young Justice (2011-).
Jesse McCartney as the voice of Dick Grayson/Robin in the video game Young Justice: Legacy.
Scott Menville as the voice of Dick Grayson/Robin in the cartoon series Teen Titans Go.
Troy Baker as the voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing in Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013)
Josh Keaton as the voice of Dick Grayson/Robin in Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)
Will Friedle as the voice of Dick Grayson in Lego DC Super Heroes films
Sean Maher as the voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing/Batman in DC Animated Movie Universe (New 52 Timeline) (2014-2020)
Scott Porter as the voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing in Batman: Arkham Knight (2015)
Burt Ward as the voice of Dick Grayson/Robin in the Batman animated movies based on 1966 Batman TV Series (2016-2017)
Loren Lester as the voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing in the 2017 animated movie Batman and Harley Quinn.
Michael Cera as the voice of Dick Grayson/Robin in The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Brenton Thwaites as Dick Grayson/Nightwing in Titans (2018-2023).
Tomaso Sanelli as young Dick Grayson in Titans (2018)
Will Friedle as the voice of Dick Grayson in Batman Unlimited
Lincoln Melcher as the voice of Dickie Grayson in Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)
Adam Croasdell as the voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing in Batman Ninja
Burt Ward as older Dick Grayson (Earth-66) in Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019).
Derek Phillips as the voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing in Injustice movie (2021)
Harvey Gulliven as the voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing in Harley Quinn (2022-)
Christopher Sean as the voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing in the upcoming Gotham Knights (2022)
References[]
↑Identity confirmed in #47 of the 2003 tie in comic Teen Titans Go.