Happy Superman Day! Today, the skies of cinema are looking bright. While the exhaustive search for the next Man of Steel concluded some time ago with the casting of David Corenswet in James Gunn’s upcoming Warner Bros. Superman, we can still celebrate the enduring legacy of the hero today. Rachel Brosnahan joins him in the role of the intrepid Lois Lane.
Corenswet has some big tights to fill in the role that has been played by a host of actors on film and TV, and radio.
The first Superman was voiced by veteran actor Bud Collyer on the Adventures of Superman radio show that aired from 1940 to 1951. Collyer was also the voice of Superman in the animated series Superman (1941-1943) and the New Adventures of Superman (1966-1970).
The first on-screen Clark Kent was Kirk Alyn in Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950). George Reeves followed in Superman & the Mole Men (1951) and then was the man of steel in The Adventures of Superman, which ran on TV for seven seasons, starting in 1952.
Other Superman actors include Christopher Reeve, John Haymes Newton, Gerard Christopher, Dean Cain, Tom Welling, Brandon Routh, Henry Cavill and Tyler Hoeshlin.
Superman has been featured in a host of animated movies, including the Justice League, and the actors who have voiced those roles include Kyle MacLachlan, Tim Daly, Mark Harmon, George Newbern, Jerry O’Connell and Benjamin Bratt.
Scroll through the gallery below to see photos of all the big and small-screen Supermen.
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