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Brandon James Routh Wiki Biography

Brandon James Routh was born on the 9th October 1979, in Norwalk, Iowa USA, of British and German descent. He is an actor, who is probably best known all over the world for his appearance in the role of Superman in the film “Superman Returns” (2006). He has also appeared in a number of other film and TV titles, such as “Chuck” (2010-2011), “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World” (2010), “Arrow” (2013-2015), etc. He is also recognized as a former fashion model. His career has been active since 1999.

Have you ever wondered how rich Brandon Routh is, as of mid- 2016? It has been estimated according to authoritative sources that the total size of Brandon’s net worth is over $12 million, which has been accumulated initially through his career as a fashion model, and later through his successful acting career.

Brandon Routh Net Worth $12 Million

Brandon Routh is the third of four children of Ronald Wayne Routh, who was a carpenter, and Catherine LaVonne, who worked as a teacher, and was brought up in a Methodist family. As a child he was interested in music, and he played the piano and the trumpet. He studied at Norwalk High School, where he was very active in sports, music and theatre. After matriculation, he enrolled at the University of Iowa, as he wanted to become a writer.

However, he dropped out of college and moved to Manhattan, and then Los Angeles, in order to pursue an acting career. Before he earned his first role on screen, he featured in the video for the song “What A Girl Wants”, performed by Christina Aguilera. After that he got his first role, in the TV series “Odd Man Out” in 1999, which was followed by brief appearances in such TV series as “Undressed” (2000), “One Life To Live”, (2000-2001), and “Gilmore Girls” (2001). He continued to appear in small roles in series such as “Cold Case” (2003), “Will & Grace” (2004), and “Oliver Beene” (2004).

From 2006, and his film debut in the film “Karla”, his career began to take a turn for the better, and the same year, he was selected for the role of the superhero SupermanClark Kent in the film “Superman Returns” (2006), directed by Bryan Singer, and also starring Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacy. Engagement in the film increased his net worth by a large margin, but it also launched him further into the Hollywood scene, celebrating him as an actor, thanks to the popularity of the film. He also voiced his character in the video game made that year, entitled “Superman Returns” and its sequel in 2010 “CR: Superman Returns”, which also added to his net worth.

Two years after the film, Brandon appeared in the comedy film “Zack and Miri Make a Porno”, and the same year he starred in the film “Fling”, followed with three films in 2009, “Life Is Hot in Cracktown”, “Stuntmen”, and “Table For Three”. The next year was quite successful for Brandon, as he found engagement in three more popular productions, including “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night”, “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”, and “Chuck” (2010-2011). He continued successfully into the next decade of the 2000s, increasing his net worth by appearing in several popular TV series and films, including “Crooked Arrows” (2012), “Arrow” (2013-2015), “400 Days” (2015), and most recently “Legends of Tomorrow” (2016), which also added a lot to his net worth.

Thanks to his skills, Brandon has received several prestigious awards, including the Saturn Award in category Best Actor for his work on “Superman Returns”, and Empire Award in category Best Male Newcomer for his work on the same film, among many other awards. Speaking about his personal life, Brandon Routh has been married to actress Courtney Ford since 2007; the couple has a son. He is known as a big supporter of President Barack Obama. In his free time, Brandon enjoys playing soccer, swimming and reading.



Full Name Brandon Routh
Net Worth $12 Million
Date Of Birth October 9, 1979
Place Of Birth Norwalk, Iowa, United States
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Profession Actor, Model
Education University of Iowa, Norwalk High School
Nationality United States of America
Spouse Courtney Ford (m. 2007)
Children Leo James Routh
Parents Catherine Routh, Ronald Ray Routh
Siblings Sara Routh
Nicknames Brandon James Routh , B.J. Routh , Brandon ‘B.J.’ Routh , B.J.
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/OfficialBrandonRouth
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IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746125
Nominations Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Chemistry, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Star – Male, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Rumble
Movies Superman Returns, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, 400 Days, Crooked Arrows, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, The Nine Lives of Christmas, Unthinkable, Missing William, Table for Three, Life Is Hot in Cracktown, Lost in the Pacific, Fling, Miss Nobody, Karla, Stuntmen, In Security, …
TV Shows Partners, Chuck, Odd Man Out, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow
Title Salary
Superman Returns (2006) $1,000,000
Quote
1 [on being replaced by Henry Cavill as Superman] I would have liked to have done another movie. I love the character, and the fans are great. It has been an amazing family to be a part of. I feel like I still had more to do, and to grow as the character. But Henry [Cavill] is a great actor and has done a nice job. I’m happy for Superman fans that they get another film.
2 I’m happy to have anyone as a fan, no matter race, religion, political party, sexual orientation, or sports team affiliation. [Interview, June 24, 2010]
3 [on making the Superman character darker]: I don’t know how much darker you want to make it necessarily. You make the stakes higher, you make the villain darker, I think that’s a way to do it. But I don’t think Superman himself needs to be darker. He definitely has to struggle, but I don’t think Superman should ever be dark and brooding, that’s not his nature. And that’s not what people want to see.
4 [on being asked if he ever thought playing Superman would be bad for his career]: “No. I mean, I was wary of what being Superman meant to my life, the possibilities of what it might mean, but then I think of all the positives and that kind of takes it all away. There are a lot of negatives to not do it, too.”
5 People will like me, I think, because I do a good job in the film, but I also realize that the appeal isn’t just me. It’s the character. It’s the film. It’s what Superman stands for and brings to the table. Not just me.
6 I’m kind of slowly becoming a star. I’ve kept my sanity. I’ve learned along the way, all these months that I’ve been here and slowly doing interviews and the suit picture getting released on the Internet-all this has come very gradual, which has really helped me to get it straight in my head and not go over the top. I know that that’s a minuscule amount of exposure that’s going to happen. It’s going to be all over the place and it’s going to become ridiculous at some point. The other thing that I realize is that it’s not me so much as the character and the icon of Superman.
7 [When asked if he’s ready for the changes that will follow in his life upon being cast as Superman]: “I have no idea. But I am prepared to be prepared.”
8 [Talking about wearing the Superman costume]: “Very confining. But once you get past that – which is sometimes hard – it’s also very empowering. First time I put it on, I felt… stronger. Like a different level of who I am. It makes playing the character much easier.”
9 [Talking about his work with a movement coach to capture Superman’s physical presence]: “We worked on posture. Spine straight, hips forward, neck in line – just a clean motion moving through the world. [on the bright side] I slouch less.”
Fact
1 He has played the same character (Ray Palmer / The Atom) in three different series: Arrow (2012), The Flash (2014) and Legends of Tomorrow (2016).
2 He is of English, Scottish, German, and distant Dutch, ancestry. His paternal grandparents were Amor Ellis Routh and Velma Mae Junkin, and his maternal grandparents were John Junior Lear and Viola Lorraine Brown.
3 Preparing to film Superman Returns (2006), directed by Bryan Singer. [November 2004]
4 Both Brandon and Julie Davenport attended the National Bartending School in Sherman Oaks, California.
5 Son, Leo James Routh, was born on August 10, 2012, weighing in at 8 lbs. and measuring 20.5 inches.
6 Stepbrother-in-law of Roberto Orci, J.R. Orci and Melissa Blake.
7 Studied Scottish Literature.
8 Cites Braveheart (1995) as his all-time favorite film.
9 Attended the International Model and Talent Association (IMTA).
10 Frequently says that the only good thing that came of his several years of struggling to find success in Hollywood was meeting his long-time girlfriend, Courtney Ford, in a coffee-shop after another failed audition. They became engaged in August 23, 2006, and married on November 24, 2007.
11 Unlike fellow Superman actors Christopher Reeve and Tom Welling, he is a huge Superman fan. As a kid, he collected the comics, owned the films, and even wore Superman pajamas.
12 Parents are Ron and Katie.
13 After being cast as Superman for Superman Returns (2006), he sought out a movement coach to help him create the proper body language for the Superman character.
14 Attended the University of Iowa
15 His brother is a “real-life Superman” – a police officer in Des Moines
16 Dressed up as Batman for Halloween 2004.
17 Went as Clark Kent/Superman for a Halloween party in 2003 and won a costume contest, only to receive the movie role one year later.
18 Can play the trumpet and piano.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Legends of Tomorrow 2016-2017 TV Series Ray Palmer The Atom
Arrow 2014-2016 TV Series Ray Palmer The Atom
The Flash 2015-2016 TV Series Ray Palmer The Atom
Vixen 2016 TV Series short The Atom
Superhero Fight Club 2.0 2016 Video short The Atom
Lady Dynamite 2016 TV Series Jack
Lost in the Pacific 2016 Mike
400 Days 2015 Theo
Broken People 2015 TV Mini-Series Slice
Superhero Fight Club 2015 TV Short The Atom
Impress Me 2015 TV Series Officer Moore
The Nine Lives of Christmas 2014 TV Movie Zachary Stone
The Exes 2014 TV Series Steve
Enlisted 2014 TV Series Brandon Stone
Chosen 2013-2014 TV Series Max Gregory
Missing William 2014 James Anderson
The Millers 2014 TV Series Officer Dixon
Call of Duty: Ghosts 2013 Video Game David ‘Hesh’ Walker (voice)
The Daly Show 2013 TV Series Brandon
Partners 2012-2013 TV Series Wyatt Plank
Newsreaders 2013 TV Series Miles Van Cleef
Crooked Arrows 2012 Joe Logan
Number Nine 2011 Short John
Chuck 2010-2011 TV Series Daniel Shaw
Cost of Living 2011 Short Silas
The Last Pizza Commercial 2011 Short Marc Thomas
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night 2010 Dylan
In Security 2010 TV Movie
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 2010 Todd Ingram
Miss Nobody 2010 Milo Beeber
Unthinkable 2010 Agent D.J. Jackson
Twilight Cycles 2009 Video short
Stuntmen 2009 Kirby Popoff
Kambakkht Ishq 2009 Brandon Routh
Life Is Hot in Cracktown 2009 Sizemore
Table for Three 2009 Scott Teller
Fling 2008 James
Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2008 Bobby Long
Fear Itself 2008 TV Series Bobby
Superman Returns 2006 Video Game Superman Clark Kent (voice)
The Batman 2006 TV Series John Marlowe Everywhere Man
Superman Returns 2006 Clark Kent Superman
Denial 2006 Short
Karla 2006 Tim
Awesometown 2005 TV Short Officer Dino Wong
Oliver Beene 2004 TV Series Brian
Will & Grace 2004 TV Series Sebastian
Cold Case 2003 TV Series Henry Phillips (1964)
Gilmore Girls 2001 TV Series Jess
Undressed 2000 TV Series Wade
Odd Man Out 1999 TV Series Connor
One Life to Live 1968 TV Series Seth Anderson #1 (2001-2002)

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Fling 2008 co-producer

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
On the Pool Patio with Ilya Salkind 2011 Documentary thanks
Popcorn Porn: Watching ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’ 2009 Video documentary the producers wish to thank

Self

Title Year Status Character
Today 2016 TV Series Himself – Guest
Hollywood Game Night 2016 TV Series Himself – Celebrity Player
The Real 2016 TV Series Himself
IMDb: What to Watch 2015 TV Series documentary Himself
The Adventures of Ravi 2015 TV Series Himself
All Access Pass 2015 TV Series Himself
TableTop 2014 TV Series Himself – Guest
The Talk 2012 TV Series Himself – Guest
Sidewalks Entertainment 2011 TV Series Himself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2011 TV Series Himself
This Week in Horror 2011 TV Series Himself – Guest
Janela Indiscreta 2010 TV Series Himself
Chuck Fu and Dim Sum 2010 Video documentary short Himself – ‘Shaw’
Made in Hollywood 2010 TV Series Himself
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World vs. Funny or Die 2010 Video short Himself
TMZ on TV 2009 TV Series Himself
Three’s a Crowd 2009 Video documentary short Himself
Money Shots 2009 Video Himself
Entertainment Tonight 2007-2009 TV Series Himself
Popcorn Porn: Watching ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’ 2009 Video documentary Himself – Actor
07 Spaceys 2007 TV Movie Himself
Bryan’s Journals 2006 Video documentary Himself
Requiem for Krypton: Making ‘Superman Returns’ 2006 Video documentary Himself
Corazón de… 2006 TV Series Himself
Scream Awards 2006 2006 TV Special Himself
The Teen Choice Awards 2006 2006 TV Special Himself
The Young Hollywood Awards 2006 TV Special Himself
The View 2006 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2006 TV Series Himself
Getaway 2006 TV Series Himself – Celebrity traveller
The Science of Superman 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself
At the Movies 2006 TV Series Himself
Total Request Live 2006 TV Series Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael 2006 TV Series Himself
Superman Returns: Inside the Journey 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself
Back in Blue: The ‘Superman Returns’ Movie Special 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself
Late Show with David Letterman 2006 TV Series Himself
HBO First Look 2006 TV Series documentary Himself
HypaSpace 2006 TV Series documentary Himself
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself
2006 MTV Movie Awards 2006 TV Special Himself
The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself – Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
The Flash 2015 TV Series The Atom
The Frollo Show 2011 TV Series Todd Ingram
CR: Superman Returns 2010 Video Game Clark Kent Superman
Troldspejlet 2006 TV Series Himself – Actor Clark Kent Superman
The Curse of Superman 2006 TV Movie documentary Superman Clark Kent (uncredited)

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2010 IGN Award IGN Summer Movie Awards Best TV Villain Chuck (2007)
2007 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Actor Superman Returns (2006)
2007 Empire Award Empire Awards, UK Best Male Newcomer Superman Returns (2006)
2006 Rising Star Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

Routh is starring as Superman in this summer’s highly anticipated Warner Bros. film release,

2006 Scream Award Scream Awards Best Superhero Superman Returns (2006)
2006 ShoWest Award ShoWest Convention, USA Male Star of Tomorrow

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2011 Scream Award Scream Awards Best Villain Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
2006 Golden Schmoes Golden Schmoes Awards Breakthrough Performance of the Year Superman Returns (2006)
2006 Scream Award Scream Awards Breakout Performance Superman Returns (2006)
2006 Teen Choice Award Teen Choice Awards Movies – Choice Breakout (Male) Superman Returns (2006)
2006 Teen Choice Award Teen Choice Awards Movie – Choice Rumble Superman Returns (2006)
2006 Teen Choice Award Teen Choice Awards Movies – Choice Chemistry Superman Returns (2006)

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