Live-Action DC Characters: A

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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. ABBY ARCANE Also Known As: ABIGAIL ARCANE CABLE HOLLAND, ABIGAIL ARCANE CABLE, ABIGAIL HOLLAND, ABBY ARCANE CABLE, ABBY HOLLAND Abilities/Powers: Claws, Empathy, Flight, Intellect, Marksmanship, Necromancy, Sense Death, Stealth, Super Strength, Telekinesis, Telepathy Actor: ADRIENNE BARBEAU Media: SWAMP THING (1982) Side Note: This character is billed as "Alice Cable" and is a combination of Abby Arcane and Matthew Cable. Actor: HEATHER LOCKLEAR Media: THE RETURN OF SWAMP THING (1989) Actor: CRYSTAL REED Media: "SWAMP THING" (2019)

2. ABIN SUR Also Known As: GREEN LANTERN 2814 Abilities/Powers: Blast Power, Energy Based Constructs, Energy Shield, Energy-Enhanced Strike, Flight, Force Field, Healing, Holographic Projection, Intellect, Invisibility, Invulnerability, Phasing, Power Item, Super Speed, Super Strength, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master, Willpower-Based Constructs Actor: TEMEURA MORRISON Media: GREEN LANTERN (2011)

3. ABRA KADABRA Also Known As: ABHARARAKADHARARBARAKH, CITIZEN ABRA, KADABRA, MASTER OF MAGIC, MR. HOCUS POCUS Abilities/Powers: Animation, Astral Projection, Dimensional Manipulation, Escape Artist, Hypnosis, Illusion Casting, Immortal, Intellect, Magic, Marksmanship, Mesmerize, Possession, Precognition, Probability Manipulation, Reality Manipulation, Soul Absorption, Stealth, Time Manipulation, Time Travel Actor: DAVID DASTMALCHIAN Media: "THE FLASH" (2017)

4. ACCELERATED MAN Also Known As: NO KNOWN ALIAS Abilities/Powers: Super Speed Actor: SEAN POAGUE Media: "THE FLASH" (2017)

5. ACCOMPLISHED PERFECT PHYSICIAN Also Known As: YAO FEI, CORPORAL TAO FEI Abilities/Powers: Agility, Energy Manipulation, Force Field, Healing, Mesmerize, Sonic Scream, Vibration Wave, Voice-induced Manipulation Actor: BYRON MANN Media: "ARROW" (2012)

6. ACOLYTE Also Known As: NO KNOWN ALIAS Abilities/Powers: None Actor: JARRETH J. MERZ Media: "TITANS" (2018)

7. ACRATA Also Known As: ANDREA ROJAS, ANGEL OF VENGEANCE Abilities/Powers: Berserker Strength, Power Suit, Teleport, Unarmed Combat Actor: DENISE QUINONES Media: "SMALLVILLE" (2010)

8. ADAM STRANGE Also Known As: WARRIOR OF TWO WORLDS, SAVIOR OF RANN Abilities/Powers: Flight, Gadgets, Intellect, Levitation, Marksmanship, Power Suit, Stealth, Teleport, Tracking, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: SHAUN SIPOS Media: "KRYPTON" (2018)

9. AETHYR Also Known As: NO KNOWN ALIAS Abilities/Powers: Flight, Healing, Immortal, Invulnerability, Omni-lingual, Phasing, Psionic, Super Hearing, Sight, Speed and Strength Actor: ALANA DE LA GARZA Media: "SMALLVILLE" (2005)

10. AGENT LIBERTY Also Known As: NO KNOWN ALIAS Abilities/Powers: Agility, Blast Power, Flight, Gadgets, Intellect, Marksmanship, Power Suit, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: SAM WITWER Media: "SUPERGIRL" (2018)

11. AMALAK Also Known As: NO KNOWN ALIAS Abilities/Powers:  Gadgets, Tracking, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: GLENN ENNIS Media: "SUPERGIRL" (2017)

12. AMANDA WALLER Also Known As: DOCTOR WALLER, MAMA WALLER, WHITE QUEEN, THE WALL Abilities/Powers: Insanely Rich, Intellect Actor: PAM GRIER Media: "SMALLVILLE" (2010) Actor: ANGELA BASSETT Media: GREEN LANTERN (2011) Actor: CYNTHIA ADDAI-ROBINSON Media: "ARROW" (2013) Actor: VIOLA DAVIS Media: SUICIDE SQUAD (2016)

13. AMANITA Also Known As: GREEN LANTERN OF SECTOR 3100 Abilities/Powers: Insanely Rich, Intellect Astral Projection,  Blast Power,  Cosmic Awareness,  Danger Sense,  Empathy,  Energy-Based Constructs,  Energy Manipulation,  Energy Shield,  Energy-Enhanced Strike, F light, F orce Field, H ealing, H olographic Projection, I nvisibility, I nvulnerability,  Light Projection,  Longevity,  Omni-lingual, P hasing, P ower Item,  Radiation,  Super Strength, T elepathy, T racking, W illpower-Based Constructs Actor: UNKNOWN Media: GREEN LANTERN (2011)

14. AMENADIEL Also Known As: THE SERPENT Abilities/Powers: Berserker Strength, Divine Powers, Flight, Immortal, Invulnerability, Longevity, Magic, Sense Death, Super Strength, Swordsmanship, Telekinesis, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: D.B. WOODSIDE Media: "LUCIFER" (2015)

15. AMYGDALA Also Known As: AARON HELZINGER Abilities/Powers: Berserker Strength, Super Strength, Unarmed Combat Actor: TOMMY 'TINY' LISTER Media: THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) Actor: SLINK FISHER Media: "GOTHAM" (2015)

16. ANARKY Also Known As: LONNIE MACHIN Abilities/Powers: Agility, Electronic Interaction, Escape Artist, Gadgets, Implants, Insanely Rich, Intellect, Technopathy, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: ALEXANDER CALVERT Media: "ARROW" (2015)

17. ANDRE BLANC-DUMONT Also Known As: ANDRE, BLACKHAWK Abilities/Powers: Marksmanship, Unarmed Combat Actor: SAID TAGHMAOUI Media: WONDER WOMAN (2017)

18. ANIMAL-VEGETABLE-MINERAL MAN Also Known As: SVEN LARSEN, AVM-MAN,  Abilities/Powers: Claws, Controlled Bone Growth, Feral, Invulnerability, Plant Control, Shape-Shifter, Stealth, Super Speed and Strength Actor: ALEC MAPA Media: "DOOM PATROL" (2019)

19. ANTIOPE Also Known As: NO KNOWN ALIAS Abilities/Powers: Divine Powers, Healing, Immortal, Intellect, Invulnerability, Longevity, Marksmanship, Power Item, Super Hearing, Sight, Speed and Strength, Swordsmanship, Unarmed Combat Actor: ROBIN WRIGHT Media: WONDER WOMAN (2017)

20. ANTON ARCANE Also Known As: THE AVATAR OF THE ROT Abilities/Powers: Agility, Chemical Absorption, Chemical Secretion, Claws, Cosmic Awareness, Darkforce Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Divine Powers, Feral, Intellect, Magic, Necromancy, Plant Control, Possession, Shape Shifter, Soul Absorption, Super Strength, Unarmed Combat, Vampirism Actor: LOUIS JORDAN Media: SWAMP THING (1982), RETURN OF SWAMP THING (1989) Actor: MARK LINDSAY CHAPMAN Media: "SWAMP THING" (1990)

21. APPA ALI APSA Also Known As: OLD-TIMER Abilities/Powers:  Blast Power,  Cosmic Awareness, D ivine Powers, E nergy Absorption, E nergy-Based Constructs, E nergy Manipulation, E nergy Shield, E nergy-Enhanced Strike, F light, F orce Field, H olographic Projection, I mmortal, I ntellect, O mni-lingual, W illpower-Based Constructs Actor: UNKNOWN Media: GREEN LANTERN (2011)

22. APROS Also Known As: GREEN LANTERN OF SECTOR 0003 Abilities/Powers:  Astral Projection, B last Power, D anger Sense, E nergy-Based Constructs, E nergy Manipulation, E nergy Shield, E nergy-Enhanced Strike, F light, F orce Field, H ealing, H olographic Projection, I nvisibility, I nvulnerability, L ight Projection, O mni-lingual, P hasing, P ower Item, P sionic, R adiation, S uper Speed and S trength, T elepathy, T racking, U narmed Combat, W eapon Master Willpower-Based Constructs Actor: UNKNOWN Media: GREEN LANTERN (2011)

23. AQUAMAN Also Known As: ARTHUR CURRY, ORIN, KING ARTHUR, KING OF ATLANTIS, AQUATIC ACE, HEIR TO THE THRONE OF ATLANTIS, KING OF THE SEVEN SEAS, LORD OF THE DEEP, MARINE MARVEL Abilities/Powers: Animal Control, Healing, Insanely Rich, Intellect, Invulnerability, Longevity, Power Item, Radar Sense, Sub-Mariner, Super Hearing, Sight, Speed and Strength, Swordsmanship, Telepathy, Unarmed Combat, Water Control, Weapon Master Actor: ALAN RITCHSON Media: "SMALLVILLE" (2007) Actor: JUSTIN HARTLEY Media: "AQUAMAN" (2006) Side Note: This show can also be found under the names "Mercy Reef" and "Tempest Keys." Actor: JASON MOMOA Media: BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016), JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017), AQUAMAN (2018)

24. THE ARCHER Also Known As: FENTON QUIGLEY Abilities/Powers: Agility, Marksmanship, Tracking, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: ART CARNEY Media: "BATMAN" (1966)

25. ARES Also Known As: MARS, GOD OF WAR, LORD ARES, WAR Abilities/Powers: Agility, Controlled Bone Growth, Divine Powers, Feral, Fire Control, Healing, Immortal, Invulnerability, Levitation, Magic,Shape-Shifter, Super Speed and Strength, Swordsmanship, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: DAVID THEWLIS Media: WONDER WOMAN (2017) Actor: NICK MCKINLESS Media: JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017)

26. ARMEK Also Known As: NO KNOWN ALIAS Abilities/Powers: Agility, Chameleon, Density Control, Elasticity, Flight, Heat Vision, Illusion Casting, Invisibility, Invulnerability, Matter Absorption, Phasing, Psionic, Shape-Shifter, Size Manipulation, Super Speed and Strength, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Unarmed Combat Actor: TERRELL TILFORD Media: "SUPERGIRL" (2017)

27. ARSENAL Also Known As: ROY HARPER, SPEEDY, RED ARROW Abilities/Powers: Escape Artist, Gadgets, Insanely Rich, Intellect, Marksmanship, Power Suit, Swordsmanship, Tracking, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: COLTON HAYNES Media: "ARROW" (2014)

28. ARTEMIS Also Known As: ARTEMIS CROCK, HUNTRESS, TIGRESS Abilities/Powers: Adaptive, Agility, Empathy, Escape Artist, Feral, Intellect, Marksmanship, Super Smell, Tracking, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: MADISON MCLAUGHLIN Media: "ARROW" (2016) Side Note: This character is billed as Evelyn Crawford Sharp, who, in the comics, uses the alias "Starling."

29. ARTEMIS Also Known As: JAVELIN, REQUIEM, SHIM'TAR, WONDER WOMAN, ARTEMIS OF BANA-MIGHDALL, ARTEMIS GRACE Abilities/Powers: Agility, Animal Control, Divine Powers, Empathy, Flight, Gadgets, Immortal, Insanely Rich, Intellect, Invisibility, Invulnerability, Longevity, Magic, Marksmanship, Shape-Shifter, Super Speed and Strength, Swordsmanship, Tracking, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master, Willpower-Based Constructs Actor: ANN WOLFE Media: WONDER WOMAN (2017)

30. ARTEMIS Also Known As: GODDESS OF THE HUNT, DIANA Abilities/Powers: Agility, Animal Control, Divine Powers, Healing, Immortal, Invulnerability, Longevity, Marksmanship, Shape-Shifter, Super Sight and Strength, Telepathy, Tracking, Weapon Master, Weather Control Actor: AURORE LAUZERAL Media: JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017)

31. ATLAN Also Known As: NO KNOWN ALIAS Abilities/Powers: Agility, Animal Control, Astral Projection, Blast Power, Dimensional Manipulation, Divine Powers, Fire Control, Healing, Heat Generation, Ice Control, Intellect, Invulnerability, Longevity, Magic, Power Item, Sub-Mariner, Super Hearing, Sight, Smell and Strength, Swordsmanship, Telepathy, Unarmed Combat, Water Control Actor: JULIAN LEWIS JONES Media: JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017)

32. ATLANNA Also Known As: ATLANNA CURRY, QUEEN OF ATLANTIS Abilities/Powers: Agility, Animal Control, Blast Power, Insanely Rich, Intellect, Leadership, Postcognition, Power Item, Sub-Mariner, Super Strength, Telepathy, Tracking, Weapon Master Actor: DANIELLA DEUTSCHER Media: "AQUAMAN" (2006) Actor: NICOLE KIDMAN Media: AQUAMAN (2018)

33. THE ATOM Also Known As: AL PRATT, MIGHTY MITE Abilities/Powers: Intellect, Invulnerability, Radiation, Size Manipulation, Super Speed and Strength, Unarmed Combat Actor: GLENN HOFFMAN Media: "SMALLLVILLE" (2010)

34. THE ATOM Also Known As: RAY PALMER, TINY TITAN, SHRINK-RAY, PROFESSOR PALMER Abilities/Powers: Density Control, Dimensional Manipulation, Intellect, Levitation, Size Manipulation, Swordsmanship, Teleport, Unarmed Combat Actor: ALFIE WISE Media: "LEGENDS OF THE SUPERHEROES" (1979) Actor: JOHN KASSIR Media: "JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA" (1997) Actor: BRANDON ROUTH Media: "ARROW" (2014), "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW" (2015)

35. ATOM SMASHER Also Known As: AL ROTHSTEIN Abilities/Powers: Agility, Density Control, Invulnerability, Phasing, Size Manipulation, Super Strength, Unarmed Combat Actor: ADAM COPELAND Media: "THE FLASH" (2015)

36. AUNT MINERVA Also Known As: MS MINERVA Abilities/Powers: None Actor: RUTH BUZZI Media: "LEGENDS OF THE SUPERHEROES" (1979)

37. AZRAEL Also Known As: JEAN-PAUL VALLEY, AVENGING ANGEL, DARK KNIGHT OF GOD, PUNISHING ANGEL, BATMAN Abilities/Powers: Adaptive, Berserker Strength, Fire Control, Gadgets, Healing, Intellect, Marksmanship, Power Suit, Swordsmanship, Tracking, Unarmed Combat, Weapon Master Actor: JAMES FRAIN Media: "GOTHAM" (2015) Side Note: This character is billed as "Theo Galavan."

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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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