Mackenzie Gray's Role In MAN OF STEEL Revealed

When the actor announced that he had a secret role in Zack Snyder's reboot, many speculated that he'd be playing Lex Luthor, then a Brainiac rumor popped up, but it turns out he won't be either of them! Click on to find out who Gray will play in Man Of Steel.

By MarkCassidy - May 26, 2013 12:05 PM EST

Filed Under: Superman

The latest character that Gray is rumored to be portraying in Man Of Steel is Jax-Ur -- a rogue Kryptonian scientist who joins up with General Zod. Comicbook.com (via Digital Spy) don't cite a source (aside from "online buzz") so it'd be best not to read too much into it until we have more evidence, but I'd say this is more likely than him playing either Lex or Brainiac myself. Jax-Ur has been depicted in several different ways since his debut in DC comics, and popped up in Smallville as a character called Dax-Ur, creator of Brainiac. Could Snyder and co. have similar plans for him in Man Of Steel? Do you think this will even be the character he'll play? Sound off below.

UPDATE: Thanks to CMBer MrShumway, we now have proof that Gray will indeed be playing Jax-Ur. An image and caption from an official Man Of Steel art book confirmed this bit of news--although we have had to take it down due to a copyright request from the art book publisher.

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59 Comments

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Ocelot - 5/26/2013, 1:04 PM

wasn't Jax-ur in the superman cartoon

datNAMEtho - 5/26/2013, 1:29 PM

Much more subtle.

polarkyle - 5/26/2013, 1:30 PM

This is probably true and i hope this leads to brainiac down the line

SuperSam - 5/26/2013, 1:32 PM

I can definitely see him in the role. More so than Lex Luthor anyway.

SGTJ1 - 5/26/2013, 1:33 PM

I doubt it.....

inkslinger616 - 5/26/2013, 1:33 PM

Brainiac3000 already told us this on the post from Than in the comments

inkslinger616 - 5/26/2013, 1:35 PM

*Khan

JoeMomma29 - 5/26/2013, 1:35 PM

I saw this posted on my News Feed on Facebook the exact same story!

Ceejay - 5/26/2013, 1:38 PM

Who cares, where's the weekly box office wrap? Fast & the Furious 6 has owned the entire weekend with a $98 million horde. Already done $275 million worldwide, that's $27 million more than Star Treks done in two weeks!

ahhmynuts - 5/26/2013, 1:39 PM

yeah i thought i saw someone in the comments say the same thing a couple days ago

retr0g0dfather - 5/26/2013, 1:42 PM

John Corbin

JoeMomma29 - 5/26/2013, 1:47 PM

@ MrShurmway

That is 100% all the news is usually sitting on my newsfeed on Facebook. I crack up that they never give credit where credit is due. But hay that is what happens when you are trying to get 1K a month for posting news articles!

MrCBM56 - 5/26/2013, 1:48 PM

I bet he was also a prisoner on the phantom zone.

ninjahulk - 5/26/2013, 1:50 PM

we wont known until the flim come out to much spoiler and rumor coming out about movie now so only we can do wait in 20 days for it to come out people

JoeMomma29 - 5/26/2013, 1:51 PM

@McGee

Oh my he is actually WonderWoman in drag!

Abary - 5/26/2013, 1:55 PM

Yeah, I would have posted this but someone already mentioned it in the comments to another article so I didn't post it.

rocky - 5/26/2013, 1:57 PM

Love every bit of news that leaks out

Awesomeness in the making

MarkCassidy - 5/26/2013, 2:14 PM

MrShumway, woah nice find! Guess that's official..I'll update.

sahind - 5/26/2013, 2:40 PM

I'M HAPPY THAT HE DOESN'T PLAY LEX LUTHOR!

LP4 - 5/26/2013, 2:44 PM

Missed opportunity. He would have made an epic Milton Fine/Brainiac

JoeMomma29 - 5/26/2013, 3:02 PM

@ LP4

Who knows maybe he is the one who creates Brainiac and Brainiac is in his image!!!!!!

SnapperCarr - 5/26/2013, 3:19 PM

Yay! More characters from the mythos is always a good thing.

Brainiac13 - 5/26/2013, 3:27 PM

I mentioned it 1st from the art the other day!!! :(

Brainiac13 - 5/26/2013, 3:30 PM

@inkslinger616

Thanks! Its nice when someone remembers!

Brainiac13 - 5/26/2013, 3:35 PM

@Joe

'Who knows maybe he is the one who creates Brainiac and Brainiac is in his image'

I like that idea...with all the other biblical references!

Brainiac13 - 5/26/2013, 3:39 PM

If anyone want to know more about Jax-Ur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jax-Ur

Brainiac13 - 5/26/2013, 3:41 PM

I think this will get people talking!

Brainiac13 - 5/26/2013, 3:43 PM

Brainiac13 - 5/26/2013, 3:46 PM

The Man Who Destroyed Krypton!
from Superman #205

LP4 - 5/26/2013, 3:51 PM

@JoeMomma- Damn man I [frick]ing hope that happens. Brainiac HAS to appear in some form in this film.

One thing I am very please with this film though is that they seem to going a great route in terms of introducing VERY obscure characters into the film that have never been in a movie before and that people may not know very much about. Jax-Ur...Faora...Dev-Em...Tor-An...Nam-Ek.

It's very impressive. The Donner films never bothered to explore the obscure Superman characters the way this film is.

So...kudos to Snyder and crew.

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When the actor announced that he had a secret role in Zack Snyder's reboot, many speculated that he'd be playing Lex Luthor, then a Brainiac rumor popped up, but it turns out he won't be either of them! Click on to find out who Gray will play in Man Of Steel.

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