| Character | Film | Christopher Reeve films
({{small|1978–1987) | Superman
{{small|Returns | DC Extended Universe
({{small|2013–present) |
|---|
| Superman | Superman II | Superman III | Superman IV:
The Quest for Peace | Man of Steel | Batman v Superman:
Dawn of Justice | Justice League |
|---|
| 1978 | 1981 | 1983 | 1987 | 2006 | 2013 | 2016 | 2017 |
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| CAST |
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| {{small>Superman | {{small>Jeff East (y)}}
{{small|Lee Quigley
(baby Kal-El)}}
{{small|Aaron Smolinski
(baby Clark Kent)}}
{{small|Elizabeth Sweetman
(u)(infant)}} | {{small>Aaron Smolinski (a)}} | Christopher Reeve | {{small>Stephan Bender
(y)}} | {{small>Dylan Sprayberry (age 13)}}
{{small|Cooper Timberline (age 9)}} | Henry Cavill |
|---|
| Lois Lane | Margot Kidder | Kate Bosworth | Amy Adams |
|---|
| Lex Luthor | Gene Hackman | | Gene Hackman | Kevin Spacey | | Jesse Eisenberg |
|---|
| Jor-El | Marlon Brando | (Richard Donnor Cut)}} | | Marlon Brando (a)}} | Russell Crowe | |
|---|
| Jimmy Olsen | Marc McClure | Sam Huntington | | Michael Cassidy | |
|---|
| Perry White | Jackie Cooper | Frank Langella | Laurence Fishburne | |
|---|
| Martha Kent | Phyllis Thaxter | | Eva Marie Saint | Diane Lane |
|---|
| Jonathan Kent | Glenn Ford | | Kevin Costner | |
|---|
| Lara Lor-Van | Susannah York | | (v)}} | | Ayelet Zurer | |
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| General Zod | Terrence Stamp | | Michael Shannon | Michael Shannon (CGI)}} | |
|---|
| Lana Lang | Diane Sherry | | Annette O'Toole | | Jadin Gould | (c)}} | |
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| Sam Lane | Kirk Alyn | |
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| President of the United States | | E. G. Marshall | | Robert Beatty | | (v)}} | |
|---|
| Gus Gorman | | (x)}} | |
|---|
| Lorelei | | (x)}} | |
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| Ross Webster | | (x)}} | |
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| Vera Webster | | (x)}} | |
|---|
| Nuclear Man | | (x)}}
Gene Hackman {{small|(v)}} | |
|---|
| Lenny Luthor | | (x)}} | |
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| David Warfield | | (x)}} | |
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| Lacy Warfield | | (x)}} | |
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| Harry Howler | | (x)}} | |
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| Harry Howler | | (x)}} | |
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| Jean Pierre Dubois | | (x)}} | |
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| General Romoff | | (x)}} | |
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| Levon Hornsby | | (x)}} | |
|---|
| Kitty Kowalski | | (x)}} | |
|---|
| Stanford | | (x)}} | |
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| Jason White | | (x)}} | |
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| Bibbo Bibbowski | | Jack Larson | (c)}} | |
|---|
| Faora | | Antje Traue | |
|---|
| Nathan Hardy | | (x)}} | |
|---|
| Calvin Swanwick | | Harry Lennix {{small|(x)}} | |
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| Carrie Farris | | Christina Wren | |
|---|
| Kelor | | Carla Gugino {{small|(v)}} | |
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| Emil Hamilton | | Richard Schiff | |
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| Jax-Ur | | Antje Traue | |
|---|
| Steve Lombard | | Michael Kelly | |
|---|
| Jenny Jurwich | | Rebecca Buller {{small|(x)}} | |
|---|
| Pete Ross | | {{small>Joseph Cranford (y)}} | (c)}} | |
|---|
| Kenny Braverman | | Rowen Kahn | |
|---|
| {{small>Batman | | {{small>Brandon Spink (y)}} | Ben Affleck |
|---|
| {{small>Wonder Woman | | Gal Gadot |
|---|
| Alfred Pennyworth | | Jeremy Irons |
|---|
| June Finch | | (x)}} | |
|---|
| Wallace Keefe | | (x)}} | |
|---|
| Anatoli Knyazev | | Callan Mulvey | |
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| Mercy Graves | | Tao Okamoto | |
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| Doomsday | | Robin Atkin Downes | |
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| Thomas Wayne | | (c)}} | |
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| Martha Wayne | | (c)}} | |
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| Jack O'Dwyer | | (x)}} | |
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| {{small>The Flash | | Ezra Miller |
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| {{small>Aquaman | | (c)}} | Jason Momoa |
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| {{small>Cyborg | | (c)}} | Ray Fisher |
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| Silas Stone | | Joe Morton |
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| Steppenwolf | | CGI (d)}} | Ciarán Hinds |
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| Hippolyta | | Connie Nielsen |
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| James Gordon | | J. K. Simmons |
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| {{small>Deathstrike | | Joe Manganiello |
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| Green Lantern | | CGI character}} |
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