Gerard Christopher

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Gerard Christopher  born Jerry DiNome in New York City on May 11 1959 is an American actor He was the second actor to play the role of Superboy in the series of the same name 19891992 During his tenure on Superboy he would later also be a producer and writer on the series He has performed in a number of telemovies and was a guest star on daytime soaps such as Days of our Lives and Sunset Beach and the primetime soap Melrose Place He has also starred in the movie Tomboy 1985 Christopher auditioned for the part of Superman Clark Kent in Lois Clark The New Adventures of Superman and was chosen by the casting director However when the producers learned he had essentially already played the role he was dismissed in favor of Dean Cain His most recent film role as of 2003 was Zack in the movie The First of May 1999 He also recently appeared as himself on the 2006 television documentary Look Up in the Sky The Amazing Story of Superman talking about his time on Superboy Description above from the Wikipedia article Gerard Christopher licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia