Live-Action DC Characters: C

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This is a list of live-action hero, vigilante and villain characters based on DC Comics or DC Imprints (Vertigo, Wildstorm, etc.).

I've included actors from pilot projects that were never picked up and actors who were set to play live-action characters and had promotional photos taken, even if they never ended up getting any screen time.  :)

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1. CALCULATOR Also Known As: NOAH KUTTLER Abilities/Powers: Electronic Interaction, Gadgets, Implants, Intellect, Technopathy, Tracking Actor: TOM AMANDES Media: "ARROW" (2016)

2. CAPTAIN BOOMERANG Also Known As: GEORGE HARKNESS, DIGGER HARKNESS Abilities/Powers: Agility, Gadgets, Marksmanship, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: NICK E. TARABAY Media: "ARROW" (2014) Actor: JAI COURTNEY Media: SUICIDE SQUAD (2016)

3. CAPTAIN COLD Also Known As: LEONARD SNART, CITIZEN COLD, KID KOLD, THE MAN WHO MASTERED ABSOLUTE ZERO Abilities/Powers: Blast Power, Force Field, Gadgets, Ice Control, Marksmanship, Power Item, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: MICHAEL CHAMPION Media: "THE FLASH" (1991) Actor: UNKNOWN Media: "SMALLVILLE" (2011) Actor: WENTWORTH MILLER Media: "THE FLASH" (2014), "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW" (2015)

4. CAPTAIN MARVEL Also Known As: BILLY BATSON, CAPTAIN WHITEBREAD, THE WORLD'S MIGHTIEST MORTAL, MARVEL, BIG RED CHEESE, CAPTAIN THUNDER, CAPTAIN OF THE LIGHTNING, MAGIC'S CHAMPION, CHAMPION OF SHAZAM Abilities/Powers: Agility, Berserker Strength, Blast Power, Cosmic Awareness, Divine Powers, Electricity Control, Energy Absorption and Manipulation, Energy-Enhanced Strikes, Flame Breath, Flight, Healing, Hypnosis, Immortal, Intellect, Invulnerability, Longevity, Magic, Marksmanship, Super Hearing, Speed and Strength, Teleport, Time Manipulation, Time Travel, Tracking, Unarmed Combat, Weather Control Actor: TOM TYLER Media: "ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL" (1941) Actor: JACKSON BOSTWICK Media: "SHAZAM!" (1974) Actor: JOHN DAVEY Media: "SHAZAM!" (1975) Actor: GARRETT CRAIG Media: "LEGENDS OF THE SUPERHEROES" (1979) Actor: ZACHARY LEVI Media: SHAZAM! (2019)

5. CAPTAIN METROPOLIS Also Known As: NELSON GARDNER Abilities/Powers: Unarmed Combat Actor: DARRYL SHEELAR Media: WATCHMEN (2009)

6. CAPTAIN NAZI Also Known As: ALBRECHT KRIEGER Abilities/Powers: Agility, Flight, Healing, Implants, Invulnerability, Super Hearing, Sight, Speed and Strength, Unarmed Combat Actor: ANDRE ERIKSEN Media: "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW" (2016)

7. CASSANDRA CAIN Also Known As: CASSANDRA CAIN-WAYNE, BLACK BAT, BATGIRL, KASUMI, ONE WHO IS ALL, CASSIE, CASS, ORPHAN Abilities/Powers: Adaptive, Agility, Escape Artist, Gadgets, Intellect, Marksmanship, Stealth, Tracking, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: ELLA JAY BASCO Media: BIRDS OF PREY (2020)

8. CATWOMAN Also Known As: SELINA KYLE, THE CAT, THE CAT BURGLAR Abilities/Powers: Agility, Animal Control, Claws, Escape Artist, Feral, Gadgets, Intellect, Marksmanship, Stealth, Tracking, Unarmed Combat, Wall Clinger, Weapon Master Actor: JULIE NEWMAR Media: "BATMAN" (1966) Side Note: This character is billed as "Minerva Mathews." Actor: LEE MERIWETHER Media: BATMAN: THE MOVIE (1966) Actor: EARTHA KITT Media: "BATMAN" (1967) Actor: MICHELLE PFEIFFER Media: BATMAN RETURNS (1992) Actor: MAGGIE BAIRD Media: "BIRDS OF PREY" (2002) Actor: HALLE BERRY Media: CATWOMAN (2004) Side Note: This character is billed as "Patience Phillips." Actor: ANNE HATHAWAY Media: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012) Actor: CARMEN BICONDOVA Media: "GOTHAM" (2014)

9. CELSIUS Also Known As: ARANI DESAI CAULDER Abilities/Powers:   Agility,  Escape Artist,  Heat Generation,  Ice Control,  Immortal,  Intellect,  Longevity,  Unarmed Combat Actor: JASMINE KAUR Media: "DOOM PATROL" (2019)

10. CHASELON Also Known As: ALPHA LANTERN CHASELON, GREEN LANTERN OF SECTOR 1416 Abilities/Powers: Astral Projection, Blast Power, Danger Sense, Electronic Interaction, Energy Absorption and Manipulation, Energy Shield, Energy-Enhanced Strike, Flight, Force Field, Healing, Holographic Projection, Implants, Invulnerability, Light Projection, Omni-lingual, Phasing, Power Item, Super Speed and Strength, Telepathy, Tracking, Weapon Master, Willpower-Based Constructs Actor: UNKNOWN Media: GREEN LANTERN (2011)

11. CHEETAH Also Known As: BARBARA ANN MINERVA, BRIDE OF URZKARTAGA Abilities/Powers: Agility, Animal Control, Claws, Divine Powers, Feral, Intellect, Sense Death, Shape-Shifter Stealth, Super Hearing, Sight, Smell, Speed and Strength, Unarmed Combat Actor: KRISTEN WIIG Media: WONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020)

12. CHIEF Also Known As: NILES CAULDER Abilities/Powers: Electronic Interaction, Gadgets, Implants, Intellect, Technopathy, Tracking Actor: BRUNO BICHIR Media: "TITANS" (2018) Actor: TIMOTHY DALTON Media: "DOOM PATROL" (2019)

13. CHINA WHITE Also Known As: CHIEN NA WEI, QUEEN OF THE PACIFIC RIM Abilities/Powers: Inanely Rich, Intellect, Stealth Actor: KELLY HU Media: "ARROW" (2012)

14. CHRONOS Also Known As: DAVID CLINTON, THE TIME THIEF Abilities/Powers: Gadgets, Insanely Rich, Intellect, Time Manipulation, Time Travel, Unarmed Combat Actor: DOMINIC PURCELL Media: "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW" (2015) Side Note: This character is billed as "Mick Rory"

15. CHUBALA Also Known As: DAVID CLINTON, THE TIME THIEF Abilities/Powers: None Actor: RAYMOND J. BARRY Media: "GOTHAM" (2017)

16. CICADA Also Known As: DAVID HERSCH Abilities/Powers: Agility, Immortal, Siphon Lifeforce, Stealth, Swordsmanship Actor: CHRIS KLEIN Media: "THE FLASH" (2018)

17. CITIZEN STEEL Also Known As: NATHANIEL HEYWOOD, STEEL Abilities/Powers: Healing, Implants, Invulnerability, Super Speed and Strength Actor: NICK ZANO Media: "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW" (2016)

18. CLAYFACE Also Known As: BASIL KARLO Abilities/Powers: Berserker Strength, Chameleon, Claws, Duplication, Elasticity, Healing, Inertia Absorption, Shape Shifter, Size Manipulation, Super Strength, Tracking, Unarmed Combat Actor: KIRK BALTZ Media: "BIRDS OF PREY" (2003) Actor: BRIAN MCMANAMON Media: "GOTHAM" (2016)

19. CLIVE YORKIN Also Known As: NO KNOWN ALIAS Abilities/Powers: Death Touch Actor: MATTHEW KEVIN ANDERSON Media: "THE FLASH" (2017)

20. CLOCK KING Also Known As: WILLIAM TOCKMAN, KING CLOCK Abilities/Powers: Escape Artist, Gadgets, Intellect, Marksmanship, Stealth, Time Manipulation, Tracking, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: WALTER SLEZAK Media: "BATMAN" (1966) Actor: ROBERT KNEPPER Media: "ARROW" (2014), "THE FLASH" (2014)

21. COLONEL COMPUTRON Also Known As: BASIL NURBLIN Abilities/Powers: Intellect, Invulnerability, Super Strength Actor: ROBERT MANN Media: "THE FLASH" (2014)

22. COMEDIAN Also Known As: EDWARD MORGAN BLAKE, EDDIE Abilities/Powers: Gadgets, Marksmanship, Tracking, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN Media: WATCHMEN (2009)

23. COMMANDER STEEL Also Known As: HENRY HEYWOOD SR, STEEL THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, HANK HEYWOOD, STEEL Abilities/Powers: Agility, Implants, Intellect, Invulnerability, Super Speed and Strength Actor: MATTHEW MACCAULL Media: "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW" (2016)

24. COPPERHEAD Also Known As: LARISSA DIAZ Abilities/Powers: Adaptive, Agility, Claws, Escape Artist, Marksmanship, Poisonous, Stealth, Tracking, Unarmed Combat Actor: LESLEY-ANN BRANDT Media: "GOTHAM" (2014)

25. CORNELIUS STIRK Also Known As: NO KNOWN ALIAS Abilities/Powers: Chemical Absorption, Hypnosis, Illusion Casting, Psychic, Telepathy Actor: KAMERON OMIDIAN Media: "GOTHAM" (2016)

26. COSMIC BOY Also Known As: ROKK KRINN, COS, TIME TRAPPER, COSMIC MAN Abilities/Powers: Electronic Interaction, Flight, Force Field, Gadgets, Magnetism, Power Item Actor: RYAN KENNEDY Media: "SMALLVILLE" (2009)

27. COUNT VERTIGO Also Known As: COUNT WERNER VERTIGO, WERNER ZYTLE, COUNT ZYTLE Abilities/Powers: Escape Artist, Flight, Hypnosis, Implants, Insanely Rich, Levitation, Marksmanship, Mesmerize, Reality Manipulation, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: SETH GABEL Media: "ARROW" (2013) Side Note: This character is billed as "The Count." Actor: PETER STORMARE Media: "ARROW" (2014)

28. COURT OF OWLS Also Known As: PARLIAMENT OF OWLS, COUNCIL OF OWLS Abilities/Powers: Insanely Rich, Intellect, Stealth, Tracking, Weapon Master Actor: KIT FLANAGAN, LESLIE HENDRIX, JAMES REMAR, UNKNOWN OTHERS Media: "GOTHAM" (2016)

29. CRAZY JANE Also Known As: KAY CHALLIS, ALL-JANE, BABY DOLL, BABY HARLOT, BIZZIE LIZZIE BORDEN, BLACK ANNIS, BUTTERFLY BABY, DADDY, DR. PENTECOST, DRILLER BILL, DRIVER 8, ENGINEER, FLAMING KATY, FLIT, HAMMERHEAD, HANGMAN'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, JACK STRAW, JILL-IN-IRONS, K-5, KAY, KIT W'THE CANSTICK, LADY PURPLE, LIZA RADLEY, LUCY FUGUE, MAMA PENTECOST, ME, MERRY ANDREW, MIRANDA, MULTI-MOTHER, NO-ONE, PENNY FARTHING, POINTMAN, RAIN BRAIN, SCARLET HARLOT, SECRETARY, SEX BOMB, SHAPELESS CHILDREN, SIN-EATER, STIGMATA, SUN DADDY, SYLVIA, WEIRD SISTERS Abilities/Powers: Adaptive, Agility, Animation, Berserker Strength, Blast Power, Chemical Absorption and Secretion, Claws, Controlled Bone Growth, Electricity Control, Energy Absorption, Energy-Based Constructs, Energy Shield, Feral, Fire Control, Flame Breath, Force Field, Healing, Heat Generation, Intellect, Invisibility, Invulnerability, Phasing, Psionic, Psychic, Radiation, Shape-Shifter, Size Manipulation, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Teleport, Willpower-Based Constructs Actor: DIANE GUERRERO Media: "DOOM PATROL" (2019)

30. CRIMEBUSTERS Also Known As: RORSCHACH, OZYMANDIAS, DR. MANHATTAN, NITE OWL, SILK SPECTRE, THE COMEDIAN, CAPTAIN METROPOLIS Abilities/Powers: Adaptive, Escape Artist, Gadgets, Insanely Rich, Intellect, Marksmanship, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: JACKIE EARLE HALEY, MATTHEW GOODE, BILLY CRUDUP, PATRICK WILSON, MALIN ACKERMAN, JEFFERY DEAN MORGAN and DARRYL SCHEELAR (not pictured) Media: WATCHMEN (2009)

31. CRIMSON FOX Also Known As: VIVIAN D'ARAMIS, CONSTANCE D'ARAMIS, LE RENARDE ROUSSE, RED FOX Abilities/Powers: Agility, Claws, Danger Sense, Empathy, Feral, Insanely Rich, Intellect, Pheromone Control, Super Hearing, Sight and Smell, Tracking, Unarmed Combat Actor: DEANNA RUSSO Media: "POWERLESS" (2017)

32. CRUCIFER Also Known As: NO KNOWN ALIAS Abilities/Powers: Immortal, Vampirism Actor: MIKAEL VIERGE Media: "THE FLASH" (2018)

33. CUPID Also Known As: CARRIE HARTNELL Abilities/Powers: Gadgets, Marksmanship, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: AMY GUMENICK Media: "ARROW" (2014) Side Note: This character is billed as "Carrie Cutter."

34. CYBORG Also Known As: VICTOR STONE, VIC, MAN MACHINE, TECH TITAN, CY, STONE Abilities/Powers: Agility, Blast Power, Electronic Interaction, Flight, Gadgets, Implants, Intellect, Invulnerability, Power Suit, Radar Sense, Super Hearing, Sight and Strength, Technopathy, Vibration Wave, Weapon Master Actor: LEE THOMPSON YOUNG Media: "SMALLVILLE" (2006) Actor: RAY FISHER Media: JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017), THE FLASH (2018) Actor: JOIVAN WADE Media: "DOOM PATROL" (2019)

35. CYBORG SUPERMAN Also Known As: HANK HENSHAW, THE INVENTOR, THE CYBORG Abilities/Powers: Adaptive, Blast Power, Electronic Interaction, Energy-Based Constructs, Energy Shield, Flight, Healing, Heat Vision, Immortal, Implants, Intellect, Invulnerability, Power Item, Shape Shifter, Super Hearing, Sight, Speed and Strength, Technopathy, Willpower-Based Constructs Actor: DAVID HAREWOOD Media: "SUPERGIRL" (2016)

36. CYBORGIRL Also Known As: LETONYA CHARLES Abilities/Powers: Blast Power, Implants, Radar Sense, Super Strength Actor: ERICA LUTTRELL Media: "ARROW" (2016) Side Note: This character is billed as "Laura Washington."

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If you are looking for a new character that has just appeared on the big (or small) screen, it probably won't make the list until the whole season has aired or the movie is available to buy.

Characters with multiple superhero personas will be listed under each persona we've seen in live-action form.  (Ex: Batgirl/Oracle, Speedy/Arsenal, Robin/Nightwing)

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