Actors Who Have Played Superman Live-Action Or Animation
by miker3870 | created - 08 Jan 2012 | updated - 17 Apr 2017 | Public1. Christopher Reeve
Actor | Superman
Christopher D'Olier Reeve was born September 25, 1952, in New York City, to journalist Barbara Johnson (née Barbara Pitney Lamb) and writer/professor F.D. Reeve (Franklin D'Olier Reeve). He came from an upper-class family; his paternal grandfather was CEO of Prudential Financial, and one of his ...
The Superman Film Series (1978-1987)
2. George Reeves
Actor | Adventures of Superman
George Reeves was born George Keefer Brewer in Woolstock, Iowa, to Helen Roberta (Lescher) and Donald C. Brewer. He was of German, English, and Scottish descent. Following his parents' divorce and his mother's remarriage to Frank J. Bessolo, Reeves was raised in Pasadena, California, and educated ...
Adventures Of Superman (1951-1957)
3. Dean Cain
Actor | God's Not Dead
Dean Cain was born Dean George Tanaka in Mount Clemens, Michigan, to actress Sharon Thomas Cain and Roger Tanaka. His mother married his adoptive father, director Christopher Cain, when Dean was three. Though he grew up in Malibu and attended Santa Monica High School, his career plans favored ...
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997)
4. Tom Welling
Actor | Smallville
Tom Welling is probably best known for playing Clark Kent on the hit television series Smallville (2001).
He was born Thomas Joseph Welling in Putnam Valley, New York, to Bonnie and Thomas Welling, who is a retired executive for General Motors. He has a younger brother, Mark Welling, who is also an ...
Smallville (2001-2011)
5. Mark Harmon
Actor | NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Thomas Mark Harmon was born on September 2, 1951, in Burbank, California, to football player and broadcaster Tom Harmon and actress and artist Elyse Knox (née Kornbrath). Harmon played college football and found success as one of TV's hunkiest actors. While many of his roles have relied on good ...
6. Brandon Routh
Actor | Superman Returns
Brandon James Routh (pronounced like "south") was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and grew up in nearby Norwalk. He is the son of Catherine (Lear), a teacher, and Ronald Routh, a carpenter. He has English, Scottish, and German ancestry. Brandon attended the University of Iowa and starred in many ...
Superman Returns (2006)
7. Tim Daly
Actor | Basic
Tim Daly was born on June 1, 1956 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Basic (2003), The Fugitive (2000) and Wings (1990). He was previously married to Amy Van Nostrand.
Superman: The Animated Series (1996-2000)
8. George Newbern
Actor | Adventures in Babysitting
George Newbern is an American actor from Little Rock, Arkansas known for voicing Superman in various DC cartoons and video games starting with 2001's Justice League and playing Charlie from Scandal. He also acted in Father of the Bride and provided the voice of Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII: ...
Justice League
9. James Denton
Actor | Desperate Housewives
The second of three children born to a dentist and his wife in Nashville, Tennessee, Denton grew up in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, attended Goodlettsville High School, briefly played basketball at a junior college, then went on to graduate with honors from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, ...
10. Henry Cavill
Actor | Man of Steel
Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill was born on the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands. His mother, Marianne (Dalgliesh), a housewife, was also born on Jersey, and is of Irish, Scottish and English ancestry. Henry's father, Colin Richard Cavill, a stockbroker, is of ...
Man of Steel (2013); Batman vs. Superman Dawn of Justice
11. Danny Dark
Actor | Super Friends
Danny Dark was born on December 19, 1938 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Super Friends (1973), Melvin and Howard (1980) and Tunnel Vision (1976). He was married to JoBee Lucille Ziegler, Sharon Ann Spezman, Rebecca Lee Walker and Judith Ann Freeman. He died on June 13, ...
Super Friends (1973)
12. Bud Collyer
Actor | The New Adventures of Superman
Most of Clayton's family was in show biz, but he initially decided to go into his father's field, law. He worked his way through Fordham University as a radio actor and singer, then took a job as a law clerk. Two years later, realizing that radio was very much more lucrative a career, he changed ...
13. Kirk Alyn
Actor | Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
Starting his show business career as a chorus boy on Broadway and an entertainer in vaudeville, Kirk Alyn played bit parts and minor supporting roles in several low-budget films before getting his big break playing the title role in the serial Superman (1948). He wasn't able to sustain a film ...
Superman (1948) & Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Film Serials
14. Tyler Hoechlin
Actor | Road to Perdition
Tyler Lee Hoechlin is an American actor. Initially earning recognition for starring as Michael Sullivan Jr. in the 2002 film Road to Perdition, Hoechlin went on to star as Martin Brewer on 7th Heaven between 2003 and 2007. In television, he is also known for portraying Derek Hale on Teen Wolf and ...
Supergirl
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