Jon Cryer is the new Lex Luthor, but he sure isn’t the first.
Let’s have a look at the other men who have played the role.
The greatest criminal mind of our time!Supermans biggest and most enduring pain-in-the-ass!
We look back at some of the notable actors who have played Luthor on the big and small screen.
So, fasten your wigs, its off to the lab!
How many other actors can say that they played Commissioner Gordon AND Lex Luthor?
None, thats how many.
Nevertheless, Mr. Hackman brought an arrogant charm that worked perfectly against Christopher Reeves perfectly earnest, no-nonsense Superman.
Scott James Wells
Superboy(1988)
In 1986, DC Comics reinvented Lex Luthor.
After the first season, both John Haymes Newton (who played Superboy) and Wells were replaced.
Gone was the big man on campus, replaced by a mad scientist with nothing to lose.
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This is Lex Luthor as Bond villain: charming, urbane, and as deadly as a cobra.
While this is destined to remain Spaceys sole outing as Supermans greatest foe, its a memorable performance.
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Will we ever see Eisenberg as Luthor again?
Fortunately, theres none of Lenny in Jon Cryers Lex.
Cryer plays Luthor as calculatingly evil, but not a blabbering madman.
Maggins two prose Superman novels,Last Son of KryptonandMiracle Monday.
