# Name a performer who has portrayed both a Marvel and a DC character on film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260 "2014-06-21T02:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/1 "2014-06-21T02:01:49Z")
I can think of only one. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/2 "2014-06-21T02:09:41Z")
You are thinking of Ryan Reynolds, aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/3 "2014-06-21T02:11:28Z")
Ryan Reynolds Tommy Lee Jones James Marsters Jim Carrey ---
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Halle Berre Michael Clarke Duncan Ben Affleck (coming up) ---
**Author:** ![Fishtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ed655f/32.png) [@Fishtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fishtar)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/5 "2014-06-21T02:18:57Z")
Tim Robbins. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/6 "2014-06-21T02:25:45Z")
Michael Fassbender ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/7 "2014-06-21T02:34:22Z")
Not what the OP asked for, but I thought I’d mention Jeffrey Dean Morgan has appeared in movies based on three separate DC comic book series. So he’s overdue for a Marvel character. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/8 "2014-06-21T02:40:35Z")
Josh Brolin ---
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It’d probably help to mention who they’d appeared in. \>\_\> But not yet mentioned (or at least it wasn’t while I was composing the post, but it seems I’ve been beaten to him) is Josh Brolin, who played Jonah Hex in the movie of the same name, young K in Men in Black III (a Marvel property), and Thanos in the MCU (though his first appearance thereas hasn’t come out, yet). For strict voicework, Tara Strong has played multiple DC characters (including, but not limited to Raven, Batgirl, Harley Quinn), and multiple Marvel characters (ibnlt HERBIE, Mary Jane, Polaris). ---
**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:** [June 21, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/10 "2014-06-21T03:28:56Z")
Ron Ely played Doc Savage on film, which arguably qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/11 "2014-06-21T14:28:48Z")
Cobie Smulders, technically. She was Agent Hill in _Avengers_ and _Winter Soldier_, and also Wonder Woman in _The Lego Movie_. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/12 "2014-06-21T16:45:40Z")
Would a novel published by “an imprint of DC Comics” count? In the ULH corner of the cover it says DC comics: > **[V for Vendetta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta)** > > V for Vendetta is a British graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare). Initially published between 1982 and 1985 in black and white as an ongoing serial in the British anthology Warrior, its serialization was completed in 1988–89 in a ten-issue colour limited series published by DC Comics in the United States. Subsequent collected editions were typically published under DC's specialized imprint, Vertigo, until that label was shut dow... If so, Natalie Portman. I’ve got a two-fer: Both Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson played characters in _The Spirit_ and _Iron Man 2_. ---
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> [@Chronos](#): > > Cobie Smulders, technically. She was Agent Hill in _Avengers_ and _Winter Soldier_, and also Wonder Woman in _The Lego Movie_. Really? Because a superhero costume designer used her as the photoshopped “model” for his Wonder Woman design. Oh yes. ---
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> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Both Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson played characters in _The Spirit_ and _Iron Man 2_. Calling the Spirit DC is dubious as hell. The comic was never part of the DC universe except for a one-shot crossover that happened long after the character no longer appeared regularly (by that logic, Spider-Man would be a DC character). The movie was produced by Lionsgate, not Warner, so it had no connection with DC movies. **V for Vendetta** was at least distributed by DC, and the movie was made by Warners, so you can make a case for it, but not Spirit. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/15 "2014-06-21T19:41:07Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Calling the Spirit DC is dubious as hell. The comic was never part of the DC universe Was so. Neener-neener. > **[Spirit Vol 1](https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Spirit_Vol_1)** > > Spirit (Volume 1) was an ongoing series, published by DC Comics. It ran from 2007 until 2009. It starred Spirit. Spirit #1 Spirit #2 Spirit #3 Spirit #4 Spirit #5 Spirit #6 Spirit #7 Spirit #8 Spirit #9 Spirit #10 Spirit #11 Spirit #12 Spirit #13... ---
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> [@Chronos](#): > > Cobie Smulders, technically. She was Agent Hill in _Avengers_ and _Winter Soldier_, and also Wonder Woman in _The Lego Movie_. By that logic, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White and the Silver Surfer. ---
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Terence Stamp was DC’s Zod before he was Marvel’s Stick. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/18 "2014-06-23T02:32:33Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Would a novel published by “an imprint of DC Comics” count? In the ULH corner of the cover it says DC comics: > > [V for Vendetta - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta) > > If so, Natalie Portman. and Hugo Weaving, who played the Red Skull in _Captain America: The First Avenger_. Also, Chris Evans (obviously Captain America and Johnny Storm for Marvel) was in _The Losers_, based on comic by DC’s Vertigo imprint. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/19 "2014-06-23T02:58:17Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Also, Chris Evans (obviously Captain America and Johnny Storm for Marvel) was in _The Losers_, based on comic by DC’s Vertigo imprint. He also was the lead in _Push_, which was another DC series (under its Wildstorm imprint) although in this case the comic book series followed the movie. And he was the lead in _Snowpiercer_, which was based on a French comic book published by Titan, and had a supporting role in _Scott Pilgrim vs the World_, which was based on an Oni Press graphic novel series, and voiced a character for the 2007 _TMNT_ movie, which was based on the Mirage/Image comic book series. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260/20 "2014-06-23T03:02:29Z")
Terrence Stamp. He played General Zod in Superman II, and was Elekra’s teacher in Elektra. Halle Berry…she was Storm in the X-Men movies, and Catwoman in the really bad movie of the same name. Natalie Portman was in Thor, and she also was in V for Vendetta, which was a Vertigo comic, which is a DC imprint. Ned Beatty was in both Superman and the very bad 1990 Captain America movie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-performer-who-has-portrayed-both-a-marvel-and-a-dc-character-on-film/691260.md?page=2)