Thursday, May 24, 2018

MCU actors who have appeared in DC Comics films Part 4

This list comprise of actors who had appeared in the MCU as well as the DCEU.

MAN OF STEEL


Ayelet Zurer
She played the role of Lara Zor-Van, one of the first few characters to appear in "Man Of Steel", seen giving birth to a baby boy while being assisted by her husband Jor-El. Their son Kal-El was the first ever naturally born Kryptonian child in centuries, since all other Kryptonians had been genetically created. Lara was forced to watch Jor-El be killed by Zod right after watching Jor-El being transported out of Krypton on a pre-programmed spacecraft. Soon after Zod and his rebels were sentenced to imprisonment in the Phantom Zone, Lara watches from her home as Krypton explodes. Her son Jor-El would go on to be raised by a human couple and named Clark Kent, and take on the mantle of Superman.
MCU: Ayelet played the role of Vanessa Marianne, owner of the Scene Contempo art gallery in Manhattan and love interest of Wilson Fisk in "Daredevil".


Laurence Fishburne
Fishburne played the role of Perry White, top CEO of The Daily Planet and boss to Lois Lane and Clark Kent. He reprised the role in Batman v Superman.
MCU: Fishburne portrays the role of Bill Foster, an old friend of Pym who was once his assistant on Project Goliath, and surrogate father to Ava Starr aka Ghost. His younger self was portrayed by Laurence's own son Langston Fishburne.
Other role: Fishburne voiced the role of Norrin Radd the Silver Surfer (portrayed by Doug Jones via motion capture) in "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer".

BATMAN v SUPERMAN


Scoot McNairy
He portrayed the role of Wallace Keefe former employee of Wayne Enterprises who had his legs amputated after a steel beam crushed them following the brawl between Superman and Zod. He holds Superman responsible for his handicap and the death of his daughter, and some 2 years later goes to vandalize the Superman statue, being arrested by the Metropolis police as a result. Lex Luthor approached Wallace and promised to pay bail if Wallace agreed to testify against Superman at an upcoming hearing. He was given a brand-new wheelchair by Lex Luthor and was present at the congressional hearing where Senator June Finch questions Superman on the validity of his actions. A bomb concealed in the wheelchair detonated and killed Wallace along with everyone else in the room, with the exception of Superman.
MCU: Scoot portrayed the role of Jackson Norriss in the Marvel One-Shot titled "All Hail The King", Norriss is a member of the Ten Rings terrorist organization posing as a documentary filmmaker whose true motive is to break Trevor Slattery out of prison so he can meet the actual Mandarin and possibly answer for his impersonation.


Callen Mulvey
He portrayed the role of the KGB Anatoli Knyazev in "Batman v Superman". He was in Africa doing business with African terrorists, but double crossed them by killing his men when Superman arrived to the scene, following Luthor's orders. Bruce Wayne has kept tabs on him and when he was delivering the Kryptonite to Luthor, Batman chased after him for the Kryptonite only to be stopped by Superman, who has problems with his tactics, allowing Knyazev to successfully deliver the Kryptonite to Luthor. He was appointed by Luthor to kidnap Superman's mother Martha Kent following Luthor's instructions to burn her to death in one hour unless ordered otherwise, and holds her hostage in a warehouse with many armed men guarding the building, only for all of them to be taken down by Batman. The Dark Knight shoots the flamethrower tank he was wearing in order to rescue Martha from his grip, with Knyazev being caught in an explosion and perishing.
MCU: He portrayed the role of Jack Rollins, a member of S.T.R.I.K.E., which is depicted as the counter-terrorist organization under S.H.I.E.L.D.. He along with Brock Rumlow aid Captain America were instrumental in rescuing S.H.I.E.L.D. agents from Georges Batroc. Later, it is revealed that he is a HYDRA double agent working for Alexander Pierce. He is present during Captain America, Black Widow and Falcon's capture and is one of the Winter Soldier's guards. He is later incapacitated by Black Widow (disguised as one of the World Security Council members).

SUICIDE SQUAD

Adewale Akinn
He portrayed the role of Waylon Jones, a human born with the disfiguring skin disorder epidermolytic hyperkeratosis that turn his entire skin into reptillain scales and also turning all his teeth pointed. Due to his freakish appearance, Jones was given the nickname "Killer Croc".
MCU: He portrayed the role of Algrim, right-hand man of Malekith the Accursed who augmented his strength significantly while bonding with the armor he wore to his body, becoming the last of the monstrous Kurse soldiers. Kurse went on to free some of the prisoners and kill Queen Frigga, and was later killed by Loki in his homeworld of Svartalfheim.


Kenneth Choi
He had a rather brief role as a Yakuza boss in Suicide Squad.
MCU: Kenneth portrayed Jim Morita, one of the Howling Commandos in Captain America :The First Avenger. He also portrayed Principal Morita, grandson of Jim Morita in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

SHAZAM! (coming in April 2019)

Zachary Levi
In the MCU, Levi portrayed Fandral the Dashing in Thor: The Dark World, and very briefly in Thor: Ragnarok. The original actor for Fandral in the first Thor movie was Joshua Dallas.
He is set to star as the adult form of Billy Batson aka Shazam in an upcoming DCEU film of the same name.

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