Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: M–Z
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Malekith
Malekith the Accursed (portrayed by Christopher Eccleston) is the king of the Dark Elves.[1]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film: Thor: The Dark World.
Mantis
Mantis (portrayed by Pom Klementieff) is a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy with empathic powers. The character is introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 as an alien ward of Ego with the power to sense and control the emotions of people by touch. She is commonly depicted as having a naive and innocent personality.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in three films: Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame, as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[2] She will return in the upcoming films Thor: Love and Thunder and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, as well as The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
Ebony Maw
Ebony Maw (voiced and portrayed [via motion capture] by Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) is an adoptive son of Thanos.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame; as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[3]: 2
Pietro Maximoff
Pietro Maximoff (portrayed by Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is an Avenger based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. He first appears in the mid-credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and then had a starring role in Avengers: Age of Ultron.[4][5][6]
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Pietro and his sister Wanda are introduced as Hydra assets, both acquiring superhuman powers after volunteering to be experimented upon by the Mind Stone.[7] Harboring a lifelong hatred for American arms manufacturer Tony Stark, whose bombs killed their parents, they side with Ultron against the Avengers before later switching sides. In the final conflict with Ultron, Pietro dies a hero's death saving the lives of Clint Barton and a Sokovian boy.
The character's reception has been lukewarm with complaints that the character or the character's power was not developed enough compared to the comic book version or 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series version.[8][9][10]
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige stated in 2015 that there are no plans for Quicksilver to appear in future Marvel Studios films;[11] the character is referenced in the Disney+ series WandaVision when Westview resident Ralph Bohner is forced to impersonate him.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (mid-credits cameo) and Avengers: Age of Ultron, as well as in flashbacks and recaps in the Disney+ series WandaVision.
Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch
M'Baku
M'Baku (portrayed by Winston Duke) is the leader of the renegade Jabari Tribe, who shun Wakanda's technological society and have a religious reverence for gorillas, such as decorating their armor with white gorilla pelts and worshiping the ape god, Hanuman, as a part of a complex Indo-African religion rather than the Panther god Bast.[12][13] M'Baku challenges T'Challa for control of Wakanda. When he is defeated in combat, the latter convinces him to yield. M'Baku returns the favor by looking after the wounded T'Challa following T'Challa's fight with N'Jadaka and agreeing to look after Ramonda. He initially declines T'Challa's request to help fight N'Jadaka, but ultimately reconsiders and leads the Jabari into battle against him. Following N'Jadaka's death, M'Baku is granted a place on Wakanda's national council.[14] In 2018, he and the Jabari join the Wakandan army and the Avengers in battling the Outriders, and survives the Blip.[15] In 2023, he joins the Wakandan army, the Avengers, and their allies in the final battle against Thanos and his army.[16]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in three films: Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. He will return in the upcoming film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
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Mobius M. Mobius
Mobius M. Mobius (portrayed by Owen Wilson) is an agent of the TVA. Mobius specializes in the investigation of particularly dangerous Time Variant criminals.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one Disney+ series: Loki.
Karl Mordo
Karl Mordo (portrayed by Chiwetel Ejiofor) is a sorcerer and a former member of the Masters of the Mystic Arts. A close ally to the Ancient One, he assisted in recruiting and training their future sorcerers. In this role, he trains Strange, using the Staff of the Living Tribunal as his weapon. He also helps Strange fight against Kaecilius. The Ancient One notes that Mordo's strength must be balanced by Strange since Mordo is unable to recognize the need for moral flexibility and compromise. At the end of the film, disillusioned with the teachings of the Ancient One after learning that the latter's immortality has been the result of her drawing on the energy of the Dark Dimension and Strange further breaking nature's laws, he decides to leave his fellow sorcerers. He comes to believe that all magic perverts and disrupts the natural order, thus causing him to set out to stop others from using it. In a post-credits scene, Mordo visits fellow magician Pangborn and steals the energy that he uses to walk, stating that the world has "too many sorcerers".
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film: Doctor Strange. He will return in the upcoming film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Karli Morgenthau
Karli Morgenthau (portrayed by Erin Kellyman) is the teenage leader of the anti-nationalist terrorist group the Flag Smashers. She and the other Flag Smashers are made into Super Soldiers with the help of the Power Broker, Sharon Carter, and use violent tactics such as bombings to achieve open borders for refugees in the Baltic states. She is killed by Sharon Carter after she attempts to kill Carter and Sam Wilson.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one Disney+ series: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
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Nakia
Nakia (portrayed by Lupita Nyong'o)[17] is a former Dora Milaje, a member of the War Dogs, and T'Challa's lover. Having often been sent on missions around the world, witnessing the hardships experienced by many people, she grows in the belief that Wakanda should actively help them. Nakia returns to Wakanda upon hearing that T'Challa's father, T'Chaka, was killed. She stays after T'Challa is crowned king and asks that she accompany him to one of their missions, leading into the major events of the film. After N'Jadaka seizes the throne and orders the heart-shaped herbs which grant the power of the Black Panther to be burned, Nakia steals one. Although Ramonda urges Nakia to consume it in order to challenge N'Jadaka, Nakia plans to offer it to M'Baku so that he can challenge N'Jadaka with his army. M'Baku reveals that his people have recovered T'Challa, so Nakia gives the herb to him, healing him and restoring his powers as the Black Panther. Nakia then assists in the insurrection against N'Jadaka, dressing as a Dora Milaje soldier at Shuri's insistence. At the end of the film, Nakia agrees to resume her relationship with T'Challa and accepts a position running a Wakandan outreach center in California at the location of N'Jobu and N'Jadaka's former apartment.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film: Black Panther, and will return in the upcoming film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Nebula
N'Jadaka / Erik "Killmonger" Stevens
N'Jadaka (portrayed by Michael B. Jordan), also known as Erik Stevens or Killmonger, is a former U.S. Navy SEAL lieutenant and the son of N'Jobu. His father was killed by T'Chaka for helping Ulysses Klaue smuggle vibranium out of Wakanda in order to arm oppressed peoples around the world and initiate revolutions. N'Jadaka later becomes an acquaintance of Klaue, before betraying and killing him to gain the trust of the Wakandan population. After bringing the dead Klaue, he challenges his cousin T'Challa to a duel over the throne, which N'Jadaka wins. However, T'Challa later returns to take back his throne, with the help of M'Baku, Okoye and Shuri. T'Challa defeats N'Jadaka in combat and fatally wounds him, although he takes N'Jadaka to see the Wakandan sunset per his wishes. N'Jadaka dies after refusing to be healed, claiming that death is "better than bondage". Impacted by his cousin, T'Challa decides to finally open Wakanda up to the rest of the world after N'Jadaka's death. The character has been widely praised as one of the MCU's best villains,[18][19][20] with Ben Child of The Guardian comparing the character to Terminator and Darth Vader.[21]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film: Black Panther; as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[22][23]
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Kraglin Obfonteri
Kraglin Obfonteri (portrayed by Sean Gunn) is based on a Marvel Comics character of the same name created by Stan Lee, Ernie Hart, and Don Heck. He is a Xandarian and the first mate of Yondu Udonta's faction of the Ravagers. In 2014, Taserface leads a mutiny against Yondu, ultimately resulting in all of their deaths, however, Kraglin remains loyal to Yondu and helps rescue the Guardians of the Galaxy from Ego. After Yondu's death, Kraglin acquires a similar cybernetic fin, and Yondu's Yaka arrow, which he struggles to control. In 2023, he arrived on Earth leading the Ravagers to help the Avengers fight Thanos and his army.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in three films: Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Avengers: Endgame; as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[22] He will return in the upcoming films Thor: Love and Thunder and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Odin
Odin Borson (portrayed by Anthony Hopkins), also known as Odin Allfather, is the ruler of Asgard, son of Bor, biological father of Thor and Hela, adoptive father of Loki, and husband of Frigga. Based on Odin in Norse mythology, he first appears in Thor and reprises his role in two of its sequels. He is removed from power by Loki at the end of the second film and is placed under a spell to make him forget his past life before being put into a retirement home in New York City. He manages to break free of Loki's spell before heading to Norway instead of returning to Asgard, wishing to not be disturbed. When he is found by his sons, Odin warns them that his time has come and that his daughter Hela will be freed after his death. He bids them both farewell and soon disappears.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in three films: Thor,[24] Thor: The Dark World,[25] and Thor: Ragnarok;[26] as well as the Disney+ series Loki (archival footage) and the animated series What If...?.[2]
Okoye
Okoye (portrayed by Danai Gurira) is a Wakandan warrior and the general of the Dora Milaje. She fights on T'Challa's side when N'Jadaka plots to usurp the throne and fights alongside the Avengers to combat Thanos and his army.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in three films: Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame; as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[3]: 2 She will return in the upcoming film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
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May Parker
May Parker (portrayed by Marisa Tomei), commonly known as Aunt May, is the aunt of Peter Parker and widow of Ben Parker. Unlike previous incarnations, she finds out that Peter is Spider-Man, when she walks in on him wearing the suit. She falls victim to the Blip in 2018, but is revived to life in 2023 and attends Tony Stark's funeral. Afterwards, she begins a relationship with Happy Hogan.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in four films: Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Endgame (cameo), and Spider-Man: Far From Home. She will return in the upcoming film Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Peter Parker / Spider-Man
Alexander Pierce
Alexander Pierce (portrayed by Robert Redford) is the secretary of the World Security Council and the secret director of Hydra operating within S.H.I.E.L.D. He planned on using Project Insight to eliminate individuals that would oppose or threaten Hydra goals. In actuality, Pierce's plan is to carry out mass assassinations of citizens recognized as a threat to Hydra based on Arnim Zola's algorithm to force the world into submission. When Pierce learned Nick Fury was investigating Project Insight's confidential files, he dispatched the Winter Soldier to eliminate him and Steve Rogers. However, Pierce's plan is foiled by Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Sam Wilson, and S.H.I.E.L.D. loyalists before Pierce is killed by Fury. An alternate version of Pierce appears in Avengers: Endgame.[27] In an alternate 2012, Pierce attempts to take custody of Loki and the Tesseract away from Tony Stark and Thor.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers: Endgame.
Pepper Potts
Virginia "Pepper" Potts (portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow) is the widow of Tony Stark and the mother of Morgan Stark. She is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name created by Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein and Don Heck.[28][29][30] She is initially the assistant to Tony Stark, later in the franchise being instated as CEO of Stark Industries. She is friends with fellow supporting characters in the Iron Man series James Rhodes and Happy Hogan. Potts and Starks relationship is initially professional in Iron Man, but develops romantically throughout the series and they are engaged by the time of Avengers: Infinity War. The two are married and have a child during the events of Avengers Endgame, where she is also later widowed.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in seven films: Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming (cameo), Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame; as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?, voiced by Beth Hoyt.[31]
Hank Pym / Ant-Man
Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym (portrayed by Michael Douglas) is an entomologist and quantum physicist who created the Pym particle, a subatomic particle that changes the distance between atoms, allowing one to shrink and grow in relative size, while increasing strength. Hank Pym is the MCU's original Ant-Man; a role begun in 1963, during his tenure as a high-ranking scientist and operative at S.H.I.E.L.D.
As the Ant-Man, Hank Pym operated as a classified agent performing field missions on behalf of S.H.I.E.L.D., using a self-designed shrinking suit powered by Pym particles that also gave him the ability to communicate with different species of ants. During one of these missions his wife Janet van Dyne was lost within the quantum realm and presumed dead. Following the incident, Pym resigned from S.H.I.E.L.D. in 1989, after he suspected Howard Stark of attempting to replicate the Pym particle formula. After his resignation from S.H.I.E.L.D., Pym retired the Ant-Man suit and founded his own technology company in San Francisco. In Ant-Man, after Darren Cross' takeover of the company, Pym subsequently recruited Scott Lang to take on the mantle of Ant-Man, with the assistance of his estranged daughter Hope van Dyne. Together, they prevented Cross from selling the Yellowjacket technology to Hydra.
Following Lang's alliance with the Avengers, Hank inadvertently violates the Sokovia Accords because of Lang's misuse of his technology, and becomes a fugitive from the FBI along with Hope in Ant-Man and the Wasp. With help from Lang and Hope, he subsequently succeeds in rescuing Janet from the quantum realm. However, shortly after, Hank becomes a victim of the Blip. In Avengers: Endgame, Hank's findings on the quantum realm prove fundamental to the Avengers' plan to successfully navigate through time, during which Steve Rogers steals Pym particles from a younger Hank in an alternate 1970 timeline. In 2023, Hank is restored to life and attends Tony Stark's funeral with Janet, Hope and Lang.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in three films: Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Avengers: Endgame. An alternate version of the character dressed in the Yellowjacket armor appears in the third episode of the Disney+ animated series What If...?, in which he murders several members of the Avengers to avenge Hope's death. He will return in the upcoming film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.[22]
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Peter Quill / Star-Lord
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Monica Rambeau
Captain Monica Rambeau (portrayed initially by Akira Akbar as a child and subsequently by Teyonah Parris as an adult) is the daughter of Maria Rambeau who befriended Carol Danvers, a friend of her mother's. As a child, she was inspired by Danvers and thought highly of her. She grows up to become an agent of S.W.O.R.D., which was founded by her mother, but is among those who disappear during the Blip in 2018. She is revived in 2023, only to learn that her mother had died of cancer two years after she disappeared. She returns to work at S.W.O.R.D. and is tasked with investigating a missing persons case in Westview, New Jersey. Upon arriving, Monica is sucked into Wanda Maximoff's Hex, and remains there until she remembers the real reality and is promptly forced out by Wanda. Back outside at a S.W.O.R.D. facility, Monica continues to assist S.W.O.R.D with its Westview investigation. After Monica defends Wanda on several occasions, S.W.O.R.D's acting director Tyler Hayward kicks her off the Westview investigation, leading to her, Darcy Lewis, and Jimmy Woo going rogue. However, only she and Woo escape Wanda's Hex expansion. After fighting through the reality-altering barrier surrounding the town, Monica's cells are rewritten, allowing her to absorb Wanda's energy blasts.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film Captain Marvel; as well as the Disney+ series: WandaVision, in which she adopts the alias Geraldine until she is forced out of the sitcom reality by Wanda.[32] She will return in the upcoming film The Marvels.
Ramonda
Ramonda (portrayed by Angela Bassett) is the Queen Mother of Wakanda, wife of T'Chaka, and mother of T'Challa and Shuri. She stands by her son's side when he became King of Wakanda, but is soon forced into exile when N'Jadaka defeated T'Challa in ritual combat and took over the throne.[33] Boseman noted that Ramonda "is one of the advisors that [T'Challa] would look to... for some of the answers of what his father might want or might do. She may not be exactly right all the time, but she definitely has insights."[34] She survives the Blip and is seen reuniting with her children after they return to Wakanda from New York.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Black Panther and Avengers: Endgame;[27] as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[3]: 2 She will return in the upcoming film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
James Rhodes / War Machine
Rocket
Steve Rogers / Captain America
Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
Ronan the Accuser
Ronan the Accuser (portrayed by Lee Pace) is a Kree fanatic whose family was killed in the Kree-Nova War.
In the 1990s, Ronan actively led the Accusers in the Kree-Skrull war. Working together with the Kree Starforce, he attempted to launch a missile strike on Earth to eliminate the Skrulls present on the planet, but was thwarted and chased off by Carol Danvers.
Ronan was first introduced when he was originally hired by Thanos to acquire the Power Stone, with the assistance of Nebula, daughter of Thanos. However, Ronan's quest for vengeance and power causes him to break allegiance with Thanos and he decides to use the stone himself to serve his own agenda. Ultimately that decision leads him to a battle with the Guardians of the Galaxy ending in his own death.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain Marvel.
Everett K. Ross
Everett K. Ross (portrayed by Martin Freeman) is a CIA operative who was tasked with regulating the Avengers and later tracking down Ulysses Klaue.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Captain America: Civil War and Black Panther. He will return in the upcoming film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Thaddeus Ross
Thaddeus Ross (portrayed by William Hurt) is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, first introduced in The Incredible Hulk. He first appears as a United States General who was responsible for reviving the super-soldier project so he can create a weapon which resulted in the creation of the Hulk. Ross tries to track Banner down believing he is the property of the United States government. He later tries the super-soldier project on Emil Blonsky which later transformed him into a monster. Ross appears again in Captain America: Civil War, having retired from the army after suffering a near-fatal heart attack, and now serves as the Secretary of State of the United States. He proposes the Sokovia Accords that the Avengers will be supervised by the United Nations which divides the superheroes in political opinion.[35] He is a semi-recurring character usually being portrayed by antagonistic roles, though he believes his role to be for the greater good or patriotic.[36][37]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in five films: The Incredible Hulk, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Black Widow; as well as the Marvel One-Shot The Consultant and the Disney+ animated series What If...?, voiced by Mike McGill.
Brock Rumlow
Brock Rumlow (portrayed by Frank Grillo) is a former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent secretly working for Hydra, who later becomes a mercenary. In 2014, he assists Steve Rogers on a mission to free hostages taken by Georges Batroc's pirates on the Lemurian Star. When Rogers refuses to disclose S.H.I.E.L.D. information to Secretary Alexander Pierce, Rumlow and his team are tasked with bringing in Rogers and Natasha Romanoff. After Rogers outs Rumlow's unit and Pierce as Hydra agents, Rumlow comes into conflict with Sharon Carter and Sam Wilson until a Helicarrier crashes into the Triskelion, leaving Rumlow with severe burns and facial scars. Following the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., Rumlow operates as a mercenary.[38] In 2016, he and a group of mercenaries storm an institute for infectious diseases and steal a biological weapon in Lagos, Nigeria when Rogers, Romanoff, Wilson, and Wanda Maximoff intervene and try to stop them. Despite having acquired strength-enhancing gauntlets, Rumlow is defeated while his fellow mercenaries are captured. In a final attempt to kill Rogers, Rumlow detonates his suicide vest, but Maximoff contains the explosion and levitates him into a nearby building, killing him and dozens of Wakandan humanitarian workers.
A past version of Rumlow appears in Avengers: Endgame.[39] Following the Battle of New York, Rumlow and Hydra double agents attempt to obtain Loki's scepter, but are tricked by a time-traveling Rogers into giving it to him instead.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in three films: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, and Avengers: Endgame; as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[40]
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Johann Schmidt / Red Skull
Johann Schmidt (portrayed initially by Hugo Weaving and subsequently by Ross Marquand), also known as the Red Skull, is the head of Hydra, the Nazi science division, during World War II, who first appears in Captain America: The First Avenger. Schmidt plans global dominance under his rule by finding the Tesseract and using it as a weapon against the world, including to overthrow Adolf Hitler. He is revealed to have subjected himself to an early version of Erskine's super-soldier formula.[41] After being foiled by Rogers, Schmidt is transported to the planet Vormir by the Tesseract, where he is cursed in a purgatory state to serve as Stonekeeper and a guide to those seeking the Soul Stone,[42][43] including Thanos and Gamora. An alternate version of him from 2014 appears in Avengers: Endgame, where he meets Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton during their quest for the Soul Stone.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in three films: Captain America: The First Avenger, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame; as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[44]
Erik Selvig
Shang-Chi
Xu Shang-Chi (portrayed by Simu Liu), also known as Shaun Xu, is an expert martial artist proficient in numerous unarmed and weaponry-based wushu styles. He is the son of Wenwu, but left his father's organization to try to live a normal life. As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Shuri
Shuri (portrayed by Letitia Wright) is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name created by Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr.. She first appears in the film Black Panther, portrayed as T'Challa's courageous and brilliantly tech-savvy younger sister of Wakanda. She is responsible for the weapons and other tech that T'Challa uses to battle his opponents, and is responsible for deprogramming Bucky Barnes. In 2018, when Thanos' forces attack, she meets a few of the Avengers and is tasked to remove the Mind Stone from Vision. However, she is unable to complete the removal in time and falls victim to the Blip. In 2023, she is restored to life and fights in the final battle against Thanos and his army. She attends Tony Stark's funeral and returns home to Wakanda, reuniting with her mother. Shuri has been widely compared to the James Bond character Q.[45][46][47]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in three films: Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame; as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?, voiced by Ozioma Akagha.[31] She will return in the upcoming film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Sif
Lady Sif (portrayed by Jaimie Alexander) is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby which based her on Sif of Norse mythology. She is the leading female warrior of Asgard and Thor's childhood friend and trusted ally.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Thor and Thor: The Dark World; as well as the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,[48][49] Loki, and What If...?.[50][3] She will return in the upcoming film Thor: Love and Thunder.
Trevor Slattery
Soren
Soren (portrayed by Sharon Blynn) is a Skrull and the wife of Talos. She is an original character. The couple also have an unnamed daughter, portrayed by Harriet L. Ophuls and Auden L. Ophuls.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Captain Marvel and seen in her Maria Hill form alongside her normal green form in Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Obadiah Stane
Obadiah Stane (portrayed by Jeff Bridges) is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name by Dennis O'Neil and Luke McDonnell, Obadiah was the final villain in Iron Man. He was Tony's mentor after the passing away of Tony's dad, Howard. The character secretly seeks control of Stark Industries. It is later revealed that he hired terrorists to assassinate Tony and after the failure to do so seeks control of the arc reactor to create his own super powered exoskeleton suit, which he succeeds in after stealing Tony's technology. The character is killed in confrontation by Tony in the climactic scene of the film.[36][37]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Iron Man and Spider-Man: Far From Home (archival footage); as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?, voiced by Kiff VandenHeuvel.
Howard Stark
Howard Stark (portrayed by John Slattery and Dominic Cooper) is the creator of Stark Industries, one of the founding members of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the father of Tony Stark. Howard Stark is a close friend of Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers. Stark was involved with Rogers' transformation into Captain America, as well as the creation of Rogers' trademark vibranium shield. He dies at the hands of a brainwashed Bucky Barnes by orders of Hydra.[51]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in five films: Iron Man 2, Captain America: The First Avenger, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, and Avengers: Endgame; as well as the TV series Agent Carter and What If...?;[22] and the Marvel One-Shot Agent Carter.
Tony Stark / Iron Man
Ava Starr / Ghost
Ava Starr (portrayed by Hannah John-Kamen) is a supervillain with invisibility and intangibility powers, and a reimagining of the character of the same name.[52][53][54] In her childhood, Ava was caught in an accident in her father Elihas' laboratory. The ensuing explosion killed both of her parents while Ava gained the ability to become intangible as her body was left in a constant state of "molecular disequilibrium". She is recruited by scientist Bill Foster into S.H.I.E.L.D., where she is trained and given a containment suit to better control her powers. Ava agrees to work for the organization as an assassin and spy under the codename Ghost in exchange for S.H.I.E.L.D.'s help in finding a way to stabilize her condition. However, she discovers that S.H.I.E.L.D. (having been taken over by Hydra) has no intention of helping her and subsequently went rogue to find a way to cure herself with Foster's help. The two later plan to harness the energy that Janet van Dyne's body absorbed from the quantum realm, putting Ghost in direct conflict with Hank Pym, Hope van Dyne, and Scott Lang. At the end of the film, Janet willingly uses some of her energy to partially stabilize Ava's condition and she departs with Foster as Janet's group vow to collect more energy for her.
As of 2021, the character has appeared in one film: Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Stephen Strange
Wolfgang von Strucker
Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (portrayed by Thomas Kretschmann and Joey Defore as a teenager in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Strucker is a high-ranking Hydra leader who specializes in human experimentation. Strucker supervised the successful experimentation on the Maximoff twins, where they acquired powers from the Mind Stone within Loki's scepter. Captured by the Avengers in Sokovia and taken under the custody of NATO, Strucker is later killed by Ultron in his cell to serve as a message to the Avengers.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (mid-credits cameo) and Avengers: Age of Ultron;[55] as well as one episode of the TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a teenager.
Sylvie
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Talos
Talos (portrayed by Ben Mendelsohn) is a Skrull based on the Marvel Comics character of the same. Initially believed to be a terrorist, Carol Danvers agrees to help him and the Skrulls find a new home after Talos revealed the Kree destroyed their homeworld and have driven them to near-extinction. In 2024, he assumes Nick Fury's role on Earth during his vacation in space and assists Spider-Man and Mysterio in Europe, eventually discovering the latter's fraudulence.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home. He will return in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion.
T'Chaka
T'Chaka (portrayed by John Kani) is the former King of Wakanda. During a meeting ratifying the Sokovian Accords at the Vienna International Center, T'Chaka is killed by an explosion. The Winter Soldier was originally believed to be behind the attack, but it was later discovered that he was framed by Helmut Zemo.[56] Years ago, T'Chaka learned his brother N'Jobu was plotting acts of open insurrection with plans to have Wakanda take a more aggressive foreign policy to fight the social injustice he witnessed in his assigned country. T'Chaka confronted N'Jobu. When N'Jobu attacked, he was killed by T'Chaka in defense of Zuri (who was acting as a spy the whole time). Distressed at this act and concerned about maintaining Wakanda's security above all else, T'Chaka chose to promptly return to his nation and left his nephew, N'Jadaka, abandoned as a child orphan. T'Challa would learn of this act and the resulting cover-up by his late father. While visiting the ancestor lands, T'Challa learned of T'Chaka's actions and tells him and the previous Black Panthers before him that he will lead Wakanda in a manner differently to them for the purpose of correcting T'Chaka's past mistakes.[57]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Captain America: Civil War and Black Panther; as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[3]: 2
T'Challa / Black Panther
Thanos
Flash Thompson
Eugene "Flash" Thompson (portrayed by Tony Revolori) is a student at the Midtown School of Science and Technology. He is generally depicted as a school bully who often torments Peter Parker but admires Spider-Man, unaware that the two are the same person. In 2018, he is a victim of the Blip, but is revived to life in 2023. He attends the trip to Europe and is a social media personality, with followers he dubs the "Flash Mob". After the trip, Flash's difficult home life is alluded to, as his father is ill and his mother is distant; having sent a chauffeur to pick him up from the airport rather than do so herself.[58]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home. He will return in the upcoming film Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Thor
Taneleer Tivan / Collector
Taneleer Tivan (portrayed by Benicio del Toro), also known as the Collector, is the renowned keeper of the largest collection of interstellar fauna, relics and species in the galaxy, operating from the Knowhere port installation. After the Asgardians defeat Malekith, Sif and Volstagg bring the Reality Stone to Tivan for safekeeping, citing the foolishness of storing both the Reality Stone and the Space Stone in the same place. Later, he was also nearly able to obtain the Power Stone. He is the brother of the Grandmaster. The Reality Stone was eventually taken from Tivan in Infinity War by Thanos, and his collection was destroyed.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in three films: Thor: The Dark World (mid-credits cameo), Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers: Infinity War; as well as the Disney+ animated series: What If...?.[3]: 2 He also appears in Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission Breakout!.
Adrian Toomes / Vulture
Adrian Toomes (portrayed by Michael Keaton), also known as the Vulture, is the former owner of Bestman Salvage. He chooses to become a criminal after the creation of the Department of Damage Control, a joint venture between the federal government and Tony Stark, following the Battle of New York, and Toomes' company is run out of business. With his associates, Phineas Mason, Herman Schultz, Jackson Brice, and Randy Vale, he begins an illegal arms-dealing business that reverse-engineers and weaponizes Chitauri technology that they have scavenged and salvaged, and sells it on the black market. This version of the character is the father of Liz. Toomes' flight suit is equipped with turbine-powered wings, claw-like wingtips, and boot-mounted talons. After deducing Spider-Man's secret identity, he threatens him with retaliation unless he stops interfering. However, Spider-Man thwarts Toomes' attempt to hijack a plane carrying Avengers weaponry and saves his life when his suit malfunctions before Happy Hogan and the FBI find and arrest Toomes. As a result, his family moves away. Later, an imprisoned Toomes is approached by Mac Gargan, who wants to confirm whether he knows Spider-Man's identity, which Toomes falsely denies.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film: Spider-Man: Homecoming. Keaton is set to reprise the role of Vulture in the Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Morbius (2022).[59][60]
U
Yondu Udonta
Yondu Udonta (portrayed by Michael Rooker) is the adoptive father of Peter Quill and a leader of the Ravagers.
Yondu had originally been contracted to kidnap young Quill from Earth following the death of Quill's mother and return him to his birth father. However, Yondu decided Quill would better serve his own needs in thievery, therefore he kept and raised him as part of his Ravager clan. Despite their frequent arguments and conflicts over the years, Quill and Yondu form an emotional and familial bond. In 2014, Yondu saves Quill from his birth father, Ego and sacrifices himself to save Quill from his potentially ill-fated end.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[22]
Ultron
Ultron (portrayed by James Spader) is an artificial intelligence conceived and designed by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner as the head of a peacekeeping program, who subsequently takes the form of a sentient android overwhelmed with a god complex, determined to pacify the Earth by eradicating humanity.[61]
Stark and Banner's research on the Mind Stone was the groundwork for Ultron's genesis, along with Stark's belief that Ultron would be the Avengers' permanent solution to maintaining "peace in our time." Once born, Ultron, however, quickly surmises that humanity's continued survival throughout human history is a result of overcoming ongoing successions of crises, and thus, he determines to inflict an extinction-level event in Sokovia to ensure the people of Earth have the will to evolve.[61] Ultron, however, views the Avengers as a hindrance to humanity's evolution and vows to fulfill the Avengers' extinction. Ultron continuously updates his physical form with the acquisition of vibranium from Ulysses Klaue and possesses the ability to manifest himself within Stark's Iron Legion droids. He is ultimately defeated by the Avengers and destroyed by Vision.
An alternate version of Ultron (portrayed by Ross Marquand) in Vision's body appears in What If...?, making an appearance at the end of the seventh episode. The following episode reveals an alternate version of 2015 where Ultron transferred his AI into Vision, defeated the Avengers, and eradicated most of Earth's lifeforms. He then killed Thanos and took the Infinity Stones, using them to eradicate all other life in the universe. Ultron also becomes aware of the Watcher, and manages to break into the Nexus of All Realities in an attempt to kill the Watcher and destroy the Multiverse. In the ninth episode and season finale "What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?", the Watcher assembles the "Guardians of the Multiverse" (Captain Carter, Star-Lord T'Challa, Doctor Strange Supreme, Black Panther Killmonger, Party Thor, and Warlord Gamora), who team up and defeat Ultron.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film: Avengers: Age of Ultron, as well as the animated series What If...?.[31][2]
V
Valkyrie
Valkyrie (portrayed by Tessa Thompson), also known as Scrapper 142, is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema.
The character is the last surviving of a group of Asgardian female warriors called the Valkyries. In Thor: Ragnarok, she allies herself with Thor and Bruce Banner to fight Hela. In Avengers: Endgame, it is revealed that she survived the Blip and brought the remaining Asgardians to a town in Norway called New Asgard, which she de facto rules in place of the depressed Thor. She later joins the Avengers in their final battle against Thanos and his army. After the battle, Thor officially leaves her in charge of New Asgard.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Endgame; as well as the Disney+ series Loki (archival footage) and the animated series What If...?.[2] She will return in the upcoming film Thor: Love and Thunder.
Hope van Dyne / Wasp
Janet van Dyne / Wasp
Janet van Dyne (portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer) is a scientist, the wife of Hank Pym, mother of Hope van Dyne, and the MCU's original Wasp. As the Wasp, Janet operated at S.H.I.E.L.D. alongside Hank on field missions where she wore a shrinking suit with similar powers as the Ant-Man one, with the added capability of wings for flight. During a mission in 1987, Janet turned off her suit regulator and became sub-atomic, disappearing into the quantum realm. Presumed dead, she was actually trapped within the quantum realm for nearly 30 years, until Hank rescued her in Ant-Man and the Wasp. Shortly after, Janet is a victim of the Blip. In Avengers: Endgame, she is restored to life and attends Tony Stark's funeral with Hank, Hope, and Scott Lang.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in three films: Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Avengers: Endgame; as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?. She will return in the upcoming film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Ivan Vanko / Whiplash
Ivan Vanko (portrayed by Mickey Rourke), also known as Whiplash, is based on the Marvel Comics characters Whiplash and Crimson Dynamo. The son of Anton Vanko. He avenges his father by learning what he knew of his father of the original model of the arc reactor. He uses it to create electric whips to kill Tony. After his failure to do so, he attracts business rival, Justin Hammer, for the creation of a new suit for Hammer. Although Vanko later betrays him using drones to kill Tony and then attempts to kill him with a new exoskeleton suit. He is defeated and died in battle with the combined forced of Iron Man and War Machine followed by his exoskeleton suit self-destructing.[62][36][37]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film: Iron Man 2.
Volstagg
Volstagg (portrayed by Ray Stevenson) is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Volstagg is a member of the Warriors Three, depicted as a warrior of Asgard who loves to eat. He reprises his role in Thor: The Dark World and is killed off by Hela in Thor: Ragnarok.[63][64]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in three films: Thor, Thor: The Dark World, and Thor: Ragnarok; as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?, voiced by Fred Tatasciore.[65]
Vision
W
John Walker / Captain America / U.S. Agent
Captain John F. Walker (portrayed by Wyatt Russell) is the former successor to Steve Rogers as Captain America appointed by the U.S. Government. His partner was Lemar Hoskins, also known as "Battlestar", and the two served in Operation Enduring Freedom together. Walker was a football star at Custer's Grove High School in Georgia and graduated from West Point in 2009. He went on to become a highly decorated U.S. Army Captain and the first person in history to receive the Medal of Honor three times for his combat service. He also commanded high level counter-terrorism and hostage rescue operations. He was studied at MIT and tested well above average in speed, endurance, and intelligence.
He is chosen by the Global Repatriation Council (GRC) to help quash the ongoing violent post-Blip revolutions occurring across the world. He comes to the aid of Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes during their first confrontation with the Flag Smashers and attempts to recruit them to join the GRC but they refuse. Walker later assists Barnes after he is arrested for missing court-mandated therapy and again is refused when he asks Barnes and Wilson to join him. Walker ultimately warns them to stay out of his way. During a fight with the Flag Smashers, Walker retrieves a vial of Super Soldier serum, and decides to ingest it. In the ensuing battle with the Flag Smashers, Hoskins is killed by Karli Morgenthau, leading Walker to murder a Flag Smasher by driving the shield into the man's chest while a horrified crowd watches. For this, Wilson and Barnes fight him for the Captain America shield, and defeat him. The government strips him of his role as Captain America, and he is other than honorably discharged from the army. However, he builds a new shield from scrap metal and his Medal of Honor. Thus equipped, Walker confronts the Flag Smashers to avenge Hoskins, but defers his original goal and saves the Flag Smashers' hostages. After Wilson helps save them as Captain America, Walker assists Barnes in capturing the Flag Smashers. Afterwards, Walker is dubbed as U.S. Agent by Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one Disney+ series: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Watcher
The Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) is a member of the extraterrestrial species of the same name who observes the Multiverse and strictly refuses to interfere with its events. He maintains his vow until he is forced to act in order to save the Multiverse from a version of Ultron. He is based on Uatu (also known as the Watcher) from Marvel Comics.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one Disney+ series: What If...?.
Wenwu
Xu Wenwu (portrayed by Tony Leung) is the legendary founder and supreme leader of the Ten Rings terrorist organisation, and is the father of Shang-Chi in place of Fu Manchu / Zheng Zu from Marvel Comics.[66][67][68] The Ten Rings terrorist group was previously referenced in the Iron Man trilogy and Ant-Man.[69][70]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America
Wong
Wong (portrayed by Benedict Wong) is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The character is portrayed as an Asian sorcerer commonly affiliated with Doctor Strange as starting out as a teacher for him and is also a librarian within the New York Sanctum.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in four films: Doctor Strange, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[3][71] He will return in the upcoming films Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Jimmy Woo
James E. "Jimmy" Woo (portrayed by Randall Park) is an FBI agent. While Scott Lang is under house arrest, Woo acts as his parole officer. In 2023, Woo is called in to investigate a missing persons case in Westview, New Jersey. He works alongside S.W.O.R.D. to investigate Westview, while forming a team-up with Monica Rambeau and Darcy Lewis.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film: Ant-Man and the Wasp, as well as one Disney+ series: WandaVision.[72]
Y
Yon-Rogg
Yon-Rogg (portrayed by Jude Law)[73][74][75] is the leader of Starforce, and leads the war against the Skrulls. While hunting down former Kree scientist Mar-Vell, who is hiding on Earth as Dr. Wendy Lawson, he encounters Carol Danvers who destroys an energy core that imbues her with powers. Yon-Rogg takes her back to Hala, gives Carol a blood transfusion with his blood to save her life, and has her memories altered to think that she is a Kree named Vers. He mentors and trains her to be a soldier, but during an operation she is separated from the rest of the Starforce and lands on Earth. Yon-Rogg goes after her, only to discover that Danvers has switched sides after a Skrull named Talos helped her recover her memories. Starforce captures Danvers, Talos and a group of Skrull refugees, but Danvers manages to break free of Yon-Rogg and the Supreme Intelligence's hold over her by unlocking her full potential to drive back and defeat several members of the Starforce. Yon-Rogg requests assistance from Ronan the Accuser, but his assault on Earth is thwarted by Danvers. In their final confrontation, Danvers defeats Yon-Rogg. Afterwards, she sends him back to Hala to deliver her message to the Supreme Intelligence.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film: Captain Marvel.
Z
Helmut Zemo
Baron Helmut Zemo (portrayed by Daniel Brühl)[76] is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. First introduced in Captain America: Civil War, Zemo is a wealthy baron of the Sokovian royal family, and the colonel of an elite Sokovian commando unit, who seeks to avenge his family's death and the destruction of Sokovia during the Avengers' battle with Ultron. He uses the United Nations' Sokovia Accords to his advantage, and despite Steve Rogers learning about his plans, he manages to pit Iron Man and Captain America against each other by framing the Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) for a bombing in Vienna (which killed T'Chaka). He also reveals that the Winter Soldier had killed Tony Stark's parents while under Hydra's control, effectively fracturing the Avengers. With his goal complete, Zemo attempts to commit suicide but is stopped by T'Challa and taken into custody by the authorities. Everett Ross supervises his incarceration where he mocks Zemo for failing in his efforts, but Zemo indicates otherwise.
Zemo returns in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, still in imprisonment after the events of Civil War,[77] although he escapes with the help of Bucky Barnes and allies with Barnes and Sam Wilson against the Flag Smashers. He is later recaptured by the Dora Milaje and sent to the Raft. However, when the Flag-Smashers are defeated in their attack on the GRC meeting with the inner circle captured, Zemo arranges their murder in custody through his butler to minimize the chance of their Super-Soldier enhancements being reproduced. In the series, Zemo briefly wears his traditional purple mask from the comics, which he was not depicted with in Civil War.[78]
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in one film: Captain America: Civil War, and one Disney+ series: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Arnim Zola
Dr. Arnim Zola (portrayed by Toby Jones) is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name created by Jack Kirby. He first appears in Captain America: The First Avenger as a scientist working for Hydra and the Red Skull before getting captured and recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D. Following his death, his mind was transferred into a computer system on Camp Lehigh, where he confronted Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff before the camp was destroyed by missiles sent by Hydra.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in two films: Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier; as well as the episode "Valediction" from the TV series Agent Carter and the Disney+ animated series What If...?.[22]
See also
- Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: A-L
- Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe § Minor characters
- Features of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Species of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Teams and organizations of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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