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DC Universe film and TV series actors
Corenswet and Alcock will headline DC Universe films, while Grillo, Varma, Cena, Chandler, Pierre, Davis, and Maridueña will headline television series in the franchise.

The DC Universe (DCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe that is the setting of superhero films and television series produced by DC Studios, based on characters that appear in DC Comics publications. DC Studios developed the DCU as a soft reboot of the prior DC Comics-based franchise the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) that retains certain cast members of the DCEU while replacing others. No actor would be playing multiple characters, with DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran expecting the same actors to play characters across mediums, including animation. The DCU's first slate of content is Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, which includes six feature films: Superman (2025), Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (2026), Clayface (2026), The Authority, The Brave and the Bold, and Swamp Thing, and five series: the animated Creature Commandos (2024), the second season of Peacemaker (2025), Lanterns, Waller, Paradise Lost, and Booster Gold. Additionally, films for the Teen Titans team, the duo of Bane and Deathstroke, and Sgt. Rock are also in development, as is an animated Blue Beetle series, all for an undisclosed chapter. Because the franchise comprises films and series adapted from various DC Comics properties, there are multiple lead actors.

David Corenswet will headline Superman as Clark Kent / Superman and Milly Alcock will headline Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow as Kara Zor-El / Supergirl. Frank Grillo will headline the animated series Creature Commandos as Rick Flag Sr. alongside Indira Varma as the Bride, the series' main protagonist. Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre will headline Lanterns as the Green Lantern characters Hal Jordan and John Stewart. Viola Davis will reprise her DCEU role as Amanda Waller in Creature Commandos and will headline her own series, Waller. Xolo Maridueña will reprise his DCEU role of Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle in the animated Blue Beetle series. Additional cast members from the first season of Peacemaker (2022) reprise their roles in Waller, including Steve Agee as John Economos, who also returns for Creature Commandos alongside Sean Gunn, returning as Weasel from The Suicide Squad (2021), who also voices G.I. Robot in that series and will portray Maxwell Lord in Superman.

Films

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  • An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
Character 2025 2026 TBA
Superman Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Clayface The Authority The Brave and the Bold Swamp Thing

Introduced in DCU television series

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ClayfaceTV TBA
Rick Flag Sr.TV Frank Grillo[1]

Introduced in Superman

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Guy Gardner
Green Lantern
Nathan Fillion[2]
Cat Grant Mikaela Hoover[3]
Michael Holt
Mister Terrific
Edi Gathegi[2]
Kal-El / Clark Kent
Superman
David Corenswet[4]
Jonathan Kent Pruitt Taylor Vince[5]
Martha Kent Neva Howell[6]
Krypto TBA
Lois Lane Rachel Brosnahan[4]
Steve Lombard Beck Bennett[7]
Maxwell Lord Sean Gunn[8][9]
Lex Luthor Nicholas Hoult[10]
Rex Mason
Metamorpho
Anthony Carrigan[11]
Jimmy Olsen Skyler Gisondo[12]
Otis Terence Rosemore[13]
Kendra Saunders
Hawkgirl
Isabela Merced[2]
Angela Spica
Engineer
María Gabriela de Faría[14]
Eve Teschmacher Sara Sampaio[15]
Ron Troupe Christopher McDonald[3]
Perry White Wendell Pierce[16]
Kara Zor-El
Supergirl
Milly Alcock[17][18]
TBA Alan Tudyk[19]

Introduced in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

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Ruthye Marye Knoll Eve Ridley[20]
Krem Matthias Schoenaerts[21][20]

Introduced in The Authority

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The Doctor TBA
Jack Hawksmoor TBA
Shen Li-Min
Swift
TBA
Andrew Pulaski
Apollo
TBA
Jenny Sparks TBA
Lucas Trent
Midnighter
TBA

Introduced in The Brave and the Bold

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Bruce Wayne
Batman
TBA
Damian Wayne
Robin
TBA

Introduced in Swamp Thing

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Swamp Thing TBA

Television series

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This section includes characters who will appear in noteworthy roles.

  • An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the television series, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
  •  V indicates a voice-only role.
  •  M indicates the actor was part of the main cast for the season.
Character 2024 2025 TBA
Creature Commandos Peacemaker season 2 Lanterns Waller Paradise Lost Booster Gold Untitled Blue Beetle animated series

Introduced in the DC Extended Universe

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Leota Adebayo Danielle BrooksM[22]
Adrian Chase
Vigilante
Freddie StromaM[23]
John Economos Steve AgeeV[24] Steve AgeeM[22] Steve AgeeM[25]
Emilia Harcourt Jennifer HollandM[22]
Judomaster Nhut Le[26]
Jaime Reyes
Blue Beetle
Xolo MaridueñaV[27]
August "Auggie" Smith
White Dragon
Robert Patrick[28]
Christopher Smith
Peacemaker
John CenaM[29]
Amanda Waller Viola DavisV[30] Viola DavisM[31]
Weasel Sean GunnV[24]

Introduced in Creature Commandos

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Elizabeth Bates Linda CardelliniV[32]
Bride Indira VarmaV[24]
Bulldozer Paul Ben-VictorV[33]
Circe Anya ChalotraV[34]
Clayface Alan TudykV[35]
Doctor Phosphorus Alan TudykV[24]
Rick Flag Sr. Frank GrilloV[36] Frank Grillo[37]
Eric Frankenstein David HarbourV[24]
Victor Frankenstein Peter SerafinowiczV[38]
G.I. Robot Sean GunnV[24]
Little Sure Shot Robbie DaymondV[33]
Will Magnus Alan TudykV[38]
Nina Mazursky Zoë ChaoV[24]
Franklin Rock Maury SterlingV[33]
Ilana Rostovic Maria BakalovaV[24]
Sam Michael RookerV[38]
Rupert Thorne Benjamin Byron DavisV[39]

Introduced in Peacemaker season 2

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Sasha Bordeaux Sol Rodríguez[40]
Langston Fleury Tim Meadows[41]
TBA David Denman[40]

Introduced in Lanterns

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Hal Jordan
Green Lantern
Kyle Chandler[42]
Kerry Kelly Macdonald[43]
William Macon Garret Dillahunt[44]
John Stewart
Green Lantern
Aaron Pierre[45]
Zoe Poorna Jagannathan[46]

Introduced in Paradise Lost

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Artemis TBA
Hippolyta TBA

Introduced in Booster Gold

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Michael J. Carter
Booster Gold
TBA
Skeets TBA

See also

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References

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