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.

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

MCU actors who have appeared in DC Comics films Part 3

The list comprise of MCU actors who have starred in live-action Batman films between 1992 to 2008.

BATMAN/ BATMAN RETURNS


Michael Keaton
Keaton portrayed the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in the Tim Burton-directed "Batman" (1989) and its sequel "Batman Returns". He was the first actor to portray the Dark Knight in a serious toned live-action film, donning an all-black suit and equipped with a wide range of arsenal.
MCU: He portrayed Adrian Toomes/Vulture the main antagonist of "Spider-Man Homecoming".


Michelle Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer played the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in "Batman Returns". Kyle used to work as a secretary for Max Shreck, who happened to discover the true purpose of Shreck's power plant to drain Gotham of its energy and bring the city under Shreck's control. Shreck pushed her out of a window of his office to silence her, but she survived the fall after being revived by stray cats and vowed revenge, taking up the mantle of Catwoman. Eight of her lives were used up either by falling off a great height or being shot or electrocuted, and yet she had one remaining life by the end of the film.
MCU: She portrays Janet Van Dyne the original Wasp in the upcoming "Ant-Man and the wasp". Janet is the wife of Hank Pym and mother of Hope; in 1987 she sacrificed herself by continuously shrinking to detonate a nuclear warhead and possibly entered the Quantum Realm.

BATMAN FOREVER


Jon Favreau
Favreau portrayed an employee of Wayne Enterprises, walking past Bruce Wyane and Edward Nygma in a very brief scene in "Batman Forver".
MCU: he portrayed Harold "Happy" Hogan, bodyguard and close friend of Tony Stark in all 3 Iron Man films. He was also the director of Iron Man 1 and 2.
Additional role: Favreau played the role of lawyer Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, best friend of Matt Murdock in 2003 "Daredevil".


Tommy Lee Jones
Jones portrayed a campy version of Harvey Dent/Two-Face in "Batman Forever". Dent was the former District Attorney of Gotham City who lost his sanity after half his face was disfigured by acid thrown at him by Boss Maroni. Due to his obession with duality, he earned the nickname "Two-Face", and often uses his two-sided coin to decide the fates of certain victims. In this film, Two-Face was also directly responsible for the deaths of the Flying Graysons, which led to Dick Grayson taking on the mantle of Robin, sidekick of Batman.
MCU: he played the role of Colonel Chester Phillips in "Captain America: The First Avenger". He was initially skeptical about the scrawny and frail Steve Rogers being chosen for the Super Soldier Program. He later became one of the founding members of SHIELD in 1945 after the end of World War II.

THE DARK KNIGHT


Ng Chin Han
Chin Han portrayed Mr Lau, Gotham City's Chinese mob boss and CEO of Lau Security Investments Holdings, a major business in Hong Kong whose success drew the attention of Wayne Enterprises.
MCU: he portrayed the role of Councilman Yen in "Captain America: the Winter Soldier".
Additional role: he also starred as Frank Chen in "Arrow".


David Dastmalchian
Dastmalchian appeared as Thomas Schiff, the fake Guard of Honor who disrupted Loeb's funeral and was later held at gunpoint by Dent. Dent saw Schiff had a name tag which read Rachel Dawes, hence he kidnapped and threatened to shoot him if Schiff wouldn't give up what was going to happen to Rachel. Dent used the coin only to scare a confession from Schiff, but wasn't planning to actually murder him. Batman informed Harvey that Thomas was a paranoid schizophrenic who had served time in Arkham Asylum, and probably couldn't reveal anything.
MCU: he played a close friend of Scott Lang in "Ant-Man" and reprises the role in the upcoming "Ant-Man and the Wasp".


Joshua Harto
Harto portrayed Coleman Reese, an M & A law accountant at Wayne Enterprises who discovered Bruce Wayne's secret of being Batman when he stumbled upon some Batmobile blueprints in Lucius Fox's office, and offered to keep silent for 10 million dollars each year for the rest of his life, but then decided to not speak when Fox reminded him of Bruce Wayne's considerable wealth and influence, as well as his fighting prowess as Batman. Coleman later changed his mind and announced on live television that he pallned to reveal the real identity of Batman on "Gotham Tonight", but The Joker comes by via phone call, threatening to blow up a hospital if Reese wasn't killed within the hour, since the Joker didsn't want Reese to spoil the fun of the battle between himself and Batman. After Reese was saved by Bruce Wayne from being run down by a madman's truck, he gratefully agreed to keep Batman's true identity a secret, and vowed never to speak of it again.
MCU: he portrayed a CAOC Analyst in Iron Man 1 and Iron Man 3.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

MCU actors who have appeared in DC Comics films Part 2

This list focuses on the MCU actors who had starred in films or TV series directly linked to DC Comics mainstream.

SMALLVILLE TV series

Dave Bautista
Former wrestler Bautista had starred as the scaped Zoner Aldar in one episode of the TV series based on the early adventures of Clark Kent before he became Superman.
MCU: He portrayed Drax the Destroyer in both Guardians of the Galaxy films, and later in Avengers: Infinity War.


Lizzy Caplan
Caplan portrayed the role of Tina Greer in 2 episodes.
MCU: She portrayed Claire Wise in the Marvel One-Shot titled "Item 47". She was recruited to S.H.I.E.L.D. after she and her boyfriend, Benjamin Pollack found a Chitauri weapon after the Battle of New York. She was appointed as assistant to Agent Felix Blake.

GREEN LANTERN

Taika Waititi
Waititi portrayed the role of Thomas Kalmaku, an aerospace engineer working at Ferris Aircraft, in addition to being Hal Jordan's best friend, and the first person Hal turns to after he receives his power ring.
MCU: He played the role of Korg via motion capture and voice in "Thor: Ragnarok". Korg is one of the gladiators forced to battle each other by the cosmic being and ruler of Sakaar, the Grandmaster. When Thor stages his escape, Valkyrie frees Korg, his friend Miek, and the rest of the gladiators as they led a rebellion against the Grandmaster. He welcomes Loki in their escape. Korg aids in the evacuation of Asgard and becomes part of Thor's crew.


Angela Bassett
Bassett played the role of Amanda Waller, a former congressional aide and government agent, who works as a scientist for the DEO under the command of Senator Robert Hammond.
MCU: She played the role of Queen Ramonda in "Black Panther". She is the Queen Mother of Wakanda, widow of T'Chaka and mother of T'Challa and Shuri.

Monday, May 21, 2018

MCU actors who have appeared in DC Comics films Part 1

The first part featuring actors who had starred in the MCU and some DC films, mostly Vertigo.

THE LOSERS (Vertigo, imprint of DC Comics)


Idris Elba
He had starred as Captain William Roque, an expert in detonating and deactivating explosives.
MCU: He had played the role of Heimdall in all 3 THOR films as well as the start of "Avengers: Infinity War".
Additional role: Elba had also played the role of Moreau in "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance".


Chris Evans
He had played the role of Captain Jake Jensen, The team's intelligence specialist and computer hacker..
MCU: He portrayed the role of Steve Rogers/Captain America in all 3 Captain America films, all 3 Avengers films, and even made cameos in "Thor: The Dark World" (Loki masquerading as him) and "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (appearing in video vignettes). He is slated to portray Rogers in next year's Avengers 4 (working title).
Additional role: Evans had also portrayed the role of Johnny Storm/Human Torch in 'Fantastic Four" and its sequel "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer".


Zoe Saldana
She had portrayed the role of Aisha al-Fadhil, a woman of part Islamic North African origin, pretending to be a local Bolivian.
MCU: She portrayed the female lead role of Gamora in both Guardians of the Galaxy film, and reprised the role in "Avengers: infinity War".

CONSTANTINE (Vertigo, imprint of DC Comics)


Djimon Hounsou
Hounsou played the role of Papa Midnite, a former witch-doctor who once fought against Hell. After swearing an oath of neutrality—unless one side should tip the balance of power—he opened a nightclub to serve as neutral meeting ground for both sides of the war between Heaven and Hell.
MCU: He playe the role of Korath the Pursuer in "Guardians of the Galaxy 1", and will reprise the role in next year's Captain Marvel.


Tilda Swinton
Swinton played the role of a "half-breed" angel named Gabriel, depicted as looking androgynous, with a disddain for humanity who plots to set Mammon free to unleash demon kind on the Earth.
MCU: she played the role of the Ancient One, teacher of Doctor Strange and Baron Mordo in "Doctor Strange". Stranger deduced that her immortality is the result of her drawing on the energy of the Dark Dimension

V FOR VENDETTA (Vertigo, imprint of DC Comics)


Hugo Weaving
Weaving portrayed the male lead known as V, a charismatic and skilled anarchist terrorist who had been the unwilling subject of experimentation by Norsefire (and being disfigured as a result), and claiming to have lost all memories of his past.
MCU: He portrayed the main antagonist Johann Schmidt aka Red Skull in "Captain America: The First Avenger".


Natalie Portman
Portman portrayed the female lead of Evey Hammond, a British news reporter who becomes involved in V's life when he rescues her from a gang of London's secret police. She was captured, imprisoned and tortured for information about V; she later found out that V has staged her imporisonment and torture to free her from any fears.
MCU: She portrayed the female lead Jane Foster in "Thor" and "Thor: The Dark World". Foster is an astro-physicist working alongside Dr Erik Selvig and Kat Dennings; she formed a bond with the exiled Thor and soon fell in love with him.

THE SPIRIT (KITCHEN SINK PRESS)

Samuel L Jackson
Jackson portrayed The Octopus, a former coroner turned psychotic super-villain who plans to bring all of Central City to its knees and will kill anyone who stands in his way.
Jackson
MCU: He portrayed the role of Nick Fury, former director of SHIELD. He first appeared in the post-credits scene of the first Iron Man film; he reprised the role in Iron Man 2, the post-credits scene of "Thor" (2011), Marvel's Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and the post-credits scene of Avengers: Infinity War.


Scarlett Johansson
Johansson portrayed Silken Floss, a femme fatale scientist and innocent accomplice to the Octopus, only slightly more sane than he is.
MCU: She played the role of Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, a super spy working for SHIELD and a founding member of the Avengers. She made her MCU debut in Iron Man 2, then went on to appear in "Marvel's Avengers", "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", "Avengers: Age of Ultron", "Captain America: Civil War" and sporting a new look in "Avengers: Infinity War".