01 of 24 Academy Award Winning and Nominated Actors in Superman Movies Scott Olson / Getty Images There have been many superhero movies over the years, but the Superman movies have been praised for their acting talent. No wonder! The studios have hired some amazing talent over the years. The first Superman movie was nominated for four Oscars and won the "Special Achievement Award" in 1978. Many of the actors have been recognized for their acting skills at the annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The movies have had their fair share of Oscar winners and nominees. Here are the Oscar-nominated and winning actors that have appeared in the Superman movies. The list is ordered chronologically by film release date.

02 of 24 Marlon Brando Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: Superman's biological father Jor-El in Superman (1978) Oscar Wins and Nominations (8): Won the Best Actor Oscar for On the Waterfront (1954), The Godfather (1972). He got nominated Best Actor Academy Awards for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Viva Zapata! (1952), Julius Caesar (1953), Sayonara (1957), and ​Last Tango in Paris (1973). He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for A Dry White Season (1989). He was such a big star that his role set records. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Brando was paid a record $3.7 million ($14 million after adjustment for inflation) and the first actor to make more than one million dollars. He only worked 13 days on Superman.

03 of 24 Ned Beatty Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: Otis, Lex Luthor’s right-hand man, in Superman (1978) Oscar Nomination: Back in 1976 Beatty was nominated for the Academy Award for "Best Supporting Actor" as Arthur Jensen.

04 of 24 Gene Hackman Warner Bros. Pictures Superman Movie Role: Superman's villain Lex Luthor in Superman (1978), Superman II (1980) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). Oscar Wins and Nominations (5): He won an Oscar for Best Actor for The French Connection (1971) and a Best Supporting Actor for Unforgiven (1992). Hackman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Bonnie & Clyde (1967) and I Never Sang for My Father (1970). He was nominated in the Oscar category of Best Actor for Mississippi Burning (1988). Because of his accolades, he initially refused to shave his head or mustache for the role. Director Richard Donner tricked him into doing it.

05 of 24 Jackie Cooper Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: The Daily Planet Editor-in-Chief Perry White in Superman (1978), Superman II and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Oscar Nomination: At age nine, Jackie Cooper was the first child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for his role in Skippy (1931). He was also the youngest person to be nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Actor in a Leading Role".

06 of 24 Terence Stamp Warner Bros Superman Movie Role: General Zod in Superman II (1980) Oscar Nomination: Stamp began his film career in Peter Ustinov's film adaptation of Herman Melville's Billy Budd (1962). His was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Actor in a Supporting Role".

07 of 24 Robert Vaughn Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: Evil billionaire Ross Webster in Superman III (1983) Oscar Nomination: Vaughn got an Oscar nomination for "Best Supporting Actor" as Chester A. Gwynn in The Young Philadelphians in 1960

08 of 24 Faye Dunaway Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: The villain Selena in the Superman spin-off movie Supergirl (1984) Oscar Win: She won an Oscar in the Best Actress category for Network (1976)

09 of 24 Peter O'Toole TriStar Pictures Superman Movie Role: Supergirl’s friend Zaltar in the Superman spin-off Supergirl (1984) Oscar Win and Nominations (8): He was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category six times for Lawrence of Arabia (1963), Becket (1965), The Lion in Winter (1969), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1970), The Ruling Class (1973), The Stunt Man (1981), and My Favorite Year (1983). He held the record for the most Oscars without a win until he received an Academy Honorary Award for his entire body of work and lifelong contribution to film in 2003.

10 of 24 Mariel Hemingway Warner Bros. Pictures Superman Movie Role: Lacy Warfield in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Oscar Nomination: Hemingway was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award category as Tracy in Manhattan (1979).

11 of 24 Jim Broadbent Warner Bros. Pictures Superman Movie Role: Jean-Pierre Dubois in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Oscar Win: Broadbent won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Iris (2001). Do you remember Jean-Pierre Dubois, who Lex Luthor calls the biggest 'Nuclear warhead dealer to the world'? No. Don't be surprised. He only had two lines in the whole movie. An interviewer for FHM once asked Broadbent, "Is there a performance you can't bear to watch?" Jim said "I can't bare to watch any of them, really. There are a few things I've never seen... Superman IV where I was a French Ambassador - haven't seen that. No-one's ever come up to me and said 'I saw you in Superman IV. You were really good.'"

12 of 24 Eva Marie Saint Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: Superman's adoptive mother Martha Kent in Superman Returns (2006). Oscar Win: Won a "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" Oscar for On the Waterfront (1955). Interestingly, she's also in the movie along with her On The Waterfront co-star Marlon Brando. He shows up thanks to a CGI hologram.

13 of 24 Frank Langella Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: The Daily Planet Editor-in-Chief Perry White in Superman Returns (2006) Oscar Nomination: He was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Actor category for Frost/Nixon (2008).

14 of 24 Laurence Fishburne Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: The Daily Planet Editor-in-Chief Perry White in Man of Steel (2013) Oscar Nomination: Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It (1993).

15 of 24 Diane Lane Warner Bros. Pictures Superman Movie Role: Superman's adoptive mother Martha Kent in Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Oscar Nomination: Best Actress as Constance 'Connie' Sumner in Unfaithful (2002)

16 of 24 Amy Adams Warner Bros Superman Role: Lois Lane in Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Oscar Nominations (5): Adams was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role quite a few films over the years: Junebug (2005), Doubt (2008), The Fighter (2010), and The Master (2012). She was also nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for American Hustle (2013)

17 of 24 Michael Shannon Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: General Zod in Man of Steel (2013) Oscar Nomination: Shannon was nominated for a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar for playing a mentally troubled math prodigy in Revolutionary Road (2008).

18 of 24 Kevin Spacey Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: Superman’s enemy Lex Luthor in Superman Returns (2006) Oscar Wins (2): Spacey won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the crime thriller The Usual Suspects (1995), and an Academy Award for Best Actor for the drama American Beauty (1999).

19 of 24 Kevin Costner Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: Superman's adoptive father Jonathan Kent in Man of Steel (2013) Oscar Wins and Nominations (3): He won an Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture (as producer) for Dances with Wolves (1991). He was also nominated for a "Best Actor" Academy Award for that movie.

20 of 24 Russell Crowe Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: Superman's biological father Jor-El in Man of Steel (2013) Oscar Win and Nominations (3): He won an Oscar in the Best Actor category for Gladiator (2000). He also got a Best Actor nomination for The Insider (1999) and A Beautiful Mind (2001).

21 of 24 Ben Affleck Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: Bruce Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Oscar Wins and Nominations (3): Affleck won the Academy Award for "Best Original Screenplay" for Good Will Hunting (1997). Argo won the Academy Award for "Best Picture" (as producer) and "Best Direction" (not Director) for Argo (2012). Affleck is the first director to win the Golden Globe and the Directors Guild of America awards for "Best Director" and not get an Oscar nomination for "Best Director".

22 of 24 Jesse Eisenberg Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Oscar Nominations (2): Nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor for The Social Network (2010) and Academy Award for singing in the Best Original Song ("Real in Rio") Rio (2011).

23 of 24 Holly Hunter Warner Bros Pictures Superman Movie Role: Senator Finch in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Oscar Wins and Nominations (4): Won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Piano (1993). Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Broadcast News(1987), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Firm (1993) and Thirteen (2003).