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Smallville
''Smallville'' is an American superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series was produced by Millar Gough Ink, Millar/Gough Ink, Tollin/Robbins Productions, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television. Initially broadcast by the WB, the show premiered on October 16, 2001. After Smallville (season 5), its fifth season, the WB and UPN merged to form The CW, the series' later United States broadcaster until Smallville (season 10), its tenth and final season ended on May 13, 2011. ''Smallville'' follows the coming-of-age adventures of teenage Clark Kent (Smallville), Clark Kent (Tom Welling) in his fictional hometown of Smallville (comics), Smallville, Kansas, before he formally becomes the Man of Steel. The first four seasons focus on the high school life of Clark and his friends, his complicated romance with girl next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Mack
Allison Christin Mack (born July 29, 1982) is an American actress. She played Chloe Sullivan on the superhero series ''Smallville'' (2001–2011) and had a recurring role on the comedy series '' Wilfred'' (2012–2014). Mack was a member of NXIVM, a cult and a multi-level marketing company selling professional and personal development seminars. In 2018, federal authorities arrested Mack on charges of sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy, and forced labor conspiracy related to her NXIVM and DOS activities. She pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges and in 2021 was sentenced to three years in prison. Early life Mack was born on July 29, 1982, in Preetz, West Germany, to American parents Jonathan Mack, an opera singer, and Mindy Mack, a schoolteacher and bookkeeper. Her parents were in Germany at the time of her birth because Jonathan was performing there; they lived in Germany for two years before moving to California. Career Early work Mack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristin Kreuk
Kristin Laura Kreuk (; born December 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress. Debuting on teen drama '' Edgemont'', she became most known for her roles as Lana Lang in the superhero television series ''Smallville'' (2001–2011), also as Catherine Chandler in The CW sci-fi series '' Beauty & the Beast'' (2012–2016) and as Joanna Hanley in the CBC/CW legal drama series '' Burden of Truth'' (2018–2021). She has also starred in movies such as '' Snow White: The Fairest of Them All'' (2001), '' Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li'' (2009) and ''Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy'' (2011). Early life Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Deanna Che and Peter Kreuk, two landscape architects. Her father is of Dutch descent. Her mother is of Chinese descent, born in Indonesia; her maternal grandmother was Chinese Jamaican. Her mother and grandmother lived in Singapore and the Solomon Islands before settling in Vancouver. She has a younger sister, Justine Kreuk. Kreuk trained in karate a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Rosenbaum
Michael Owen Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1972) is an American actor and podcaster. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the Superman television series ''Smallville'', a role that ''TV Guide'' included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time". Rosenbaum is also known for portraying Martinex in ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', Parker in ''Urban Legend'', Adam/Adina in ''Sorority Boys'' and Dutch Nilbog on Fox's '' Breaking In''. He also has an extensive voiceover career in animation, such as his role of Wally West / The Flash in the DC Animated Universe series ''Justice League'' (2001–04) and its sequel ''Justice League Unlimited'' (2004–06). Between 2015 and 2016, he played the lead role and was an Executive Producer in the TV Land comedy series ''Impastor''. He is also the lead singer of the band Sun Spin with his friend, guitarist Rob Danson. The band's first album, ''Best Days'' was released on February 9, 2021. Their new album, ''Never is what it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Durance
Erica Durance (; born June 21, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Lois Lane in the WB/ CW superhero television series ''Smallville'' and as Dr. Alex Reid in the CTV medical drama ''Saving Hope''. Early life Durance was born in Calgary to parents Gail and Joel Durance, and grew up on a turkey farm with her older brother and sister in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada. She was trained as a classical singer from childhood. After graduating from high school, Durance moved to Vancouver in 1999, to pursue her interest in acting professionally. She continued to study acting at the Yaletown Actors Studio for many years with her coach and husband, David Palffy. Career Durance began her career with background work, graduating to commercials and guest-starring roles. Durance made her feature film debut in the movie ''The Untold (film), The Untold'' (2002). She guest-starred on the comedy series ''The Chris Isaak Show'' and the supernatural series ''The Collector (Canadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Gough
Alfred Gough (born August 22, 1967) is an American screenwriter, producer and showrunner. He is best known as co-creator of The WB/The CW's Superman prequel series ''Smallville'' and Netflix's ''Addams Family'' spin-off series ''Wednesday''. Alongside longtime writing/producing partner Miles Millar, Gough also co-created AMC's wuxia-influenced dystopian series '' Into the Badlands'' and the epic fantasy series '' The Shannara Chronicles'' (based on ''The Sword of Shannara Trilogy'' book trilogy by Terry Brooks). Among his many feature film credits are Tom Dey's '' Shanghai Noon'', Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man 2'' and Rob Cohen's '' The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor''. Early life Born in Leonardtown, Maryland, Gough graduated from St. Mary's Ryken High School (1985) and The Catholic University of America (1989). Gough attended The Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California where he teamed up with his writing partner Miles Millar. Gough and Millar so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Save Me (Remy Zero Song)
"Save Me" is a song by American alternative rock band Remy Zero. Taken from their album ''The Golden Hum'', it reached number 27 on the United States ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Alternative Airplay, Modern Rock charts, and acted as the theme song for the Superman-based television series ''Smallville''. In a callback to ''Smallville'', the song was later used on ''The Flash (2014 TV series), The Flash'' episode ''Elseworlds (Arrowverse), Elseworlds, Part 1'', which featured part of the original Smallville set. The shorter version of this song is from the Smallville compilation CD: Smallville#Smallville: The Talon Mix (2003), ''Smallville: The Talon Mix'' (2003). The Smallville (Season 1), Season 1 finale, titled "Tempest (Smallville), Tempest", features Remy Zero appearing at the Spring Formal and performing the theme version of "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory (I'll Remember You)". Music video The music video for "Save Me", directed by Phil Harder, was filmed in Minneapolis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superman
Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book ''Action Comics'' #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and published April 18, 1938).The copyright date of ''Action Comics'' #1 was registered as April 18, 1938.See Superman has been adapted to a number of other media, which includes radio serials, novels, films, television shows, theater, and video games. Superman was born on the fictional planet Krypton and was named Kal-El. As a baby, his parents sent him to Earth in a small spaceship moments before Krypton was destroyed in a natural cataclysm. His ship landed in the American countryside, near the fictional town of Smallville. He was found and adopted by farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent, who named him Clark Kent. Clark developed various superhuman abilities, such as incredible strength and impervious skin. His adoptive parents advised him to use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Vandervoort
Laura Dianne Vandervoort (born September 22, 1984) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Sadie Harrison in the CTV teen drama series ''Instant Star'', Arla "The Bolt-Gun Killer" Cogan in the Syfy supernatural drama series '' Haven'', Kara Zor-El (Supergirl) in The CW serial drama series ''Smallville'', and as Lisa in the ABC science fiction series '' V'' (2009). In 2014, she starred in the Space channel drama series '' Bitten'', a television adaptation of Kelley Armstrong's book series ''Women of the Otherworld'' as Elena Michaels. Early life and career Vandervoort was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She is the daughter of a Canadian mother and a Dutch father. In the first weeks of her life, she contracted meningitis, resulting in a severe sickness that lasted a few months. Her parents were initially told she was not going to survive. Growing up, Vandervoort was involved in several sports such as football, karate (where she is a second-degree black belt) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jensen Ackles
Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Dean Winchester in The WB/The CW, CW dark fantasy drama series ''Supernatural (American TV series), Supernatural'' (2005–2020) and appearing in television series such as NBC's ''Days of Our Lives'' as Eric Brady (earning him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations), super soldiers List of Dark Angel characters#Ben, Ben/X5-493 and Alec McDowell, Alec/X5-494 in Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox's ''Dark Angel (2000 TV series), Dark Angel'', Jason Teague (Smallville), Jason Teague in The WB/CW's ''Smallville (TV series), Smallville'', and Soldier Boy, Ben/Soldier Boy in Amazon Prime Video's ''The Boys (TV series), The Boys''. He also starred as the lead in the box office success ''My Bloody Valentine 3D'', and provided the voices of Jason Todd in the animated film ''Batman: Under the Red Hood'', and Batman, Bruce Wayne/Batman in the Batman: The Long Halloween (film), animated adaptation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Glover (actor)
John Soursby Glover Jr. (; born August 7, 1944) is an American actor, known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Daniel Clamp in '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch'' and Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series ''Smallville''. He is also the voice of Riddler in the DC Animated Universe making appearances in '' Batman: The Animated Series'', ''The New Batman Adventures'' and '' Superman: The Animated Series''. Early life Glover was born in Kingston, New York and raised in Salisbury, Maryland, the son of Cade (née Mullins) and John Soursby Glover, a television salesman. Glover attended Wicomico High School and acted at Towson University. Glover began his career at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, and later studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse under Milton Katselas. Career Glover began his career in television, playing a mentally disturbed kidnapper who kidnapped Joanne, the lead character on ''Search for Tomorrow''. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette O'Toole
Annette O'Toole (born Annette Toole; April 1, 1952) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Lisa Bridges in the television series '' Nash Bridges'', Beverly Marsh in the 1990 television mini-series adaptation of Stephen King's epic horror novel '' It'', Lana Lang in ''Superman III'', Kathy in the romantic-comedy film '' Cross My Heart'' and Martha Kent (the mother of Clark Kent) on the television series ''Smallville''. Early life and career O'Toole was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Dorothy Geraldine (née Niland) and William West Toole Jr. Her mother taught dance, which O'Toole herself began learning at the age of three. She started taking acting lessons after her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 13. Her first television appearance was in 1967 on ''The Danny Kaye Show'', followed over the next few years with guest appearances in shows such as ''My Three Sons'', '' The Virginian'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', and ''The Partridge Family''. 1970s– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Hartley
Justin Scott Hartley (born January 29, 1977) is an American actor. He has played Fox Crane on the NBC daytime soap opera ''Passions'' (2002–2006), Oliver Queen/Green Arrow on The CW television series ''Smallville'' (2006–2011), and Adam Newman on the CBS daytime soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' (2014–2016) which earned him a Daytime Emmy nomination. He also had recurring roles in the third season of the television drama series ''Revenge'' (2013–2014) and in the final three seasons of the drama series ''Mistresses'' (2014–2016). Hartley gained wider attention for starring as Kevin Pearson in the NBC drama series ''This Is Us'', from 2016 to 2022, for which he was thrice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He has since starred in the films ''A Bad Moms Christmas'' (2017) and ''The Noel Diary'' (2022). Early life Hartley was born when his family was residing in Knoxville, Illinois, and born at the near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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