Brandon Routh Biography, Age, Education, Parents, Siblings, Wife, Son, Height, Superman, Kingdom Come, Arrow & Net Worth

BRANDON ROUTH BIOGRAPHY-Lifestyle

Brandon Routh is an American actor widely known for starring in various television series of the 2000s. He is also recognized for his roles as the titular superhero in the movie Superman Returns, reprising the role in the Arrowverse crossover event “Crisis on Infinite Earths in 2019 and the movie Dylan Dog: Dead of Night. He also had roles in the following films, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Scott Pilgrim vs the World.

BRANDON ROUTH AGE AND BIRTHDAY

Brandon was born Brandon James Routh on October 9, 1979 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on October 9 each year. He turns 40 in 2019.

BRANDON ROUTH HEIGHT AND WEIGHT

Brandon is 6ft 2in (1.89m) tall and maintains a body weight of 80kg (175lbs).

EDUCATION BRANDON ROUTH

Routh attended Norwalk High School, where he participated in various sports, music, and drama. He then attended the University of Iowa for a year, aspiring to become a writer. In college, he acted and modeled to earn and cover his tuition.

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS OF BRANDON ROUTH

Routh is the son of Catherine LaVonne Lear and Ronald Wayne. His mother Catherine worked as a teacher while his father was a carpenter. Routh was raised in a Methodist family and has English, Scottish, German and distant Dutch ancestry

BRANDON ROUTH WIFE | COURTNEY FORD

Brandon married his longtime girlfriend, actress Courtney Ford, after becoming engaged on August 23, 2006. The couples were married on November 24, 2007 at the El Capitan Ranch in Santa Barbara.

BRANDON ROUTH KIDS

Brandon and his wife Courtney are the proud parents of one son, Leo James Routh, born in 2012.

BRANDON ROUTH FACTS AND BODY MEASUREMENT

Here are some interesting facts not to miss about Routh

• Full Name: Brandon James Routh
• Age / How old?: 40 (2019)
• Date of birth: October 9, 1979
• Place of birth: Des Moines, Iowa
• Education: Norwalk High School, University of Iowa
• Birthday date: Oct. 9
• Nationality: American
• Father’s Name: Ronald Wayne
• Mother’s name: Catherine LaVonne Lear
• Siblings: 4
• Married?: Courtney Ford
• Children/Kids: Leo James Routh
• Height / what size?: 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m)
• Weight: 80 kg (175 lbs)
• Occupation : Actor
• Known For : Superman
• Net worth : $12 million

BRANDON ROUTHSUPERMAN

Before casting Routh as Superman in the Superman Returns movie, Warner Bros. had spent over 10 years crafting an arrangement to revive the establishment, titled Superman Flyby, with potential stars including acclaimed artists Nicolas Cage, Josh Hartnett , Brendan Fraser , Tom Welling , Paul Walker, Henry Cavill (who in the end became Superman in Man of Steel (2013)), James Marsden, Ashton Kutcher, Keanu Reeves, Will Smith and James Caviezel, and organized executives like Tim Burton, Wolfgang Petersen, McG, Brett Ratner and Shekhar Kapur. At the time executive Bryan Singer embarked on the adventure, he requested that an obscure on-screen character be cast in the role, in the tradition of the launch of the most popular Superman movie, Christopher Reeve.

Routh, then 24, had recently auditioned for Chief McG and was scouted by Singer after seeing Routh’s taped audition. The artist, who has since noted that Routh was the example of “our collective memory of Superman,” was intrigued by Routh’s resemblance to the comic book icon and found the humble Midwestern roots of the ideal artists for the job, as was his “combination of helplessness and confidence”, which helped him remember Christopher Reeve. The singer chose to play Routh after the two met on August 13, 2004, however, he didn’t tell Routh until two months after the fact when Routh’s casting was reported in October 2004, making him a “great name of the moment”.

Before filming began, Routh grew for the job, increasing 22 pounds to peak at 218 pounds. Recording for Superman Returns began in Sydney in February 2005. The film was released in the United States on June 28, 2006 and dazzled most pundits, but was a film industry disappointment, grossing just 200 million. dollars in the United States against its assessed spending plan of $270 million. Routh was tagged to appear in two potential sequels, but due to the average film industry the results never appeared

Polls on Routh’s presentation were generally positive, with Newsweek noting that he “easily pleads for the iconic job”. On the other hand, film pundit Roger Ebert remarked that he thinks “Routh needs to be seduced as Superman, and I suppose as Clark Kent he should be. At the 2006 Spike TV Awards, Routh won “Best Superhero” honor as Superman in Superman Returns, beating Hugh Jackman as Wolverine among others.

In August 2008, Warner Bros. authoritatively reported that they were proposing to reboot the Superman establishment. Routh was still set to repeat the job, according to DC Comics President Paul Levitz. In 2009, however, Routh’s contract to play Superman in another film expired, but he said at the time that he might want to return whenever the opportunity arises. Nonetheless, British artist Henry Cavill was cast as Superman in the arrangement reboot, Man of Steel

BRANDON ROUTH ARROW AND KINGDOM COME

On July 7, 2014, it was recorded that Routh would again play a hero for DC Comics as Ray Palmer/The Atom on The CW’s Arrow. He was a common character throughout season three, which premiered on October 8, 2014.

In January 2015, Arrow co-creator and official producer Greg Berlanti said they were in the midst of fundamental discussions “ahead of schedule” for an additional side project arrangement set on Ray Palmer/The Atom .

In February 2015, it was stated that a side project was in development which co-starred Routh as The Atom, starring Arthur Darvill, Wentworth Miller, Victor Garber and Caity Lotz. The show, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, debuted in January 2016.

Routh repeated his work as Clark Kent/Superman in the 2019-2020 Arrowverse hybrid “Emergency on Infinite Earths,” influenced by occasions adjusted from the Kingdom Come storyline. His costume will also be based on the one worn by the storyline version of the character. The following month, it was reported that Routh would be leaving Legends of Tomorrow as a usual arrangement during the fifth season. His last scene as a regular arrangement seemed to be ‘Romeo v. Juliet: Dawn of Justice’

BRANDON ROUTH MOVIES AND TV SHOWS

Movies

• Anastasia
• lost in the pacific
• 400 days
• Missing William
• twisted arrows
• Dylan Dog: Dead of the Night
• Cost of life
• Number nine
• Unthinkable
• Scott Pilgrim vs the world
• Life is hot in Cracktown
• Stunts
• Table for three
• Kambakkht Ishq
• miss person
• The informants
• Discard
• Zack and Miri make a porn
• Karla
• Denial
• The Return of Superman
• Look, up there in the sky! The amazing story of Superman

Television

• Blackish
• Are you scared of the dark?
• super girl
• batman
• batman
• Vixen: The Movie
• Legends of tomorrow
• Legends of tomorrow
• Vixen
• Lady Dynamite
• the flash
• the flash
• Arrow
• Exes
• enlisted
• Millers
• The Nine Lives of Christmas
• Selected
• News readers
• The partners
• Mandrel
• fear each other
• The Batman
• A hometown
• will and grace
• Oliver Beene
• Case closed
• A life to live
• Undressed
• Gilmore Girls
• strange man

BRANDON ROUTH NET WORTH

Routh as an accomplished American actor and model has a net worth of $12 million.