Summary
- Keanu Reeves and Matt Ryan portrayed different versions of John Constantine, with Reeves in the 2005 movie and Ryan in the Arrowverse.
- Reeves's Constantine was a lone demon hunter, while Ryan's Constantine became a key member of the Legends of Tomorrow team.
- Reeves's Constantine is American, which was a departure from the character's traditional British portrayal, while Ryan's Constantine kept the character's signature cockney accent.
Keanu Reeves and Matt Ryan have each embodied two very different versions of John Constantine. In the DC Universe, John Constantine is known as a chain-smoking demon hunter with supernatural abilities, which was seen in both Reeves's and Ryan's incarnations of the character. However, the respective introductions of Reeves and Matt Ryan's two Constantines also put each on his own distinct path in his corner of DC's movie and TV multiverse.
Keanu Reeves's Constantine is set to return was first introduced in the eponymous 2005 movie (with the Constantine film arguably arriving a decade too early), while Matt Ryan became well-known for his affiliation with the Legends of Tomorrow in the Arrowverse timeline. Inherently, the divergent formats of movies and TV would always make Reeves and Ryan's Constantine's somewhat different, but that was just the beginning of how they came to be individualized versions of the character. Here are the 10 biggest differences between Keanu Reeves and Matt Ryan's versions of John Constantine.
Constantine
Constantine
Actor
Keanu Reeves
Matt Ryan
Appearances
Constantine (2005)
Legends of Tomorrow (S3-6), Arrow (S4), Constantine (2014), Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019)
Superpowers
Pyromancy, True Sight, Occult Knowledge
Master of Occult Magic, Occult Knowledge
Team Affiliation
None
Newcastle Crew & Legends
Adaptation
Very loosely based on the original
A more faithful adaptation
Enemies
Gabriel & Lucifer
Various
Future
Constantine 2
None