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George Young Newbern (born December 10, 1964 in Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Pulaski County, Arkansas. The city's population was estimated at 184,422 in 2005....
, Arkansas
Arkansas

Arkansas is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 television and film actor best known for his role as Superman
Superman

Superman is a Character , a comic book superhero widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, and sold to DC Comics in 1938, the character first appeared in Action Comics Action Comics 1 and subseque...
 in Static Shock
Static Shock

Static Shock is an United States List of animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered in September 2000 on The WB Television Network, and ran for four seasons, with a total of 52 half-hour episodes....
, Justice League
Justice League (TV series)

Justice League is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. It is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics....
, Justice League Unlimited
Justice League Unlimited

Justice League Unlimited is an United States List of animated television series that was produced by and aired on Cartoon Network . Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous Justice League animated series....
 and The Batman.

ern's first lead role was in 1987's Double Switch
Double switch

In baseball, the double switch is a type of player substitution. The double switch allows a manager to make a pitching substitution and defensive substitution while at the same time improving the batting lineup of a team....
, a retelling of The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper is an English language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States....
 that aired as a part of the Wonderful World of Disney television series. Updating the classic story for the 1980s, Newbern handled the role of Bart, a teenage rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 star longing for a normal life, and also the role of Matt, a brainy high school student desperate to be popular.






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George Young Newbern (born December 10, 1964 in Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Pulaski County, Arkansas. The city's population was estimated at 184,422 in 2005....
, Arkansas
Arkansas

Arkansas is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 television and film actor best known for his role as Superman
Superman

Superman is a Character , a comic book superhero widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, and sold to DC Comics in 1938, the character first appeared in Action Comics Action Comics 1 and subseque...
 in Static Shock
Static Shock

Static Shock is an United States List of animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered in September 2000 on The WB Television Network, and ran for four seasons, with a total of 52 half-hour episodes....
, Justice League
Justice League (TV series)

Justice League is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. It is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics....
, Justice League Unlimited
Justice League Unlimited

Justice League Unlimited is an United States List of animated television series that was produced by and aired on Cartoon Network . Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous Justice League animated series....
 and The Batman.

Career

Newbern's first lead role was in 1987's Double Switch
Double switch

In baseball, the double switch is a type of player substitution. The double switch allows a manager to make a pitching substitution and defensive substitution while at the same time improving the batting lineup of a team....
, a retelling of The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper is an English language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States....
 that aired as a part of the Wonderful World of Disney television series. Updating the classic story for the 1980s, Newbern handled the role of Bart, a teenage rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 star longing for a normal life, and also the role of Matt, a brainy high school student desperate to be popular. Newbern also had a recurring role as the son of designer Julia Sugarbaker (played by Dixie Carter
Dixie Carter

Dixie Virginia Carter is an United States Emmy Award-nominated actress....
) on the 1990s series Designing Women
Designing Women

Designing Women is an United States television sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia....
. He has since guest starred on television in such series as Providence
Providence (TV series)

Providence is an United States Dramatic programming that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran from January 8, 1999, until December 20, 2002, for five seasons....
, Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope is an United States Emmy Award-winning CBS medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994 to May 5, 2000....
, Friends
Friends

Friends is an American situation comedy created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994. The series revolves around a group of friends in the area of Manhattan, New York City, who occasionally live together and share living expenses....
, Bull, and CSI
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
. He also starred as Neal Morris in the disney channel movie Dadnapped
Dadnapped

Dadnapped is a Disney Channel Original Movie. The movie premiered February 16, 2009. Starring actors from Disney Channel Original Series, the movie received scored 4.6 million viewers for its Disney premiere....
.

His movie acting credits include Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting

Adventures in Babysitting is a 1987 comedy film written by David Simkins, directed by Chris Columbus , and starring Elisabeth Shue, Bradley Whitford, Maia Brewton, Anthony Rapp, Penelope Ann Miller, Keith Coogan, and a brief cameo by blues singer/guitarist Albert Collins....
 (1987) with Elisabeth Shue
Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Judson Shue is an Academy Award-nominated United States film actor....
; Switching Channels
Switching Channels

Switching Channels is a 1988 comedy Film remake of The Front Page . It stars Kathleen Turner as Christy Colleran, Burt Reynolds as John L....
 (1988) with Kathleen Turner
Kathleen Turner

Mary Kathleen Turner , better known as Kathleen Turner, is a Tony Award- and Academy Award-nominated United States actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in the Hollywood films Body Heat, Romancing the Stone and Prizzi's Honor....
, Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds

Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds Jr. is an United States actor. Some of his memorable roles include Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Paul Crewe in The Longest Yard , Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, J.J....
 and Christopher Reeve
Christopher Reeve

Christopher D'Olier Reeve was an American actor, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He established himself early as a The Juilliard School-trained stage actor before portraying Superman in four films, from 1978 to 1987....
; and Father of the Bride (1991) and its sequel " Father of the Bride Part II
Father of the Bride Part II

Father of the Bride Part II is a 1995 comedy starring Steve Martin and Diane Keaton. The movie is a sequel to Father of the Bride ....
" with Steve Martin
Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an Emmy Award-winning United States actor, comedian, writer, playwright, Film producer, musician, and composer....
, Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton is an United Statesn Cinema of the United States actress, film director and film producer. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970....
, Kimberly Williams
Kimberly Williams

Kimberly Williams-Paisley is an American actress.Throughout her acting career, she has guest-starred on TV shows Tales From The Crypt, George Lopez Show, Less Than Perfect and was a regular on According to Jim....
, and Martin Short
Martin Short

Martin Hayter Short, Order of Canada is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, singer and television producer. He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs Second City Television and Saturday Night Live....
.

Superman

As a voice actor, Newbern is extremely notable for his role as Superman
Superman

Superman is a Character , a comic book superhero widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, and sold to DC Comics in 1938, the character first appeared in Action Comics Action Comics 1 and subseque...
 on the Cartoon Network series Static Shock
Static Shock

Static Shock is an United States List of animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered in September 2000 on The WB Television Network, and ran for four seasons, with a total of 52 half-hour episodes....
, Justice League
Justice League (TV series)

Justice League is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. It is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics....
 and its sequel Justice League Unlimited
Justice League Unlimited

Justice League Unlimited is an United States List of animated television series that was produced by and aired on Cartoon Network . Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous Justice League animated series....
, replacing actor Tim Daly, who had contractual obligations elsewhere. George Newbern reprised his role as Superman in The Batman's fifth season two part opener "The Batman/Superman Story" and the series finale episode "Lost Heroes" though that series exists in a different continuity.

Other roles

George Newbern, whose voice acting career began in 1991 with the cartoon series The Pirates of Dark Water
The Pirates of Dark Water

The Pirates of Dark Water is a fantasy animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Turner Entertainment in the early 1990s. The series followed a group of adventurers on a quest to collect the Thirteen Treasures of Rule, which possessed the combined power to stop an evil substance known as "Dark Water" from consuming the ali...
, has also done voiceovers on a number of video games and game-related productions. He portrayedSephiroth
Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)

is a fictional character and main antagonist in Square Co.'s console role-playing game Final Fantasy VII. He was designed by character designer Tetsuya Nomura and is characterized as a tall man with long silver hair....
 in the English-language releases of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts II

is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Disney Interactive Studios and Square Enix in 2005 for the Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation 2 video game console....
 and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable. The game is a prequel to Final Fantasy VII and is also the sixth installment in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII....
, and also played Mevyn Nooj in Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy X-2

is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square Co. for Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 2. It was released in 2003 and is the sequel to the best-selling 2001 game Final Fantasy X....
. He also stars in the second season of Jericho as the President of the Allied States of America. He will reprise his role as Sephiroth in the action/fighting game Dissidia: Final Fantasy
Dissidia: Final Fantasy

is an action game produced by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable as part of the campaign of the Final Fantasy series 20th anniversary. Information on the game was first released during the "Square Enix Party" event of May 2007....
.

He also acted in the 2009 Disney Channel Original Movie Dadnapped
Dadnapped

Dadnapped is a Disney Channel Original Movie. The movie premiered February 16, 2009. Starring actors from Disney Channel Original Series, the movie received scored 4.6 million viewers for its Disney premiere....
 as Neal Morris, father of Melissa Morris (Emily Osment
Emily Osment

Emily Jordan Osment is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Following in her older brother's footsteps, she got a big break in the early 2000s when she co-starred as Gerti Giggles in the Spy Kids trilogy, and her performance in the Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over earned her several nominations and awards....
).

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