34 actors who have played the same superhero in different movies

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The number of superhero movies has inflated rapidly in the past two decades.
Multiple actors have played the same Marvel and DC characters in prequels, reboots, and after re-casts.
Here are 34 examples of that overlap.

Superheroes have always captured our imaginations, but in the past two decades, their stories are being told on the silver screen in unprecedented numbers.

Thanks to the superhero movie renaissance, multiple actors have been cast as the same Marvel and DC characters in a variety of movies, including prequels and reboots.

Here are 34 notable examples of that overlap.

Michael Keaton played Bruce Wayne in Tim Burton's "Batman" (1989) and "Batman Returns" (1992).

Keaton refused to return for a third Batman film because it "wasn't any good."

"[The film] just wasn't any good, man," he told The Guardian. "I tried to be patient, but after a certain point, I was like, 'I can't take this any more, this is going to be horrible.'"

"But, look," he continued, "there was some really horrible taste in the '90s, and I probably contributed to that, unfortunately."

Val Kilmer played the caped crusader in "Batman Forever" (1995).

"Batman Forever" was the final film in Tim Burton's trilogy, even though it was helmed by a different director and Kilmer replaced Keaton as the titular hero.

George Clooney became Batman for the 1997 film "Batman & Robin."

He's since admitted that he "screwed it up" and even advised Ben Affleck not to take the role.

"I wasn't good in it and it wasn't a good film," he said on The Hollywood Reporter's "Awards Chatter" Podcast.

Christian Bale played Batman in the "Dark Knight" trilogy.

Bale launched his turn as Bruce Wayne with "Batman Begins" in 2005. He reprised the role for "The Dark Knight" in 2008 and "The Dark Knight Rises" in 2012.

Most recently, Ben Affleck played Batman in "Batman v Superman" (2016) and "Justice League" (2017).

In early 2019, Affleck told Jimmy Kimmel that he planned to officially hang up his cape.

"I tried to direct a version of it and worked with a really good screenwriter, but just couldn't come up with a version, I couldn't crack it," Affleck said. "So I thought it was time to let someone else take a shot at it. They got some really good people, so I'm excited."

Robert Pattinson has been confirmed as the next Batman on the big screen.

Warner Bros. confirmed that Pattinson will star in a new Batman series, helmed by director Matt Reeves and expected to hit theaters in 2021.

Eric Bana starred in the 2003 film "Hulk."

"I'm fascinated by the people who hated that movie and feel compelled to watch it again, which always blows my mind," Bana told HuffPost in 2013. "But, yeah, it is what it is and I certainly don't regret doing it."

He also said he considers himself "so lucky" that the film wasn't given a sequel.

Edward Norton launched Bruce Banner's story in the MCU with "The Incredible Hulk" (2008).

"The Incredible Hulk," directed by Louis Leterrier, told the hero's origin story. Norton was set to reprise his role in subsequent MCU movies. But just before filming "The Avengers," Marvel released a statement about dismissing Norton because they were looking for "an actor who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our other talented cast members."

After his role was recast, Norton claimed that he had "wanted a better script."

Mark Ruffalo replaced Norton as the Hulk in "The Avengers" (2012) and continued the role until "Endgame" (2019).

While Ruffalo never starred in another solo Hulk film — and likely never will — he portrayed Bruce Banner and his green alter-ego in "The Avengers" (2012), "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015), "Thor: Ragnarok" (2017), "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018), and "Avengers: Endgame" (2019).

When he was cast in the role, Ruffalo told IGN that he was worried about "bringing some spark of originality and spontaneity to that character."

But after a slew of successful outings, on the verge of "Endgame's" release, Ruffalo praised the actors who came before him for building Hulk's story.

"Now I think it's about a kind of a maturity that comes to the character," Ruffalo told Entertainment Weekly. "'Okay, it is what it is, so how do I live next to this in a way that I can still have a life? Maybe this monster is equally a part of me, and I can never really get rid of it.'"

Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker in the '00s "Spider-Man" trilogy.

Maguire was cast in the coveted role for the Sam Raimi-directed trilogy: "Spider-Man" (2002), "Spider-Man 2" (2004), and "Spider-Man 3" (2007).

"I know that some people think I'm not exciting enough or volatile enough for this kind of role, but I think that kind of criticism is absolutely off-base," Maguire told Cinema.com before the first film was released.

"Peter Parker is not a typical action hero," he continued. "He's probably the most down-to-earth, most carefully drawn, and least plastic of comic book figures. For me, it's a role that I knew that I could pull off without disappointing people. And once people see the movie, I think they'll come to the same conclusion. "

Andrew Garfield starred in "The Amazing Spider-Man" in 2012 and its sequel in 2014.

When Sony 's emails were hacked in 2015, fans learned that Garfield was "let go" as Spider-Man after the underwhelming reception of his two films — largely because he didn't show up to the event where "The Amazing Spider-Man 3" was set to be announced.

Garfield told The Guardian in 2016 that taking on the role of Spider-Man was "exquisite and terrifying and incredible," but he was "naive to the whole process of making one of those big-budget films."

Tom Holland was cast as the MCU's Spider-Man in 2015.

After "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" under-performed at the box office, Sony (which owns the rights to Spider-Man) and Disney (which owns the rights to The Avengers) made a deal to bring Peter Parker into the MCU.

Holland was announced as the hero's newest incarnation shortly after. He made his debut in "Captain America: Civil War" (2016) and reprised the role in "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018), "Avengers: Endgame" (2019), and two solo movies: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017) and "Spider-Man: Far From Home" (2019).

Stan Lee has said that Holland is exactly what he envisioned when he wrote the character.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson played Pietro Maximoff, aka Quicksilver, in "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015).

"Avengers: Age of Ultron" introduced Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, aka Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, into the MCU.

In the comics, the Maximoff twins are the mutant children of X-Men villain Magneto. But because 20th Century Fox owned the "X-Men" movie rights, Disney couldn't use that backstory in "Age of Ultron."

Instead, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch got their powers from the Mind Stone: super-speed and telekinesis, respectively. But while Scarlet Witch went on to play a major role in the MCU, her twin brother was killed in his first film.

Evan Peters was introduced as Quicksilver in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014).

Evan Peters' young, rambunctious version of Quicksilver became an instant fan favorite in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014). He reprised his role as the super-speedy mutant in "X-Men: Apocalypse" (2016) and "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" (2019).

Peters told Collider that he was "bummed" when Taylor-Johnson's Quicksilver died in "Age of Ultron."

Famke Janssen played Jean Grey, aka Phoenix, in the '00s "X-Men" trilogy.

Janssen took on the role of Jean Grey for the first "X-Men" film in 2000. She reprised her role in 2003's "X2" and transformed into Pheonix for "X-Men: The Last Stand" in 2006.

"I never knew — I don't think any of us had any understanding of how popular our first movie was going to be and that it was gonna live on for 15 plus years," she said at Comic Con after the final film's release. "I think we're done, but it was really great while it lasted and it lasted for a long time."

Sophie Turner was introduced as Jean Grey in "X-Men: Apocalypse" (2016) and starred in "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" (2019).

Turner has said that playing Sansa Stark on HBO's "Game of Thrones" helped her land the role in the newer "X-Men" series.

"I think Famke played Jean incredibly well, but also, I'm playing a younger version of her," Turner told IGN in 2015. "I want to emulate Famke in a sense, because she has to seem like the Jean in the first two movies, but I'm also going to put my own twist on her. I think I'm also going to take inspiration from the comics."

Patrick Stewart played Professor X in seven feature films, beginning with "X-Men" in 2000.

After "Star Trek," Stewart was initially reluctant about starring in another franchise, but says director Bryan Singer persuaded him. He announced he would retire from the "X-Men" universe after starring in 2017's "Logan."

"I realized there will never be a better, a more perfect, a more sensitive, emotional, and beautiful way of saying 'au revoir' to Charles Xavier than this movie," he told the A.V. Club. "So, I told [Hugh Jackman] that same evening, 'I'm done too. It's all over.'"

James McAvoy took on the role of Professor X for "X-Men: First Class" in 2011.

McAvoy signed on to play the telepathic superhero for the 2011 prequel.

"You have set it in a completely different time and you are also taking these people to a much earlier point in their personal development as well as their physical and super development," he told IGN at the time. "What's fun is you get to figure out who were they in the other films."

"For me, Charles Xavier is a monk," he continued. "He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality. And getting to kind of go, 'Alright, well he's got to be different from that.' It's quite fun because the complete opposite of that is an ego-fuelled, sexed up self-serving dude. And not going too far with it, but he's definitely got an ego and he's definitely got a sex drive as well."

McAvoy reprised the role in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014), "X-Men: Apocalypse" (2016), and "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" (2019).

Rebecca Romijn originally played Mystique.

Romijn was introduced as Raven Darkhölme, aka Mystique, aka Magneto's loyal second-in-command, in "X-Men" (2000). She was featured in the role throughout the trilogy.

Romijn told Digital Spy in 2014 that she would "absolutely" be interested in returning to the franchise.

Jennifer Lawrence portrayed Mystique in four "X-Men" movies.

Lawrence was introduced as the mutant in "X-Men: First Class" (2011). She went on to reprise the role in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014) and "X-Men: Apocalypse" (2016). At that point, her contract had expired and she nearly declined to return for "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" (2019).

"I love these movies — it's just the paint," Lawrence told EW on the set of "Apocalypse" in 2015.

Lawrence, who was 20 years old when she starred in "First Class," said she "didn't care about fumes and toxins" at first.

"Now I'm almost 25 and I'm like, 'I can't even pronounce this and that's going in my nose? I'm breathing that?'" she said.

When Simon Kinberg signed on to write and produce "Dark Phoenix," Lawrence said she couldn't turn her friend down.

James Marsden played Scott Summers, aka Cyclops, in the original "X-Men" trilogy.

Marsden recently said he'd be "down" to reprise the role, now that the X-Men can be introduced into the MCU.

"I think that world, there just are no rules," he recently told ComicBook.com. "You can do whatever you want. If there's some iteration down the line where we're involved... that's been a special thing to be a part of for a good period of my life and I love those fans and I love playing that character, so yeah, I'd be totally open to that."

Tye Sheridan was introduced as Cyclops in "X-Men: Apocalypse" (2016).

Sheridan's Cyclops takes on a leadership role in "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" (2019).

It's really exciting," Sheridan said during WonderCon. "I think he grows a lot over the course of this film and becomes much more of a leader of the X-Men. It's fun to play the progression and explore that."

Kelsey Grammer played Hank McCoy, aka Beast, in "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006).

Although Beast is an founding member of the X-Men in the comics, he only appeared in the final film of the original "X-Men" trilogy.

"Beast was a riot, I think he was underused," Grammer told ComicBook.com in 2017. "I believe that they should have done another Beast movie, you know with my Beast."

Nicholas Hoult portrayed Beast in four "X-Men" movies, starting with "X-Men: First Class" in 2011.

"The 'X-Men' crowd really grew up together. It's been a good eight, nine years making those movies," Hoult told Evening Standard in January, ahead of the release of "Dark Phoenix."

"The really beautiful thing about this last film," he continued, "is that [writer and director] Kim Berger has given me somewhere nice and new to experiment and go with the character. Which is cool."

Halle Berry played Storm in all three original "X-Men" movies in 2000, 2003, and 2006.

Berry portrayed the powerful, weather-controlling mutant in the original "X-Men" trilogy. She even appeared for a small cameo role in "Days of Future Past" (2014).

Alexandra Shipp played Storm in "Apocalypse" (2016) and "Dark Phoenix" (2019).

Shipp said she "definitely cried" on the last day of shooting "Dark Phoenix."

"It didn't feel like an end to an era, though," she told TheWrap, "because Disney hadn't purchased Fox at the time so it was just like summer camp was ending, and it was one of those feelings, like, 'I'll miss you guys!' We definitely felt it at the premiere though, like, 'Yeah, this is the end.' It's bittersweet."

Ioan Gruffudd played Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic, in "Fantastic Four" (2005) and "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" (2007).

"He's a scientist, but also a bit of a dork or geek. He's completely blind to the fact that Sue Storm is in love with him. And he certainly becomes their leader towards the end, and I hope I represent that well," Gruffudd told ComicBookMovie.com ahead of the first film's release.

Miles Teller played Mr. Fantastic in the 2015 reboot.

Despite the film's negative reception and disappointing performance at the box office, Teller said he'd be open to filming a sequel.

"I loved the cast, I loved the characters. I think it's such an interesting dynamic. I love how much they really need to rely on each other," he told JoBlo.

"Obviously you learn more as you go on," he continued. "But I wouldn't change anything. I can honestly say I've never just done something for money; I'd be really embarrassed for something like that to come out, that I had no attachment to the character, no attachment to the script. It takes a while before you're only working with the best directors, nobody's career is flawless."

Jessica Alba played Susan Storm, aka Invisible Woman, in the 2005 film and 2007 sequel.

Alba has been open about her negative experience filming "Rise of the Silver Surfer," and especially about working with director Tim Story.

"I wanted to stop acting," she said in 2012. "The director was like, 'It looks too real. It looks too painful. Can you be prettier when you cry? Cry pretty, Jessica.' He was like, 'Don't do that thing with your face. Just make it flat. We can CGI the tears in.'"

"And I'm like, 'But there's no connection to a human being,'" she continued. "And then it got me thinking: Am I not good enough? Are my instincts and my emotions not good enough? Do people hate them so much that they don't want me to be a person? Am I not allowed to be a person in my work? And so I just said, 'F--- it. I don't care about this business anymore.'"

Kate Mara played Invisible Woman in 2015's "Fantastic Four."

"Oh yeah, I would love to be a part of 'Fantastic Four' sequel, or whatever they may or may not have in store for us," Mara told IGN in 2016. "I know all of the guys feel the same way. We love working with each other."

Chris Evans played Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch, in 2004's "Fantastic Four" and the 2007 sequel.

Evans initially wasn't considered for the role of Captain America in the MCU because he had already portrayed a Marvel superhero.

"We thought, 'OK, well, he's that character. Let's keep looking,'" Marvel president Kevin Feige told The Hollywood Reporter. "And as we [continued] not finding people, we went back to the initial lists. And that brought us back to Chris. And I thought, well, Patrick Stewart played Jean-Luc Picard and Charles Xavier. Harrison Ford played Han Solo and Indiana Jones. Who cares?"

Michael B. Jordan played the Human Torch in the 2015 reboot.

After the reboot was announced, Jordan addressed racist objections to his casting in an essay for EW.

"I can see everybody's perspective, and I know I can't ask the audience to forget 50 years of comic books," he wrote. "But the world is a little more diverse in 2015 than when the Fantastic Four comic first came out in 1961. Plus, if Stan Lee writes an email to my director saying, 'You're good. I'm OK with this,' who am I to go against that?"

Michael Chiklis originally portrayed Ben Grimm, aka the Thing.

Chiklis told the New York Times that playing the Thing was "a physical and psychological nightmare."

"Once they glued the suit on me, I couldn't get it off without help, no matter how hard I struggled," he said. "I had six people around me all day, to take me out of the suit, put an air conditioner in my head and feed me water. I couldn't eat real food, and I lived on protein drinks during the entire shoot. Going to the bathroom was horrendous."

However, the actor still teased his willingness to reprise the role after Disney acquired the rights to the Fantastic Four gang.

"Could it be clobberin time?" he wrote on Twitter, alongside a photo of the Thing punching the Hulk.

Jamie Bell played The Thing in 2015.

Bell admitted he and his co-stars were "bitterly disappointed" with the film.

"There were several things on that movie I was clearly not privy to because I'm just an actor and I just do my stuff on set," he told the Los Angeles Times.

"But with something like that, everything starts with the best of intentions," he continued. "A production begins with the idea to make something that's unique and original and with integrity. I think the film really strived towards those goals. I don't know what happened between the launch of the voyage and the arrival."

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