What's Up Today: Brandon Routh

Handsome, doesn't he?

Let's talk about another handsome Superman, Brandon Routh, he is played as Superman in Superman Returns, He was in his role as Superman. He was born Iowa, US, October 9, 1979. He is former American actor and model. His first film is Karla, have you ever heard? I’m not, that movie is not famous. But in 2006, he made a breakthrough career on Superman Returns Movie. He plays the movie with Kate Bosworth, Lois Lane.

He is chosen as Superman, the lead role. Routh attended the University of Iowa for a year, aspiring to be a writer. During this time, he modelled and acted in order to earn his tuition fee. Routh has said he was often told that he bore a physical resemblance to Christopher Reeve, who had previously portrayed Superman. His former manager signed him on because of the resemblance, telling him that he thought Routh would be cast as Superman if there was another film in the series. But when he was asked whether he would appear on series Smallville, Routh answered, "Would be fun, but perhaps it might be a little bit strange since my portrayal of Superman was more recent than the others". He won Saturn Award for Best Actor in Superman Returns.

After the release of Superman Returns, Routh signed on to play CIA agent John Clark in Without Remorse under the direction of John Singleton with a screenplay by Stuart Beattie. Routh was signed to star in The Informers, a film based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name. He joins Kim Basinger, Amber Heard, and Billy Bob Thornton, but his scenes ended up scrapped with the decision to excise the "vampire" subplot from the film entirely. He portrayed Dylan Dog in the 2011 film Dead of Night.

On August 23, 2006, Brandon became engaged to his girlfriend of three years, actress Courtney Ford; the couple married on November 24, 2007, at the El Capitan Ranch in Santa Barbara. In March 2012, Routh and Ford announced that they were expecting their first child in the summer of 2012.

Routh knew actor Kal Penn, a co-star in Superman Returns, for several years during the time he lived in Los Angeles. Routh and Penn were both also featured in The Lonely Island's Awesometown MTV pilot music video "The Avon Lady".

Routh's sister, Sara, has a musical track entitled "You're Never Gone" on Sound of Superman, the companion soundtrack of the film. Routh is a fan and player of the video game World of Warcraft. During the 2008 Presidential Election, Routh spoke at an Iowa rally in support of Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

And the spirit of Superman is great to have around.

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