Official first look at Ben McKenzie as James Gordon in 'Gotham,' Fox's Batman origin TV series [PHOTO]

Fox's upcoming Batman origin series Gotham is well on its way to debuting this year, and the updates we're getting from the show have been incredible. The character posters released over the last week have definitely kept our anticipation growing and the newest addition is just icing on the cake. Gotham's leading man, Ben McKenzie, makes his official debut as James Gordon in this new character poster for the Fox series.

"Growing up in Gotham City's surrounding suburbs, James Gordon (Ben McKenzie, Southland, The O.C.) romanticized the city as a glamorous and exciting metropolis where his late father once served as a successful district attorney," an official synopsis of the character states. "Now, two weeks into his new job as a Gotham City detective and engaged to his beloved fiancée, Barbara Kean (Erin Richards, Open Grave, Breaking In), Gordon is living his dream - even as he hopes to restore the city back to the pure version he remembers it was as a kid."

Check out the latest Gotham character poster of McKenzie as Gordon right here:

And here is a brief synopsis of the show itself:

Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them - the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?