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Every Actor Who Has Played Superman, Ranked

From Kirk Alyn's 1948 black-and-white movie serials to Christopher Reeve's defining big-screen trilogy and David Corenswet's 2025 reboot, here is every live-action actor to wear the red cape, ranked.

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  1. Twelve Actors Have Worn the Cape on Screen, Ranked Worst to Best
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Across nearly eight decades of cinema and television, 12 live-action actors have stepped into the boots of Clark Kent and Superman. From 1940s theater serials and syndicated 1990s dramas to modern blockbuster spectacles, we ranked every on-screen Man of Steel from 12 down to number one.

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