Edward Nygma (Gotham)

Cory Michael Smith

First Appearance: Gotham Season 1 Episode 1- Pilot

Edward studied at Gotham University, where he won the Whippleburn Prize for excellence at criminal science. He often helps and contributes to science publications like "For you Record" and "Post-Mortem Monthly."

Edward Nygma is a member of the G.C.P.D, working as a coroner. He tries to present all his findings as riddles for his colleagues to solve.

He is first seen when showing Gordon and Bullock the bullets that killed both Martha and Thomas Wayne. He asks happily for them to guess what it is, but Bullock tells him to just tell them because “if he wanted riddles he would have gone to the funny pages” of a newspaper. He explains from the notes in his notebook that the bullet is a “45 calibre 300 green koopa nickel wad cutter”.  When Gordon takes the evidence bag off him saying it’s a six dollar bullet, he begins to ask another riddle, but Bullock cuts him off ordering him to “don’t ask, just tell.”  Deflated he tells them it is from a pistol that is unknown in the G.C.P.D’s databank and there are no prints found on the casing. When Harvey asks him what else he had, he riddles them with “What’s nowhere, but everywhere, except where something is?” excitedly. However he gets slightly upset when Gordon answers the riddle (“Nothing.”) They leave with Bullock telling him that he “needs professional help.”