Henry Cavill the show credit for bolstering his career: "It's done the most for me to date. [...] Now that there's an audience somewhere in America that's aware of who I am, I have more sell-ability, because of The Tudors." "Entertainment Weekly" named him the "Most Dashing Duke" and praised his work on "The Tudors" for displaying "charm, depth and a killer bod". Cavill had been set to play Superman in McG's 2004 film, "Superman: Flyby". However, McG pulled out of the project and direction was taken over by director Bryan Singer, who recast Brandon Routh as the lead in "Superman Returns".
Henry Cavill "Man of Steel" (2013), "" (2016), and "Justice League" (2017). He went on to star in the action spy film "" (2018). Cavill was born the fourth of five boys on Jersey in the Channel Islands. His mother, Marianne (Dalgliesh), was a secretary in a bank, and his father, Colin Cavill, was a stockbroker. He was educated at St Michael's Preparatory School in Saint Saviour, Jersey, before attending Stowe School in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. Cavill began his film career with a role in "Laguna" (2001) and Kevin Reynolds' adaptation of "The Count of Monte Cristo" (2002). He continued with appearances in