More Images of Russell Crowe as Jor-El in Man of Steel, which was released on this date in 2013. Seeing the bottom image of Jor-El revealing his armor with the familiar “S” symbol reminded me (so I went and found a photo) that this was similarly used once before in a Superman movie – the 1978 release with Christopher Reeve and Oscar winner Marlon Brando as Jor-El.