Actors Who Performed Both In Marvel And DC Movies (35 pics)
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Halle Berry made Storm an iconic X-Men character before trying her hand at a different version of Catwoman in a solo movie.
Zachary Levi was Fandral, one of Thor's friends, before becoming the leading man of DC's Shazam!
Tom Hardy was unrecognizable behind a mask in The Dark Knight Rises as Bane before he became Venom.
Idris Elba went from playing Heimdall in the MCU to being Bloodsport, leader of the Suicide Squad in James Gunn's film.
Before David Harbour was Alexei Shostakov/the Red Guardian in Black Widow, he appeared in 2016's Suicide Squad as a notational security advisor.
Michelle Pfeiffer appeared in Ant-Man and the Wasp as Janet van Dyne years after bringing the role of Catwoman to the big screen for DC.
J.K. Simmons was known for years as the man asking Peter Parker for photos of Spider-Man. He then appeared as James Gordon in the DCEU before reprising his role as J. Jonah Jameson.
Joe Manganiello was Spider-Man's high-school bully Flash Thompson before appearing as Deathstroke in the DC universe for Zack Snyder.
Ben Affleck was Daredevil before he put on the cape and cowl to play Batman in a few DC movies.
Willem Dafoe played Spider-Man villain Green Goblin before being a mentor to Aquaman.
Josh Brolin has played Thanos and Cable in Marvel movies, but he first played Jonah Hex for DC.
Before Michael Fassbender played young Magneto, he appeared in Jonah Hex as a villain named Burke.
James Marsden was Scott Summers/Cyclops in the X-Men films and he also appeared in Superman Returns, playing Lois Lane’s fiancée.
Angela Bassett joined the MCU as royalty in Black Panther after playing a version of Amanda Waller in DC's Green Lantern.
David Dastmalchian has appeared in multiple Marvel and DC projects from Ant-Man to The Dark Knight in minor roles. He's finally playing a leading man in The Suicide Squad, Polka-Dot Man.
Before Ryan Reynolds killed it as Deadpool he starred in one of the worst super hero movies as Green Lantern.
Randall Park was Dr. Stephen Shin in Aquaman in addition to playing Jimmy Woo for the MCU.
Zazie Beetz played Domino in Deadpool 2 before before her part in Joker.
Ben Mendelsohn is the friendly Skrull Talos in the MCU, but before that, he appeared in The Dark Knight Rises, and he was a real ##ck.
Jared Leto will soon play Marvel vampire Morbius after a, let’s just say questionable, take on the Joker.
Chris Pine voiced Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in between his time as Steve Trevor in the Wonder Woman franchise.
Bryan Tyree Henry has been in both Into the Spider-Verse and Joker. He'll next appear in Marvel's Eternals as Phastos.
Tilda Swinton played a gender and race swapped Ancient One in Doctor Strange after her role as an androgynous angel Constantine.
Rachel Weisz also jumped to the MCU in Black Widow years after appearing in Constantine.
Michael Rooker plays Yondu in the Guardians franchise and Rooker gets implanted with a chip as Savant in The Suicide Squad.
Sean Gunn, brother to director James Gunn, plays the onset stand-in for Rocket Raccoon in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. He also plays the Ravager, Kraglin, and now plays Weasel in The Suicide Squad, as well as a small cameo as Calendar Man.
Sylvester Stallone plays a leader of the Ravagers in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Stallone also voices King Shark in The Suicide Squad.
Laurence Fishburne went from playing Perry White at The Daily Planet in "Man of Steel" and the DCEU to playing scientist Bill Foster in Ant-Man and the Wasp. He also voiced Silver Surfer in Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Djimon Hounsou plays Korath in Guardians of the Galaxy, Midnite in Constantine, King Ricou in Aquaman, and the Wizard in Shazam.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje portrayed a dark elf named Algrim in Thor: The Dark World. and Killer Croc in Suicide Squad.
Pom Klementieff is Mantis in the MCU and has a small cameo as a dancer in The Suicide Squad.
Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi voiced Korg in the MCU after he appeared in Green Lantern years prior and makes a small appearance in The Suicide Squad.
Tommy Lee Jones appeared as a colonel in Captain America: The First Avenger. But long before that he played Two-Face in the underrated (seriously!) Batman Forever.
