.. the "Man of Steel" Henry Cavill is Superman Prime... Superman Prime.. Superman Prime.. Is he the Apex Predator..?... Tom Welling is the man, the actor, the very authentic, decent young man who plays the young Henry Cavill of "Man of Steel".. Tom Welling plays the "Man of Steel" Henry Cavill as a teenager.. or as a young man in his early twenties.. in Spielberg's "Superman; man of tomorrow" and in his "Superman; man of steel; chapter one"...