DCU Casts Ray Sacks: Another Superman Villain Arrives, and Smallville Fans Will Notice

The People v. Gorilla Grodd, the HBO Max spinoff from Superman, has reportedly cast Arian Moayed as Ray Sacks. Moayed is best known to Marvel fans as Damage Control’s Agent Cleary.

Set footage shows Metropolis residents holding “Ray Sacks for Mayor” signs. That points to a political villain with big ambitions.

Here’s the twist: Sacks isn’t from the comics. He was created for Smallville, where Dylan Neal played him in just two episodes.

The Smallville Version, in Brief

Sacks was a corrupt Metropolis district attorney obsessed with unmasking the Blur, Clark Kent’s early hero identity. When Lois Lane got in his way, he tried to have her killed and frame the Blur for it.

He was caught and jailed, then freed after Maxwell Lord pulled strings. He returned later with a two-million-dollar bounty on the Blur’s face. Moayed’s career is full of officious, government-adjacent antagonists, so the DCU version could be equally power-hungry.

DCU : Smallville Crossovers in the DCU

Sacks joins a long list of characters moving from the Kansas-set series into Gunn’s universe.

What’s Next for the Super Family?

Man of Tomorrow arrives on July 9, 2027, and DC Studios bills it as the next chapter of its “Super Family Saga.” Superman, Lois and Supergirl all return.

The story pairs Superman with a reluctant Lex Luthor, who wears his comic-accurate warsuit, against Brainiac. Brainiac is the film’s big bad, and a team of Justice League-level heroes joins the fight. Hawkgirl, Rick Flag, Blue Beetle and the Kents are also set to return.

Why It Matters?

The DCU is building a lived-in world where small, original-to-TV characters like Ray Sacks get a second life. For long-time fans, those deep cuts feel like rewards for paying attention.

It also shows a smart balance: big-screen spectacle through Brainiac, grounded street-level politics through a mayoral candidate with a grudge.

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