He is also set to portray Superman's biological father Jor-El in the Christopher Nolan-produced Superman reboot, Man of Steel, set to be released in the summer of 2013.

She also tells Clark that Jor-El has dissowned him.

In the season premiere of the sixth season, the Phantom Zone itself is shown as a desolate wasteland, and it is revealed that it was created by Jor-El as a prison for not only Kryptonian convicts, but also criminals from the " 28 known galaxies ".

Discovering that Halk Kar has a note from Jor-El ( Superman's father ) mentioning his son, Superman assumes that Halk Kar must not only be from his own planet Krypton, but he must be a son of Jor-El and thus also his own older brother.

Lazenby also made a guest appearance on the TV series Superboy, playing as an alien disguised as Jor-El, Superboy's biological father, in a two-part episode story during the show's 1990 second season.

Having been rebuilt via a Kryptonian crystal during the One Year Later story arc, the current version of the Fortress of Solitude, which was also designed to essentially be visually identical to the Donner and Bryan Singer films, now contains an advanced interactive " recording " of Jor-El which, although visually dissimilar to Marlon Brando, is otherwise identical in function to that featured in Superman Returns.

Jor-El also had a romantic relationship at the time with Lana Lang's great aunt, Louise McCallum, before her death.

Julian Sands reprised the role of Jor-El in the tenth season episode " Abandoned ", appearing in the form of a holographic message that Jor-El and Lara had recorded for Kal-El shortly before his ship was launched, after Lois travels to the Fortress to confront Jor-El about his failures as a father, the message featuring Jor-El and Lara assuring their son that they have faith in him, also explaining that Jor-El's cold attitude at times stems from the fact that the original Jor-El only gave the Fortress his knowledge, holding back his emotions because he worried that he might be guided to be too easy on his son when the time came for him to face his challenges.

Jor-El is also seen in at least three episodes of the Super Friends.

While both versions feature the ruling council of Krypton dismissing Jor-El's findings, Jor-El is portrayed as a far less respected member of the scientific community, and the episode also gives a specific reason to the council's dismissal: Brainiac, the operating system that runs the planet and chronicles its history and information.

Brainiac insists that Jor-El's calculations are incorrect, and the council members trust Brainiac much more than Jor-El ( also, Jor-El's radical plan to put Krypton's entire population in the Phantom Zone while Krypton is destroyed for later transference to another planet is greeted by the council with nothing less than hatred ).

Jor-El is also mentioned by Superman when he reveals his origins to fellow Kryptonians Bar-El and Lilo.

Jor-El also appears in the Legion of Super Heroes animated series.

Jor-El is also featured in the animated web series Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton, a spin-off of the television series Smallville.

Jor-El also teaches the player how to use the controls in the beginning of the game.

He also voiced Superman's father Jor-El in Superman: The Animated Series and subsequently a much older Superman in the Batman Beyond two-part episode " The Call ".

Inside, an artificially intelligent hologram of Jor-El appears to him and initiates twelve years of Kryptonian education for the youth.

In the Richard Donner Cut, Jor-El appears again as in the first as a person to guide and inform Kal-El.

Jor-El first appears to Clark as a voice emanating from the spaceship that brought Clark to Earth, informing him that it is time to leave Smallville and fulfill his destiny – a destiny that Clark believes is to conquer the world.

When Darkseid launches his final assault on Earth and Apokolips appears in Earth's system, Jor-El and Jonathan's spirit inform Clark that, to be a true hero, he must accept not only his Kryptonian powers, but the human spirit he learned from the Kents, Clark subsequently donning the Superman suit for the first time to stop Apokolips.

* In the Superman Returns video game, Jor-El appears in the cutscene when Lex Luthor breaks into the Fortress of Solitude and takes the Kryptonian crystals of the Fortress.

* Jor-El appears in the DC Universe Online video game, voiced by William Price.

As an in-joke, Superman's season one facial designs are used for an older Jor-El in the Justice League Unlimited episode For the Man Who Has Everything.

In the pilot episode of the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman Jor-El, portrayed by Robert Rockwell, was Krypton's leading scientist, who tried to warn the ruling council of Krypton's demise.

In the episode, she is sent by Jor-El to become known with the people of Earth.

In an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, he played Superman's deceased Kryptonian father Jor-El, who appeared to his son through holographic recordings.

* The Phantom Zone is first mentioned in the first episode of Superman: The Animated Series, " The Last Son of Krypton, Part 1 ", where Jor-El attempted to convince everyone to enter the Phantom Zone to be saved from Krypton's destruction, and one man would be sent via spaceship to re-establish Krypton's population on a new world.

In the episode " Solitude ", the Kryptonian artificial intelligence known as Brainiac, posing as Professor Milton Fine, manipulates Clark into believing that Jor-El is responsible for Martha's mysterious illness ; this is all part of a plot to free the imprisoned General Zod.

Jor-El was played by Robert Rockwell ( who went uncredited on-screen ) in " Superman on Earth ," the first episode of the 1952 television series Adventures of Superman.

David Warner played Jor-El in the episode " Foundling.

François Giroday played Jor-El in the episode " Big Girls Don't Fly ," where Clark learns that he was married, at birth, to Zara, which was apparently a common ritual on Krypton prior to its destruction.

In Season eight episode " Abyss ", Clark talks to Jor-El about his actions and convinces him to start trusting him.

In Season 9's episode " Savior ", Clark managed to fix the connection with Jor-El and began his training.

Apart from Welling's portrayal of the character, Jor-El himself, with the exception of one glimpse during a flashback in the episode " Memoria ", was not seen until season 9's episode " Kandor ".

Jor-El is referenced in the first episode of the Superman theatrical cartoons as one of Krypton's " leading scientists sensing the approach of doom.

In the 1990s-era Superman: The Animated Series, Jor-El is the main protagonist of Part 1 of the series ' triple-length premiere episode, " The Last Son of Krypton ".

Jor-El and his wife Lara in the first episode of Superman: The Animated Series.

In this episode, Jor-El is a scientist examining the reasons for various earthquakes across the planet.

In the two-part episode " Twilight ", Jor-El and Lara make a cameo in a picture shown to Superman by Brainiac when he attempts to renew his offer of exploring the universe and collecting knowledge.

For this perceived betrayal, Zod declares that he will escape and conquer Krypton ( confident that Jor-El will actually discover some way to save the planet ) and force the scientist and his son to kneel before him one day ( this echoes the statement Terence Stamp made in both Superman movies Donner directed: " You will bow down before me, Jor-El!

Crowe's upcoming projects include Les Misérables, an adaption of the popular musical in which he will portray Javert, Man of Steel where he will play Jor-El, the father of Superman, and Noah where he will play the titular biblical patriarch.

Superman: The Man of Steel Annual # 3-" Unforgiven "-an Elseworlds tale Jor-El convinces the Science Council to relocate selected Kryptonians to Earth, somewhat retold this same tale, with the introduction of Batman.

With art by Adam Kubert, Jor-El is depicted for the first time with a beard and the design of Kryptonian society is distinct yet again from Birthright and Man of Steel, incorporating elements of Donner's work on the first two Christopher Reeve films, in particular the notion of Krypton's Council threatening Jor-El with harsh penalty of exile to the very Phantom Zone he himself had discovered if he were to make public his predictions of their planet's imminent doom or otherwise attempt to " create a climate of panic.

Russell Crowe will portray Jor-El in Zack Snyder's upcoming reboot Man of Steel.

In the 1988 animated series Superman, the Man of Steel mentions that his father Jor-El was the creator of the Phantom Zone, which holds General Zod and his two Kryptonian companions.