Russell Crowe is Jor-El in Superman: Man Of Steel

Russell Crowe has landed the key role of Jor-El, Superman’s biological father, in Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot.

While Kevin Costner has already signed on to play Jonathan Kent, Clark Kent’s human father, Jor-El is Superman’s Kryptonian father who died during the destruction of the superhero’s home planet.

The role was most famously brought to life on screen by Marlon Brando, who played the part in Richard Donner’s original Superman.