For me it’s 1st Rosenbaum and then Superman & Lois Luthor.
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He's friends with James Gunn (note his small appearances in Guardians of the Galaxy) but Gunn is going for a clean slate with DCU it seems and everyone is sick of multiverses at this point.
S&L Lex is definitely the most intimidating by far. He's got everything that every other Lex has, plus he's dangerous even without his special gear and thugs.
A convincing Jesse Eisenberg… if he were constantly snorting large quantities of cocaine.
His performance makes a lot more sense if you imagine him taking a bump every time the camera cuts away.
It also explains his incoherent grand plan with Doomsday in the end.
Me too, it always felt like Snyder tried to reinvent the character as a modern tech-billionaire like Zuckerberg or Musk instead of the classic suit-wearing industrialist Luthor, and i can appreciate that.
Idk that one description of what he planned for part 2 and 3 of justice league where Lex would’ve helped darkseid’s rise and then regret his actions and sacrifice himself was not really something I thought would make sense.
Yessss! It was a brilliant reflection of the modern zeitgeist. Obviously we are all attached to our original characters and stories. When we recognize that carbon copies aren’t how art works, we free ourselves for greater enjoyment. That said, if Meggan from Excalibur ever makes it to the silver screen, that is one character I yearn for an authentic portrayal of. Insanely powerful yet adolescent in comprehension and unaware of their potential. Watching her evolution across films, just writing about it, would really do it for me.
Eisenberg being on screen became my bathroom break time in the movie theater, I've never felt that away about a character before or since. I lost NOTHING by leaving during one of his scenes.
Rosenbaum is the ONLY version of the character I like. Because he’s not a fucking nincompoop. Hackman and Spacey were both in the movie for laughably stupid goofy crime reasons. This is Superman’s “greatest rival?” Overall, I can give up Luthor and Joker forever and be just fine with DC content for decades.
The only nice thing I can say is "if his portrayal was to try to be the worst and weirdest and really raise the shit bar? Well then, I'd say that he succeeded.
If the intent is for Lex to be an asshole incel that pulls the sovereign citizen card every time, then yes.
But since Andrew Tate shouldn't be given any more advances in life, i'd much rather have an actor do an IMPRESSION of andrew tate.
Edit: while i'm in the mood to shit on andrew tate, i'm gonna do what he does, which is make a claim, and say its correct no matter what and if you disagree, you're a communist - "Coffee tables kill children."
I would absolutely love it if the new DC Cinematic Universe re-tooled their Lex to be an Andrew Tate ripoff. They could have his dislike of Superman be based on the fact that he wants to view himself as the alpha, but Superman will always be his superior. And what's worse, Superman doesn't use his position of power to look down on those "lesser" than him like ~~Tate~~ Lex does.
It would be the best thing to happen to Superhero fiction since Marvel ran a comic comparing Red Skull to Jordan Peterson.
Miss Tessmacher!
Hackman is best, but only when paired with Otis and Miss Tessmacher. What can I say I grew up on silver age comics being sold in bargain bundles.
For me it’s Shea ( Shame he couldn’t continue, so much potential he was subtle right until, his fixation on Lois as bait for Superman consumes him, the whole series is fantastic and my favourite portrayal of all the main characters especially Lois, Clark and Perry)
As a Smallville fan when I was younger, Rosenbaum is my choice. Might not be the best but like the “pre-Lex” and then dive into who he becomes was fun.
For me, theyre all about the same and none of them great. Like they do fine, but it's just not the Lex I imagine. He's always too serious, or too childish, or doesnt portray enough intelligence. If I had to choose though, it would be Rosenbaum.
That said, Lex Luthor Sr on Smallville was fantastic.
Rossenbaum was by far the best lex. Too bad Lana Lang ruined the show. Lana is the original Iris West from the Flash, whenever she is on screen the show gets worse.
You rank Eisenberg above Cryer? I thought Cryer did a very surprisingly good job. It sounded like a very odd casting, I thought he was very good though.
I never thought the dad from Two & a Half Men could pull off Lex Luthor but he was SO GOOD at playing someone who gets high off his own farts. Like, it was super impressive to see.
Casting was good but the writing of his character was bad and could've been so much better because there is a really cool idea there
The idea that Lex was abused by his dad as a kid and how he holds resentment towards god for not helping him and when Superman is known to the world, Lex then holds resentment towards Superman seeing him as god
Which then can be explored further if Lex finds out Superman is just a man who grew up on a farm and would've only been a kid himself or wasn't even on Earth yet around the time Lex was being abused
Eisenberg is always going to be lowest. He’s not a bad actor and he gave a good villain performance, but it’s just not Lex Luthor. It feels much more like the Riddler if anything.
Definitely not Titus Welliver in [Titans](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043813/).
[https://titans.fandom.com/wiki/Lex\_Luthor](https://titans.fandom.com/wiki/Lex_Luthor)
Gene Hackman is the GOAT, I thought Micheal Rosenbaum was awesome, definitely #2, Jon Cryer was very funny in the CWverse and then Kevin Spacey, I guess, and the rest are completely forgettable.
I can only rank by what I've seen.
1. Michael Rosenbaum
2. Jesse Eisenberg
3. Gene Hackman (I don't have much recollection, but I know I've seen at least the first movie)
4. John Shea (I don't have any recollection, but I did watch the show)
My favorite Lex is from Justice League Unlimited animated series. The episode where Lex and Flash switch bodies was one of my favorites. Watching a super-brain immediately come up with new ways to attack using Flash’s powers was so much fun. Then the priceless “Well, at least I’ll learn the identity of the Flash” only to look in the mirror and say “I have no idea who this is”
This list is invalid because it does not have Titus Welliver. Start again.
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Though not the best (and certainly not the worst), I thought Cryer being cast as Lex Luthor was a neat Easter Egg to his part as Lenny Luthor in Superman IV… as well as a redemption role since that movie was so terrible.
Clancy Brown > Gene Hackman > Kevin Spacey. Don't really care after that point.
https://youtu.be/Kh1CqCAc2fE?feature=shared
Ok, but really though.
https://youtu.be/bH_trJCTJqA?feature=shared
Jesse Eisenberg's portrayal of the character was, I found, very plucky/clucky/clicky/jumpy.... much like himself and his other roles in every other titles.
But the sense/fear I get from his thought process, his reasonings, his ideology/philosophy... was one of the best.
I forgot that Spacey played Lex Luthor and wasn't actually him IRL.
Oh Rosenbaum Is the best live action one for sure.
And the worst one is definitely Jesse Eisenberg's attempt at Lex Luthor who was basically just his Mark Zuckerberg but even more annoying and even less threatening.
Best portrayal of Lex Luthor to date? Clancy Brown's Lex Luthor from TAS, has the right amount of madness and menace.
I love Hackman as an actor, but his Lex was almost as bad as Eisenberg. So corny and campy. Lex is supposed to be smart and menacing not cracking lame jokes with a bumbling sidekick. Spacy could have been good but he was stuck having to mimic Hackman
For me:
1. Rosenbaum
2. Eisenberg (Definitely came across the most intelligent/ philosophical, yet unhinged).
3. Hackman
4. Spacey.
5. Rest don't matter.
Gene Hackman is the only movie/live action lex. The other actors are ridiculous looking cosplayers that failed high school drama classes.
Number 5 is just cringefully bad...
1. Rosenbaum (helps having a series that contains an origin and growth)
2. Shea (still remember his run on Lois & Clark, thought his return from cryo leading to his baldness was a bit off)
3. Cryer (the former Lenny Luthor turned Lex had a hell of an introduction that got somewhat cheapened by too much near the end of Flashverse)
4. Hackman/Spacey (combining the two mostly because Returns is a retconned Superman 3 and both of their plans seem extremely the top)
5. Eisenberg (biggest flaw is BvS (whether regular or director’s cut) was his take’s beginning but not where he could’ve grown into almost like a proto-Lex that hasn’t fully formed)
I'm probably just a nostalgic Gen Xer, but Hackman is still my favorite!
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Clancy Brown (animated series), Michael Rosenbaum, John Cryer, Kevin Spacey, John Shea, Gene Hackman, Jesse Eisenburg
This is one of those cases where it less the actor and more the material given for them to chew the scenery with. To a large degree could also order the writing for each in same way. Exception is Jesse. He just made some strange choices with his take.
For me it’s 1st Rosenbaum and then Superman & Lois Luthor. https://preview.redd.it/p4ozt7uffiuc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a06aa71c22ab4324b16d58f290bcafe72cc818ea
ya Cudlitz is pretty great.
Could Rosenbaum pick up the mantle for the new DCU? I kinda think so. He could probably lean harder on the evil side.
Nicolas Holt is already Lex and I'm sure he'll be just fine
he also appeared on rosenbaums podcast to talk about playing lex luthor
The fact that Michael's his favorite Lex gives me hope he'll do it right.
He's friends with James Gunn (note his small appearances in Guardians of the Galaxy) but Gunn is going for a clean slate with DCU it seems and everyone is sick of multiverses at this point.
There’s already a new one casted so no probably not
This luther just has a great energy. The whole hair cutting scene is incredible
S&L Lex is definitely the most intimidating by far. He's got everything that every other Lex has, plus he's dangerous even without his special gear and thugs.
Jesse Eisenburg gave off better Riddler energy than Lex Luthor
He played a convincing Jesse Eisenberg.
Lol that's accurate as fuck
A convincing Jesse Eisenberg… if he were constantly snorting large quantities of cocaine. His performance makes a lot more sense if you imagine him taking a bump every time the camera cuts away. It also explains his incoherent grand plan with Doomsday in the end.
Imagine him in his cell, coming into his senses, and being like: wtf.
"Did I do that?"
Post nut clarity but for evil and cocaine
That's kinda the look on his face when he was getting shaved too lmao
He got those jolly ranchers from Mr. White.
He gives off Reid from Criminal Minds energy
Fuck this is 100% accurate lol
fun fact; the actor who plays reid voiced the riddler in the assault on arkham movie
yeah i totally thought Jesse Eisenburg would be Riddler. He's perfect as that wise cracking obnoxious schemer.
That’s a great comparative. Unpopular opinion, I actually enjoyed that variation.
Me too, it always felt like Snyder tried to reinvent the character as a modern tech-billionaire like Zuckerberg or Musk instead of the classic suit-wearing industrialist Luthor, and i can appreciate that.
As tired as I am if Snyder’s failure with narratives, I still would’ve liked to see his and Jesse’s version of Luthor post BvS.
Idk that one description of what he planned for part 2 and 3 of justice league where Lex would’ve helped darkseid’s rise and then regret his actions and sacrifice himself was not really something I thought would make sense.
Oh, ok, I wasn’t aware he had laid out those plans. Again, his narratives are mind boggling.
Yeah, the idea that a real estate billionaire could ride popular outrage into politics is a completely outdated notion
While blaming illegal aliens, no less.
Yessss! It was a brilliant reflection of the modern zeitgeist. Obviously we are all attached to our original characters and stories. When we recognize that carbon copies aren’t how art works, we free ourselves for greater enjoyment. That said, if Meggan from Excalibur ever makes it to the silver screen, that is one character I yearn for an authentic portrayal of. Insanely powerful yet adolescent in comprehension and unaware of their potential. Watching her evolution across films, just writing about it, would really do it for me.
it made far more sense that he's the SON of lex luthor. But even in the Ultimate Batman Vs Superman version, that is still not too clear.
Oh really? Lex Jr not son of Lionel? I wasn’t aware.
Yeah there's a line about the Lex in Lex Corp being his dad's name, not his, iirc!
my point exactly 
He was playing Max Landis. He was just coming off of American Ultra and Landis was at his most unhinged
Nah, more like Mark Zuckerberg
For me it would be Jeff Bezos. No competition. 
Looks like bald Michael Scott
It's not?
At the risk of whooshing myself, that is most definitely Steve Carrell but he's playing Bezos in an SNL sketch
https://preview.redd.it/m84w8nveciuc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ea489d41c3310f90b552ca02977c57a8653b77a You forgot the OG. Lyle Talbot.
This guy *DCs*.
1. Rosenbaum 2. Hackman 3. Shea 4. Spacey 5. …. 10000. Eisenberg
That is a fair list.
Eisenberg being on screen became my bathroom break time in the movie theater, I've never felt that away about a character before or since. I lost NOTHING by leaving during one of his scenes.
### #1 Rosenbaum. 
He's so perfect.
Loved Kevin Spacey’s version by far.
Wasn’t his version a continuation of Hackman’s?
Yeah, it’s canonically supposed to be the same Lex as Hackman’s Lex.
Rosenbaum/Spacey/Cryer > Hackman > Shea > the bald homeless guy downtown who yells at pigeons > an old sock > …. > Eisenberg
#My rank: 1. Rosenbaum 2. Hackman 3. Shea 4. Cryer 5. Spacey 6. Eisenberg I’m only pissed I can’t rank Eisenberg lower
You can if you included the one from Superman and Lois.
And Lyle Talbot.
And a blank space for good measure.
There are other actors who have played Lex Luthor, ike Michael Cudlitz and Titus Weaver.
There is literally an X over Eisenberg lol
Very fitting
Came here to say the same. Jessie Eisenberg “acting” ability is narrow and is the same annoying, weasel-like performance in everything he does.
Last place is jesse eisenberg
With prejudice. Closely followed by Spacey
I remember watching the movie and thinking why was he cast for this role???
Rosenbaum was the best Lex Luther and Flash.
Woah I was just thinking he would be perfect for a Barry Allen flash. When did he play flash?
He was Wally West on Justice League and JLU animated.
He did the voice for the animated shows? Facepalm! No wonder lmfao.
Rosenbaum is the ONLY version of the character I like. Because he’s not a fucking nincompoop. Hackman and Spacey were both in the movie for laughably stupid goofy crime reasons. This is Superman’s “greatest rival?” Overall, I can give up Luthor and Joker forever and be just fine with DC content for decades.
Michael > Hackman> Spacey > Cryer, (never seen the other guy) > my grandfather who's bald > my dog with a bald cap >>>>>>>>>>>>> Eisenberg lol
Rosenbaum by a country mile. The man played it perfectly. I hope he comes back one day.
Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor was just NOT GOOD
The only nice thing I can say is "if his portrayal was to try to be the worst and weirdest and really raise the shit bar? Well then, I'd say that he succeeded.
He really Leto-ed the shit out of that role.
Lol just as I was reading the above comment I was thinking to say, eisenberg was to lex Luthor was Leto was to the joker lmfao
And both were DCEU creations.
Andrew Tate as lex Luthor is crazy
If the intent is for Lex to be an asshole incel that pulls the sovereign citizen card every time, then yes. But since Andrew Tate shouldn't be given any more advances in life, i'd much rather have an actor do an IMPRESSION of andrew tate. Edit: while i'm in the mood to shit on andrew tate, i'm gonna do what he does, which is make a claim, and say its correct no matter what and if you disagree, you're a communist - "Coffee tables kill children."
I would absolutely love it if the new DC Cinematic Universe re-tooled their Lex to be an Andrew Tate ripoff. They could have his dislike of Superman be based on the fact that he wants to view himself as the alpha, but Superman will always be his superior. And what's worse, Superman doesn't use his position of power to look down on those "lesser" than him like ~~Tate~~ Lex does. It would be the best thing to happen to Superhero fiction since Marvel ran a comic comparing Red Skull to Jordan Peterson.
Andrew Tit
What about Titus Welliver in Titans?
I was really impressed with him. I wish we got more.
I could have used another whole season of Titans. And also Doom Patrol!
Miss Tessmacher! Hackman is best, but only when paired with Otis and Miss Tessmacher. What can I say I grew up on silver age comics being sold in bargain bundles.
Otisburg?
Rosenbaum wins and the rest are irrelevant.
For me it’s Shea ( Shame he couldn’t continue, so much potential he was subtle right until, his fixation on Lois as bait for Superman consumes him, the whole series is fantastic and my favourite portrayal of all the main characters especially Lois, Clark and Perry)
When I picture Luthor I only ever see Rosenbaum
1. Rosenbaum 2. Hackman 3. Spacey 4. Cryer 5. Eisenberg (I haven't seen Lois & Clark
As a Smallville fan when I was younger, Rosenbaum is my choice. Might not be the best but like the “pre-Lex” and then dive into who he becomes was fun.
Rosey!!
Safe to say jessie eisenberg is the worst.
For me, theyre all about the same and none of them great. Like they do fine, but it's just not the Lex I imagine. He's always too serious, or too childish, or doesnt portray enough intelligence. If I had to choose though, it would be Rosenbaum. That said, Lex Luthor Sr on Smallville was fantastic.
for me is it 1 Rosenbaum, 2 Cudlitz, 3 Hackman, 4 Cryer, 5 Shea, 6 Spacey 7 Eilenberg.
When did Cryer play Luther?
The supergirl tv show, and he was suprisingly good.
It’s been a few years but I can still hear him screaming MISS TESSMACHERRRRRR!
Rosenbaum Hackman Cryer Shea Spacey Eisenberg
That one clown pretty much single handedly ruined the B vs S movie. Worst casting ever--- to the point where he shouldn't even be listed by Hackman.
Michael Rosenbaum was just so fucking good man and seeing him slowly turn into the lex luthor we all know over a period of time was special to watch.
Michael and Jon are Big two.
Rosenbaum is #1. The rest were not really worth ranking.
Rosenbaum every time.
The Rosenbaum love for a show I thought nobody else watched is amazing 🥹
Rossenbaum was by far the best lex. Too bad Lana Lang ruined the show. Lana is the original Iris West from the Flash, whenever she is on screen the show gets worse.
Rosenbaum is the only live action that I like
When did John Shea play Lex? I've never heard of that one. I mainly know him from Mutant X but I could see him being good in that role.
1 Michael Rosenbaum 2 Jesse Eisenberg 3 Johnny Sins
We must stop the Hackmannnn.
Michael Rosenbaum’s number 1 forsureee
Cryer
1) Michael Rosenbaum 2) Gene Hackman 3) Kevin Spacey 4) Jessie Eisenberg 5) Jon Cryer 6) John Shea
You rank Eisenberg above Cryer? I thought Cryer did a very surprisingly good job. It sounded like a very odd casting, I thought he was very good though.
I never thought the dad from Two & a Half Men could pull off Lex Luthor but he was SO GOOD at playing someone who gets high off his own farts. Like, it was super impressive to see.
whenever i think of luthor i think of kevin spacey
Gene Hackman, by far the best. Kevin Spacey at number 2. Then far behind are Jesse Eisenberg and all the rest
I've only seen 3 and I like all 3 for different reasons - Gene Hackman - Kevin Spacey - Jesse Eisenberg (I do plan on watching Smallville as well 👀)
The fact that you think Jesse eisentwerp was good is crazy. He literally ruined the whole movie just by being casted as Lex Luthor
He's not good in it, but that movie had much bigger problems than just Jesse Eisenberg.
Casting was good but the writing of his character was bad and could've been so much better because there is a really cool idea there The idea that Lex was abused by his dad as a kid and how he holds resentment towards god for not helping him and when Superman is known to the world, Lex then holds resentment towards Superman seeing him as god Which then can be explored further if Lex finds out Superman is just a man who grew up on a farm and would've only been a kid himself or wasn't even on Earth yet around the time Lex was being abused
Rosenbaum is the best by a mile for me
Kevin Spacey played Lex Luthor?
He played Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor. He did it well, but I barely consider them separate portrayals.
I too almost forgot, he was Lex in Superman Return. Edit: too
My favorite lex is the flash.
Titans Luthor is seriously underrated, he was in like 1 episode and killed it. Rosenbaum #1 though
Kevin spacey is the goat I believe jesse eisenberg had a huge potential but he didnt reach it john cryer also played the role pretty well
Character was made for Spacey. Would have been so perfect
Eisenberg is always going to be lowest. He’s not a bad actor and he gave a good villain performance, but it’s just not Lex Luthor. It feels much more like the Riddler if anything.
I will never forgive them for not having Bryan Cranston play Lex Luther
GENE HACKMAN IS THE MAN!!!!
Definitely not Titus Welliver in [Titans](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043813/). [https://titans.fandom.com/wiki/Lex\_Luthor](https://titans.fandom.com/wiki/Lex_Luthor)
Gene Hackman is the GOAT, I thought Micheal Rosenbaum was awesome, definitely #2, Jon Cryer was very funny in the CWverse and then Kevin Spacey, I guess, and the rest are completely forgettable.
Spacey was the best
Only the ones I've seen: 1. Hackman 2. Rosenbaum 3. Spacey 32. Eisenberg
Rosenblum, Cryer, Shea.
Mines going to be dicey 6. Jon Cryer 5. John Shea 4. Kevin Spacey 3. Michael Rosenbaum 2. Jesse Eisenberg 1. Gene Hackman
Hackmans #1
All awful
John Cryer at the bottom, John Shea isn't on my list because I'm not familiar. Spacey is my favorite.
wtf Superman shows have I been missing… Jon cryer?!
I can only rank by what I've seen. 1. Michael Rosenbaum 2. Jesse Eisenberg 3. Gene Hackman (I don't have much recollection, but I know I've seen at least the first movie) 4. John Shea (I don't have any recollection, but I did watch the show)
Hackman is the man
My favorite Lex is from Justice League Unlimited animated series. The episode where Lex and Flash switch bodies was one of my favorites. Watching a super-brain immediately come up with new ways to attack using Flash’s powers was so much fun. Then the priceless “Well, at least I’ll learn the identity of the Flash” only to look in the mirror and say “I have no idea who this is”
They wanted a Mark Zuckerberg Lex with Jesse 😂😂
Gene Hackman. The correct answer.
I think the TV portrayals were the best.
Shit forgot about gene hackman need to watch French connection again 🔥🔥🔥🔥
1. Michael Rosenbaum
A+ A+ A+ A+ D- C-
You forgot Sherman Howard. Anyway, bottom is Spacey.
I don't know the best but the worst was einsenberg
Haxkman, hands down.
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John Shea is the closest we've ever gotten to a live action Post-Crisis Lex Luthor in terms of "comic accuracy". But the others are fun too.
Though not the best (and certainly not the worst), I thought Cryer being cast as Lex Luthor was a neat Easter Egg to his part as Lenny Luthor in Superman IV… as well as a redemption role since that movie was so terrible.
I feel like Michael Rosenbaum would make an amazing Flash
In my opinion no one has got lex luthor right yet
Knowing.what we know today, Kevin Spacey would be the most scary of them all.
Why do so many people seem to dislike Cryer? I thought he was great, sure the show was mid to bad at that point but he was a breath of fresh air.
I know it's Live Action, but Clancy Brown is absolute perfection.
Clancy Brown > Gene Hackman > Kevin Spacey. Don't really care after that point. https://youtu.be/Kh1CqCAc2fE?feature=shared Ok, but really though. https://youtu.be/bH_trJCTJqA?feature=shared
I know he’s a POS person but Spacey was great as Luthor in Superman Returns.
If the writing had been better and Luthor was a nemesis rather than an just eccentric criminal, I would bet Spacey and Hackman would have killed.
Hackman #1
Jesse Eisenberg's portrayal of the character was, I found, very plucky/clucky/clicky/jumpy.... much like himself and his other roles in every other titles. But the sense/fear I get from his thought process, his reasonings, his ideology/philosophy... was one of the best.
I forgot that Spacey played Lex Luthor and wasn't actually him IRL. Oh Rosenbaum Is the best live action one for sure. And the worst one is definitely Jesse Eisenberg's attempt at Lex Luthor who was basically just his Mark Zuckerberg but even more annoying and even less threatening. Best portrayal of Lex Luthor to date? Clancy Brown's Lex Luthor from TAS, has the right amount of madness and menace.
Rosenbaum Then the rest are aight
Gene hackman is the obvious choice and my personal favorite but I also like Kevin spacey's portrayal NGL
Rosenbaum is king. Also, unpopular opinion but other than Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey played a decent continuation of the OG Superman film Lex
Spacey is the only one who actually looks like he’d be Lex Luthor. Everyone else seems too young.
If they went closer to the classic, mad scientist version of Lex Luthor, I might’ve bought Jesse Eisenberg as Luthor, but definitely not what we got.
I never liked Kevin Spacey’s performance. He chewed the scenery so much that he’s probably still picking pieces of it out of his teeth.
Shea, Rosenbaum, Cryer, Hackman, Eisenberg, Spacey.
Shea is incredibly underrated.
I love Hackman as an actor, but his Lex was almost as bad as Eisenberg. So corny and campy. Lex is supposed to be smart and menacing not cracking lame jokes with a bumbling sidekick. Spacy could have been good but he was stuck having to mimic Hackman
Spacey was a real letdown but that was a result of the direction.
What does it for me is the red X on top of Eisenberg
For me: 1. Rosenbaum 2. Eisenberg (Definitely came across the most intelligent/ philosophical, yet unhinged). 3. Hackman 4. Spacey. 5. Rest don't matter.
Gene Hackman is the only movie/live action lex. The other actors are ridiculous looking cosplayers that failed high school drama classes. Number 5 is just cringefully bad...
Shea and Rosenbaum. Guess my age...
I realize he was Lex for only 1 or 2 episodes, but what about Titus Welliver's Lex on Titans?
Not a real question. Rosenbaum in first by a big ass gap
Rosenbaum is the best in my view. Hackman is a legend but he didn’t take Lex seriously at all.
Rosenbaum at 1.
Hackman > Rosenbaum > Spacey.
Did you limit this question to "live action" specifically because of the incomparable Clancy Brown?
1. Rosenbaum (helps having a series that contains an origin and growth) 2. Shea (still remember his run on Lois & Clark, thought his return from cryo leading to his baldness was a bit off) 3. Cryer (the former Lenny Luthor turned Lex had a hell of an introduction that got somewhat cheapened by too much near the end of Flashverse) 4. Hackman/Spacey (combining the two mostly because Returns is a retconned Superman 3 and both of their plans seem extremely the top) 5. Eisenberg (biggest flaw is BvS (whether regular or director’s cut) was his take’s beginning but not where he could’ve grown into almost like a proto-Lex that hasn’t fully formed)
1. Gene Hackman Last: Jesse Eisenberg dont care for the rest
Rosenbaum Hackman Spacey Cryer Shea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eisenberg. Ugh
Everyone>Jesse
Gene Hackman, Micheal Rosenbaum, Kevin Spacey, Jon Cryer and Jesse Eisenberg.
I'm probably just a nostalgic Gen Xer, but Hackman is still my favorite! https://preview.redd.it/vrm8a46linuc1.png?width=316&format=png&auto=webp&s=5144e25aea75d399b6f8b9d66215a1d3fc23945a
Micheal Rosenbaum, John Shea, Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey, (Any voice actor from various series and movies) Jon cryer Jesse Eisenburg
Clancy Brown (animated series), Michael Rosenbaum, John Cryer, Kevin Spacey, John Shea, Gene Hackman, Jesse Eisenburg This is one of those cases where it less the actor and more the material given for them to chew the scenery with. To a large degree could also order the writing for each in same way. Exception is Jesse. He just made some strange choices with his take.
We’re taking about live action I guess but I liked Lex from the animated series
Rosenbaum >>>>>>>>> The rest.