Professor Pyg (Gotham)

"The axe shall fall..."

- Pyg

"Oh, I beg to differ, mon frère. You and I both see all too well the corruption, the filth, inside the GCPD. You and I know that Gotham cannot survive unless the cancer is cut out. We both share the same mission, only I do it with a little bit more flair..."

- Pyg to Gordon

Professor Pyg is a major villain in the fourth season of the TV series Gotham. He is the series' adaptation of the DC villain of the same name.

Pyg is an insane serial killer, targeting the corrupt officers inside the GCPD and dressing their corpses up in pig masks. This leads him to come across detective Jim Gordon, the sole policeman in Gotham who is not corrupt. Despite initially not planning to harm Gordon due to their mutual vision - creating a corruption-free Gotham - Pyg must come to realize that Gordon will keep hunting him down.

He is portrayed by Michael Cerveris.

Biography
Pyg eventually captures Jim Gordon. Having him tied to a chair, Pyg reveals that they both share the same mission - weeding out the corruption that has taken roots in the GCPD. Gordon vehemently denies any association or similarities with Pyg, much to the amusement of the latter.

Appearances
4x06 - Hog Day Afternoon

Trivia

 * In the comics, Professor Pyg is a mad scientist who experimented on humans to turn them into Dollotrons. He was also the head of the Circus of Strange