'Gotham' Cast: On-Screen Partners Morena Baccarin and Ben McKenzie Are Dating in Real Life

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'Gotham' actor Ben McKenzie at 'An Evening with Southland' |

'Gotham' co-stars Benjamin McKenzie and Morena Baccarin are certainly bringing the romance to the city as the duo is reportedly dating in real life.

The couple stars in FOX's hit series as characters who fell in love during the show's first season. The hit series is known to be a prequel to Batman and follows the story of Police Commissioner James Gordon, played by McKenzie himself.

This is not the first time the pair has worked together on a TV show. The 37-year-old actor revealed that he had worked with his new girlfriend when she guest-starred on the teen drama "The O.C.' in which McKenzie took on a leading role, alongside Adam Brody, Rachel Bilson and Mischa Barton, among others.

Baccarin was previously married to producer and director Austin Chick; they exchanged wedding vows in 2011 and had one son, Julius, in October 2013. However, the couple called it quits this year when Chick filed for divorce.

As for McKenzie, he has never been married and has been known to keep his love life under wraps.

'I'm really shy about that stuff. I really don't like relationships to be played out in public. It creates terrible strain. It creates bizarre dynamics. There's that saying, "Less said about the bedroom, the better," the actor said in an interview with Elle.

Failing to evade fans, the actor was recently spotted with his new Brazilian partner as they celebrated together at the 2015 Emmys at Fox's post-award show party. They also posed for pictures along the red carpet, with Baccarin decked out in a gleaming crimson gown.

Although the couple had not been packing on the PDA, the co-stars were said to be having a light conversation and mingling together as they kept an unfussy profile for their budding romance.

'I like the idea of old-fashioned dating, which at this point is almost heretical. People are genuinely surprised when you ask them out," McKenzie added.

FOX's "Gotham' has already aired its second season on Monday, Sept. 21.

"The first season was very much old-school Gotham, run by mobsters and the mafia," showrunner Bruno Heller said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "What we're seeing this year is the transformation of the underworld from that conventional underworld to a grotesque, larger-than-life underworld that eventually takes over Gotham and requires the creation of Batman."