ALEXANDER (LEX) JOSEPH LUTHOR
Eyes: dark blue/grey
Hair: n/a (originally red)
Height: 6'
21 years old. Born and raised in Metropolis. He's the only son of pesticide "king" Lionel Luthor. Until the summer of his ninth birthday, Lex had always sported a thick mop of red hair. That summer, Lex's mother encouraged Lionel to spend more time with his son. Lionel finally agreed to take Lex on a business trip but their father-son bonding was cut short when a bizarre accident caused Lex to lose all his hair. Although Lionel spent a fortune on specialists over the years, nothing could restore Lex's hair. Lionel was never able to look at Lex the same way again. Riddled with guilt and shame, he lavished Lex with money and gifts. He sent him away to the best boarding schools.
Although academically brilliant, Lex was a social misfit, who was viciously teased for being bald. It didn't take long for Lex to learn to fight back and he was kicked out of a string of schools. However, he eventually managed to graduate from Metropolis University at the top of his class and he expected to assume his place next to his father at Luthor Corp. Lionel has other plans. He tells Lex he's sending him to Smallville, and promises to bring him to assume the Luthor Corp. crown if he can turn the struggling fertiliser plant around. But Lex is smart enough to know it's a one-way ticket. Lex arrives in Smallville vowing to build his own empire and bring his father to his knees. On Lex's first day in Smallville, an accident of fate brings him face-to-face with a local high school student named Clark Kent. And thus begins a remarkable friendship. Clark looks up to Lex as the big brother he never had and Lex is surprised to find that this small-town boy is someone he can actually trust. Though neither has an inkling of how their destinies will clash... it all begins in Smallville...