The American comic book character Superman, created in 1938, has appeared in many types of media since the 1940s. Superman has appeared in radio, television, movies, and video games each on multiple occasions, and his name, symbol, and image have appeared on products and merchandise.

Portrayals

Among the actors who have played Superman / Superboy (and/or his alter ego, Clark Kent) are:

Portrayed by

Voice only

• Bud Collyer (1940–49, 1966–69) • *Superman (1940s cartoons) • *The Adventures of Superman • *The New Adventures of Superman • Allen Swift (1965) • *Soaky commercial • Bob Hastings (1966–1969) • *The New Adventures of Superman (in The Adventures of Superboy segments) • Lennie Weinrib (1970, 1972) • *Sesame Street • *The Brady Kids • Gary Owens (1971) • *Kenner Talking Show Projector record • Danny Dark (1973–1986) • *Super Friends (1973) • *The All-New Super Friends Hour • *Challenge of the Superfriends • *The World's Greatest Super Friends • *Super Friends (1980) • *Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show • *The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians • Steve Hudson (1980) • *Never Say Yes to a Cigarette anti-smoking commercials • Beau Weaver (1988–1989) • *Superman • Jonathan Winters (1992) • *Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation • Eric Goldberg (1996) • *Superior Duck • Tim Daly (1996–2000, 2002, 2006, 2009–12) • *Superman: The Animated Series • **Superman: The Last Son of Krypton • **The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest • *Superman: Shadow of Apokolips • *Superman: Brainiac Attacks • *Superman/Batman: Public Enemies • *Superman/Batman: Apocalypse • *Justice League: Doom • Christopher McDonald (2000) • *Batman Beyond • George Newbern (2001–08, 2010, 2012–13, 2017–19, 2022) • *Justice League • *Static Shock • *Justice League Unlimited • *The Batman • *Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam • *Superman vs. The Elite • *Injustice: Gods Among Us • *Injustice 2 • *Justice League vs. the Fatal Five • *DC Universe Online (starting from 2016) • *MultiVersus • Jeff Kramer (2002) • *Superman: The Man of Steel (video game) • Michael Daingerfield (2005) • *Krypto the Superdog • Crispin Freeman (2006) • *Justice League Heroes • Yuri Lowenthal (2006–2008) • *Legion of Super Heroes • Brandon Routh (2006) • *Superman Returns • Adam Baldwin (2007, 2011) • *Superman: Doomsday • *DC Universe Online • Kyle MacLachlan (2008) • *Justice League: The New Frontier • Christopher Corey Smith (2008) • *Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe • Joseph May (2009) • *Batman: Black and White • David Lodge (2009) • *Superman: Red Son • Mark Harmon (2010) • *Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths • Matthew Mercer (2010) • *DC Super Friends • Nolan North (2010–present) • *Young Justice • *Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered • *Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League • *Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom • *Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Gotham City Breakout • *Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash • *Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis • *Lego DC: Shazam!: Magic and Monsters • *Batman: Death in the Family • *Justice League: Cosmic Chaos • David Kaye (2010) • *DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse • James Denton (2011) • *All-Star Superman • Roger Rose (2011) • *Batman: The Brave and the Bold • Breckin Meyer (2012–2015) • *Robot Chicken DC Comics Special • *Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise • *Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship • Blair Underwood (2012) • *Superman of Tokyo • Jeff Bennett (2012) • *Superman of Tokyo • Keith Ferguson (2012) • *Super Best Friends Forever • Travis Willingham (2012, 2014–2015, 2018, 2022, 2023) • *Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes • *Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham • *Lego Dimensions • *Lego DC Super-Villains • *Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons • * Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part Two • Mark Valley (2013) • *Batman: The Dark Knight Returns • Matt Bomer (2013) • *Superman: Unbound • Sam Daly (2013) • *Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox • Channing Tatum (2014–2019) • *The Lego Movie • *The Lego Batman Movie • *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part • Peter Jessop (2014) • *JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time • Alan Tudyk (2014) • *Justice League: War • Jerry O'Connell (2015–2020) • *Justice League: Throne of Atlantis • *Justice League vs. Teen Titans • *Justice League Dark • *The Death of Superman • *Reign of the Supermen • *Batman: Hush • *Justice League Dark: Apokolips War • Benjamin Bratt (2015) • *Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles • *Justice League: Gods and Monsters • Jason J. Lewis (2016–2018) • *Justice League Action • Kenichi Suzumura (2017) • *DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon • Nicolas Cage (2018) • *Teen Titans Go! To the Movies • Max Mittelman (2019) • *DC Super Hero Girls • Jason Isaacs (2020) • * Superman: Red Son • Darren Criss (2020-present) • * Superman: Man of Tomorrow • * Justice Society: World War II • * Legion of Super-Heroes • * Justice League: Warworld • * Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One • Justin Hartley (2021) • * Injustice • John Krasinski (2022) • * DC League of Super-Pets • Chandler Riggs (2023) • * Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part One • Jack Quaid (2023-present) • * My Adventures with Superman

Radio and audio

Film

Animated film

Live-action film

Canceled Superman live-action films

Television

Live-action

Adventures of Superman

The series premiered September 19, 1952 in black & white on the television network Syndication and ended April 28, 1958. George Reeves portrays Clark Kent / Superman with Jack Larson as Jimmy Olsen, John Hamilton as Perry White, and Robert Shayne as Inspector Henderson.

Superboy

The series premiered October 8, 1988 on the television network Syndication and ended on May 17, 1992. John Haymes Newton, and later Gerard Christopher, portrays Clark Kent / Superboy with Stacy Haiduk as Lana Lang, Jim Calvert as T.J. White, Scott James Wells as Lex Luthor, Stuart Whitman and Salome Jens as Jonathan and Martha Kent.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

The series premiered September 12, 1993 on ABC and ended June 14, 1997. Dean Cain stars as Clark Kent / Superman alongside Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane.

Smallville

The series premiered October 16, 2001 on The WB and ended May 13, 2011. Tom Welling stars as Clark Kent and depicts the early days of Superman as Clark, before becoming the Man of Steel.

Supergirl

The series premiered October 26, 2015 on CBS and ended November 9, 2021 on The CW. Tyler Hoechlin plays Earth-38 Clark Kent / Superman alongside Bitsie Tulloch as Earth-38 Lois Lane. They later appeared in annual Arrowverse crossovers Elseworlds and Crisis on Infinite Earths where their Earth-75 counterparts also made an appearance in the latter crossover.

Krypton

The series premiered March 21, 2018 on Syfy and ended August 14, 2019. It primarily focuses on Superman's grandfather.

Superman & Lois

The series premiered February 23, 2021 on The CW. Clark Kent / Superman and Lois Lane are the main characters in television series set outside the Arrowverse, with Hoechlin and Tulloch reprising their roles.

Peacemaker

Superman made an appearance in the Peacemaker season finale episode "It's Cow or Never" portrayed by a stand-in.

Untitled Superman series

In July 2021, it was reported that Michael B. Jordan is developing, producing and starring as Val-Zod in a limited series for HBO Max.

Animated television

DC Animated Universe

Superman appears in various series set in the DC Animated Universe:

My Adventures with Superman

Superman appears in My Adventures with Superman, voiced by Jack Quaid, with Kari Wahlgren voicing him as a child. The series follows him alongside a fearless, whip smart Lois Lane who are navigating the small tasks of both becoming adults and trying to save the world. The series premiered on July 6, 2023 on Adult Swim, with an encore run following on its Toonami programming block. Additionally, the versions of Superman from Earth-17 (Overman), the Fleischer cartoons, DC Animated Universe, and Justice Lords universe make non-speaking cameo appearances in the episode "Kiss Kiss Fall in Portal".

Canceled Superman animated series

Video games

Theatre and live performances

Literature and printed media

Newspaper

Superman was a daily newspaper comic strip which began on January 16, 1939, and a separate Sunday strip was added on November 5, 1939. These strips ran continuously until May 1966. In 1941, the McClure Syndicate had placed the strip in hundreds of newspapers. At its peak, the strip, featuring Superman, was in over 300 daily newspapers and 90 Sunday papers, with a readership of over 20 million.

Attractions and theme park rides

Art

Parodies

Merchandising

Recurring live-action cast

Many live-action actors have made appearances across multiple works in the franchise. V indicates a voice-only role.