The Penguin

2024 DC Studios miniseries
TVSeries miniseries Q111189743
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Summary

The Penguin is a miniseries[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of miniseries entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30,810 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: television series[3]
  • Director: Craig Zobel[4], Helen Shaver[5]
  • Screenwriter: Lauren LeFranc[6]
  • Genre: crime television series[7], drama television series[8], film noir[9], superhero television program[10]
  • Named after: The Penguin[11]
  • Cast member: Colin Farrell[12], Cristin Milioti[13], Clancy Brown[14], Rhenzy Feliz[15], Michael Zegen[16], Michael Kelly[17], Shohreh Aghdashloo[18], Deirdre O'Connell[19], James Madio[20], Scott Cohen[21], Theo Rossi[22], Carmen Ejogo[23], François Chau[24], Mark Strong[25]
  • Production company: DC Studios[26], Warner Bros. Television Studios[27]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[28]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[29]
  • Original broadcaster: HBO[30]
  • Color: color[31]
  • Country of origin: United States[32]
  • Has part(s): The Penguin, season 1[33]
  • Start time: September 19, 2024[34]
  • End time: November 10, 2024[35]
  • Distributed by: HBO Max[36]
  • Narrative location: Gotham City[37]
  • Official website: https://www.hbo.com/the-penguin[38]
  • Filming location: New York City[39]
  • Number of episodes: 8[40]
  • Executive producer: Matt Reeves[41], Colin Farrell[42], Craig Zobel[43], Dylan Clark[44], Lauren LeFranc[45]
  • Title: The Penguin[46]
  • After a work by: utyhgfre[47], Bob Kane[48]
  • RARS rating: 18+[49]

Why It Matters

The Penguin has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved . bloody-disgusting.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  37. [39] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Kinopoisk. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Xezbeth · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 33
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'hr', '
    Instance of → miniseries, television series
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: television series"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 15435876
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 15435876, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269901|batch #269901]]"
  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14813 → 193563
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14813: 193563, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269251|batch #269251]]"
  4. 11w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com drama id → thepenguin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eiga.com drama id: thepenguin, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/278978419|THE PENGUIN ザ・ペンギン (#278978419)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7657|‎Eiga.com"
  5. 19w ago · Mullanur · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rars rating → 18+
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Rars rating: 18+"
  6. 23w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of episodes → {'amount': '+8'}
    Start time → —
    Original broadcaster → HBO
    Start time → +2024-09-19T00:00:00Z
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30667|batch #30667]]: TVmaze #2.10"
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