Entertainment all actors who have already played Superman in Live-Actions

Entertainment all actors who have already played Superman in Live-Actions

From classic to reinvention, each actor helped shape the image of the hero who continues to reinvent himself without ever losing his essence

THE Superman officially returns to theaters this Thursday, July 10, with Supermanlong written and directed by James Gunn (Galaxy Guardians: Volume 3), and starring David Corenswet(Hollywood). The actor joins a select group of interpreters who have already brought to life the most famous Kryptonian on the planet on the screens.

Over the course of almost nine decades, the character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster It has gained versions for TV, cinema and streaming, each with its own characteristics and cultural impact. Check out all actors who have already lived Superman in productions live-action:

1. Kirk alyn

All actors who have already played Superman in Live-Actions (Disclosure/Warner Bros.)

Productions:Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)

First actor to play the hero in black and white cinematic series.

2. George Reeves

All actors who have already played Superman in Live-Actions (Disclosure/Warner Bros.)

Productions: Superman and the Told Men (1951) and Superman’s adventures (1952–1958)

She starred in the first first feature film based on a DC Comics character. He later became a protagonist of the popular 1950s TV series and became known as the Superman of an entire generation.

3. Christopher Reeve

All actors who have already played Superman in Live-Actions (Disclosure/Warner Bros.)

Productions: Superman: The Movie (1978), Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983) and Superman IV: in search of peace (1987)

To this day considered by many to be the definitive Superman, it led the character to the peak in the big screen.

4. John Haymes Newton

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Production: Superboy (1988–1989)

He played the young version of Clark Kent in the first season of the series.

5. Gerard Christopher

All actors who have already played Superman in Live-Actions (Disclosure/Warner Bros.)

Production: Superboy (1989–1992)

He took the role from the second season of the series.

6. Dean Cain

All actors who have already played Superman in Live-Actions (Disclosure/Warner Bros.)

Production: Lois & Clark: The new adventures of Superman (1993–1997)

He won the audience with a more romantic and comical version of the hero.

7. Tom Welling

All actors who have already played Superman in Live-Actions (Disclosure/Warner Bros.)

Production: Smallville (2001–2011)

It was ten seasons like young Clark Kent before dressing, finally, Superman’s uniform in the final episode.

8. Brandon Ruth

All actors who have already played Superman in Live-Actions (Disclosure/Warner Bros.)

Productions: Superman: The Return (2006); Crisis in infinite lands (2019)

Starred in the film directed by Bryan Singer and then returned to the paper in the crossover of the Arrowverse as a more mature version of the hero.

9. Henry Cavill

All actors who have already played Superman in Live-Actions (Disclosure/Warner Bros.)

Productions: The Man of Steel (2013), Batman vs. Superman: The Origin of Justice (2016), Justice League (2017 and 2021)

Interpreted Superman in the DC cinematic universe created by Zack Snyder.

10. Tyler Hoechlin

All actors who have already played Superman in Live-Actions (Disclosure/Warner Bros.)

Productions: Supergirl (2016–2021), Superman & Lois (2021–2024)

Assumed the role in the series of Arrowversefocusing on the hero’s family life with Lois Lane (BITSIE TULLOCH).

11. David Corenswet

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Production: Superman (2025)

The newest member of the Kryptonian lineage, debuts in theaters in a new resumption of the DC film universe, now under the command of James Gunn.

12. Nicolas Cage

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Productions: Superman Lives (not realized) and The Flash (2023)

Although it never starred in the movie Superman Livesproject canceled in the 1990s that would be directed by Tim Burton, Nicolas Cage He even put on his uniform in costume tests and became a legendary figure among the “Supermen that did not.” Decades later, appeared in a brief Cameo as the hero in The Flash (2023).

Also read:David Corenswet exchanged letters with Henry Cavill and Tyler Hoechlin before living Superman

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