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Top 10 Actors Who Appeared in Both Marvel and DC Movies


just one superhero universe sometimes
isn’t enough for some actors I hope
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and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 actors who played roles
in Marvel and DC before we begin we
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this list we’re looking at actors who
have started builds with links to both
Marvel and DC properties no matter the
size and significance of their roles
your card that’s not up to you number 10
idris elba him doll rope nada
not a soldier not a soldier
most Marvel fans will recognize this
phenomenal British actor as the guardian
of Asgard who sees all there is to see
throughout the nine realms as him doll
interests portrayed a stoic badass who
preserved Asgardian law and protected
the Rainbow Bridge I’m done may weep I
never does an enemy slipped my watch
despite being a secret for the rule he
certainly wasn’t afraid to throw down on
occasion and prove he’s more than worthy
of it both fans and hits will also
remember him in 2010 the losers a DC
property as explosive expert rope is an
asset to his fellow black ops members at
least until money enters the picture
number 9 James Marsden Cyclops Richard
white
Cyclops run why get out of my way
whatever your feelings on the franchise
as a whole James Marsten’s portrayal of
x-men leader Cyclops certainly managed
to nail his ordinary extraordinary man
kind of thing from his devout love to
Jean his bitter rivalry with Wolverine
and his skill with his optic blast it’s
really all there he was obviously able
to take that experience and channel it
into his role as Richard white in
Superman Returns as the husband of Lois
Lane he manages to be a hero in his own
humble way
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number eight Ben Affleck daredevil
Batman well there’s no doubt that
Charlie Cox’s take on daredevil in the
hit Netflix series is too superior take
on the character still Academy Award
winner Ben Affleck did play daredevil in
a movie that exists and that is the
nicest thing we can say on the subject
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ironically he would take that pain and
level of violence into another iconic
character as the latest actor to take on
the mantle of Batman
despite his debut film dividing
audiences fans were in relatively
unanimous agreement that a flex edge
year dark night was a welcome addition
he certainly beats down criminals like
the bad
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number seven Halle Berry storm Catwoman
evil I thought you could come in here
and be lovely beautiful thing it’s not
exactly a secret that this Academy Award
winners alternate take on the princess
of plunder wasn’t exactly well-received
she certainly was actually and had more
cat puns than you could throw a fish at
but only her revealing wardrobe and
whipping skills earned her any praise at
all
luckily her portrayal of storm is far
more beloved as a secondary character of
the x-men who can conjure up a
thunderstorm in a matter of seconds
storm becomes a strong-willed character
who can easily base down any of the
villains she encountered you know what
happens to a toad when it’s struck by
lightning
same thing that happens to everything
number six michael fassbender magneto
burke we wouldn’t change through Ian
McKellen’s performance as a master of
magnetism for anything still Michael
Fassbender’s take on a much younger erik
lensherr has been universally praised as
a broken and vulnerable mutant his rage
against humanity comes into conflict
with the deep-rooted friendship he
shares with Charles Xavier it’s easy to
see how it could easily evolve into the
grizzled prejudiced Magneto we know and
love mutant brothers and sisters all fed
experimented on butchered Erik where
were you tough as for the DC Universe
his role as the psychotic Irish assassin
Burke in Jonah Hex may not have been on
inspiring but it was by far one of the
better aspects of that film
there’s laugh every last reply number
five Hugo Weaving the Red Skull B
remember remember the 5th of November
the gunpowder treason and plot
I knows no reason why the gunpowder
treason should ever be forgot and the
red skull he portrayed Captain America’s
mortal enemy blending together all the
camp eNOS that can be expected of a
cartoon villain as well as the real-life
terror of a Nazi war criminal on the
other end of the spectrum you have the
masked freedom fighter V who fights
against a totalitarian London with
nothing but knives and some awesome
alliteration their aesthetic is
vengeance a vendetta held as a furtive
not in vain for the value and ferocity
of such shall one day vindicate the
vigilant of the virtuous the two
characters couldn’t be any more
different yes
it’s hard to decide which performance we
prefer more they cut off one head
tomorr shall take its place hail hydra
number four ryan rental Deadpool Green
Lantern have you concluded admiring nism
yeah we’re not saying that mr. Reynolds
portrayal of Green Lantern was a comic
book abomination after all it’s easy to
see that he put his all into playing Hal
Jordan but it’s clear this Canadian
actor was born to take on the role of
Deadpool find a sign that I’m gonna get
angry as the Merc with the mouth he
slayed it in his solo movie breaking
numerous walls cursing his head off and
doing a whole lot of killing which was
all of course just what we wanted his
performance was so good that it made us
forget anything DC related he may have
done at least we would have if he didn’t
keep poking fun at it within the film
please don’t make the supersuit green or
animated number three Chris edit Human
Torch Captain America Jake Jensen not to
be true okay do me a favor and never
repeat that even before the birth of the
Marvel Cinematic Universe Chris Evans
was making his mark on the superhero
seen as the hot-headed Human Torch and
the best part of 2005 Fantastic Four
film you I’m never going to believe what
just happened
what well I can explain this and when he
was given the shield of Captain America
he breathed new life into a classic
character as well as one of the greatest
modern portrayals of any superhero
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but between his marvel project he’s
hopped over to DC to play another kind
of soldier
Jake Jensen in the users the computer
expert on this black ops team was a
departure a nerdy letter kind of roll
and Evans played it beautifully
I’m warning me I am a lethal killing
machine it was a secret government in
sperm expect me Lucas does number cue
Tommy Lee Jones Colonel Chester Phillips
two-faced and we accept and Tails leap
off your damn ass you can kind of guess
that superhero flicks aren’t this
Academy Award winners choice of work but
for some reason his signature directness
lends itself perfectly to them
especially in the role of Colonel
Chester Phillips in Captain America if
you have something to say right now is
the perfect time to keep it to yourself
this also makes his DC appearance kind
of a head-scratcher as well nevertheless
will be damned if his campy over-the-top
portrayal of two facing Batman Forever
isn’t all kinds of entertaining it’s
fair to say that these particular
entries in the Caped Crusader and the
first Avengers franchise wouldn’t be the
same without mr. Jones
we’ll find few more before we reveal our
number one tech here if you want to
mention it is known by many names my
people called it the crime wave and
Gotham on the breaking news water wet
chopsticks upright are a bad owner maybe
dimples instance at a Funeral may I help
you miss joy I just got the bathroom
look down here I meant this
you have the bearing of a man of honor
well you always say that people say it
about me all the time but it’s not
something I’d ever say about my I have a
business proposition for you guys number
one Natalie Portman Jane Foster
edy Hammett I wish I believed us huh but
every time I’ve seen this world changed
always been to the worse without her the
Guy Fawkes masked anarchist and the god
of thunder
could not have succeeded so how could we
resist putting this lady of both Marvel
and DC at the forefront and evey Hammond
MS Portman played a woman stripped of
dignity who found the strength to fight
back against corruption
then as Jane Foster she struck a balance
between an independent quirky
astrophysicist and the woman who wins
the heart of Thor Jane sorry I just
needed to make sure you were real I was
very strange day compared to a lot of
love interests that have fallen flat in
other superhero films this Academy
award-winner managed to nail it all the
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