Tom Welling (Clark Kent) Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang) Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor) Jensen Ackles (Jason Teague) Allison Mack (Chloe Sullivan) John Glover (Lionel Luthor) Annette O'Toole (Martha Kent) John Schneider (Jonathan Kent) Erica Durance (Lois Lane) Samuel Jones (Pete Ross) Eric Johnson (Whitney Fordman)

Tony winner and five-time Emmy-nominated John Glover has audiences stirring restlessly in their seats with his portrayal of the ruthless Lionel Luthor.

Born in Kingston, New York, and raised in Salisbury, Maryland, Glover worked off-Broadway for ten years before Jane Fonda's notorious slap in Julia caused audiences to sit up and take notice of this talented newcomer. Deciding to take the next step in Hollywood, Glover packed his things and moved to Los Angeles, where he landed the role of Victor DiMato in the television movie Early Frost, playing a brave AIDS patient. His performance earned him his first Emmy nomination.

Glover soon found himself cast as a series of notable villains such as the pornographer-blackmailer in 52 Pick-Up, the mad scientist Dr. Jason Woodrue in Batman & Robin, a manic TV executive in Gremlins 2: The New Batch and a drunken murderer in Masquerade. His impressive resume also includes such box office hits as Payback, with Mel Gibson, Woody Allen's Annie Hall, Robocop 2 and Love! Valour! Compassion!

Glover lit up the small screen as well with Emmy-nominated turns in the series Frazier, LA Law and Crime & Punishment. Taking his villainous streak to the extreme, Glover portrayed Satan in Brimstone. Other television credits include television movies The Tempest, Dead By Midnight, Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker, An Enemy of the People, A Season of Giants and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Glover received another Emmy nod for his role in Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder and a Cable Ace nomination for his work in Traveling Man.

Always returning to his first love, the stage, Glover received a Tony Award and an Obie Award for Best Actor in Love! Valour! Compassion! He was also awarded the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor for his work in The Traveler. Additional Broadway performances include Sorrows and Rejoicings, Give Me Your Answer, Do! Tartuffe and Oblivion Postponed.

No stranger to the world of superheroes, Glover also provided the voice of The Riddler in Batman, The Animated Series.

Glover splits his time among Maryland, Los Angeles and Vancouver. Striving to increase the awareness for the disease as well as raise much-needed funds for a cure, John dedicates his time to the Alzheimer's Association. He also funds a scholarship for actors at his alma mater, Towson University, and returns to teach classes in his free time.

Blonde Ambition: "As an actor, Doris Day has always been an inspiration to me, especially when playing villains. What I recognized in her was this incredible joy, and I take that joy and stick them in my villains. I try to make my villains noble and joyous, but that's also how I try to live my life."

Secrets and Lies: "There are parts of me that I keep secret even from myself. I have demons and I'd love to be able to healthily look at the demons and still be a wonderful actor and not feel I need them to be creative."

Class Clown: "Growing up, I was shy and terrified most of the time. I became a clown. That was a part of my defense."

Phantom of the Opera: "When I sang for the first time in front of my peers, just a few years ago, I must have done all right because I could see the people looking at me, and they weren't giggling and they weren't laughing. My God, I thought, I don't know if I'm a tenor or a baritone!"