Harvey Dent (Gotham)

Harvey Dent is a character who appears in the TV series Gotham. He appears in 3 episodes in total in the first season, and will return in the second season as a regular. He is an Assistant District Attorney, who wants to help James Gordon deal with the crime in Gotham and solve the Wayne murders.

He is played by Nicholas D'Agosto.

Investigating Lovecraft
James Gordon turns to Harvey Dent for help on solving the Wayne murders. Dent suspects Dick Lovecraft, a corrupt entrepreneur and billionaire whom Dent has been investigating and he wanted to use James' witness to the Wayne killer Selina Kyle to go after him. Lovecraft was later called into Dent's office and he wanted him to sign a confession letter. When Lovecraft acted rude, Dent snapped and threatened Lovecraft, showing a more sinister persona, but then reverted back to normal, seemingly unaware of what happened.

However it later became clear Lovecraft wasn't involved as he denied it to Gordon. Before he could reveal something about the murders, he is killed by an assassin Copperhead with Gordon's gun. Mayor Aubrey James scolded the men and then covered up the incident claiming Lovecraft knocked Gordon out and used his gun to commit suicide. Gordon was later punished by getting demoted and sent to Arkham Asylum to work as a security guard, although he was able to resume his job back at the Gotham City Police Department.

Season 1

 * "Harvey Dent"
 * "Lovecraft"
 * "Everyone Has a Cobblepot"

Trivia

 * In the comics, Harvey Dent becomes the villain known as Two-Face. In some of his scenes in the first season, half his face is covered by shadow foreshadowing Dent's fate.