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Kirk Alyn (born John Feggo Jr.; October 8, 1910 – March 14, 1999) was an American actor, best known for being the first actor to play the DC Comics character Superman in live-action for the 1948 movie serial Superman and its 1950 sequel Atom Man vs. Superman, as well as fellow DC Comics characters Blackhawk from the Blackhawk movie serial in 1952, and Lois Lane's father Sam Lane in 1978's ...
The DC Extended Universe (DCEU) is a shared universe centered on a group of film franchises based on characters by DC Comics and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. As the film franchises are adapted from a variety of DC Comics properties, there are multiple lead actors.
Fillion was born on March 27, 1971, in Edmonton, Alberta, the younger of two sons of Robert "Bob" Fillion and June "Cookie" Early, [3] both retired English teachers. [4] Both sides of his father's family were part of the Quebec diaspora in Fall River, Massachusetts, [5] and his mother had a Norwegian maternal grandfather and a Finnish maternal grandmother.
Mark Richard Hamill (/ ˈ h æ m ə l /; born September 25, 1951) is an American actor.He is best known for starring as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise in the original and sequel trilogies as well as his portrayal of the Joker in various animated DC Comics projects, commencing with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992.
Despite being part of DC Comics' main "trinity" of superhero characters alongside Superman and Batman, Wonder Woman did not debut on the silver screen until her appearance in Batman v Superman in 2016. Gadot was originally offered the role of Faora in Man of Steel, but turned it down due to pregnancy at the time. This paved the way for her ...
This was all part of the setup Wolfman and the staff of DC Comics planned for the Crisis, showing the Monitor currying favor with villains such as Maxie Zeus, prior to calling on the heroes. [4] The Monitor was depicted in the shadows for all of his appearances in DC's mainstream superhero titles, and his face was first revealed in one of their ...
Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) [2] is an American actor. He is best known for M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1997) which made him the first black superhero on television. He has also had television roles on Cagney & Lacey (1982–1988) and Alias (2001–2006).
Jefferson Michael Pierce was born on September 12, 1974, to Alvin Pierce and an unnamed mother. At one point Jefferson was given a vaccine by his father, which Alvin later found out was tainted, this would eventually be how Jefferson would get his powers. Alvin was a reporter who was after Tobias Whale. One night, Jefferson watched as Tobias ...