Every Actor Who Has Played Lex Luthor
by prime-17 | created - 05 Feb 2023 | updated - 06 Mar 2023 | Public
1. Lyle Talbot
Actor | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Lyle Talbot, who appeared in over 150 movies from leads in Warner Bros.' "pre-Code" pictures to countless supporting roles, and later enjoyed a steady TV career as a character actor, was born Lysle Henderson on February 8, 1902, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He grew up in a small town in Nebraska, ...
Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)
2. Ray Owens
Actor | The Doctors
Ray Owens was born on February 2, 1923 in Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Doctors (1963), The Flying House (1982) and Matlock (1986). He was married to Sonia Owens. He died on December 16, 1994 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
The New Adventures of Superman (1966-1970)
3. Stanley Jones
Sound_department | Rebel Without a Cause
Stanley Jones was born on September 4, 1897 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for Rebel Without a Cause (1955), East of Eden (1955) and The Bad Seed (1956). He died on July 7, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Super Friends (1978-1986)
4. Gene Hackman
Actor | The French Connection
Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Anna Lyda Elizabeth (Gray) and Eugene Ezra Hackman, who operated a newspaper printing press. He is of Pennsylvania Dutch (German), English, and Scottish ancestry, partly by way of Canada, where his mother was born. After ...
Superman (1978) Superman II (1980) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
5. Michael Bell
Actor | The Transformers: The Movie
Michael Bell is an American voice actor who is known for voicing Gleeman Vox from Ratchet: Deadlocked, Raziel from The Legacy of Kain video game series, Chas Finster and Dru Pickles from Rugrats and several Smurfs from The Smurfs cartoon. He also voiced in The Transformers: The Movie, Challenge of ...
Superman (1988)
6. Scott Wells
Actor | Superboy
Scott Wells was born on July 4, 1961 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Superboy (1988), The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991) and The Bionic Woman (1976). He died on October 28, 2015 in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Superboy (1988-1989)
7. Sherman Howard
Actor | Day of the Dead
Sherman Howard was born on June 11, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Day of the Dead (1985), Seinfeld (1989) and The Stand (1994). He has been married to Donna Bullock since May 1988. They have one child. He was previously married to Jeanette Sherman.
Superboy (1989-1992)
8. William Hootkins
Actor | Star Wars
William Michael Hootkins was born on July 5, 1948, in Dallas, Texas. He moved to London, England in the early '70s and lived there up until 2002. Hootkins was an actor at Theatre Intime while attending Princeton University where he learned how to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese. He also trained as an...
Superman Lives! (1993)
9. John Shea
Actor | Missing
Handsome, slim-faced, curly-haired actor John Shea is primarily known to TV audiences for his recurring role as the evil Lex Luthor in the early '90s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993).
John Victor Shea III was born in 1949 in North Conway, New Hampshire, to Elizabeth ...
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997)
10. Clancy Brown
Actor | The Shawshank Redemption
A tall, wavy-haired US actor with a deep, resonant voice, Clancy Brown has proven himself a versatile performer with first-class contributions to theatre, feature films, television series and even animation.
Clarence J. Brown III was born in 1959 in Urbana, Ohio, to Joyce Helen (Eldridge), a concert...
Superman: The Animated Series (1996-2000) Justice League (2002-2003) Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (2002) Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006) The Batman (2007) Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009) Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2010) - Rohtul Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (2012) Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite (2013) Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (2014) Lego DC Super-Villains (2018)
11. Michael Rosenbaum
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Michael Owen Rosenbaum is an American actor and pod-caster. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the Superman television series Smallville, a role that TV Guide included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time". Rosenbaum is also known for portraying Martinex in Guardians of...
Smallville (2001-2011)
12. Matthew Munn
Art_director | The Wrestler
Matthew Munn was born on August 9, 1975 in Alaska, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for The Wrestler (2008), Z for Zachariah (2015) and The Hunt (2020).
Smallville (2001-2002) - Young Lex Luthor
13. J.S. Gilbert
Actor | PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
J.S. Gilbert is an actor, known for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (2012), Twisted Metal: Black (2001) and Twisted Metal (2012).
Superman: The Man of Steel (2002)
14. Wayne Dalglish
Stunts | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Wayne Dalglish was born on September 12, 1990 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Wonder Woman (2017) and Peacemaker (2022).
Smallville (2004) - Young Lex Luthor
15. Brian Dobson
Actor | Sausage Party
Brian Dobson was born on September 9, 1973 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Sausage Party (2016), Transformers: Armada (2002) and Arthur Christmas (2011).
Krypto the Superdog (2005)
16. Powers Boothe
Actor | Sudden Death
Incisive, gravelly-voiced screen tough guy Powers Boothe was born on June 1, 1948 in Snyder, Texas, a sharecropper's son. Used to hard physical work "chopping cotton" as a youngster, he went on to become the first member of his family to attend university. He then proceeded to study acting via a ...
Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006)
17. Kevin Spacey
Actor | The Usual Suspects
Kevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in...
Superman Returns (2006 Movie) Superman Returns (2006 Game)
18. Lucas Grabeel
Actor | High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Lucas Grabeel was born on November 23, 1984 in Springfield, Missouri, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), High School Musical (2006) and High School Musical 2 (2007).
Smallville (2006) - Teenage Lex Luthor
19. James Marsters
Actor | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
James graduated from Davis High School and attended Juilliard, the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and the American Conservatory Theatre. After spending ten years doing stage work he finally moved to L.A. to pursue a career in film and television. After appearing in several guest roles...
Superman: Doomsday (2007) DC Universe Online (2011)
20. Connor Stanhope
Actor | My Life with the Walter Boys
Connor Stanhope was born on March 10, 1998 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for My Life with the Walter Boys (2023), The Last of Us (2023) and Garage Sale Mysteries (2013).
Smallville (2008-2009) - Teenage Lex Luthor
21. Christopher Sean Piereman
Christopher Sean Piereman is known for Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (2008).
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (2008)
22. Joe Thomas
Actor | Diablo III
Joe J Thomas is a voice actor in Los Angeles with credits in video games, animation, ADR, anime, films, promos, commercials and audio books. His history includes stage productions (comedy, drama, musicals), stunt work, singing, improv, comedy, and a job as a yodeling pickle.
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (2008)
23. Chris Noth
Actor | Sex and the City
Two-time Golden Globe nominee and SAG Award nominated actor Chris Noth stars on Season 3 FX's critically acclaimed drama Tyrant (2014) and has two independent films coming out this year.
On Tyrant (2014), Noth enters the show in its third season premiering in July, starring as Gen. William Cogswell,...
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)
24. Mark Rolston
Actor | The Shawshank Redemption
Mark knew he wanted to be an actor at age nine; he took his career and studies to Europe to fulfill his dream. Once there, he was asked by five major acting schools to join them. He chose the Drama Centre London, where he studied for five years. Mark then beat out 2,000 others for an important ...
Young Justice (2010-2019) Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013) Young Justice: Legacy (2013)
25. Anthony LaPaglia
Actor | Without a Trace
Anthony wanted to be a soccer player but he didn't have the skills so he taught in a school for 10 months until he realized that it wasn't his vocation and then spent some years working in a shoe store before moving to New York where he spent time as a barman and a sprinkler system installer to ...
All-Star Superman (2011)
26. Kevin Michael Richardson
Actor | Mortal Kombat
Well-known, king-sized actor and voice artist Kevin Michael Richardson was born in Bronx, New York. He is, perhaps, mostly recognizable for his deep voice, which he uses in many of his works.
Richardson is a classically trained actor. He first gained recognition as one of only eight U.S. high school...
Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2011)
27. Steve Blum
Actor | Star Wars Rebels
With hundreds of V/O credits to his name, Veteran Voice Monkey Steve Blum is best known as the voice of "Spike Spiegel" from Cowboy Bebop, "Wolverine" from several incarnations of X-Men (animated movies, games, the Wolverine and the X-Men TV Series, The Super Hero Squad Show, X-Men Anime and more),...
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013) Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015) Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016)
28. Fred Tatasciore
Actor | Team America: World Police
Fred Tatasciore is a voice actor/animator known for his work in film, television and games. He can be heard regularly on Fox's "Family Guy," "American Dad," and "The Cleveland Show." He plays Aaarggggh! and many characters on the new show, "Trollhunters" (for Netflix by Guillermo Del Torro), For ...
JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time (2014)
29. John DiMaggio
Actor | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
John DiMaggio is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and producer from Plainfield, New Jersey. He is best known for voicing Bender on Futurama, Jake the Dog on Adventure Time, King Zøg on Disenchantment, The Joker from Batman: Under the Red Hood and Jerry Jumbeaux Jr from Zootopia. He can ...
Lego Batman: Be-Leaguered (2014)
30. Keith Silverstein
Actor | Genshin Impact
Keith Silverstein is an American voice actor who primarily works on English dubs of Japanese anime and video games. He is best known for voicing Kimimaro Kaguya in the Naruto franchise, Hisoka in the 2011 version of Hunter × Hunter, and Vector the Crocodile in the Sonic the Hedgehog series since ...
Batman: Arkham Knight (2015)
31. Jason Isaacs
Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jason Isaacs was born in Liverpool. He studied law at Bristol University but fell in love with the theatre and directed, produced and appeared in dozens of productions there, at the National Student Theatre Festival and at the Edinburgh Festival. He graduated in 1985 but then attended the Royal ...
Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015) Superman: Red Son (2020)
32. Travis Willingham
Actor | The Legend of Vox Machina
Travis Willingham is a Los Angeles-based voice actor known for his extensive roles in animation and video games, as well as the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role.
Critical Role has become one of the most popular storytelling and world building independent media companies in ...
Lego Dimensions (2015)
33. Jesse Eisenberg
Actor | The Social Network
Curly haired and with a fast-talking voice, Jesse Eisenberg is a movie actor, known for his Academy Award nominated role as Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film The Social Network. He has also starred in the films The Squid and the Whale, Adventureland, The Education of Charlie Banks, 30 Minutes or ...
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Justice League (2017) Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
34. James Woods
Actor | Vampires
James Howard Woods was born on April 18, 1947 in Vernal, Utah, the son of Martha A. (Smith) and Gail Peyton Woods, a U.S. Army intelligence officer who died during Woods' childhood. James is of Irish, English, and German descent. He grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, with his mother and stepfather ...
Justice League Action (2016-2017)
35. Aidan Fink
Actor | Supergirl
Aidan Fink is known for Supergirl (2015), Black Summer (2019) and Marlene (2022).
Supergirl (2017) - Young Lex Luthor
36. Rainn Wilson
Actor | The Office
Rainn Wilson lives in Los Angeles with his wife, fiction writer Holiday Reinhorn (Big Cats), and his son, Walter McKenzie Wilson who was born in 2004. He grew up in Seattle, Washington but graduated from New Trier H.S. in Winnetka, Illinois. After attending both Tufts University and the University ...
The Death of Superman (2018) Reign of the Supermen (2019) Batman: Hush (2019) Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
37. Ike Barinholtz
Actor | Suicide Squad
Isaac "Ike" Barinholtz, born February 18, 1977, is an American actor, comedian, voice actor and writer, known as a cast member on Mad TV (1995), from 2002-2007, and for his roles on The Mindy Project (2012) and Eastbound & Down (2009). He spent two years in Amsterdam with the famed comedy ...
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
38. Will Friedle
Actor | Transformers: Robots in Disguise
William Allen Friedle was born on August 11, 1976, in Hartford, Connecticut, and grew up in Avon, Connecticut. He went to Avon High School. Will is a comedian, and he is probably best known for his starring role as the dim yet creative older brother Eric Matthews in ABC's hit TV show Boy Meets World...
DC Super Hero Girls (2019-2020) Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse (2022)
39. Jon Cryer
Actor | Two and a Half Men
Jonathan Niven Cryer is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. Born into a show business family, he made his motion picture debut as a teenager photographer in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair; his breakout role came in 1986, in the John Hughes-written film Pretty in Pink. In 1998, he ...
Supergirl (2019-2021) Batwoman (2019) The Flash (2019) Arrow (2020) Legends of Tomorrow (2020)
40. Payne Novak
Actor | Odd Squad
Payne Novak is known for Odd Squad (2014), Titans (2018) and When Hope Calls (2019).
Titans (2019) - Young Lex Luthor
41. Giancarlo Esposito
Actor | Breaking Bad
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to an Italian carpenter/stagehand father from Naples, Italy, and an African-American opera singer mother from Alabama. His parents, working in Europe at the time of his birth, settled in Manhattan by the time he was 6, and ...
Harley Quinn (2019-2022)
42. Zachary Quinto
Actor | Star Trek
Zachary Quinto was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Margaret J. (McArdle), an Irish-American office worker, and Joseph John Quinto, an Italian-American barber. Zachary graduated from Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, with the class of 1995, where he won Pittsburgh's Gene Kelly Award ...
Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020)
43. Marc Maron
Actor | To Leslie
For over fifteen years, Marc Maron has been writing and performing raw, honest and thought-provoking comedy for print, stage, radio and television. A legend in the stand-up community, he has appeared on HBO, Conan, Letterman, his two Comedy Central Presents specials and almost every show that ...
DC League of Super Pets (2022)
44. Titus Welliver
Actor | The Town
Titus Welliver was born on March 12, 1962 in New Haven, Connecticut. His father was a famous landscape painter, Neil Welliver. His mother was a fashion illustrator, Norma Cripps. He has three brothers, one was killed overseas. He was raised in Philadelphia and New York City, surrounded by poets and...
Titans (2022)
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