Who Is Hallmark Channel’s Brandon Routh? 6 Things to Know About ‘The Nine Lives of Christmas’ Hunk

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Fa-la-la! Brandon Routh made his Hallmark Channel debut during the 2013 holiday season and fans can’t get enough of him — or his work.The Midwest native, who got his start in Hollywood in 1999, is a chameleon when it comes to his career.

For example, Routh starred in Christina Aguilera’s “What a Girl Wants” music video the same year he broke into the industry with a small role on Odd Man Out.Routh made a name for himself in Superman Returns before landing the role of Daniel Shaw on Chuck in 2010.

Three years later, he starred in his first Hallmark Channel movie, The Nine Lives of Christmas, alongside Kimberley Sustad.In the film, fireman Zachary Stone (Routh) finds himself the unwilling owner of a stray cat that continues to show up at his new home.

Through his furry feline he meets Marilee White (Sustad), who ends up staying with him when her own cat gets her evicted around the holidays.The sweet story resonated with fans and made it a non-brainer for Hallmark Channel’s parent company, Crown Media Family Networks, to create a sequel eight years later.“I was a little bit hesitant because I wanted to make sure it was a story worth telling,” the Partners alum actor told TV Fanatic in November 2021 of reprising his role. “And also that the film was going to have the same energy, the same level of humor and fun as the first one did.”The Nine Kittens of Christmas premiered in fall 2021, reuniting Routh with Sustad, who is a staple on the network due to her long list of roles.