Given Lex's high status as a supervillain, he also comes into conflict with Batman and other superheroes in the DC Universe. Lex Luthor has traditionally lacked superpowers or a dual identity and typically appears with a bald head. He periodically wears his Warsuit, a high-tech battle suit giving him enhanced strength, flight, and advanced weaponry, among other capabilities.
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John Shea and Michael Rosenbaum portrayed the character as the main antagonist character in Superman-themed television series, while Lyle Talbot, Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey, and Jesse Eisenberg have portrayed the character in major motion pictures.
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Superman: The Movie (1978), Superman II (1981), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Despite being easily the most well known actor to ever play Lex Luthor, Gene Hackman's performance has always been a little divisive. While there's no questioning Hackman's acting chops, some have cited the series' questionable decision to make Luthor and his associates less menacing than they might have been.
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Lex Luthor: The Many Faces of the Greatest Criminal Mind of Our Time. Jesse Eisenberg 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. Den of Geek will present a special Batman v. Superman night on March 28th in New York City.
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The first actor to play Lex Luthor was Lyle Talbot, in the 1950 serial Atom Man vs. Superman, alongside Kirk Alyn's Superman. Lex, surprisingly, never appeared in the George Reeves television series, Adventures of Superman.
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Alexander Lex Luthor is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Lex Luthor first appeared in Action Comics #23 (April 1940) and has since endured as the archenemy of Superman.
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Atom Man vs. Superman was released right on the cusp of the golden age of sci-fi b-movies, and Lyle Talbot's Lex Luthor was a mad scientist at a time when that really meant something. How many other actors can say that they played Commissioner Gordon AND Lex Luthor? None, that's how many.
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In 1944 Lex Luthor was the first character in a comic book, (and one of the first in fiction) to use an atomic bomb. The United States Department of Defense (then known as the United States Department of War) asked this story line be delayed from publication, which it was until 1946.
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Quite a few actors have provided the voice of Lex Luthor for various animated projects, including Ray Owens, Stanley Jones, Michael Bell, Powers Boothe, James Marsters, Chris Noth, Anthony Lapaglia, and my favorite, Clancy Brown.
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Not only was Lyle Talbot the first actor to play Lex Luthor (arguably the first live-action interpretation of any legitimate supervillain this side of Ming the Merciless), he was also the first to sit behind Jim Gordon's desk (in 1949's Batman and Robin serial).
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who has played lex luthor?
Lyle Talbot has played Lex Luthor. Lyle Talbot played the role of Lex Luthor.