# Actors portraying multiple superheroes/comic characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117 "2014-02-24T17:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/81 "2014-02-28T16:43:55Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I want to be Clancy Brown when I grow up. If you get to be Clancy Brown, can I be Frank Welker? ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/82 "2014-02-28T21:03:14Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Kristy Swanson: Supergirl, Diana Palmer (The Phantom) Also, perhaps stretching “superhero,” Buffy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/83 "2014-03-01T03:19:27Z")
Before getting cast as James Bond, young Timothy Dalton picked up a comic-book credit as a sword-wielding Prince Barin in the _Flash Gordon_ movie; he later played an eyepatch-wearing Basil St. John in the _Brenda Starr_ movie; and while his role as Neville Sinclair in _The Rocketeer_ was apparently created for the film and so doesn’t count, I’m not gonna not mention it because that movie was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/84 "2014-03-01T03:33:08Z")
Thomas Haden Church - Sandman (Spider-Man 3) and the Strobe (The Specials). And I don’t know what the OP is talking about. Deadpool has never been in a live action movie. He should star in Highlander 2. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/85 "2014-03-01T04:11:50Z")
Richard Roxburgh was Sherlock Holmes in a _Hound of the Baskervilles_ TV movie in '02; in '03, he was ‘M’ in _The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen_; and in '04 he was Dracula opposite Hugh Jackman’s _Van Helsing_. ---
**Author:** ![Almac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Almac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Almac)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/86 "2014-03-05T20:30:22Z")
Another example: character actor Lyle Talbot, probably best remembered today as the police detective rubbing his chin with a loaded pistol in Plan Nine From Outer Space essayed early versions of famous DC characters in Republic series. Luthor (before ‘Superboy’ named him Lex) Commissioner Gordon (the Bat Signal also debuted in a small handheld version ) ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/87 "2014-03-05T20:40:03Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Ryan Reynolds was also in _RIPD_. > > It’s a three-way tie: Bruce Willis, Ryan Reynolds and Chris Evans all have 4. If you count the G.I. Joe comics, Willis pulls into the lead. Technically, Chris Evans also played Loki in Thor 2. Or, at least, played Loki impersonating Captain America. ---
**Author:** ![Almac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Almac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Almac)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/88 "2014-03-05T21:18:50Z")
Oh, here’s another one (if you include characters with a comic connection instead of originating in comics): Cesar Romero The Joker The Cisco Kid Dracula (in the jokey blood bank Night Gallery episode) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/89 "2014-03-05T23:16:22Z")
> [@Almac](#): > > Another example: character actor Lyle Talbot, probably best remembered today as the police detective rubbing his chin with a loaded pistol in Plan Nine From Outer Space essayed early versions of famous DC characters in Republic series. > > Luthor (before ‘Superboy’ named him Lex) > Commissioner Gordon (the Bat Signal also debuted in a small handheld version ) I already mentioned him in [post #9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17135989&postcount=9). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/90 "2014-03-07T11:31:13Z")
A few years after he was Count Dracula, Bela Lugosi got a rare good-guy role as Chandu. Now, you could argue for a definition of ‘superhero’ that excludes Frank Chandler – but he’s, well, _a super-powered hero,_ using his extraordinary abilities to fight crime and save lives under an assumed name, so, y’know, yeah. (Besides, he really sells that whole Mandrake-the-Magician schtick with his famous loooook into my eeeeeeyes routine, which deserves the benefit of the doubt.) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/91 "2014-03-07T15:28:43Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > And I don’t know what the OP is talking about. Deadpool has never been in a live action movie. He should star in Highlander 2. Ryan Reynolds played Wade Wilson in [X-Men Origins: Wolverine](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458525/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_18). I don’t think he’s explicitly called Deadpool at any time, but it’s the same guy, as verified [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadpool#In_other_media). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/92 "2014-03-07T15:41:16Z")
Neil Patrick Harris voiced Music Meister in _Batman: The Brave and the Bold_ and of course was Dr. Horrible (who did not originate in a comic but was in [a comic about his origins](http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/16-655/Dr-Horrible-one-shot), if that makes sense). ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/93 "2014-03-07T16:53:45Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > And Sarah Connor. If Sarah Connor counts, Christian Bale has played Batman and John Connor. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/94 "2014-03-07T17:01:31Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Michael Clark Duncan - _Daredevil_ and _Sin City_ Also Balrog/M. Bison in _Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li_ and the voice of Kilowog in _The Green Lantern_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/95 "2014-07-13T13:34:10Z")
Bumping this because I only just now remembered that Jon Favreau was Foggy Nelson in _Daredevil_ before he started playing Happy Hogan in the _Iron Man_ movies. (You remember the _Iron Man_ movies, right? The ones starring _Sherlock Holmes_?) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/96 "2014-07-15T14:48:23Z")
Mar Elizabeth Winstead played Ramona Flowers in _Scott Pilgrim vs The World_, and Gwen Grayson in _Sky High_. She was also Mary Todd Lincoln in _Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter_ but I’m not sure that counts as a superhero movie… ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117/97 "2014-07-15T18:04:15Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > I was just reminded: > > Michael Clark Duncan - _Daredevil_ and _Sin City_ > Jessica Alba - _Sin City_ and _Fantastic 4_ The last thing michael Clark Duncan did before he passed away was voice Groot in an animated Guardians of the Galaxy cartoon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117.md?page=4)