Actors playing multiple roles in comic book cinematic universes

Several actors have portrayed multiple distinct characters within the same comic book cinematic universes. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Chris Evans played the Human Torch in the Fantastic Four films before portraying Captain America. Michael B. Jordan also played the Human Torch in the 2015 Fantastic Four reboot and later appeared as Erik Killmonger in Black Panther. Ryan Reynolds appeared as Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity before his long-running role as Deadpool. Josh Brolin portrayed Thanos in several MCU projects and also played Cable in Deadpool 2.

In the DC universe, Brandon Routh starred as Superman in Superman Returns and later appeared as the Atom in the Arrowverse, including a cameo in Crisis on Infinite Earths.