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Brandon James Routh (born October 9, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on multiple television series throughout the early 2000s. In 2006, he gained greater recognition for his role as the titular superhero of the 2006 film Superman Returns. He also had a recurring role in the TV series Chuck, as Daniel Shaw. Following this, he had notable supporting roles in the films Zack and Miri Make a Porno and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. In 2010, he portrayed the eponymous protagonist of another comic book film, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night. He is currently portraying another iconic DC superhero, Ray Palmer/The Atom, in CW's superhero TV series Arrow and upcoming Legends of Tomorrow.
Brandon Routh
Clark Kent
for Clark Kent in Kingdom Come: The Miniseries
Suggested by michaelcosby
The series opens with a battle against several supervillains in Kansas. Though Superman of the JLA tries to defuse the crisis, a new generation of antiheroes causes the fight to descend into chaos. The harsh and violent crimefighter Magog faces off against the villains' leader, the Major Force. When Major Force is wounded, his subsequent rampage sees Kansas devastated and much of the American Midwest left an irradiated waste. During his ten-year retirement from superheroics, Clark Kent lives at a new farm with Lois on the borders of the Kansas ruins. During this time she befriends minister Norman McKay, who is undergoing visions of a coming superhuman conflict. Norman is the narrator of the story with a unique connection to the Spectre, who stands by passing judgment on the human and superhuman world. The new and violent generation of antiheroes eventually causes Clark to rethink his retirement. In this case, his successor Superwoman (formerly Supergirl) has kept up the fight and become rivals with not just Magog, but the roguish Manchester Black. Black, a violent vigilante who has nothing but contempt for "relic" heroes of the past, sees violence as the quick and simple solution to fighting crime and acts as a toxic influence on the more popular Magog. Returning to action, Superman dons a black 'S' shield in mourning of the Midwest disaster, allying with Superwoman and Wonder Woman to rebuild the JLA.
