Brandon Routh - Biography

American Actor
Date of birth: 9 October 1979
Place of birth: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
His father: Ron Routh, a carpenter
His mother: Katie, a teacher,
His sister: Sara, a singer
His Girlfriend: Courtney Ford, Actress

1985 Brandon attended the University of Iowa aspiring to be a writer and starred in many productions at the Norwalk Theater of Performing Arts.

1999 When he was 20 years old, Brandon acted in the television series Odd Man Out. He appeared as an extra in Christina Aguilera's video What a Girl Wants.

2000 He was the guest star in the series Gilmore Girls ande had a four-episode part on the third season of MTV's nighttime soap opera, Undressed

2002. Routh's later primetime credits include guest roles on CBS's Cold Case, NBC's Will & Grace and Fox's short-lived series

2004 Brandon met director Bryan singer, who decided to cast him for the role of Superman

2005 He flew to Australia in order to film Superman Returns

2006 Brandon Routh plays the role of Superman (Clark Kent)  in the film Superman Returns, directed by Bryan Singer.After a 19-year absence, the Man of Steel returned to the silver screen this weekend in Warners' highly anticipated Superman Returns. According to studio estimates, the Bryan Singer-directed film, starring newcomer Brandon Routh as the title character, earned $52.15 million over its opening weekend; it has raked in $84.2 million since its late Tuesday night debut. The film earned $21 million on Wednesday alone