Victor Fries (Gotham)

Victor Fries is a character in the second season of the TV Show Gotham. He made his debut as a cameo in the eleventh episode "Rise of the Villains: Worse Than a Crime" and will return in the 12th episode after the mid-season break which is titled "Wrath of the Villains: Mr. Freeze". He is the show's incarnation of the Batman villain Mr. Freeze and is played by Nathan Darrow.

Victor is a cryogenics engineer who is desperate to find a cure for his terminally ill wife Nora, which will lead him on his path to become Mr. Freeze.

The character will also appear in the motion comic Gotham Stories, which bridges the gap during the mid-season break. Here he appears as an adversary to the Penguin.

Gotham
In a stinger at the end of "Worse Than a Crime", Victor can be seen pursuing a man down an alleyway. Victor corners the man and freezes him with his freeze gun.

Sometime afterwards he comes across a disused slaughterhouse which Penguin and his gang are planning to use as a safehouse after Penguin helped kill Mayor Theo Galavan. Victor blows open the door and points his freeze gun at them. Penguin asks him whether he is here to apply for a job, but Fries tells him that he's there to do one. Fries then attacks, freezing Penguin's henchmen. Penguin and Selina Kyle are the only ones to escape.

Season 2

 * "Rise of the Villains: Worse Than a Crime"

Gotham Stories

 * "Chapter 1 - Penguin's Cold Surprise"
 * "Chapter 2 - Mr. Freeze Targets Penguin"
 * "Chapter 3 - Run, Penguin, Run!"

Trivia

 * His clothing worn in his first appearance is similar to that of Captain Cold.
 * The origin used appears to be based off the popular one as established with the Batman: Animated Series Mr. Freeze, which helped turn him into a more tragic figure.
 * This is the first live action depiction of Mr. Freeze in television since the Batman 1960s series.
 * Unlike most versions, this version of Mr. Freeze became a criminal before the accident that turned him cold blooded.
 * Going by promos and trailers, he will become Mr. Freeze at least a decade prior to Bruce Wayne becoming Batman.