Which Actors Have Played Superman Over The Years?

* Ray Middleton (1940 - 1944)
    * Bud Collyer (1940 - 1949, 1966 - 1969)
    * Kirk Alyn (1948 - 1950)
    * George Reeves (1951 - 1958)
    * Johnny Rockwell (1961)
    * Bob Holiday (1966 - 1968)
    * Bob Hastings (1966 - 1969)
    * Danny Dark (1973 - 1985)
    * David Wilson (1975)
    * Jeff East (1978)
    * Christopher Reeve (1978 - 1987)
    * Beau Weaver (1988 - 1989)
    * John Haymes Newton (1988 - 1989)
    * Gerard Christopher (1989 - 1992)
    * Dean Cain (1993 - 1997)
    * Christopher McDonald (2002)
    * Tim Daly (1996 - 2000,2006,2009)
    * George Newbern (2001 - 2008)
    * Tom Welling (2001 - present)
    * Michael Dangerfield (2005)
    * Yuri Lowenthal (2006 - 2008)
    * Brandon Routh (2006)
    * Adam Baldwin (2007)
    * Kyle McLachlan (2008)
    * Mark Harmon (2010)

Kirk Alyn in 1948 on TV, George Reeves 1950's TV, Christopher Reeves 1978-1980-1987 in the movies, Gerald Christopher played superboy between 1988 and 1992 on TV, Dean Cain 1993 to 1997 in the TV series Lois and Clark, Tom Wellburg played a young Clark Kent in Smallville around 2001, and Brandon Routh in 2006.

Multiple actors have played Superman in different kinds of media since the 1930s. Kirk Alyn played the role in a 1948 television serial, while George Reeves took on the character in the 1950s series The Adventures of Superman. Christopher Reeve is the most well-known actor associated with the character, having played him in four films: Superman (1978), Superman 2 (1980), Superman 3 and Superman IV in 1987. John Haymes Newton and Gerard Christopher played a young Superman in a Superboy television series between 1988 and 1992, while Dean Cain starred in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman between 1993 and 1997. Tim Daly voiced the character in Superman: The Animated Series (1996-2000), and Tom Welling has appeared as a young Clark Kent in Smallville from 2001 to the present. In 2006 relatively unknown young actor Brandon Routh starred in 2006's Superman Returns, a new instalment in the film series.