WHO IS THE BEST LEX LUTHOR? 

Smallville did him best and captured all angles of him even making us feel bad for him

Michael Rosenbaum is the best Lex Luthor imo. He did a great job demonstrating the cleverness and insightfulness of Lex. "Clark, when my father passes on, kings will come to his funeral. When your father passes on, his friends will come." Just a line I always remember Lex saying to Clark

Michael Rosenbaum is definitely my favourite Lex Luthor

Michael Rosenbaum set the new standard for Lex Luthor. Jessy Eisenberg just showed us what not to do.

"Have you seen my humanity before you decided I had none?" -Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor

Clancy Brown and Michael Rosenbaum, which buy chance got to play opposite in switched roles on JLU “the great brain robbery”. Loved that episode and enjoyed Smallville for a time.

Michael Rosenbaum because I grew up with smallville and trust me when I tell you smallville back in the day was way better than the arrowverse it's not even a comparison. Michael played the role of lex Luthor to a T and brought that evil character to life and was really believable.

Michael for live action...Clancy for animated

Clancy Brown all the way!!

Micheal Rosenbaum will forever be my favorite. When they announced that John Cryer was going to portray Lex I was skeptical, however he has done an amazing job with the character. So Cryer would be my second choice

Smallville Lex is best Lex. Hope Michael stays safe with his skin cancer :(

I’ve met Michael rosenbaum at a comic con in London in 2017 we had a chat about his roles as I’m a huge huge fan of his from the flash to Lex luthor I have all the seasons of smallville. In my opinion jon cryer and Michael rosenbaum are the two greatest Lex luthors ever

"Jesse was a very great Riddler, if only that's the character he was hired to play", that is on point. Also, it's Michael Rosenbaum all the way. His Lex was my favourite part of my favourite show and he's the reason I root for Lex over any villain (and most heroes to be honest) in any version and story, because I always imagine that is where he came from. A thoughtful, badass genius who is a true and reliable friend, trying his best to trust someone despite everything he was tought, only for that trust to never be returned. I know with my brain that he had to become evil but my heart never forgave Clark for not telling Lex the truth back in season one.

Michael Rosenbaum’s portrayal on “Smallville” is one of the best ever in my opinion. I didn’t start watching “Smallville” until around like 2008-2010 and needed something to watch while I was in an extended hospital stay. And I went into watching that show with a negative perception of the character because I was like: “What the hell? Lex Luthor knows Superman in high school? So f-in stupid!”. And then I ended up loving his portrayal and character arc. You really sympathized with him and his descent to the dark side tugged at your heart strings. And then that monologue in the final episode!!!!!! I like Kevin Spacey as Lex just HATED his storyline in “Superman Returns”. Such a great actor whose performance was wasted on a sh*tty script. I’ve never seen Jon Cryer’s performance, but will definitely check it out.

The best for me will always be the one from the Superman animated and Justice League series.

1. Michael Rosenbaum 2. Clancy Brown 3. Jon Cryer The reason I don't add Gene Hackman to the list is because he set the bar. His portrayal of Lex Luthor was already diabolical, ruthless, and selfish as hell. However, the way he performed was brilliant.

John Shea was a great Lex Luthor! Billy Zane would be the dream Lex Luthor.

To your friends point about Smallville's Lex Luthor -- Lex did terrible things for the right reasons (at first). He learned from his dad how to deal with a problem. You didn't just fix the problem, you would destroy the problem. Make sure it can never crop up again. Like the investigative reporter, where Lex tells him to get on a bus, cancelled his cell phone service, and threatened to foreclose on the guys house to make the reporter stop harassing the Kents. I was a fan of Clancy Brown as well. I really wish they would hire him to play Lex in a live action skit. That guy has the vocal range, the inflection, and is physically commanding. He'd crush it.

Michael Rosenbaum Is by far my favourite Lex, his Arc in smallville is brilliant, he doesn't start as a villain but his dad and Clark make him into one.

Jon Cryer Lex Luthor is definitely my favorite Lex Luthor. I really hope he joins Superman and Lois TV Show.

Doesn't matter the closest thing to a Lex Luthor in real life is Jeff Bezos. Sh*t 🔥🔥

1. Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville Lex Luthor) 2. Clancy Brown again (LEGO Lex Luthor) 3. Clancy Brown (Justice League Animated series Lex Luthor) 4. Mark Rolston (Injustice Lex Luthor) 5. Kevin Spacey (Superman Returns (Lex Luthor)

Best is Michael Rosenbaum.

Jon Cryer might not be the best Lex Luthor. But the fact that he’s convinced me he’s actually competent to play him is a gift in and of itself. Dude did a solid job and with better written material he could keep doing better.

i recently started rewatching smallville and michael is hands down the best Lex. made me realize he was one of the reasons i really like the series

Best: Clancy Brown, with out question! Worst: Jesse Eisenberg, I wouldn’t even think to put him on a list. If there was a top 10 list and I had 5 empty slots to fill, I’d still much rather leave them empty before I consider entering his name. Facts!

Michael Rosenbaum definitely was the best. His character arc and performance was incredible and honestly is one of my favorite TV characters of all time. I feel the Lex Luthor of the New 52 and Rebirth takes a lot of cues from Rosenbaum in the sense that this Lex does not see himself as a villain....he does a lot of shady, seedy, and at times outright villainous and evil things but in his mind truly believes it is for the greater good...that some human (not a metahuman or superhero) has to be the one to save the world...however he cannot see through his own narcism (and insecurities and delusions of grandeur) that despite his "good intentions" it always has to be done in a way that puts Lex Luthor front and center. I do enjoy Eisenberg as well, it was a mirror reflection of billionaires in a millennial setting. His entire plot, dilaogue and motivation etc was very Lex Luthor....it was his origin, we were seeing him develop into the Lex we all know but I am also not oblivious as to why some people didn't like him.

CLANCY BROWN ANY ONE SAYING OTHERWISE IS WRONG!!!!!!!!!

I didn't even know Jesse Eisenberg was supposed to be Lex Luthor until they shaved his head

I think Michael Rosenbaum was the best Lex. I've always liked Clancy Brown's Lex, so these guys would be my first two on my top five best Lex Luthors. I don't know who I'd choose for the other three, though.

My Top 5 Lex Luthors: 1. Clancy Brown: By all accounts the best incarnation, Brown's Lex combined the business tycoon aspect of modern Post Crisis comics while retaining the evil genius aspect of the Pre-Crisis era. This Luthor felt like a true opposite to Superman and Brown's voice really sold the character. 2. Michael Rosenbaum: The best live action Lex Luthor, this was the most developed and sympathetic incarnation of the character and the modern take on the 60s and 70s comic Lex Luthor as written by writers like Elliot S! Maggin who tried to give the character more dimension and depth than just being an evil genius trope. You really wanted things to work out for him and defeat his destiny that when he finally went to the darkside, it was genuinely heartbreaking and also fantastic and that goes back to Rosenbaum's amazing performance. 3. Mark Rolston: Rolston's Lex was the best use of the character who pulled strings behind the scene and the show used the whole Superboy being a clone of Lex better than the comics. 4. John Shea: This incarnation was considered controversial for the time because this version had hair, however Shea was so good in the part, particularly that he was a faithful adaptation of the comic Lex at the time, the Post Crisis Businessman Lex, he had this smug "magnificent bastard" attitude that was also kind of charming. 5. Sherman Howard: The second actor to play the character in the 1988-1992 Superboy TV series as a new face Lex created for himself using plastic surgery to assume the appearance of Warren Eckworth, a wealthy inventor and business tycoon (the original actor didn't come back because he wasn't very good). This Luthor was a more psychotic and mentally unbalanced version of the character like the Eisenberg incarnation tried to do except done well. Howard's Luthor is a joy to watch on screen.

Rosenbaum and Welling deserved a movie.

When I first saw John Cryer as Lex Luthor in Supergirl, I didn't think it was John Cryer.

I think the "Somebody save me" Lex was the best 😂👏

I'm with Vee on Jesse Eisenberg. He should've been Edward Nygma (The Riddler).

Live action : Michael Rosembaum Cartoon : Clancy Brown Movies : Gene Hackman is still the bar to pass Honourable mention : John Cryer, man he makes a good Luthor for the CW universe, and is waaaaaaaaaaaay better than the Riddler/Joker that Jesse played on the big screen

i like Jon Cryer as Lex but he still lives with his brother at the beach

Somehow, I knew that John Shea was going to be forgotten. Smallville Lex made me want to see Lex become a hero. Lionel could have taken the Lex roll in that continuity, with Lex being Superman's ally. Or maybe being Superman's enemy, believing that Clark was, unknown even to himself, an alien agent, set to find out about Earth before an invasion.

Love your work Vee Infuseo and your content rocks

Rosenbaum in physicality, Clancy Brown in voice. That's the voice I usually have in my head, when I think of Lex Luthor. Man, imagine Michael Rosenbaum's Lex Luthor voiced by Clancy Brown. Would that be weird or badass? I'm honestly not sure.

Mr. Brown is my favorite. That booming voice, always seeming to be in control or even a couple steps ahead. Rosenbaum is a close number 2.

Michael Rosenbaum is the best Lex Luthor to date. But Billy Zane could easily take the cake if given the opportunity (although he is getting old now).

It's a shame they couldn't let Clancy Brown play the role in live action because he would have nailed it. He just has the personality to play Lex.

Vee, I appreciate that "inside of you" reference.

Billy Zane would be a perfect Luthor

As good as Rosenbaum's Lex was in Smallville, John Glover stole that show as Alexander Luthor. But my Sasquatch heart belongs Clancy Brown.

Lex and Lionel In Smallville are a reversed situation of the future because Lionel is the main villan basically for the first half of the series but midway Lionel changes due to Clark and Joel and lex by that point has almost reached the point of the villan future when he was basically trying to be the hero in the first half of the show he tried resist to his father's nature.

Jon Cryer's Lex Luthor was surprisingly amazing. He's my number 2 just behind Michael Rosenbaum

You fell out of my “suggested”. Glad your back homie

OBVIOUSLY Michael Rosenbaum and Clancy brown!! 2 best Luthor's ever

I hate BvS but I'll go out to bat for Jessie Eisenberg. He did a phenomenal job with what the script gave him. It's just that what the script gave him wasn't Lex Luthor. As for Cryer vs Rosenbaum, Rosenbaum's Lex is the most fully realised version. The best over all packages of writing and acting, but if I had to sit down and watch one or the other based on performance alone it would be Cryer hands down, he just owns the camera every time he's on screen.

Shame on both of you for not putting Gene Hackman on your list

There were very few things I remember from smallville. What I do remember , is how amazing lex luthor was.

The best Lex Luther is Donald Trump but he's not bald "yet".

Honestly, I think the Jesse Eisenbeg Lex Luther wouldn't have been terrible if they handled it differently. What I would've done is have his character act exactly as he did in his public appearances, but then behind the scenes where he's enacting his plots, he drops that facade and is revealed to be a lot more like a classic Lex Luther. It would've created a nice parallel between Lex, Batman and Superman, so that you have the eccentic public face, but that only exists as a smokescreen to throw people off the scent of how dangerous he really is.

I love Smallville lex and the dcau lex

I really liked Giancarlo Esposito as Lex in the Harley Quinn series and I really hope he reprises the role in a more serious project.

Michael Rosebaum is such great actor. In Smallville he clearly brought so many aspects of Luthor. And he played Flash in DCAU, who is so different from Luthor. There is a fun episode where Flash and Luthor accidentally switched their bodies in DCAU, I think this episode was done intentionally, since both Justice League unlimited and Smallville were airing simultaneously. In that episode Michael showed his Luthor side while he was flash. It was so meta.

Smallville got to explore his character the most and him and Clark being best friends was a new side of Lex I never saw in the TV shows.

Hackman only mentioned? Guy was "go to" Lex Luthor for almost 30 years before millenials discovered CW drama Superman.

Jessie Isenberg should have been the riddler not lex Luthor

Rosenbaum had the most self aware line in the history of self aware lines as Lex Luthor: “I am the villain of the story.” But guys where is John Shea? He was so slick as Lex.

Can someone tell me what movie/show the footage of Lex from 3:30 to 3:40 is taken from? Also Clancy Brown is my favorite.

Animated, Clancy Brown is the most iconic, but I always preferred the cool, collected version on Young Justice. Live-action, Michael Rosenbaum, definitely.

My top three picks for Lex Luthor 1. Jon Cryer 2. Kevin Spacey 3. Michael Rosenbaum

He said get the fuck out of my house I started bursting out laughing

Can’t believe I wasn’t subscribed when I thought I was

DCAU is my favorite Lex, followed by Smallville Lex. Their madness has always been subtle and nuanced.

I mean this In noo disrespect. But Vee..... whenever I put your face with your voice, I just can't help but to laugh. YOU are just fucking funny dude!!

“Looks like you were right along Mr.Kent. I am the villain of the story!” ROSENBAUM THE GOAT

Smallville did it the best if you guys have a problem with it you can talk to me

Rosenbaum, Clancy, Cryer, Rolston and while he hasn't done much Esposito did a great job on Harley Quinn and he is kinda playing an alternate reality version of Lex on the boys, but it's hard to know where they plan to take his character so will have to wait and see.

At first I was stoked that Allen was my friend too because I've recently lost a leg and have problems with my spine that are slowly paralyzing me. And my friends have seemingly forgotten me but then he picked Jesse Eisenberg.

I like that Jon Cryer starts as Lex’s Nephew in Superman 4 to Lex himself in Supergirl

I think Jon Cryer did a great job as Lex

I agree I like the guy who played Lex Luthor in smallville. To me he was the best lex Luthor my personal number 1

Vee infuser could you do a video on Young Justice season 3

I FORGOT about the scene with Hackman and Reeves

Clancy Brown... best Luthor. Also, More My Black Friend Alan please!!

I am one of the ones to grew to love the Jon Cryer Lex as he had this Xanatos gambit on point, even when he lost he won.

Interesting opinions.

Clancy Brown wins with the epic lines from the justice league unlimited cadmus storyline.

Bro that was so random with the jack stauber wrestling video lmao

Eissenburg was weak. Might as well have Mark Zuckerberg

This whole time I thought it was a conscious choice to make the cartoon Lex Luthor from Justice League etc. mixed black and white while he was canonically white in the comics. Never really thought about it til now.

That was a damn good mark hamill impression.

CW Lex is probably the best thing about CW besides Supernatural. But once again, I've never watched Smallville, so maybe Smallville Lex is better. I really like Jesse Eisenberg as an actor, but unfortunately, he was terribly miscast as Luthor, he'd make a good Riddler though. DCAU Lex is really memorable and great, but it's not my favorite.

Fun fact- Mark Rolston and Clancy Brown are both in The Shawshank Redemption. And in that film, Clancy Brown beats the sh*t out of Mark Rolston and cripples him. So The Shawshank Redemption features Lex Luthor beating up Lex Luthor.

Smallville is my favorite take... Would like to see that kind of lex again...

Everyone looks tan in Superman TAS, it's not just Lex.

John cryer killed it

In my opinion, Michael Rosenbaum is the best Lex Luthor I've ever seen in live action.

Okay, so let me have a try at this: 1.) Clancy Brown (DCAU, The Batman, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, LEGO properties, etc.) 2.) John Shea (Lois and Clark) 3.) James Marsden (Superman: Doomsday and DCUO) 4.) Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville) 5.) Mark Rolston (Young Justice, Injustice, Batman: Arkham Knight)

Haven't watched the vid yet but man this a tough one. Clancy is pretty good, n Cryer has grown on me but for my money it's gotta be Rosenbaum.

The DCEU couldn’t give us a great Lex OR a great Joker, and a Flash that couldn’t be more different than his comic book counterpart 😔

Do Lois lane next!

I just noticed that Jon Cryer being Lex Luthor and being good at the role is when Bryan Cranston going from Hal to Walter White

I liked John Shea, but he didn’t get enough screen time

Please do the top mr freeze

Michael Rosenbaum was the greatest Lex Luthors of all time! Nobody else even holds a candle next to him.