We ranked every major Lex Luthor performance, including Nicholas Hoult's, to crown Superman's best on-screen nemesis.

Both on the big and the small screen, several actors have offered their own take on Lex Luthor, and each of them has left their mark on Superman's archnemesis. Even though Lex Luthor's feud with Superman has been revisited countless times,

Lex Luthor? When it comes to the positive takes critics have shared about James Gunn’s Superman, a considerable amount of praise has been pushed towards the ensemble cast. Lead actor David Corenswet has been praised for his winning performance as the Man of Steel but,

Curious to know when Lex Luthor, played by Nicholas Hoult, could return after Superman 2025? At the end of the movie, Superman humiliates Lex Luthor, giving him a well-deserved defeat and unmasking his plans to destroy Earth in an attempt to bring the hero down.

Superman director James Gunn confirms that he initially had conversations with Bradley Cooper about Lex Luthor before deciding on Nicholas Hoult.

Like his animated counterpart, the Luthor in the 2025 Superman is carrying out a complicated war against Superman that comes with a huge cash outlay: He covertly supplies the fictional nation of Boravia with $80 billion in weapons, plotting with the Boravian president to seize control of neighboring Jarhanpur, then split the country between them.

Two bonus clips at the end of the blockbuster movie show that the DC universe might be different than you think.

The Superman Good Deeds, Lex Luthor Bad Deeds meme trend took off shortly after the release of Superman (2025), directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet and Nicholas Hoult.

The most heroic person in the DCU isn't the Man of Steel flying high in the sky, but the common man on ground.