Brandon Routh

Brandon Routh

Birth Name : Brandon James Routh

Famous as : Actor

Birth Date : October 09, 1979

Birth Place : Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Spouse : Courtney Ford (actress, since 24-Nov-07)

Claim to fame : As Superman in "Superman Returns" (2006)

Height : 6' 3"

Nationality : American
Hair Color : Dark Brown

Eye Color : Brown

Father : Ron Routh

Mother : Katie Routh

Sister : Sara Suzane Routh (older, singer/songwriter)

Relation : Rachel Boston (actress)

Education :

• Graduated from Norwalk Senior High School, Norwalk, Iowa in 1997
• Attended University of Iowa, majored in English

Biography

Although still relatively few professional credits in his curriculum vitae, James Brandon Routh could also be one of the potential players to watch in the 2000s judging from his great performance to successfully nab the title of the next Superman in the wake of the late Christopher Reeve.

A native of Iowa, Brandon, born on 9 October 1979 in Des Moines and grew up in the city suburb of Norwalk, where he later at Norwalk Senior High School, while enthusiastically developed his skills in the work of the Norwalk Theater of Performing Arts.

After gaining his doctorate in 1997, he enrolled in the University of Iowa to pursue a degree in English, but as its desire to act was really hard to resist the brown eyes teen ultimately decided his study after one year and headed Hollywood to search for good chance to develop a career in the entertainment industry.

Much to the delight Brandon, the jobs were fairly easy to meet, as he sought to show up in 1999 in an episode of the NBC television series "Odd Man Out", followed by Guest stations in MTV's "undressed" for his 4 episodes in 2000 and another in WB's "Gilmore Girls" a year later.

When a notch higher, he went satisfyingly steadier in the business world shortly thereafter with its role as Seth Anderson in the long-running soap opera "One Life to Live", saw him stay for about a year before leaving the series until April 2002 . After winning a unique phenomenon in prime-time shows that CBS's "Cold Case" plus ABC's "Will & Grace" in the next two years, it was not until autumn 2004 that this young man began striking to earn vast public notice when Warner Bros. officially announced him as the new Superman in his highly anticipated-2006 feature film "Superman Returns".

The story behind his appointment was a really interesting because it was either publication or speculation year on the appropriate person to carry out the role of director of the film as well. The latter position finally fell into the hands of the "X-Men" Helmer Bryan Singer after Tim Burton, Wolfgang Petersen, mcg, Brett Ratner, Shekhar Kapur and were earlier than on filling the seat nor the former one remained unresolved even though it was reported that Warner Bros. had already taken some popular names to play, including Nicolas Cage, Josh Hartnett, Tom Welling. However, Singer had his own return for he is more inclined to throw a fresh face, and persistently works his idea, he finally fixed his election in Brandon, in fact, spoke for the role before the MCG, thus granting the dark-haired actor Beginning of a new phase in his life, as the new world sensation. Then get signed again play the red-caped hero in "Superman: The Man of Steel" (2009), the star next eagerly has time to nab between different roles as in "Life is hot in Crack Town" (2008), an urban drug - Addiction drama also stars of Shannyn Sossamon, Lara Flynn Boyle, Brandon proposed to actress girlfriend Courtney Ford in August 2006. They met for the first time on the sample dinner for her brother's wedding at the bowling alley Lucky Strike, in which the actor to work as a bartender. The couple exchanged vows in a ceremony in the beautiful El Capitan Ranch in Santa Barbara, 24 November 2007.

Quotes

"I think Superman's journey is to become comfortable on earth. Of course he's got his role as earth's greatest protector but he also wants to be as happy as he can and if that happens to be with Lois then he's going to find a way" - Brandon Routh

Filmography

• Lie To Me (2007) as James
• Superman Returns (200) as Clark Kent/ Superman
• STUNTMENT as Kirby Popoff
• The Informers as Jamie

Producer Credits

Lie to Me - Co-Producer

Award

• Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Rising Star Award (2006)
• ShoWest Award: Male Star of Tomorrow (2006)