# Smallville- 5/14/2003- Who was the voice of Jor-El? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210 "2003-05-14T14:58:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210/1 "2003-05-14T14:58:31Z")
I _know_ I’ve read that a well-known actor was voicing Jor-El, but for the life of me, I can’t remmber who it is. It sounded familiar- at one point, it sounded like Sean Connery, but www.comics2film , where I thought I read the information before, only alludes to it being “someone meaningful” to the Superman and his fans. Any ideas? And BTW, last night’s epi was awesome, and the season finale looks like it’s going to be pretty crazy too. Thanks in advance, -j ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210/2 "2003-05-14T14:59:51Z")
Make that [www.comics2film.com](http://www.comics2film.com) ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210/3 "2003-05-14T15:26:50Z")
According to the people on the boards at [Television Without Pity](http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com), it was Terence Stamp. ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210/4 "2003-05-14T16:52:06Z")
Thanks, **gallows fodder**! Well, Stamp would certainly fit the bill for being meaningful to Supes fans, wouldn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210/5 "2003-05-14T19:04:14Z")
(FYI everybody–like me–who didn’t know who Terence Stamp was: General Zod from Superman II.) ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210/6 "2003-05-15T02:42:00Z")
The voice should have first sounded in the beginning of the episode, when Lana brought Clark the cake. “Kal-El… shut up and blow out the candles!” For someone who was “waiting for [Lana’s interest] for so long”, he sure didn’t waste any time to interrupt the tender moment… ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210/7 "2003-05-15T16:59:41Z")
One question, are we all sure it _was_ JOR-EL? I mean, granted it was coming from the ship, but maybe it was the ship’s artificial intelligence speaking. Maybe the whole “the last son will rule” thing wasn’t Jor-El’s intention at all. Maybe Clark is being manipulated by… Zod. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210/8 "2003-05-15T17:17:06Z")
Maybe the ship will turn out to be Braniac in this incarnation and try to drive Supes’ to be a bad guy. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210/9 "2003-05-15T17:57:21Z")
Can’t confirm it, but I believe they’ve said no other Kryptonians will show up. Something about saving them for the movie, I believe. Dammit. I like Zod. I want a real bad Superguy, not just Clark looking pouty in leather. ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210/10 "2003-05-15T18:38:27Z")
I’m not sure the voice of Jor-El would qualify as another Kryptonian actually being introduced- it would really only be a recording, or something like one, at least. **photopat** - no the episode never actually identifies the voice as that of Jor-El, but the comics2film site that I linked to above _does_ have an article that speaks about a theretofore unnamed actor voicing Jor-El; one who would be significant to Supes fans, and the voice _did_ come from the ship and all, so I just made the logical jump. And though I can’t get through to **gallows fodder** ’s link right now, I believe it may actually credit Stamp as “voice of Jor-el” , though I admit that I just took his word for it, and haven’t actually wandered over there to confirm yet. -j ---
**Author:** ![Beer\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Beer\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beer_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210/11 "2003-05-15T18:44:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > \*\*One question, are we all sure it _was_ JOR-EL? I mean, granted it was coming from the ship, but maybe it was the ship’s artificial intelligence speaking. > > Maybe the whole “the last son will rule” thing wasn’t Jor-El’s intention at all. Maybe Clark is being manipulated by… > > Zod. \*\* I was thinking maybe it refers to Lex. He’s the youngest son, and he’s clearly right on the edge of becoming evil. ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-5-14-2003-who-was-the-voice-of-jor-el/175210/12 "2003-05-15T19:10:46Z")
Was Lucas Dunleavy Lex’s older brother? I don’t know why that never registered with me. Anyhow, here’s another pretty good site: [www.kryptonsite.com](http://www.kryptonsite.com) - it’s full of spoilers, which it claims are only speculation, but some are obviously more spot on than others. It claims that Stamp is Jor-El. But the Brainiac idea would be great… I’m sure that it would break the spirit of the “no flight, no tights” rule though. Can’t wait for Lex to finally go EEEEvil!!!