9 'The Boys' stars who have also played Marvel or DC characters

Urban is no stranger to major franchises, having also appeared in "Star Trek" and "Lord of the Rings" films. He's also dabbled in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Two years prior to the series premiere of "Th Boys" in 2019, Butcher played an executioner named Skurge in the third "Thor" installment.

His character initially sided with the villainous Hela (Cate Blanchett), but he died a hero after trying to fight her off.

In "Suicide Squad," the actress portrayed a skilled samurai assassin named Katana. Her weapon of choice was the Soultaker, which, as its name implies, trapped the souls of its victims within itself.

On season two of "The Flash," she portrayed a character named Patty Spivot, a police officer with the Central City Police Department, and later a member of the Anti-Meta-human Task Force.

Patty and Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) had a brief romance, which ended when she left Central City.

First, Ackles voiced Red Hood in the animated 2010 movie "Batman: Under the Red Hood."

Then in 2021, he voiced the Dark Knight in a two-part adaptation of "Batman: The Long Halloween."

The "Supernatural" star told Entertainment Weekly that when he received a call about "Batman: The Long Halloween," he assumed he'd reprise the role of Red Hood.

"But then I realized I'd gotten the upgrade!" he said. "I don't think they even got the whole word 'Batman' out. They were like, 'Bat—' and I was like, yes!"

Most recently Ackles joined "The Boys" as Soldier Boy, a supe who was Vought's pride and joy long before Homelander (Antony Starr) was born in a lab. After escaping a lab in Russia, Soldier Boy sought revenge against his former team, known as Payback.

It's possible that Ackles may be involved in another DC Comics project in the future.

During an appearance on "Smallville" costar Michael Rosenbaum's "Inside of You" podcast, released in January 2022, Ackles teased "a DC property that's currently developing with Warner Bros. and some other good partners that I've got my fingers crossed for."

In August 2022, Esposito revealed that he had talks with Marvel Studios about a potential role. He particularly voiced interest in playing Charles Xavier/Professor X.

Visnjic played Mark Miller in the 2005 Marvel movie, which starred Jennifer Garner as the titular character.

He played the mutant named Bobby Drake/Iceman in "X-Men" (2000), "X2: X-Men United" (2003), "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006), and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014).

On "The Boys," Lamplighter was a member of the supe group called The Seven.

Lamplighter was replaced by Annie January/Starlight (Erin Moriarty) at the start of season one following his "retirement," but returned on season two.

After playing Ben Grimm's ex-fiancée in the Marvel movie, Holden went on to portray Payback member Crimson Countess on "The Boys."

Byrne voiced the superhero character in the animated series "Justice League Action," which costarred Kevin Conroy (Batman) and Mark Hamill (Joker and Swamp Thing).