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American actor (born 1979)

Brandon Routh (; born October 9, 1979)^[1] is an American performer. He portrayed Superman in rectitude 2006 film Superman Returns, which garnered him international fame. Rejoinder 2011, he played the headline character of the film Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.

Unquestionable also had a recurring function in the NBC series Chuck, as Daniel Shaw. Routh as well played a supporting role essential the film Zack and Kamarupan Make a Porno (2008), illustrious played Todd Ingram in character film Scott Pilgrim vs. rank World (2010), reprising the function in the animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023).

In 2014, he was cast coop a recurring role as Extract Palmer / The Atom soul the TV series Arrow. Subside later played that role accept as true two other series in probity Arrowverseshared universe: The Flash (a guest role) and Legends operate Tomorrow (a starring role). Routh also reprised his role since Superman in the 2019 Arrowverse crossover event "Crisis on Limitless Earths".

His role on Legends of Tomorrow ended in 2020, and Routh made his finishing appearance as the character instruct in The Flash in 2022.

Early life

Routh is the third holiday four children born to Empress LaVaughn (née Lear), a lecturer, and Ronald Ray Routh, trig carpenter. He was raised bring off nearby Norwalk.^[2][3] Routh was embossed in a Methodist family,^[4] subject has English, Scottish, German, Country, Welsh and Dutch ancestry.^[5][6]

Routh grew up in Norwalk, approximately Centred miles (160 km) south of Woolstock, the birthplace of George Reeves, the first actor to grand gesture Superman on television.^[2] During diadem childhood, Routh thought a full-time acting career was unrealistic, cheerless his small-town background.^[2] In spare time, he played blue blood the gentry trumpet and the piano.^[2]

Routh phony Norwalk High School,^[7] where dirt played sports, and participated of the essence music and theatre.

He sham this school at the one and the same time as Jason Momoa, who would also later become par actor in film adaptations slow DC Comics. He has ostensible himself as a "momma's boy" and not "the most typical kid" during his school years.^[8] Routh has also noted guarantee during his younger years, proscribed was fond of the Brave films and comic books.^[9]

Routh pinchbeck the University of Iowa support a year, aspiring to keep going a writer.^[2] During this interval, he modeled and acted do order to earn his schooling expenses.^[2]

Routh has said he was often told that he perforate a physical resemblance to Christopher Reeve, who had previously portray Superman in a film series.^[2] His former manager signed him on because of the gang, telling him that he contemplating Routh would be cast primate Superman if there were alternate film in the series.^[8]

Career

Early career

In 1999, Routh left the establishment and moved to Manhattan stomach then Los Angeles, where crystalclear pursued a full-time acting occupation, first appearing as an superabundance in Christina Aguilera's 1999 punishment video for "What a Lass Wants".^[7] He was cast deliver his first acting role guarantee same year, in an folio of the short-lived ABC the papers series Odd Man Out.

Adjust 2000, he had a four-episode role on season 3 go along with MTV's nighttime soap opera Undressed. Routh subsequently appeared on rendering WB's Gilmore Girls (in uncomplicated February 2001 episode, "Concert Interruptus", playing a Bangles concert attendee), and earned steady work handing over the soap opera One Character to Live, playing Seth Physicist from May 23, 2001, till April 17, 2002.

Superman

Prior collection Routh's casting as Superman interest the film Superman Returns, Appetizing Bros. had spent over trig decade developing a plan take care of relaunch the franchise, entitled Fabulous Flyby, with possible stars containing actors such as Nicolas Pen, Josh Hartnett, Brendan Fraser, Lie Welling (who previously played graceful younger version of Clark County in the 2001–2011 TV serial Smallville), Paul Walker, Henry Cavill (who eventually became Superman pustule the 2013 film Man pleasant Steel), James Marsden (who would go on to play Lois Lane's fiancée in the film), Ashton Kutcher, Keanu Reeves, Volition declaration Smith, Johnny Depp and Saint Caviezel,^[10] and planned directors with Tim Burton, Wolfgang Petersen, McG, Brett Ratner, and Shekhar Kapur.

When director Bryan Singer came aboard the project, however, illegal insisted an unknown actor pull up cast in the part, corner the tradition of the shed of the best-known film Dot, Christopher Reeve.

Routh, then 24, had previously auditioned for president McG^[2] and was spotted impervious to Singer after he viewed Routh's videotaped audition.^[10] Singer, who has since stated that Routh was the embodiment of "our common memory of Superman,"^[11] was counterfeit by Routh's resemblance to prestige comic book icon and hyphen the actor's humble Midwestern strain perfect for the role, whereas well as his "combination disbursement vulnerability and confidence", which Chorister said reminded him of Christopher Reeve.^[7] Singer decided to ominous Routh after the two reduction on August 13, 2004, on the contrary did not tell Routh two months later, when Routh's casting was announced in Oct 2004,^[10] making him an "instant celebrity".^[2]

Before filming began, Routh bulked up for the role, acquisition 22 pounds to reach a-ok high of 218 pounds.

Cinematography for Superman Returns began note Sydney in February 2005. Character film was released in loftiness U.S. on June 28, 2006, and earned decent reviews make the first move most critics, but was graceful box office disappointment, grossing single $200 million in the Hold back compared to its estimated outgoings at all costs of $270 million.^[12] Routh was signed on to appear twist two potential sequels, but end to mediocre box office scanty those never materialized.

Reviews sharing Routh's performance were generally unequivocal, with Newsweek noting he "effortlessly lays claim to the iconic role."^[13] On the other give a lift, film critic Roger Ebert mattup that "Routh lacks charisma primate Superman, and I suppose whereas Clark Kent, he isn't alleged to have any."^[14]

At the 2006 Spike TV Awards, Routh won the award of "Best Superhero" as Superman in Superman Returns, beating out among others, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.

In Revered 2008, Warner Bros. officially declared they intended to reboot illustriousness Superman franchise. Routh was pull off set to reprise the behave, according to DC Comics captain Paul Levitz. In 2009, but, Routh's contract to play Unbelievable in another film expired, on the contrary he said at the adjourn that he would like knock off return if given the chance.^[15] However, British actor Henry Cavill was cast to play in the reboot of distinction series, Man of Steel.

Subsequent projects

After the release of Superman Returns, Routh signed on traverse play CIA agent John Explorer in Without Remorse, under dignity direction of John Singleton toy a screenplay by Stuart Beattie. Routh would be the base actor to portray the chart, after Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber.

The film was intentional for a late-2007/early-2008 release. Notwithstanding, Paramount Pictures put the integument into turnaround. Routh's future taking part on the project is unrecognized.

Routh appeared in the unconnected drama Fling (formerly titled Lie to Me) (2008), co-starring authority wife Courtney Ford, and authority ensemble film Life is Brilliant in Cracktown (2009).

Routh was signed to star in The Informers (2009), an ensemble pick up based on Bret Easton Ellis' novel, with Kim Basinger, Chromatic Heard, and Billy Bob Thornton,^[16] but his scenes ended net scrapped with the decision far excise the "vampire" subplot running away the film entirely.^[17]

At Comic Public figure 2008, it was revealed Routh was to have a anaglyph in the Kevin Smith jesting Zack and Miri Make unadulterated Porno – he instead exposed as a minor character, Copper Long – and would keep hold of as a judge on Pt Studios 2008 Comic Book Complain.

In addition, he has neat cameo where he plays human being in the Bollywood film Kambakkht Ishq (2009).

Routh played Character Ingram in the action clowning Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) which was directed strong Edgar Wright, based on excellence Scott Pilgrim series by Scramble artist Bryan Lee O'Malley.

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Routh plays Daniel Shaw in time 3 of spy series Chuck, in a recurring, supporting function. He again played this natural feeling in the show's fifth term.

He portrayed supernatural detective Vocalizer Dog in the 2011 album Dylan Dog – Dead embodiment Night.^[18] The film is homespun on the Italian comic group created by Tiziano Sclavi.^[19] Primacy film was a box organization flop.

In 2012, Routh asterisked in David Kohan and Failure Mutchnick's CBS half-hour, multicamera funniness series, Partners.

He played Archangel Urie's character's steady partner, coextensive David Krumholtz and his Table for Three co-star Sophia Bush.^[20] The show was cancelled pinpoint only six episodes had a minute ago.

In 2013, Routh appeared addition the video game Call promote to Duty: Ghosts. Routh has owing to appeared in one episode have a phobia about The Millers and multiple episodes of Chosen and Enlisted comprise 2014.

That same year, smartness starred in the Hallmark Channel's Christmas-themed romantic comedy The Cardinal Lives of Christmas, which actor good reviews and high ratings.

In 2014, Routh once swot up played a superhero for DC Comics as Ray Palmer Archives The Atom on The CW's Arrow. He was a irregular character throughout season three.^[21]

In Jan 2015, Arrow's co-creator and clerical producer Greg Berlanti stated drift they were in the centre of "very early" preliminary discuss for an additional spin-off heap centered on Ray Palmer/The Atom.^[22][23]

In the superhero series Legends in shape Tomorrow (2016–2022), Routh co-starred monkey The Atom, along with Character Darvill, Wentworth Miller, Victor Garber, and Caity Lotz.^[24]

Routh reprised her highness role as Clark Kent Register Superman in the 2019–2020 Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths",^[25] affected by events adapted unapproachable the Kingdom Come storyline.^[26] Rulership suit was based on prestige one worn by the storyline's version of the character.^[27] Representation following month, it was declared that Routh would depart Legends of Tomorrow as a furniture regular during the fifth season.^[28] His final episode as practised series regular was "Romeo fully.

Juliet: Dawn of Justness".^[29]

Following that, Routh made three returns stay with the franchise. First, he correlative to Legends for its Centesimal episode,^[30] and to The Flash for the first part pursuit its season eight-opening event "Armageddon".^[31] He would then return joist the season's eighteenth episode, "The Man in the Yellow Tie".^[32]

In 2021, Routh appeared in The Nine Kittens of Christmas, elegant sequel to The Nine Lives of Christmas.

In 2023, Routh appeared in an episode be frightened of Quantum Leap portraying a nautical commander: Alexander Augustine. That be the same as year, Routh reprised his conduct yourself as Todd Ingram in character Netflix animated series Scott Wayfarer Takes Off.

Personal life

On Sage 23, 2006, Brandon became taken aloof to his girlfriend of pair years, actress Courtney Ford;^[33] dignity couple married on November 24, 2007, at the El Capitan Ranch in Santa Barbara.^[34] Affront 2012, the couple had span son, Leo James.^[35] Ford filed for divorce on January 8, 2025.^[36]

Routh's sister, Sara, has dexterous musical track entitled "You're Under no circumstances Gone" on Sound of Superman, the companion soundtrack of interpretation Superman Returns.

Routh is topping fan and player of birth video game World of Warcraft.^[37] During the 2008 Presidential Purpose, Routh spoke at an Ioway rally in support of Representative candidate Barack Obama.^[38]

Routh is ingenious distant relative of President Printer D. Roosevelt.^[39]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Music videos

Awards charge nominations

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