Mary MacPherran (portrayed byJameela Jamil), also known asTitania, is asocial media influencer with incredible strength who is obsessed withShe-Hulk, ultimately becoming her rival.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: theDisney+ seriesShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022).[1]
Makkari (portrayed byLauren Ridloff) is anEternal who can move at superhuman speeds. She is implied to harbour romantic feelings forDruig.
The character is the first deaf superhero in the MCU. Ridloff stated that she started running and muscle-building to have "the symmetry of somebody who looks like a sprinter".[2]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmEternals (2021).[2]
Malekith the Accursed (portrayed byChristopher Eccleston) is the king of theDark Elves who facesThor in 2013.[3] Eons ago, he faces Odin's father Bor and is defeated, being exiled to an alternate reality. He is awakened when the Aether is released, and he merges with it, plotting to submerge Earth in darkness during the convergence. He is killed when his own ship crushes him on Svartalfheim.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmThor: The Dark World (2013). An alternate universe variant of Malekith (voiced bySteven French) appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? (2021–2024).
Flint Marko (motion-captured byJon Watts and voiced byThomas Haden Church),[4][5] also known as theSandman, is a small-time thief from an alternate universe who received an ability to transform into sand. He is one of the villains imprisoned by Doctor Strange, and rejects the cure that Spider-Man (Peter-1) attempts to give him. He is eventually cured and safely sent to his own dimension.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmSpider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Church reprises his role fromSam Raimi's filmSpider-Man 3 (2007).
Martinex (portrayed byMichael Rosenbaum) is a member of Stakar Ogord's team of Ravagers. He visitsYondu Udonta on Contraxia along with Stakar to remind him that he is in exile for breaking the Ravagers' code. After Yondu sacrifices himself to savePeter Quill, Martinex and Stakar are moved by his sacrifice, and he and the other Ravagers attend his funeral. The two of them decide to bring the rest of the team back together to honor him.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) andGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).[6]
Mar-Vell (portrayed byAnnette Bening) is aKree scientist who rejected her species' war with theSkrulls. She fled to Earth in the 1980s and adopted the alias of Dr.Wendy Lawson, a physicist atProject Pegasus. Using theTesseract, she sought to develop an experimental engine that would have allowed the Skrulls to settle beyond the reach of the Kree Empire. She is killed byYon-Rogg, though she is able to instructCarol Danvers to destroy the engine before Yon-Rogg is able to seize the device. TheSupreme Intelligence later takes on her appearance while conversing with Danvers.[citation needed]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmCaptain Marvel (2019). An alternate universe variant of Mar-Vell (voiced by Keri Tombazian) appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Mila Masaryk (voiced bySarah Natochenny),[7] also known asUnicorn, is a Russian criminal in an alternate universe who wears a high-tech helmet that shoots lasers.
As of 2025, the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025–present).
Phineas Mason (portrayed byMichael Chernus)[8] is a weapons maker and part of a salvage company alongsideAdrian Toomes,Herman Schultz, andJackson Brice. When the salvaging company goes out of business due to theDepartment of Damage Control, Mason helps Toomes steal leftover technology from theAvengers' battles and build advanced weapons out of the technology, such as Toomes's flight suit and modified versions ofBrock Rumlow's vibro-blast emitting gauntlets. While his assistants were defeated bySpider-Man and arrested by the authorities, Mason's fate is left unknown.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmSpider-Man: Homecoming (2017).[8]
Rick Mason (portrayed byO-T Fagbenle) is an old friend ofNatasha Romanoff'sS.H.I.E.L.D. past. In 2016, he helps her while she is a fugitive. In 2026, he assistsNick Fury.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmBlack Widow (2021); and the Disney+ seriesSecret Invasion (2023).
Ebony Maw (voiced and portrayed viamotion capture byTom Vaughan-Lawlor) is an adopted son ofThanos and member of theBlack Order who is killed in space after being defeated by Tony Stark and Peter Parker. A past version of Maw from 2014 travels through time with Thanos's forces to stop the Avengers from foiling his plans. However, they are all disintegrated when Stark uses theInfinity Gauntlet.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmAvengers: Infinity War (2018). Alternate universe variants of Maw appeared in two projects: the filmAvengers: Endgame (2019); and the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[9]: 2
William "Billy"Maximoff (portrayed by Baylen Bielitz as a five-year old andJulian Hilliard as a ten-year old)[10] is the son ofWanda Maximoff andVision, and the younger twin brother ofTommy Maximoff. He was created by Wanda usingchaos magic within theWestview anomaly inWestview, New Jersey, a reality modeled after afictional sitcom inspired by those Wanda watched as a child whose residents aremind-controlled by Wanda. After Wanda "gives birth" to Billy, he ages rapidly to five and ten years old, acquiring supernatural abilities: Billy harnesses chaos magic like his mother. Following a battle between Wanda and the witchAgatha Harkness, Wanda dissolves the Westview anomaly, erasing the imaginary existence of Billy. Billy reincarnates upon his "death" in the body ofWilliam Kaplan (portrayed byJoe Locke), a 13-year-old from Westview's neighboring town of Eastview, who was killed in a car accident after leaving hisbar mitzvah early; stricken with amnesia, Billy then assumes William's identity, unaware of his past life.
Following Wanda's death, Billy's curiosity about the anomaly that occurred the day of his car crash leads him to investigate and learn that Wanda and Vision had children in Westview, one of whom had the same abilities that he has. Realizing his true identity, he becomes determined to find his lost brother. He frees Harkness from a spell placed by Wanda and asks that she take him on theWitches' Road, a magical pathway where one's desires are granted after completing a series of "trials". In the final trial, Billy locates Tommy's soul and places it in the body of a drowning boy. After discovering that the Witches' Road was a myth created by Harkness and that he had willed it into existence, he accepts the mentorship of Harkness, who dies and returns as a ghost, and set out to search for Tommy.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the Disney+ seriesWandaVision (2021) andAgatha All Along (2024). An alternate universe variant of Billy appeared in one project: the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
William Kaplan's family plays an important role in his life.Jeff (portrayed byPaul Adelstein) andRebecca Kaplan (portrayed byMaria Dizzia) are William's parents.[11]
As of 2025,[update] the characters have appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesAgatha All Along.
Pietro Maximoff (portrayed byAaron Taylor-Johnson and by Gabriel Gurevich as a child) is Wanda Maximoff's twin brother. They are introduced as Hydra assets, both acquiring superhuman powers after volunteering to be experimented upon by theMind Stone,[12] with Pietro gainingsuperhuman speed. Harboring a lifelong hatred for American arms manufacturerTony Stark, whose bombs killed their parents, they side withUltron against the Avengers before later switching sides. In the final conflict with Ultron, Pietro dies a hero's death, saving the lives ofClint Barton and aSokovian boy. In 2023, the witchAgatha Harkness forces Westview residentRalph Bohner (portrayed byEvan Peters) to impersonate Pietro to get close to Wanda within her created alternate reality.[citation needed]
The character's reception has been lukewarm with complaints that the character or his power was not developed enough compared to thecomic book version or20th Century Fox'sX-Men film seriesversion.[13][14][15]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsCaptain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) (mid-credits cameo) andAvengers: Age of Ultron (2015);[16][17][18] and the Disney+ seriesWandaVision.[19]
Thomas "Tommy"Maximoff (portrayed by Gavin Borders as a five-year old andJett Klyne as a ten-year old)[10] is the son ofWanda Maximoff andVision, and the older twin brother ofBilly Maximoff. He was created by Wanda usingchaos magic within theWestview anomaly inWestview, New Jersey, a reality modeled after afictional sitcom inspired by those Wanda watched as a child whose residents aremind-controlled by Wanda. After Wanda "gives birth" to Tommy, he ages rapidly to five and ten years old, acquiring supernatural abilities: Tommy gainssuperhuman speed like his uncle "Pietro Maximoff" (in reality,Ralph Bohner in disguise). Following a battle between Wanda and the witchAgatha Harkness, Wanda dissolves the Westview anomaly, erasing the imaginary existence of Tommy. While traveling theWitches' Road, Agatha helps a reincarnated Billy connect with Tommy's soul and place it in the body of a teenager who had drowned during a botched prank.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesWandaVision. He will return asThomas Shepherd (portrayed byRuaridh Mollica) in the upcoming Disney+ seriesVisionQuest (2026).[20] An alternate universe variant of Tommy appeared in one project: the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
M'Baku (portrayed byWinston Duke) is the leader of the renegadeJabari Tribe, who shunWakanda'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 complexIndo-African religion rather than the Panther godBast.[21][22] InBlack Panther, M'Baku challengesT'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 the latter's fight withN'Jadaka and agreeing to look afterRamonda. 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.[23]
Later, inAvengers: Infinity War, he and the Jabari join the battle against Thanos'sOutriders; M'Baku survivesthe Blip.[24] In 2023, he joins the final battle against a past version of Thanos. In 2025, following T'Challa's and Ramonda's deaths, and respecting M'Baku's advice during the Talokan—Wakanda War, Shuri allows M'Baku to issue a challenge for the throne of Wakanda, which she forfeits by not showing up to, indicating that M'Baku will become the new King of Wakanda.[25]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in four projects: the filmsBlack Panther (2018),Avengers: Infinity War,Avengers: Endgame, andBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). He will return in the filmAvengers: Doomsday (2026).[26]
Dr.Henry "Hank"McCoy (portrayed byKelsey Grammer), also known asBeast, is amutant and a member of theX-Men from an alternate universe who possesses animalistic physical characteristics that include blue fur, pointy ears, fangs, and claws.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmThe Marvels (2023).[27] He will return in the filmAvengers: Doomsday.[26] Grammer previously portrayed a different version of McCoy in the 20th Century Fox filmsX-Men: The Last Stand (2006) andX-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).[27]
Kirsten McDuffie (portrayed byNikki M. James)[28]: 5 is a former New Yorkassistant district attorney who becameMatt Murdock's partner and founded the law firmMurdock & McDuffie with him.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesDaredevil: Born Again (2025–present).
Mephisto (portrayed bySacha Baron Cohen)[29] is a powerful extra-dimensional demon who manipulates humans into forming pacts with him.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesIronheart (2025).
Proxima Midnight (voiced and faced byCarrie Coon, motion-captured byMonique Ganderton) is Thanos' adopted daughter. She joined her father in his quest for the sixInfinity Stones, initially attacked theStatesman with her brothers, helping to kill theAsgardians aboard to retrieve theSpace Stone. While attempting to claim the Mind Stone, she andCorvus Glaive attack Wanda Maximoff andVision, but are repelled bySteve Rogers,Sam Wilson, and Natasha Romanoff. During a second attempt at the Mind Stone, Proxima fights Romanoff andOkoye, but is ultimately killed by Maximoff. A past version of Midnight from 2014 travels through time with Thanos's forces to stop the Avengers from foiling his plans. However, they are all disintegrated when Tony Stark uses the Infinity Gauntlet.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmAvengers: Infinity War. Alternate universe variants of Midnight appeared in two projects: the filmAvengers: Endgame; and the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[9]: 2
Miek (motion-captured by Carly Rees and voiced by Stephen Murdoch) is aSakaaran insectoid warrior. This version of the character is a larva-like creature as opposed to a humanoid roachlike in the comic books, and initially uses an exoskeleton equipped with blades in combat. Having been freed from theGrandmaster's prison, Miek fights alongsideThor andKorg and joins the Asgardian people in their journey to Earth after the destruction of Asgard. Along with Korg, he survives Thanos's attack on the Asgardian starship and the Blip. He finds a new home with the Asgardians in New Asgard in Norway. Miek participates in the final battle at the destroyed Avengers Headquarters against Thanos and his army. Sometime later, Miek metamorphoses to a female form, and she organises tourism in New Asgard.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsThor: Ragnarok (2017),Avengers: Endgame, andThor: Love and Thunder (2022). Alternate universe variants of Miek appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Minn-Erva (portrayed byGemma Chan) is aKree sniper and member ofStarforce who bears a strong animosity towards teammateCarol Danvers. After Danvers ends up on Earth, Minn-Erva accompanies Starforce to the planet to rescue her, where they discover a group ofSkrull refugees and attempt to kill them. Having discovered the truth of the Kree's war with the Skrulls, Danvers fights off the rest of Starforce while Minn-Erva is shot down byMaria Rambeau.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmCaptain Marvel.
Nico Minoru (portrayed byLyrica Okano) is aWiccan and a member of theRunaways who isolates herself with hergothic appearance.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: theMarvel Television seriesRunaways (2017–2019). An alternate universe variant of Nico (voiced by Grace Song) appeared in two projects: the comic book seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2024–2025);[30] and the Disney+ animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.[31]
Tina Minoru (initially portrayed byLinda Louise Duan and later byBrittany Ishibashi)[32][33][34] is the mother ofNico Minoru and a member of thePride.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmDoctor Strange (2016); and the Marvel Television seriesRunaways.
Mobius M. Mobius (portrayed byOwen Wilson) is an agent of theTime Variance Authority specialized in the investigation of particularly dangerous "time variant" criminals. He befriends a2012 variant of Loki. He travels through time and realities with Loki to find the variant Sylvie. While helping Loki to handle the time slipping, it's revealed that Mobius has been with the TVA for at least four hundred years, although he has undergone multiple memory wipes. In "Science/Fiction", Mobius is revealed to be a temporal variant ofDon, a jet ski salesman from 2022Cleveland who is also the single father of two sons, Kevin and Sean. In the season finale, Mobius enters Earth-616, the main universe, and observes his main counterpart at his house.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the Disney+ seriesLoki (2021–2023);[35] the filmAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) (post-credits cameo);[36] and the comic book seriesTVA (2024–2025).[37]
Anton Mogart (portrayed byGaspard Ulliel) is a wealthy antiquities collector living in Egypt and an old acquaintance ofLayla El-Faouly.Marc Spector, Steven Grant, and El-Faouly meet with him to find the map toAmmit's tomb. He betrays them whenArthur Harrow arrives and is speared through the chest by Spector.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesMoon Knight (2022).[38]
Karl Mordo (portrayed byChiwetel Ejiofor) is a sorcerer and a former member of theMasters of the Mystic Arts. A close ally to theAncient One, he assists in recruiting and training their future sorcerers. In this role, he trainsStephen Strange, using the Staff of the Living Tribunal as his weapon. He also helps Strange fight againstKaecilius. 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. In 2017, 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 theDark 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. Mordo later visits former MasterJonathan Pangborn and steals the energy that he uses to walk, stating that the world has "too many sorcerers".[citation needed]
In an alternate universe designated asEarth-838,Baron Karl Mordo is the Sorcerer Supreme and a member of theIlluminati, following the betrayal of his universe's Stephen Strange.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmDoctor Strange. An alternate universe variant of Mordo appeared in one project: the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Karli Morgenthau (portrayed byErin Kellyman) is the teenage leader of the anti-nationalist terrorist group theFlag Smashers, who were made Super Soldiers with the help of the Power Broker (Sharon Carter) and use violent tactics such as bombings to achieveopen borders for refugees in theBaltic states. She is killed by Carter (to hide Carter's identity as the Power Broker) after she attempts to kill Carter and an oblivious Sam Wilson.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021).[39]
James "Jim"Morita (portrayed byKenneth Choi) is aJapanese American member of theHowling Commandos who fought inWorld War II.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmCaptain America: The First Avenger (2011); and the Marvel Television seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020).[40] An alternate universe variant of Morita appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
As of 2025,[update] alternate universe variants ofOroro Munroe (voiced byAlison Sealy-Smith), a mutant known asStorm who has the ability to manipulate the weather, have appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[41][42] Sealy-Smith previously voiced a different version of Storm in the animated seriesX-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997) andX-Men '97 (2024–present).[41]
Najma (portrayed byNimra Bucha) is Kamran's mother, and the leader of theClandestines, who want to return to their home dimension at any cost necessary. In 1942, Najma discovered one of the bangles at a Ten Rings temple in India, and gave it to Aisha for safekeeping when was then attacked by the British Armed Forces. She found Aisha in an Indian village five years later, during the Partition of India, and asked Aisha to return the bangle and come with her so they could return home. When she realized Aisha had no intention of relinquishing the bangle or going back home with them, Najma stabbed Aisha and left her to die. In 2025, Najma sensed that Kamala Khan had Aisha's bangle and realized Aisha had started a family. In a fight with Khan, she ended up hitting the bangle and unintentionally opened a rift to the Noor Dimension. Najma was convinced by Khan not to abandon Kamran, and Najma chose to sacrifice herself to close the rift, although not before passing on some of the Noor from the rift on to her son.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesMs. Marvel (2022).
Nakia (portrayed byLupita Nyong'o)[43] is a formerDora Milaje, a member of the War Dogs, and T'Challa's lover. Having often been sent on missions around the world and 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. 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 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 T'Challa, 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 atShuri's insistence. Following N'Jadaka's death, Nakia resumes her relationship with T'Challa and accepts a position running a Wakandan outreach center in California at the location ofN'Jobu and N'Jadaka's former apartment. Sometime after, Nakia and T'Challa have a child, also named T'Challa, and decide to have him be raised away from the throne. After Thanos's attack on Wakanda and the ensuingBlip, Nakia leaves Wakanda and raises her child inHaiti.[citation needed]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsBlack Panther andBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever. An alternate universe variant of Nakia (voiced byBrittany Adebumola) appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Namor (portrayed byTenoch Huerta Mejía as an adult and by Manuel Chavez as a child)[44][45][46] is the king ofTalokan,[47][48] whose people refer to him as the feathered serpent godK'uk'ulkan.[49] In 1571, his mother Fen ingested a vibranium-laced herb to gain immunity from smallpox while pregnant with her son. The effects of the herb caused her and the rest ofYucatán's people to develop blue skin and grow gills that restricted their ability to breathe air on the surface, thus forcing them to relocate underwater and establish Talokan as a new civilization. The herb additionally caused her son to undergo amutation at birth, which gave him pointed ears, winged ankles enabling him to fly, and the ability to breathe oxygen and water simultaneously. Motivated by his hatred of the surface world, and a recent discovery of a vibranium detection device designed by Riri Williams in the ocean that put his nation at risk, he initially attempted to forge a military alliance with the nation ofWakanda to protect Talokan while supplying their people with his army due to its similarly isolationist nature in exchange for the custody of Williams, to which both Queen Ramonda and Princess Shuri decline. However, after a fight between the two nations, Shuri and Namor come to an alliance, and opt to help each other in the future.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever.[50] He will return in the filmAvengers: Doomsday.[26] An alternate universe variant of Namor appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesMarvel Zombies (2025).[51]
Namora (portrayed byMabel Cadena) is Namor's cousin and right-hand woman who looks up to him as a father figure.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever.[52] She will return in the filmAvengers: Doomsday.[53]
As of 2025,[update]Elektra Natchios (portrayed byÉlodie Yung), an assassin and former lover ofMatt Murdock, has appeared in two projects: the Marvel Television seriesDaredevil (2015–2018) andThe Defenders (2017).[54] An alternate universe variant of Natchios (portrayed byJennifer Garner) appeared in one project: the filmDeadpool & Wolverine (2024). Garner reprises her role from the 20th Century Fox filmsDaredevil (2003) andElektra (2005).[55]
Negasonic Teenage Warhead (portrayed byBrianna Hildebrand) is a teenage member of the X-Men fromEarth-10005 who possesses the mutant power to detonate atomic bursts from her body.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmDeadpool & Wolverine. Hildebrand reprises her role from the 20th Century Fox filmsDeadpool (2016) andDeadpool 2 (2018).[56]
N'Jadaka (portrayed byMichael B. Jordan), also known asErik Stevens orKillmonger, is a formerU.S. Navy SEALlieutenant and the son of N'Jobu. His father was killed by T'Chaka for helpingUlysses Klaue smugglevibranium out of Wakanda 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's death, T'Challa decides to finally open Wakanda up to the rest of the world. Following the deaths of T'Challa and his and Shuri's mother Ramonda, N'Jadaka's spirit meets with Shuri in the ancestral plane after she ingests a synthetic version of the heart-shaped herb, warning her of how close her desire for vengeance uponNamor is bringing her to being like him, with Shuri then assuming a Black Panther suit inspired by N'Jadaka's.
The character has been widely praised as one of the MCU's best villains,[57][58][59] with Ben Child ofThe Guardian comparing the character to both theTerminator andDarth Vader.[60]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsBlack Panther andBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever; and the Disney+ animated seriesEyes of Wakanda (2025) (non-speaking cameo).[61][62] An alternate universe variant of Killmonger appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[63][64]
N'Jobu (portrayed bySterling K. Brown) is the younger brother of T'Chaka and an agent of the War Dogs. After betraying his own people and aiding Ulysses Klaue with getting vibranium out of Wakanda with the intention of allowing oppressed people to possess its power, N'Jobu is confronted and killed by T'Chaka. His only child—his son—N'Jadaka eventually figures this out and plans to avenge his death and finish his work by becoming King.[citation needed]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmBlack Panther.
Nkati (voiced byCress Williams),[65][66] also known asThe Lion, is a former Wakandan general turned warlord and pirate in the13th century BC. By 1260 BC, he had managed to use the advanced technology he stole from the country to found his own tyrannical kingdom.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesEyes of Wakanda.
Cole North (portrayed by Jeremy Isaiah Earl) is aNew York Police Department (NYPD) sergeant transferred from Chicago who becomes a member ofWilson Fisk's Anti-Vigilante Task Force (AVTF).
As of 2025, the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesDaredevil: Born Again.
Cassandra Nova (portrayed byEmma Corrin) is a mutant withtelekinetic andtelepathic powers who is the twin sister ofCharles Xavier. She was banished to theVoid by theTime Variance Authority.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmDeadpool & Wolverine.
Kraglin Obfonteri (portrayed bySean Gunn) is aXandarian and the first mate of Yondu Udonta's faction of the Ravagers. In 2014, following the mutiny of the other Ravagers, 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 Yaka arrow. In 2023, he is transported to Earth to join the Avengers and other heroes in the battle against a past version of Thanos. He later joins the Guardians as an official member.[67]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in six projects: the filmsGuardians of the Galaxy (2014),Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,Avengers: Endgame (cameo),Thor: Love and Thunder, andGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; and the Disney+ specialThe Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022). An alternate universe variant of Kraglin appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[63]
Cull Obsidian (voiced and portrayed via motion capture byTerry Notary) is an adopted son ofThanos equipped with a chain hammer and an arm blade. In 2018, he andEbony Maw go to Earth to retrieve theTime Stone. They arrive inNew York City and find themselves confronted byStephen Strange,Wong,Tony Stark, and laterPeter Parker. In the ensuing fight, Obsidian is tricked by Wong into jumping through a portal into Antarctica, severing his hand in the process. He is rescued byProxima Midnight andCorvus Glaive, and his hand is replaced by a cybernetic replacement. He then partakes in the battle inWakanda, killing many people and knockingJames Rhodes out of the sky. Later, Obsidian attacksVision and is confronted byBruce Banner, who defeats him in theHulkbuster armor by sending him flying into the Wakandan energy shield, incinerating Obsidian on impact.
An alternate version of Cull Obsidian from 2014 arrives with an alternate Thanos and his army into the main universe. During the battle, he is stepped on and killed byScott Lang.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmAvengers: Infinity War. Alternate universe variants of Obsidian appeared in two projects: the filmAvengers: Endgame; and the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
As of 2025,[update] alternate universe variants ofOtto Octavius, a formerOscorp scientist with four mechanical tentacles fused to his back who became a criminal known asDoctor Octopus, have appeared in two projects: the filmSpider-Man: No Way Home (portrayed byAlfred Molina); and the Disney+ animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (voiced byHugh Dancy).[68][31] Molina reprises his role from Sam Raimi's filmSpider-Man 2 (2004).
Okoye (portrayed byDanai Gurira) is a Wakandan warrior and the former general of the Dora Milaje. In 2016, she fights onT'Challa's side when N'Jadaka plots to usurp the throne. In 2018, she fights alongside members of theAvengers to combatThanos and his army during the battle in Wakanda. She survivesthe Blip and helps the remaining Avengers for the next five years. In 2023, she participates in the battle against an alternate version of Thanos and his army. In 2024, she attends T'Challa's funeral. In 2025, she and Shuri go to Cambridge, Massachusetts to meet an MIT student,Riri Williams, who built a vibranium-detecting machine and plans to take her to Wakanda. Later, she was removed from her post as a General as she could not protect Shuri and Riri who were kidnapped by Namor. Later Shuri bestows her with the Midnight Angel Armor, recruiting her and Aneka to fight alongside the rest of the Wakandan military forces against Namor and his Talokan army. Okoye then leaves Wakanda and starts a new life.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in four projects: the filmsBlack Panther,Avengers: Infinity War,Avengers: Endgame, andBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever. Alternate universe variants of Okoye appeared in two projects: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? (voiced by Gurira in the first season and Kenna Ramsey in the third season)[9]: 2 andMarvel Zombies (voiced by Ramsey).[69]
Stakar Ogord (portrayed bySylvester Stallone) is a legendary Ravager captain and the leader of the Stakar Ravager Clan. Ogord saved Yondu Udonta from a life of slavery to the Kree and welcomed him to the Ravagers, but was later forced to exile him for engaging in child trafficking, thus violating the Ravager code. He joins the other Ravager clans at honoring Yondu during his funeral after his sacrifice to save Peter Quill. In a mid-credits scene, Stakar and Martinex reunite with their old teammates Charlie-27, Aleta Ogord, Mainframe, and Krugarr. He later aids the Guardians in their infiltration of the Orgoscope space station during their search of a passkey to disable the kill switch in Rocket's heart and save his life.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 andGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Harry Osborn (voiced byZeno Robinson)[31] is aninfluencer and the son of Norman Osborn from an alternate universe who befriendsPeter Parker and provides him support as Spider-Man's "dude at the desk".
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
As of 2025,[update] alternate universe variants ofNorman Osborn, a wealthy industrialist with an insane alternate personality known asGreen Goblin, have appeared in two projects: the filmSpider-Man: No Way Home (portrayed byWillem Dafoe); and the Disney+ animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (voiced byColman Domingo).[70] Dafoe reprises his role from Sam Raimi'sSpider-Man film series.
The Other (portrayed byAlexis Denisof) is a character from the MCU and the grim leader of an alien race called theChitauri. He is a servant of Thanos and uses telepathic powers. In 2014, he is killed byRonan the Accuser.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsThe Avengers (2012) andGuardians of the Galaxy.[71][72]
Ouroboros "O.B."[73][74] (portrayed byKe Huy Quan), is the chief engineer of theTime Variance Authority, who deals with the maintenance and repair of all the complex tools, including time travel devices. In "Science/Fiction," O.B. is revealed to be a temporal variant of Dr.A.D. Doug, PhD, a failed science fiction author and theoretical physics teacher at Caltech in 1994 who would rather focus on his writing than on science.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the Disney+ seriesLoki; and the comic book seriesTVA.[37]
Dr.Christine Palmer (portrayed byRachel McAdams) is an emergency surgeon who is a colleague and former lover of Stephen Strange. She saves his life after he is nearly killed by Kaecilius. After surviving the Blip, she ends up marrying her boyfriend Charlie, who is also a big fan of Stephen Strange.
In the alternate universe designated as Earth-838, Palmer works for theBaxter Foundation to analyzemultiversal threats.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsDoctor Strange andDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Alternate universe variants of Palmer appeared in two projects: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?;[9] and the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Pearl Pangan (voiced byCathy Ang)[7] is the childhood crush and later classmate ofPeter Parker at Rockford T. Bales High School in an alternate universe.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the comic book seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man;[30] and the Disney+ animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
Jonathan Pangborn (portrayed byBenjamin Bratt) is a former Master of the Mystic Arts who was trained by the Ancient One but later chose to leaveKamar-Taj as he only wanted to heal his paralysis.Karl Mordo later drains him of his magic and his ability to walk, as Mordo claims that there are too many sorcerers.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmDoctor Strange.
Mr. Paradox (portrayed byMatthew Macfadyen) is aTime Variance Authority (TVA) agent who is overseeing a project to speed up the death of theEarth-10005 universe by using the "Time Ripper", a machine which can hasten the end of timelines. Paradox dislikes the method TVA imposes on dying timelines, viewing his Time Ripper as an act ofmercy killing, and hopes to prove himself with this act to become the leader of the TVA. After Deadpool and Wolverine destroy the Time Ripper, which also kills Cassandra Nova, Paradox is arrested by his superior Hunter B-15.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmDeadpool & Wolverine.[75]
May Parker (portrayed byMarisa Tomei) is Peter Parker's aunt andBen Parker's widow. She discovers that Peter is Spider-Man, unlike previous cinematic iterations, when she enters the room and sees him in the suit. She was one of the victims of the Blip in 2018, but she is brought back to life and shows up at Tony Stark's funeral in 2023. Following that, she starts datingHappy Hogan. When villains from different universes arrive in hers, May temporarily housesNorman Osborn at the F.E.A.S.T. shelter where she works before assisting Peter in bringing the remaining displaced villains to Hogan's apartment so they can be treated. May is fatally wounded by an inflicted stab wound from being impaled by Osborn's glider when Osborn's alternate personality, the Green Goblin takes control, persuades most of the other villains to reject their cures and stages an uprising inside Hogan's apartment. She gives the grieving Peter her parting advice, "With great power, there must also come great responsibility", before dying.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in five projects: the filmsCaptain America: Civil War (2016),Spider-Man: Homecoming,Avengers: Endgame (cameo),Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), andSpider-Man: No Way Home. An alternate universe variant of May (voiced byKari Wahlgren) appeared in two projects: the comic book seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man;[30] and the Disney+ animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.[31]
Karun Patel (portrayed byHarish Patel)[76] is the humanvalet ofEternalKingo.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmEternals.
Eugene Patilio (portrayed by Brandon Stanley),[77] also known asLeap-Frog, is the son of a rich GLK&H client who tries to become a crime fighter in a frog-themed costume.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Vincent Patilio (voiced byKellen Goff)[78] isOtto Octavius's assistant in an alternate universe.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
Phastos (portrayed byBrian Tyree Henry) is an Eternal and an intelligent cosmic-powered inventor who helps humanity progress technologically behind the scenes before abandoning them to live in exile following thebombing of Hiroshima. By 2024, he lives under the human alias of "Phil" with a husband and a 10-year-old son.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmEternals.[2]
Todd Phelps (portrayed byJon Bass), also known by his online username "HulkKing", is a billionaire and the founder and leader ofIntelligencia. He made plans to obtain She-Hulk's DNA through different minions. During the confrontation at a seminar hosted by Abomination, Phelps injected himself with the DNA and became a Hulk as Titania and Hulk also showed up. The transformation was undone when She-Hulk filed a complaint about it and her cousin's unexplained appearance toK.E.V.I.N. Todd and those involved are arrested as She-Hulk plans to see Todd in court.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
ColonelChester Phillips (portrayed byTommy Lee Jones) is one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D., along withPeggy Carter andHoward Stark.[79] He leads theStrategic Scientific Reserve during World War II and is initially skeptical ofAbraham Erskine's choice to administer theSuper Soldier Serum to Steve Rogers, but later has a change of heart after witnessing Rogers's heroic actions.[80]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmCaptain America: The First Avenger. An alternate universe variant of Phillips appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Phyla (portrayed byKai Zen) is a Star Child, a species genetically engineered by theHigh Evolutionary.[81] Phyla met theGuardians of the Galaxy and escaped her imprisonment, joining the new lineup of the Guardians, led byRocket Raccoon.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.[82]
Alexander Pierce (portrayed byRobert Redford) is the secretary of the World Security Council and the secret director of Hydra operating within S.H.I.E.L.D. He plans on using Project Insight to eliminate individuals that would oppose or threaten Hydra goals, those who are recognized as a threat to Hydra based onArnim Zola's algorithm. When Pierce learns thatNick Fury is investigating Project Insight's confidential files, he dispatches theWinter 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.
In 2023, the Avengers time travel to 2012, where Pierce attempts to take custody of Loki and the Tesseract away from Tony Stark and Thor following theBattle of New York.[83]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmCaptain America: The Winter Soldier. An alternate universe variant of Pierce appeared in one project: the filmAvengers: Endgame.
Pip the Troll (voiced byPatton Oswalt) is an ally and friend ofEros.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmEternals (mid-credits cameo).[84]
As of 2025,[update]Benjamin "Dex"Poindexter (portrayed byWilson Bethel), a psychopathic assassin and formerFBI agent known asBullseye who is a highly skilledmarksman capable of using almost any object as a lethal projectile, has appeared in two projects: the Marvel Television seriesDaredevil;[85] and the Disney+ seriesDaredevil: Born Again.[86] An alternate universe variant of Bullseye (portrayed by Curtis Small) appeared in one project: the filmDeadpool & Wolverine.[87][88]
Augustus "Pug" Pugliese (portrayed byJosh Segarra), is a member of the legal team at GLK&H, who works with Jennifer Walters and Nikki Ramos and is a loyal friend of theirs. He helps Walters in uncovering the mastermind behind the criminal organization, Intelligencia.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Dr.Henry "Hank" Pym (portrayed byMichael Douglas) is anentomologist andquantum physicist who created the formula for thePym Particle, asubatomic 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 originalAnt-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 by producingelectromagnetic waves that stimulate theolfactory nerve centers of the ants. During one of these classified missions in 1987, his wifeJanet van Dyne was lost within theQuantum Realm and presumed dead. Following the incident, Pym resigns from S.H.I.E.L.D. in 1989, after he suspects Howard Stark of attempting to replicate the Pym particle formula. Pym retires the Ant-Man suit and founds his own technology company inSan Francisco. In 2015, afterDarren Cross' takeover of the company, Pym subsequently recruits Scott Lang to take on the mantle of Ant-Man, with the assistance of his estranged daughterHope van Dyne. Together, they prevent Cross from selling the Yellowjacket technology to Hydra. In 2016, Pym inadvertently violates theSokovia Accords because of Lang's misuse of his technology, and becomes a fugitive along with Hope from theFBI. In 2018, with help from Lang and Hope, he subsequently succeeds in rescuing Janet from the Quantum Realm. However, shortly after, Pym, along with Janet and Hope, becomes a victim ofthe Blip. In 2023, Pym is restored to life and attendsTony Stark's funeral with Janet, Hope, and Lang. In 2026, he, Janet, Hope, Lang, andCassie Lang are accidentally transported to the Quantum Realm where they encounter and seemingly defeat and preventKang the Conqueror from escaping into themultiverse.
In analternate universe, Pym is working at Camp Lehigh, when vials of Pym particles are stolen from him by Steve Rogers. In anotheralternate universe, Pym dresses in theYellowjacket armor and murders prospective Avengers Tony Stark, Thor, Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, and Natasha Romanoff as revenge on Nick Fury for Hope's death. He is eventually arrested and taken to Asgard by Loki for killing Thor. Inanother alternate universe, Pym ventures into the Quantum Realm and is infected by Janet with a zombie virus that is subsequently spread across Earth when they return. Later in the battle for "Infinity Hulk", the zombified Pym is defeated by Peter Parker and Scott Lang, and sliced in half by Blade Knight. In another alternate universe, Pym, still serving as Ant-Man, is recruited by Howard Stark and Peggy Carter in 1988 to joina response team to address the threat posed byEgo and his sonPeter Quill. Sympathizing with him over his loss of his mother, Pym manages to speak with Quill and aids him in defeating Ego, before adopting him.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in four projects: the filmsAnt-Man (2015),Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018),Avengers: Endgame, andAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Alternate universe variants of Pym appeared in three projects: the filmAvengers: Endgame; and the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? andMarvel Zombies.[63][89]
Meredith Quill (portrayed byLaura Haddock) is the mother ofPeter Quill and the ex-lover ofEgo. She meets Ego, falls in love with him, and becomes pregnant with their son. She enjoys pop music, and gives Peter herwalkman, along with her mixtapes. She later dies of brain cancer, unaware that the tumor was caused by Ego.Jason Quill (portrayed byGregg Henry) is the father of Meredith and grandfather of Peter.
As of 2025,[update] these characters have appeared in three projects: the filmsGuardians of the Galaxy,Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, andGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Irani Rael (portrayed byGlenn Close), also known as theNova Prime, is the leader of theNova Corps. In 2014, she leads the Corps to victory with the help of the Guardians of the Galaxy when Ronan the Accuser attempts to destroy her home planet of Xandar with thePower Stone.
An alternate version of Rael appeared in the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? where she rescuedNebula following Ronan the Accuser's betrayal and murder of Thanos and Gamora. However, Rael betrayed Xandar to make a deal with Ronan, only to be defeated by Nebula, falling to her death following a failed attempt to kill Nebula and escape.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmGuardians of the Galaxy. An alternate universe variant of Rael (voiced by Julianne Grossman) appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
CaptainMaria Rambeau (portrayed byLashana Lynch) is a formerUnited States Air Force pilot and a single mother ofMonica Rambeau. She becomes Carol Danvers's best friend, who is presumed dead for six years after a plane accident. Maria is reunited with Danvers during the Kree-Skrull War and helps Danvers to remember her early life. Later, she helps foundS.W.O.R.D. and becomes its director until she dies of cancer in 2020.
In the alternate universe designated as Earth-838, Maria takes up the mantle ofCaptain Marvel instead of Danvers, serving as a member of the Illuminati until she is killed by Wanda Maximoff who dropped a statue on her after having her powers absorbed.
In another alternate universe, she adopted the mantle ofBinary after gaining superhuman powers, becoming an ally to themutant strike force known as theX-Men. She meetsMonica Rambeau, whom she never parented in her reality, as the X-Men member Beast recovers her following her displacement into their world, due to an averted incursion between it and Earth-616.[90]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsCaptain Marvel andThe Marvels. Alternate universe variants of Maria appeared in two projects: the filmsDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness andThe Marvels.[91]
CaptainMonica Rambeau (portrayed byAkira Akbar as a child and byTeyonah Parris as an adult) is the daughter ofMaria Rambeau. As a child in 1995, she is inspired byCarol Danvers and thinks highly of her. She also meets a family ofSkrulls, as well as theFlerken, Goose. She grows up to become an agent ofS.W.O.R.D., which was founded by her mother.
In 2018, she is a victim ofthe Blip. In 2023, she is restored to life and learns that her mother died three years earlier. She returns to work at S.W.O.R.D. and is tasked with investigating amissing-persons case in Westview,New Jersey. Upon arriving, she is sucked intoWanda Maximoff's alternate reality (the "Hex"), and remains there under the aliasGeraldine. However, when she remembers the real reality, she is promptly forced out by Maximoff. Outside, she continues to help S.W.O.R.D with the Westview investigation, but after she defends Maximoff several times, S.W.O.R.D's acting directorTyler Hayward kicks her off the investigation. She,Darcy Lewis, andJimmy Woo go rogue, and only she and Woo escape Maximoff's Hex expansion. After re-entering the Hex, her cells are rewritten and she gains superpowers, allowing her to absorb bullets and Maximoff's energy blasts. She then witnesses Maximoff fighting againstAgatha Harkness and claiming the mantle as thefabled Scarlet Witch. After the Hex is taken down, she befriends Maximoff and wishes her well when Maximoff leaves Westview. She then gets notified by a Skrull that a friend of her mother is seeking her out.
Rambeau goes to theS.A.B.E.R. space station and works with Fury. In 2026, she is sent to investigate a jump point anomaly and learns that Danvers is investigating another one. When she touches it, she gets transported to a barren planet and is attacked by Kree soldiers. She gets transported back to the station and she and Fury return to Earth toJersey City to meetKamala Khan at her parents' house. Rambeau is reunited with Danvers there and explains how she got powers before having to rescue Khan from the sky. Eventually, she and Khan are transported to Tarnax IV, where a group of Skrulls live. When Danvers arrives, they are attacked byDar-Benn and help the Skrulls onto Danvers's spaceship. Rambeau speaks with Danvers on the ship and the three try to work out their entanglement. They go to Aladna and meet the Prince, who is married to Danvers. Rambeau fights against Dar-Benn when she arrives and helps pilot the ship as they leave. On another planet, she and Danvers have a heartfelt conversation and return to the S.A.B.E.R. Space station to evacuate Fury and the agents. They then fight Dar-Ben again on her ship, in which she acquires both Quantum bands and tears a hole in the universe. Rambeau, powered up by Khan and Danvers, flies into the other universe and closes the tear before passing out. She awakes in theX-Mansion and meetsBinary, an alternate version of her mother, andBeast.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsCaptain Marvel andThe Marvels; and the Disney+ seriesWandaVision.[92] An alternate universe variant of Rambeau appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[93]
Ramonda (portrayed byAngela Bassett) is theQueen Mother of Wakanda, wife of T'Chaka, and mother of T'Challa and Shuri. She stands by her son's side asQueen mother when he becomes King of Wakanda, but is soon forced intoexile when N'Jadaka seemingly-defeats T'Challa in ritual combat and seizes the throne.[94] In 2018, she becomes theQueen regnant of Wakanda, and in 2023, she reunites with her children after they are restored to life. In 2024, her son dies of an illness and Ramonda is reinstated as Queen regnant of Wakanda. In 2025, Wakanda is attacked by the nation ofTalokan, their leaderNamor floods the throne room of the palace, and Ramonda drowns after savingRiri Williams from the water.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsBlack Panther,Avengers: Endgame (cameo), andBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever.[83] An alternate universe variant of Ramonda appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[9]: 2
Nikki Ramos (portrayed byGinger Gonzaga) is a paralegal working at GLK&H and the best friend of Jennifer Walters.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Piotr Rasputin (voiced byStefan Kapičić), also known asColossus, is a member of the X-Men fromEarth-10005 who has the mutant ability to transform his body into organic steel.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmDeadpool & Wolverine. Kapičić reprises his role from the 20th Century Fox filmsDeadpool andDeadpool 2.[95]
Razor Fist (portrayed byFlorian Munteanu) is a high-ranking Ten Rings agent with a steel blade for a hand. He is sent byWenwu to takeShang-Chi's pendant. Then he engages Shang-Chi when the Ten Rings targetXialing's pendant until Wenwu breaks up the resulting conflict. Razor Fist later accompanies him and Ten Rings on the assault onTa Lo. When theDweller-in-Darkness escapes his seal, Razor Fist orders the Ten Rings into working with the Ta Lo villagers to help battle the Dweller and his minions as he replaces his blade with one made of dragon scales. When Xialing takes over the Ten Rings and restructures it, Razor Fist retains his old position.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
JudgeRavonna Renslayer (portrayed byGugu Mbatha-Raw) is a former Minuteman for the Time Variance Authority (TVA) codenamedHunter A-23[96] who rose from the ranks to become a respected judge. She oversees the Loki "variant" investigation.[97]: 8 Prior to joining the TVA, she was avice-principal calledRebecca Tourminet inFremont, Ohio.[98]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesLoki.
Robert Reynolds (portrayed byLewis Pullman), also known asSentry, is a superpowered individual suffering fromamnesia who is believed to be stronger than all of theAvengers combined. He gained his powers fromValentina Allegra de Fontaine and the O.X.E. Group after volunteering for their experimentation due to having developed a drug addiction. Initially intending for him to replace the Avengers, his poor mental health leads him to develop analter ego known asVoid, causing everything to start being absorbed into a growing darkness until theThunderbolts talk him down and help him regain control.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmThunderbolts* (2025).[99] He will return in the filmAvengers: Doomsday.[26]
Franklin Richards (portrayed by Ada Scott)[100] is the superpowered newborn son ofReed Richards andSue Storm.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmThe Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025).
Dr.Reed Richards (portrayed byPedro Pascal), also known asMister Fantastic, is a highly intelligent scientist and the leader of theFantastic Four who can stretch any part of his body to great lengths.
OnEarth-838, Richards (portrayed byJohn Krasinski) is a member of the Fantastic Four and the Illuminati, having been dubbed "the smartest man alive" by his peers. The Illuminati seek to pass judgment onEarth-616's Stephen Strange andAmerica Chavez for their roles in the possible destruction of the multiverse. However, Richards is killed by Wanda Maximoff via shredding after Maximoff coldly muses that someone will be left alive to raise his children.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the comic bookFantastic Four: First Steps (2025);[101] and the filmThe Fantastic Four: First Steps.[102] He will return in the filmsAvengers: Doomsday andAvengers: Secret Wars (2027).[103] An alternate universe variant of Richards appeared in one project: the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.[104]
Rintrah (voiced by Adam Hugill) is aminotaur-like being fromR'Vaal who is a student atKamar-Taj.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. An alternate universe variant of Rintrah appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesMarvel Zombies.
William Ginter Riva (portrayed byPeter Billingsley) is a former Stark Industries employee who is ordered byObadiah Stane to replicate Tony Stark's arc reactor. Years later, in 2024, he joinsQuentin Beck's crew to wreak havoc across Europe, helping him masquerade as a superhero named Mysterio, and controlling his drones. Following Mysterio's death, he leaks the identity of Spider-Man toJ. Jonah Jameson, and uploads a copy of Mysterio's software onto a flash drive.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsIron Man (2008) andSpider-Man: Far From Home.[105]
Parker Robbins (portrayed byAnthony Ramos), also known asThe Hood, is aChicago criminal and gang leader who dons a cloak that allows him to tap into dark arts and magic.
In analternate universe set in the 1870s, Robbins was the leader of a criminal organization that kidnapped and enslavedChinese immigrants in America before being killed byXu Xialing, who took control of his organization.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesIronheart.[106] An alternate universe variant of Robbins appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Jack Rollins (portrayed byCallan Mulvey) is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent secretly working for Hydra. In 2014, he was a member of the S.T.R.I.K.E. team and served as Rumlow's second-in-command and later revealed as one of the sleeper Hydra agent, participating in the uprising. In 2023, the Avengers time travel to 2012, where Rollins and Hydra agents attempt to obtain Loki's scepter, but are tricked by the present time Rogers into giving it to him instead.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmCaptain America: The Winter Soldier. Alternate universe variants of Rollins appeared in two projects: the filmAvengers: Endgame; and the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Ronan the Accuser (portrayed byLee Pace) is aKree fanatic whose family was killed in the Kree-Nova War. In the 1990s, Ronan actively leads the Accusers in the Kree-Skrull war. Working together with the Kree Starforce, he attempts to launch a missile strike on Earth to eliminate the Skrulls present on the planet, but is thwarted and chased off byCarol Danvers. In 2014, Ronan is hired by Thanos to acquire thePower Stone, with the assistance ofNebula, 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 theGuardians of the Galaxy ending in his own death when the Guardians use the Power Stone to vaporize Ronan.
An alternate version of Ronan appears in the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? where he betrays and killed Thanos and Gamora before laying siege to Xandar which is sealed off with an impenetrable planetary shield. Five years later, Irani Rael made a deal with Ronan to surrender Xandar to him in exchange for being allowed to continue ruling it, but she is foiled by Thanos's surviving adopted daughter Nebula. Ronan's ship is caught in the closing planetary shield in the process and destroyed, killing him and ending Ronan's reign of terror.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsGuardians of the Galaxy andCaptain Marvel. An alternate universe variant of Ronan appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Dr.Elizabeth "Betty" Ross (portrayed byLiv Tyler) is the first love interest ofBruce Banner and the daughter ofThaddeus Ross. She is a cellular biologist at Culver University who, along with Bruce, were recruited by the U.S. Army on top secret bio-tech force enhancement research that would go on to turn Banner into the Hulk. When Bruce resurfaced into her life and on the run, Betty helped him avoid the authorities. She later visits her father at the Raft when he is imprisoned after destroying theWhite House as a Red Hulk.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsThe Incredible Hulk (2008) andCaptain America: Brave New World (2025). An alternate universe variant of Betty (voiced by Stephanie Panisello) appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[107][108]
Everett K. Ross (portrayed byMartin Freeman) is aCIA operative. In 2016, he is tasked with regulating members of the Avengers and later tracking down Ulysses Klaue, where he takes a bullet for Nakia and is taken toWakanda for treatment. After healing, he helps preventvibranium weapons from being taken out of Wakanda as planned by Erik Killmonger. In 2025, he secretly collaborates with Shuri and Okoye in spite of their country's ongoing political conflict with the U.S., which leads to his arrest by his ex-wife and now boss, de Fontaine, but Okoye frees him. In 2026, he is captured bySkrulls and held captive in Russia, but is freed byG'iah.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in four projects: the filmsCaptain America: Civil War,Black Panther, andBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever; and the Disney+ seriesSecret Invasion.
Brock Rumlow (portrayed byFrank Grillo) is the commander of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s counter-terrorism S.T.R.I.K.E. team who is revealed to be a double-agent forHydra. In 2014, Rumlow and his unit are tasked with huntingSteve Rogers when he refuses to disclose S.H.I.E.L.D. information to SecretaryAlexander Pierce. After being exposed by Rogers as a Hydra operative, Rumlow comes into conflict withSharon Carter andSam Wilson in theTriskelion until aHelicarrier crashes into it, leaving him with severe burns and facial scars. Rumlow abandons Hydra upon recovering and begins operating as the masked mercenaryCrossbones. In 2016, he leads a group of other mercenaries in stealing a biological weapon from an institute for infectious diseases inLagos, Nigeria. The Avengers intervene and Rumlow is defeated by Rogers. In a final attempt to kill Rogers, Rumlow detonates a bomb butWanda Maximoff contains the blast and levitates it and Rumlow into a nearby building, killing him and dozens of Wakandan humanitarian workers.
In analternate universe, Rumlow and his S.T.R.I.K.E. team attempt to secureLoki's scepter following the Battle of New York in 2012, but are tricked by the version of Rogers from the main universe into giving it to him instead.[109] In an alternate universe wherePeggy Carter became Captain Carter, Rumlow and his S.T.R.I.K.E. team join a mission to theLemurian Star where the Hydra Stomper armor is found. They later protect Secretary of StateBucky Barnes from an assassination attempt by the brainwashedSteve Rogers. This Rumlow does not appear to be a Hydra agent as the organization had been destroyed by Steve and Bucky in 1953, and he instead genuinely works for S.H.I.E.L.D. In an alternate universe where Thor is anonly child, Rumlow appeared with S.H.I.E.L.D. to deal with the party that is spreading all over Earth. He also complained about never releasing a nuke to deal with Thor. In an alternate universe where the Emergence destroyed Earth, he appears as one of the survivors and members of a resistance movement againstQuentin Beck's regime. In an alternate universe observed by the Watcher, Crossbones is a pirate.[110]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsCaptain America: The Winter Soldier andCaptain America: Civil War. Alternate universe variants of Rumlow appeared in two projects: the filmAvengers: Endgame; and the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[111]
Jack Russell (portrayed byGael García Bernal), also known asWerewolf by Night, is a monster hunter of Mexican ancestry who has been afflicted with a curse that turns him into awerewolf.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ specialWerewolf by Night (2022).[112]
Rusty (portrayed byLewis Tan), also known asShatterstar, is a mutant alien fromEarth-10005 who is a friend of Wade Wilson and a former X-Force member.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmDeadpool & Wolverine. Tan reprises his role from the 20th Century Fox filmDeadpool 2.
Garthan Saal (portrayed byPeter Serafinowicz) is a highly respected member of the Nova Corps that held the rank of Denarian. He was killed during the Battle of Xandar, bravely attempting to keep Ronan the Accuser from destroying the entire planet.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmGuardians of the Galaxy. An alternate universe variant of Saal appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Sara (portrayed bySheila Atim) is aMaster of the Mystic Arts.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. An alternate universe variant of Sara appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesMarvel Zombies.
Eric Savin (portrayed byJames Badge Dale) is a formerLieutenant Colonel andAldrich Killian's right-hand man who undergoes theExtremis treatment to enhance his combat skills and give himself various fire-based powers as well as a regenerative healing factor. He turns Jack Taggart into a human bomb as part of a terrorist attack, injuringHappy Hogan in the process. Savin then leads an assault onTony Stark's mansion and later accompaniesEllen Brandt toTennessee to recover evidence involving Extremis, though Stark is able to survive both times. AfterJames Rhodes's capture, Savin poses as theIron Patriot to boardAir Force One to kidnapPresidentMatthew Ellis. While he succeeds in this task, Iron Man kills Savin before he can escape.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmIron Man 3 (2013).
Johann Schmidt (portrayed initially byHugo Weaving and subsequently byRoss Marquand), also known as theRed Skull, is the head of Hydra, theNazi science division during World War II. Schmidt plans global dominance under his rule by finding the Tesseract and using it as a weapon against the world, including to overthrowAdolf Hitler. He is revealed to have subjected himself to an early version of Erskine's super-soldier formula that had permanently disfigured his face.[113] After being foiled bySteve Rogers, Schmidt is transported to the planetVormir by the Tesseract, where he is cursed in a purgatory state to serve as theStonekeeper and a guide to those seeking theSoul Stone.[114][115] In 2018, he is met byThanos andGamora, and witnesses Thanos sacrificing Gamora to get the Stone. Following this, he gets freed from the curse and leaves Vormir.
In analternate universe, he meets another universe'sNatasha Romanoff andClint Barton during their quest for the Soul Stone.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsCaptain America: The First Avenger,Avengers: Infinity War, andAvengers: Endgame. Alternate universe variants of Schmidt appeared in two projects: the filmAvengers: Endgame; and the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[116]
Herman Schultz (portrayed byBokeem Woodbine),[117][118] also known as theShocker, is a former salvage worker and professional criminal. When Jackson Brice is killed, Schultz assumes the Shocker mantle and gauntlet before tracking down a weapon retrieved by Spider-Man and assisting in a weapons deal aboard theStaten Island Ferry. The deal is ambushed by the FBI and Spider-Man, though Schultz and Toomes manage to escape. When the crew pulls their final heist on a cargo plane transporting weapons from the Avengers, Schultz is tasked with stopping Spider-Man from intervening; the former initially overpowers the web-slinger until he is distracted byNed Leeds, allowing Spider-Man to web Schultz onto a bus. In adeleted scene, students find Schultz still webbed and take photos with him before he is eventually turned over to the authorities.[119]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmSpider-Man: Homecoming.
Nicholas Scratch (portrayed by Abel Lysenko)[120] is the son ofAgatha Harkness. Born in the 1750s, he is fated to die at birth. Nicholas survives infancy due to a bargain Agatha strikes withDeath. Agatha spends the next six years raising Nicholas while killing witches, which he grows to oppose. Together, they create a children's song that would eventually becomethe Ballad of the Witches' Road. Eventually, Nicholas grows sick and Death takes him, devastating Agatha.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesAgatha All Along.
Sersi (portrayed byGemma Chan) is an Eternal with an affinity for humankind who is very empathetic and has the ability to manipulate matter. She has been in love withIkaris for centuries and poses as a museum curator on Earth. She becomes the new leader of the Eternals followingAjak's death. Sersi is Chan's second role in the MCU, after portrayingMinn-Erva in the filmCaptain Marvel.[2]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmEternals.[2] An alternate universe variant of Sersi appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? (non-speaking cameo).[42]
Shalla-Bal (portrayed byJulia Garner), also known as theSilver Surfer, is an alien from the utopian planetZenn-La who agreed to becomeGalactus's metallic-skinned herald in exchange for him sparing her planet. She travels through space on asurfboard-like craft in search of planets for Galactus to feed on.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmThe Fantastic Four: First Steps.[121]
Alexei Shostakov (portrayed byDavid Harbour), also known as theRed Guardian, is the Russian super-soldier counterpart to Captain America and the father figure of Natasha Romanoff andYelena Belova.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsBlack Widow andThunderbolts*.[122] He will return in the filmAvengers: Doomsday.[26] Alternate universe variants of Shostakov appeared in three projects: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? andMarvel Zombies;[123][124] and themixed reality experienceWhat If...? – An Immersive Story (2024) (voiced byDavid Lodge).[125][126]
LadySif (portrayed byJaimie Alexander) is the leading female warrior of Asgard based onSif of Norse mythology, and Thor's childhood friend and trusted ally.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in five projects: the filmsThor (2011),Thor: The Dark World, andThor: Love and Thunder; the Marvel Television seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; and the Disney+ seriesLoki (cameo).[127][128][129] Alternate universe variants of Sif appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[9]
Jasper Sitwell (portrayed byMaximiliano Hernández) is aHydra sleeper agent who posed as aS.H.I.E.L.D. agent. In 2014, he discloses Hydra's information toSteve Rogers,Natasha Romanoff, andSam Wilson, and for his betrayal, is subsequently killed byBucky Barnes.[130][131][132][133]
In analternate universe, Sitwell and the other agents are tricked into givingLoki's scepter to another universe's Rogers.[115][134]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in six projects: the filmsThor,The Avengers, andCaptain America: The Winter Soldier; theMarvel One-ShotsThe Consultant (2011) andItem 47 (2012);[135] and the Marvel Television seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. An alternate universe variant of Sitwell appeared in one project: the filmAvengers: Endgame.
Skaar (portrayed by Wil Deusner) is the son ofBruce Banner fromSakaar who also inherited his Hulk powers.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Skurge (portrayed byKarl Urban) served as Loki's chosen successor toHeimdall as gatekeeper of theBifrost. He is later promoted to the position ofExecutioner upon Hela's return to Asgard. Skurge is portrayed in a mostly comedic, subservient if not absent-minded fashion. Upon realizing the fate of Asgard, he changes allegiance and ultimately sacrifices himself while assisting Thor in evacuating the people of Asgard during the battle against Hela duringRagnarok, using his two M-16 rifles to hold off her army.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmThor: Ragnarok. An alternate variant of Skurge appeared in the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[136]
Slug (portrayed byShea Couleé) is a hacker fromMadripoor and member ofParker Robbins's gang. Slug is a formerdrag queen who wants to redistribute wealth from the privileged to the Chicago community.[137]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesIronheart.
Dmitri Smerdyakov (voiced byRoger Craig Smith),[7] also known asChameleon, is a Russian criminal in an alternate universe who wears a mask to hide his identity.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.[138]
Soren (portrayed bySharon Blynn inCaptain Marvel andSpider-Man: Far From Home, and Charlotte Baker inSecret Invasion) is a Skrull and the wife ofTalos. She is an original character in the MCU. The couple have a daughter named G'iah (portrayed by Harriet L. Ophuls and Auden L. Ophuls). In 1995, she and other Skrull refugees are reunited with Talos. They are offered help fromCarol Danvers in finding a home in space. However, with no luck, they return to Earth and Soren agrees to joinNick Fury's crew. In 2024, she disguises herself asMaria Hill with Talos as Fury while they helpSpider-Man and Mysterio with theElementals until discovering Mysterio's fraudulent nature. By 2026, it is revealed that she was killed byGravik.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsCaptain Marvel andSpider-Man: Far From Home; and the Disney+ seriesSecret Invasion (flashback).
Marc Spector's family play an important role in his life. His parents areWendy andElias Spector (portrayed byFernanda Andrade and Rey Lucas respectively), and his young brother isRandall (portrayed by Claudio Fabian Contreras). Randall died in a flooded cave that he and his older brotherMarc found. Consumed by the loss of Randall, Wendy blamed Marc for Randall's death, which caused her to become abusive towards Marc, who consequently developeddissociative identity disorder and createdSteven Grant to protect himself from her. Elias forgave Marc for what happened to Randall and tries to reason with Wendy to no avail. At some point when Marc was a teenager, he started to leave home. Elias tried to get him to change his mind while claiming that he can get help for Wendy. By the time Marc was an adult, Wendy had died and Elias can only get a glimpse of Marc during her week-long memorial.
As of 2025,[update] these characters have appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesMoon Knight.
Sprite (portrayed byLia McHugh)[2] is an Eternal who can project life-like illusions. She is in apermanent child-like state, appearing as a young girl despite being thousands of years old. Sprite often uses her illusionary powers to disguise herself as an adult woman named "Sandra" (portrayed byHannah Dodd).[139] In 2024, fellow EternalSersi uses the remaining energy of theUni-Mind to turn Sprite into a human, ending her permanent child-like state and being able to grow old.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmEternals.
Obadiah Stane (portrayed byJeff Bridges), also known asIron Monger,[140] is Tony Stark's mentor after the death of Tony's father, Howard. Stane secretly seeks control of Stark Industries, being revealed that he hired terrorists to assassinate Stark 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 obtaining Stark's first prototype and its schematic. Stane is subsequently killed in a confrontation against Stark.[131][133]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmIron Man. Alternate universe variants of Stane (voiced byKiff VandenHeuvel) appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Ezekiel "Zeke"Stane (portrayed byAlden Ehrenreich) is a tech ethicist and black market arms dealer who is the son ofObadiah Stane. He took on the aliasJoe McGillicuddy after his father's death.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesIronheart.[141]
Zelma Stanton (portrayed by Regan Aliyah)[137] is a friend ofRiri Williams who practices the mystic arts.[142]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesIronheart.
Howard Stark (portrayed byJohn Slattery as an elderly man andDominic Cooper as a young man) is the founder of Stark Industries, one of the founding members of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the father of Tony Stark. Howard is involved with Steve Rogers's transformation into Captain America during World War II, as well as the creation of Rogers's trademark vibranium shield. Along with Peggy Carter and his assistantEdwin Jarvis, he is instrumental in crushing the rise of the Russian terrorist organization Leviathan. In 1991, he and his wife Maria are assassinated by the brainwashed Winter Soldier under Vasily Karpov's mind control.[143]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in seven projects: the filmsIron Man,Iron Man 2 (2010),Captain America: The First Avenger,Ant-Man andCaptain America: Civil War; the Marvel One-ShotAgent Carter (2013); and the Marvel Television seriesAgent Carter (2015–2016). Alternate universe variants of Howard appeared in two projects: the filmAvengers: Endgame; and the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[63]
Maria Stark (portrayed byHope Davis) is Tony Stark's mother and Howard Stark's wife. She was assassinated along with her husband by the brainwashed Winter Soldier under Vasily Karpov's mind control, making it appear as an accidental car crash.Morgan Stark (portrayed by Lexi Rabe) is the four-year-old daughter of Tony Stark and Pepper Potts. Born after Thanos's universal genocide, she grows up during the five-year Blip period with half the world's population having been wiped out of existence. In a deleted scene, a grown-up Morgan (portrayed byKatherine Langford) has a conversation with her father in theSoul World after he sacrifices himself to save the universe by using the Infinity Stones to defeat Thanos.
As of 2025,[update] each character has appeared in one project: Maria in the filmCaptain America: Civil War and Morgan in the filmAvengers: Endgame.
Ava Starr (portrayed byHannah John-Kamen as an adult, RaeLynn Bratten as a child), a reimagining of the comic book characterGhost, is a woman with invisibility and intangibility powers.[144][145][146] In her childhood, Starr was caught in an accident in her father's laboratory. The ensuing explosion killed both of her parents, while Starr gained the ability to become intangible since her body was left in a constant state of "molecular disequilibrium". She is recruited by scientistBill Foster into S.H.I.E.L.D., where she is trained and given a containment suit to better control her powers. Starr agrees to work for the organization as an assassin and spy under the codenameGhost 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 goes 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. Ultimately, Janet willingly uses some of her energy to partially stabilize Starr's condition, and she departs with Foster as Janet's group vows to collect more energy for her. Starr later becomes a mercenary for Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, and eventually teams up with Yelena Belova and John Walker once a mission where they were sent to kill each other makes them realize Valentina is trying to get rid of them.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsAnt-Man and the Wasp andThunderbolts*.[122] She will return in the filmAvengers: Doomsday.[26] An alternate universe variant of Starr appears in the Disney+ animated seriesMarvel Zombies.[124]
Elihas Starr (portrayed byMichael Cerveris) and his wifeCatherine (portrayed byRiann Steele) areAva Starr's parents. They died during the experiment that gave Ava her powers.
As of 2025,[update] these characters have appeared in one project: the filmAnt-Man and the Wasp.
SenatorStern (portrayed byGarry Shandling) is an original character in the MCU, named afterHoward Stern according toIron Man 2 directorJon Favreau.[147] He is aUnited States senator who wantsTony Stark's armor to be handed to theU.S. government. He harbors a strong dislike forStark, even after handing him and James Rhodes theMedal of Honor. He is later revealed to be affiliated withHydra and later arrested by theFederal Bureau of Investigation for his collusion therewith.[148]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsIron Man 2 andCaptain America: The Winter Soldier.
Dr.Samuel Sterns (portrayed byTim Blake Nelson) is a gifted biologist who tries to cure Bruce Banner under the alias "Mr. Blue". After replicating Banner's blood, he then is forced to use it on Emil Blonsky. When Blonsky is transformed into the Abomination, Sterns's lab is destroyed and part of the Hulk's blood drops into an open wound on Sterns's head, with his skull mutating as he grins maniacally. Following the Harlem incident, Thaddeus Ross has Sterns imprisoned at Camp Echo One, and publicly blames him for the Abomination's actions. Instead of having the gamma radiation removed from Sterns' system, Ross has the dosage increased, granting the scientist superintelligence. Ross promises to release Sterns if he helps advance him to the presidency. During that time, Sterns developed gamma radiation pills to prolong Ross' life after the latter becomes diagnosed withheart failure, but Ross refuses to release Sterns for fear that he would no longer make the pills. Sterns then takes revenge on Ross by increasing the doses of gamma radiation in the pills to eventually turn Ross into a Hulk. After Ross is elected to the presidency, Sterns orchestrates several attacks on his administration in a covert effort to destroy his legacy. After his operations are stopped by Sam Wilson and Joaquin Torres, he voluntarily locates Wilson to surrenders himself, leading to an imprisonment inthe Raft.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsThe Incredible Hulk andCaptain America: Brave New World.[149] Outside of the films, he is mentioned in the MCU tie-in comicFury's Big Week, which reveals him to be insane and imprisoned byS.H.I.E.L.D.[150]
Jonathan "Johnny"Storm (portrayed byJoseph Quinn), also known as theHuman Torch, is a member of theFantastic Four who cancontrol fire and fly.
A variant of Storm (portrayed byChris Evans) is part of the rebellion of variants that fight againstCassandra Nova in the Void. He welcomesDeadpool andWolverine to the Void when they first arrive but is defeated byPyro who takes away his flames. He is captured by Nova's henchmen and taken to their hideout where she kills him by stripping away his skin and muscles, after Deadpool reveals how Storm insulted Nova behind her back.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the comic bookFantastic Four: First Steps;[101] and the filmThe Fantastic Four: First Steps.[151] He will return in the filmsAvengers: Doomsday andAvengers: Secret Wars.[103] An alternate universe variant of Johnny appeared in one project: the filmDeadpool & Wolverine. Evans reprises his role from the 20th Century Fox filmsFantastic Four (2005) andFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).[152]
Susan "Sue"Storm (portrayed byVanessa Kirby), also known as theInvisible Woman, is a member of the Fantastic Four who can generate force fields and turn herself and others invisible.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the comic bookFantastic Four: First Steps;[101] and the filmThe Fantastic Four: First Steps.[102] She will return in the filmsAvengers: Doomsday andAvengers: Secret Wars.[103]
BaronWolfgang von Strucker (portrayed byThomas Kretschmann as an adult and by Joey Defore as a teenager) is a high-ranking Hydra leader who specializes inhuman experimentation. Strucker supervised the successful experimentation on the twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, where they acquired powers from the Mind Stone within Loki's scepter. Captured by the Avengers in Sokovia and taken under the custody ofNATO, Strucker is later killed by Ultron in his cell to serve as a message to the Avengers.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsCaptain America: The Winter Soldier (mid-credits cameo) andAvengers: Age of Ultron;[153] and the Marvel Television seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TheSupreme Intelligence (portrayed byAnnette Bening) is anartificial intelligence that is the ruler of theKree.[154] The Supreme Intelligence takes the physical form of the individual most respected by whoever is speaking to it when the person is hooked up to it. ToVers, it takes the form of Dr.Wendy Lawson (also portrayed by Bening), though Vers was initially unaware of who Lawson is due to heramnesia.[155] A deleted scene fromCaptain Marvel had the Supreme Intelligence assuming the form ofYon-Rogg (portrayed byJude Law) when chastising him, reflecting hisego.[156] In 1995, the Supreme Intelligence sends Vers on a mission to Torfa to extract an undercover Kree operative, but the mission backfires and Vers is captured by aSkrull faction led byTalos. After Vers regains her memories and learns her true identity, she fights the Supreme Intelligence before defeating theStarforce.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsCaptain Marvel andThe Marvels (non-speaking cameo).
Surtur (motion-captured byTaika Waititi and voiced byClancy Brown) is a Fire Demon, lord of Muspelheim, and a significant figure in the prophecy of Ragnarok as the one who would initiate the fall of Asgard. He imprisons Thor in his lair in Muspelheim and reveals that Odin is not on Asgard. Surtur plans to unite his crown with the Eternal Flame so that he can cause Ragnarok, though Thor manages to defeat him and escape with his crown. During his battle with Hela however, Thor realizes causing Ragnarok is the only way he can defeat her, so he tasks Loki with resurrecting Surtur with the Eternal Flame, allowing Surtur to succeed in his plans and kill Hela while Thor, Loki, and the Asgardians escape.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmThor: Ragnarok. Alternate universe variants of Surtur appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[9]
Talos (portrayed byBen Mendelsohn) is a Skrull who is initially believed to be a terrorist and comes into conflict withCarol Danvers andNick Fury, while disguised as agentR. Keller. However, 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. When Danvers struggles to locate a new home world for the Skrulls, Fury allows Talos and a faction of Skrulls to live on Earth, blend in with humanity, and assist him in protecting the planet while he continues looking for a permanent home for them.
In 2018, Talos survivesthe Blip and learns that the Skrulls are still being hunted across the universe by enemy forces. With no other options, Talos allows a million surviving Skrulls to move onto Earth for the meantime.
In 2024, following the resurrection of the Blip victims, he assumes Fury's role on Earth while Fury works in space and alongside his wife Soren (who assumesMaria Hill's role) assistsSpider-Man and Mysterio in Europe in fighting the Elementals, eventually discovering the latter's fraudulence and his fabrication of the creatures.
In 2026, Talos is kicked off the Skrulls' governmental council and replaced by the radicalized Gravik, who kills Soren and recruits an unaware G'iah to his cause, planning to trick humanity into waging war on each other so that Skrulls can conquer Earth as revenge for Fury's broken promises. Talos contacts Hill and Fury to help him stop Gravik and find a way for humans and Skrulls to peacefully coexist on Earth. Talos works with them to try to prevent a bombing in Russia, however they are unable to stop it and Hill is killed by Gravik. He and Fury continue to work together and prevent an attack on aUnited Nations plane and save U.S. President Ritson from an assassination attempt. However, Talos is killed by Gravik, who disguised himself as an ally soldier.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsCaptain Marvel andSpider-Man: Far From Home; and the Disney+ seriesSecret Invasion.
Taserface (portrayed byChris Sullivan) was a Ravager mercenary and a lieutenant in Yondu Udonta's Ravager Clan. He is depicted as being proud of his name as he believes it strikes fear into the hearts of his enemies. However,Rocket and the other Ravagers scoff at the ridiculousness of his name. Following Yondu's exile by Stakar Ogord, Taserface leads a mutiny against Yondu, feeling that he is "going soft", and kills anyone still loyal to him. After Kraglin aids Yondu, Rocket, andGroot in escaping from their prison cells, Yondu kills the remaining Ravagers and destroys the main engine, causing the Ravager ship to explode. While the heroes eject from the main ship in a smaller escape ship, Taserface contacts theSovereign to give them Yondu's coordinates before dying in the explosion.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Alternate universe variants of Taserface appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[9]: 2
Taweret (voiced and motion-captured by Antonia Salib) is thehippopotamus-headed Egyptian goddess of childbirth and fertility. She helps guideMarc Spector and Steven Grant through theDuat.Layla El-Faouly temporarily becomes Taweret's avatar to help Spector and Grant in fightingArthur Harrow. She is based on theEgyptian goddess of the same name.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesMoon Knight.
Leila Taylor (portrayed byXosha Roquemore) is aSecret Service agent working for President Ross who has a history with Wilson. Taylor is a romantic interest for Wilson in the comics, but the film does not indicate any romantic interest between the characters.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmCaptain America: Brave New World.
T'Chaka (portrayed byJohn Kani as an elderly man andAtandwa Kani as a young man) is the former King of Wakanda. In 1992, 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 confronts N'Jobu and when N'Jobu attacked, T'Chaka kills him in defense ofZuri, who was acting as a spy. Distressed at this act and concerned about maintaining Wakanda's security above all else, T'Chaka chooses to promptly return to his nation and leaves his nephew, N'Jadaka, abandoned as a child orphan. In 2016, during a meeting ratifying the Sokovian Accords at the Vienna International Center, T'Chaka is killed by an explosion. The Winter Soldier is originally believed to be behind the attack, but it is later discovered that he was framed byHelmut Zemo.[157] Following this, T'Challa later learns the truth about N'Jobu and the resulting cover-up by his late father. While visiting the ancestor lands, T'Challa tells T'Chaka and the previous Black Panthers before him that he will lead Wakanda in a manner differently to them for the purpose of correcting his father's past mistakes.[158]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsCaptain America: Civil War andBlack Panther. Alternate universe variants of T'Chaka appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[9]: 2
PrinceT'Challa II (portrayed by Divine Love Konadu-Sun), legally known asToussaint, is the son ofNakia and the late KingT'Challa of Wakanda.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Ted (motion-captured by Carey Jones, vocal effects provided byJeffrey Ford), also known asMan-Thing, is aswamp monster and friend ofJack Russell who was captured by the Bloodstone family for their hunt. He was rescued by Jack Russell when he became Werewolf by Night.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ specialWerewolf by Night.[159][160]
Thena (portrayed byAngelina Jolie) is a fierce warrior Eternal who can form any weapon out of cosmic energy. Because of herMahd Wy'ry "illness",Gilgamesh becomes her guardian over the centuries.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmEternals.[2]
Eugene "Flash" Thompson (portrayed byTony Revolori) is a student at the Midtown School of Science and Technology. He is generally depicted as a school bully who often tormentsPeter Parker but admires Spider-Man, unaware that the two are the same person. In 2018, he is a victim ofthe Blip. In 2023, he is revived to life. In 2024, he attends a 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.[161] Shortly after the trip, he learns Parker is Spider-Man whenQuentin Beck reveals it to the world and is among his supporters after Parker is incriminated for Beck's murder, seemingly having written a book called "Flashpoint" describing his and Parker's "friendship". He is soon admitted intoMIT and later directs Parker to an MIT administrator so the latter can help getNed Leeds andMichelle Jones a second chance in.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in four projects: the filmsSpider-Man: Homecoming,Spider-Man: Far From Home, andSpider-Man: No Way Home; and the web seriesThe Daily Bugle (2019–2022).[162]
Taneleer Tivan (portrayed byBenicio del Toro), also known as theCollector, is the renowned keeper of the largest collection of interstellar fauna, relics and species in the galaxy, operating from the Knowhere port installation. He is theGrandmaster's brother. In 2013,Sif andVolstagg bring theReality Stone to Tivan for safekeeping, citing the foolishness of storing both the Reality Stone and the Space Stone in the same place. In 2014, he meets theGuardians of the Galaxy and is nearly able to obtain the Power Stone. In 2018, he is confronted byThanos, who takes the Reality Stone and destroys his collection. By 2025, Tivan sells the damaged Knowhere to the Guardians of the Galaxy.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsThor: The Dark World (mid-credits cameo),Guardians of the Galaxy, andAvengers: Infinity War. Alternate universe variants of Tivan appeared in two projects: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?;[9] and the mixed reality experienceWhat If...? – An Immersive Story (voiced by Stephen Alcalá).[126][125]
Adrian Toomes (portrayed byMichael Keaton), also known as theVulture, is the former owner of Bestman Salvage. In 2012, 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, which results in Toomes's company being 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. He is also the father ofLiz. Toomes's flight suit is equipped with turbine-powered wings, claw-like wingtips, and boot-mounted talons.
In 2016, he comes into conflict with Spider-Man and, after deducing his secret identity as Peter Parker, Toomes threatens him with retaliation unless he stops interfering. However, Parker thwarts Toomes's 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 byMac Gargan, who wants to confirm whether he knows Spider-Man's identity, which Toomes falsely denies.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmSpider-Man: Homecoming. Keaton reprises his role in theSony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) filmMorbius (2022) (mid-credits cameo).[163]
Topaz (portrayed byRachel House) is the Grandmaster's personal bodyguard and head of the Sakaaran Guards who had assisted him in overlooking the prisoners involved with the Contest of Champions. When a riot had broken out involving several former prisoners, as well as Thor and Valkyrie, Topaz led her soldiers in fighting back, only to eventually lose her life while chasing Bruce Banner.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmThor: Ragnarok. An alternate universe variant of Topaz appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Joaquin Torres (portrayed byDanny Ramirez), also known as theFalcon, is a member of the U.S. Air Force and best friends withSam Wilson. Born inMexico and raised inMiami,Florida since the age of six.[164] He survivedthe Blip and tells Wilson of the five years he missed. He informs him of the terrorist Flag Smashers and provides intel on them, as well as meeting Wilson's other friend,Bucky Barnes. He is passed on theEXO-7 Falcon wingsuit and mantle by Wilson, when the latter takes on the mantle of Captain America.
Wilson and Torres successfully intercept an illegal sale ofadamantium inOaxaca,Mexico. As a reward, Wilson introduces Torres toIsaiah Bradley. AfterPresidentThaddeus Ross is attacked at theWhite House, Wilson and Torres investigate a hidden site in West Virginia called Camp Echo One. Later on they discover thatSamuel Sterns used mind control on Bradley to attack Ross. AtCelestial Island on theIndian Ocean, Wilson and Torres stop two rogue pilots from attacking the Japanese fleet to prevent a war between Japan and the U.S. Although successful, Torres is injured. While recovering, Torres is asked by Wilson to join the Avengers.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the Disney+ seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier; and the filmCaptain America: Brave New World.[165][166][167] He will return in the filmAvengers: Doomsday.[26]
Yondu Udonta (portrayed byMichael Rooker) is the adoptive father of Peter Quill and a leader of the Ravagers. Yondu had been hired to kidnap a young Quill from Earth after the death of Quill's mother and return him to his birth father, Ego. Yondu decided Quill would better serve his own needs in thievery, so he 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 helps Quill and the Guardians of the Galaxy on Xandar against Ronan, and months later, sacrifices himself to save Quill from Ego.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in four projects: the filmsGuardians of the Galaxy,Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, andGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (cameo); and the Disney+ specialThe Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. Alternate universe variants of Yondu appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[63]
Ultron (portrayed byJames 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 agod complex and a strong misanthropy, deciding to protect the Earth by eradicating humanity, considering them a harmful threat for the Earth.[168] Stark and Banner's research on the Mind Stone are the groundwork for Ultron's genesis, along with Stark's belief that Ultron would be the Avengers solution to maintaining "peace in our time." Once born, Ultron, however, being activated and infected by the Mind Stone, 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 anextinction-level event in Sokovia to ensure the people of Earth have the will to evolve.[168] 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. He also possesses the ability to manifest himself within Stark's Iron Legion droids and the Ultron Sentries he constructs soon after. He is ultimately defeated by the Avengers and destroyed byVision, whom he intended to be his final prime body.
Inan alternate universe, Ultron (voiced byRoss Marquand) transfers his A.I. into the not-yet born Vision's body, defeats the Avengers, and eradicates most of Earth's lifeforms. He then kills Thanos and takes the Infinity Stones, using them to eradicate all other life in the universe. Ultron also becomes aware of theWatcher, and manages to break into the Nexus of All Realities in an attempt to kill him and destroy the multiverse. After the Watcher forms theGuardians of the Multiverse, Ultron becomes aware of and battles the team, but fails to defeat them due toStephen Strange Supreme's immense power and protection spells. Natasha Romanoff andCaptain Peggy Carter manage to shoot an arrow into his head which contains a copy of Arnim Zola's consciousness. Subsequently, Zola destroys Ultron from inside his body and takes over it, but starts fighting Killmonger over the Infinity Stones until both are trapped in a pocket dimension by Strange Supreme and the Watcher. After going insane, Strange has Killmonger, Zola and a time displaced Ultron amongst his prisoners, but they are returned to their own universes by Kahhori after she strips Killmonger of the Infinity Stones.
In an alternate universe observed by the Watcher, Ultron was programmed to sing show tunes.
In another alternate universe, a variant of Ultron with a similar backstory to the one previously fought by the Guardians of the Multiverse destroys his universe, but never hears the Watcher and instead stays in his destroyed universe for eons. In order to rescue the Watcher, Captain Carter,Kahhori, Byrdie the Duck and Storm seek out his help. Having had eons in an empty universe to reconsider his actions, this Ultron expresses remorse for what he did and agrees to help save both the kidnapped Carter and the Watcher. Ultron helps to rescue the pair and stays behind, sacrificing himself so that the Guardians can escape. Even with the full power of the Infinity Stones on his side, Ultron proves to be no match for the Watchers and he is quickly destroyed by the Eminence. However, his sacrifice allows the Guardians time to come up with a plan to face the Watchers.
On Earth-838, Ultron Sentries (also voiced by Marquand) serve as guards working for the Illuminati that apprehend Stephen Strange and America Chavez when they arrive there. Many of them are later destroyed by Wanda Maximoff.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmAvengers: Age of Ultron.[169] He will return in the upcoming Disney+ seriesVisionQuest.[170] Alternate universe variants of Ultron appeared in two projects: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[171][136]
BB Urich (portrayed byGenneya Walton)[172] is a journalist forThe BB Report and the niece ofBen Urich.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesDaredevil: Born Again.
King "Val"Valkyrie (portrayed byTessa Thompson), also known asScrapper 142, is the last surviving of a group of Asgardian female warriors called the Valkyries, who were all, save Scrapper, vanquished in battle against Hela. In 2017, she allies herself with Thor and Bruce Banner to fight Hela once more. She survives the Blip and brings the remaining Asgardians to a town in Norway called New Asgard, which shede facto rules in place of the depressed Thor by 2023. 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 its leader, and she later assists him in facing Gorr the God-Butcher, acquiring Zeus's Thunderbolt for herself in the process. Later, she aids Carol Danvers in supplying refuge to EmperorDroge and his Skrull colony.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in four projects: the filmsThor: Ragnarok,Avengers: Endgame,Thor: Love and Thunder, andThe Marvels. Alternate universe variants of Valkyrie appeared in two projects: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? andMarvel Zombies.[136][173]
Janet van Dyne (portrayed byMichelle Pfeiffer) is a scientist, the wife ofHank Pym, mother ofHope van Dyne, and the MCU's originalWasp. As the Wasp, Janet operated as high-ranking agent atS.H.I.E.L.D. alongside Pym 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 theQuantum Realm. During this time, she meetsKang the Conqueror who had been exiled there. She helps him fix his Time Chair and restore hismultiversal power core. However, she learns through a neurolink with the chair of Kang's true intentions of destruction. She betrays him and makes the core unusable, before running away and joining a refugee resistance movement. In 2018, she is rescued by Pym with Hope andScott Lang's help. Shortly after, Janet becomes a victim ofthe Blip. In 2023, she is restored to life and attendsTony Stark's funeral with Pym, Hope, and Lang. In 2025, she, Pym, Hope, Lang, andCassie Lang are accidentally transported to the Quantum Realm where she encounters Kang again and Lang and Hope seemingly keep him from escaping.
In analternate universe, Janet ispatient zero for an infectious quantum virus that has turned her into azombie. After being rescued by Pym from the Quantum Realm in 2018, the virus is spread across the world. She later takes part of the Red Queen's army during the battle for Infinity Hulk, in which she is killed by Valkyrie.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in four projects: the filmsAnt-Man (flashback),Ant-Man and the Wasp,Avengers: Endgame, andAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. An alternate universe variant of van Dyne appeared in two projects: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? andMarvel Zombies.[89]
Anton Vanko (portrayed byYevgeni Lazarev as an elderly man andCosta Ronin as a young man) is a Soviet scientist and partner of Howard Stark who both help create the first arc reactor. He betrays Stark by selling their designs on theblack market. When Stark finds out, Vanko is deported and becomes a drunk. His sonIvan Vanko vows revenge on the Stark family after his death.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmIron Man 2; and the Marvel Television seriesAgent Carter.[174]
Ivan Vanko (portrayed byMickey Rourke), also known asWhiplash, is the son ofAnton Vanko. 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 Stark. After his failure to do so, he attracts business rivalJustin Hammer, for the creation of a new suit for Hammer, although Vanko later betrays him using drones to attack Stark and then attempts to kill him with a new exoskeleton suit. He is defeated in battle with the combined forces of Stark and James Rhodes and subsequently killed by his exoskeleton suit self-destructing.[175][131][133]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmIron Man 2.
Varra (portrayed byCharlayne Woodard) is one of the many Skrull refugees on Earth. She met and fell in love with Nick Fury, marrying him. She is also shown to have a history with Gravik. Varra posed asPriscilla Davis who had a heart defect and was buried at sea. Varra could not bring herself to carry out Gravik's orders to kill Fury.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesSecret Invasion.
Seth Voelker (portrayed byGiancarlo Esposito), also known asSidewinder, is the leader of the violentspecial ops teamSerpent.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmCaptain America: Brave New World.[176]
Volstagg (portrayed byRay Stevenson) is a member of the Warriors Three, depicted as a warrior of Asgard who loves to eat. He is killed by Hela in 2017 when she invades Asgard after being freed from her imprisonment.[177][178]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsThor,Thor: The Dark World, andThor: Ragnarok. An alternate universe variant of Volstagg (voiced byFred Tatasciore) appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[179]
Victor von Doom (portrayed byRobert Downey Jr.), also known asDoctor Doom, is the despotic ruler of the Eastern European nation ofLatveria.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmThe Fantastic Four: First Steps (mid-credits cameo).[180] He will return in the filmsAvengers: Doomsday andAvengers: Secret Wars.[181]
Melina Vostokoff (portrayed byRachel Weisz) is a seasoned spy who trained in theRed Room as a Black Widow and is a mother-figure to Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova. She is also a scientist who does research into mind control methods for GeneralDreykov. Melina later helps Romanoff to rescue the Widows and destroy the Red Room.
In an alternate universe depicted in the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?, Vostokoff became the leader of the Red Room after Romanoff had killed the previous leader and she acts as the handler of a brainwashedSteve Rogers, targeting Romanoff andCaptain Carter. Carter manages to break through Rogers's brainwashing, and he seemingly sacrifices himself to destroy the Red Room. As Rogers flies the Hydra Stomper armor into the facility, Romanoff attaches Vostokoff to the armor via grappling hook, leading to her demise in the explosion.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmBlack Widow. Alternate universe variants of Vostokoff appeared in two projects: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? (voiced by Weisz in the second season andKari Wahlgren in the third season) andMarvel Zombies (voiced by Wahlgren).
After the retirement and disappearance ofSteve Rogers, theU.S. Government selected and approvedCaptainJohn F. Walker (portrayed byWyatt Russell) as the secondCaptain America. The government also approved Walker's long-time friend and fellowOperation Enduring Freedom veteran,Lemar Hoskins, as Captain America's new partner, code-named "Battlestar". Walker was afootball star at Custer's Grove High School inGeorgia and graduated fromWest Point in 2009. He went on to become a highly decoratedU.S. Army Captain in the75th Ranger Regiment and the first person in history to receive theMedal of Honor three times for his combat service. He also commanded high levelcounter-terrorism and hostage rescue operations. His body was studied atMIT and tested well above average in speed, endurance, and intelligence.
TheGlobal Repatriation Council (GRC) tasked Walker and Hoskins 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,Karli Morgenthau kills Hoskins during her attempt to kill Walker. In pursuit, Walker kills one of her accomplices by driving the shield into the man's chest. This proves controversial, as eyewitnesses capturing the events on social media describe it as murder, while Walker maintains that he upheld his mandate and therules of engagement for using lethal force on a terrorist.
Over this incident, Wilson and Barnes elect to fight him for the shield and defeat him. The GRC and U.S. Government opted to sanction Walker severely in order to quell the media scandal; in doing so, they strip Walker of his role as Captain America, and he isother than honorably discharged from the army. In spite of this, Walker publicly maintains his defense that he was following his orders in accordance with prior pursuits of terrorists and in a manner consistent with his mandate. Once discharged, he builds a new shield from scrap metal and hisMedal 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, ContessaValentina Allegra de Fontaine recruits Walker for clandestine work, stating that she needs aU.S. Agent and not Captain America.
Over the next several years, de Fontaine sends Walker on numerouscovert operations. However, his public image of operating as Captain America remains disgraced in spite of his renewed service and his consumption of it has strained his marriage with Olivia. De Fontaine eventually assigns him to pursue and killYelena Belova to prevent her from stealing information from a covert lab. After arriving and engaging Belova in combat, two additional covert agents,Ava Starr andAntonia Dreykov arrive and join the melee.
Walker and the others realize that they all work for de Fontaine and have similar orders to kill one another to cover up de Fontaine's illegal activities. Walker, Starr, Belova, and test subject"Bob" escape the lab and a subsequent ambush by de Fontaine's soldiers, where Bob disappears after flying into the air. Regrouping, Walker, Belova, and Starr hitch a ride withAlexei Shostakov, Belova's estranged adopted father and narrowly avoid capture through the intervention of Bucky Barnes. Realizing they have a common goal, the group attempts to arrest de Fontaine. Bob returns, now calling himself "The Sentry", and attacks the group on de Fontaine's orders. Walker defends his teammates throughout the fight, but Bob is too powerful, eventually folding Walker's shield in half and tearing off Bucky's cybernetic arm. Walker carries Bucky to safety and assists in saving civilians as Bob transforms from The Sentry into "The Void," the personification of his traumatized personality. While saving a civilian from falling debris, the others join Walker and regroup to confront The Void. Walker follows Belova into The Void's psychic construct and assists in rescuing Bob's core personality from the Void's control. Once returned to normal, Bob thanks the others for their assistance. Walker joins the others in attempting to arrest de Fontaine but discover that she has convened a press conference. Hailed as heroes, Walker becomes one of the "New Avengers", taking up residence in the former Avengers tower.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the Disney+ seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier and the filmThunderbolts*.[122] He will return in the filmAvengers: Doomsday.[26] Alternate universe variants of Walker appeared in two projects: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? andMarvel Zombies.[93][173]
Jennifer "Jen"Walters (portrayed byTatiana Maslany) is an attorney at Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway and former Deputy District Attorney for the City ofLos Angeles. After coming into contact with her cousinBruce Banner's blood, she undergoes a physical transformation similar to his and becomes known asShe-Hulk. She is then hired by GLK&H to be the face of their superhuman law division, and later datesMatt Murdock.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Jennifer Walter's family play an important role in her life. Her parents areMorris andElaine Walters (portrayed byMark Linn-Baker and Tess Malis Kincaid respectively) and her cousin isChed (portrayed by Nicholas Cirillo).
As of 2025,[update] these characters have appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Adam Warlock (portrayed byWill Poulter) is a perfectSovereign created byAyesha in order to help her destroy theGuardians of the Galaxy, but has the mentality of a child due to the High Evolutionary forcing Ayesha to bring Adam out prematurely to aid him in capturing Rocket. After the destruction of Counter-Earth, in which his mother is killed, Adam is captured by Gamora and later fails to kill Quill. As the High Evolutionary's ship explodes, Adam is rescued by Groot, and Drax explains that everyone deserves a second chance. Adam subsequently saves Quill's life and awkwardly joins the group hug, later becoming a part of the new Guardians of the Galaxy under the leadership of Rocket.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Natalie Washington (portrayed byLyric Ross) isRiri Williams's late best friend that she turns into her in-suitartificial intelligenceN.A.T.A.L.I.E., short forNeuro Autonomous Technical Assistant and Laboratory Intelligence Entity.[137]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesIronheart.
Raza Hamidmi al-Wazar (portrayed byFaran Tahir) is a terrorist leader of the Ten Rings group who kidnap Tony Stark. Outside of his character sharing some characteristics from the comic book characterWong-Chu and referencing the organization that alludes to theMandarin, Raza is an original character of the MCU.[182] He uses Stark Industries weapons for personal gain, and is responsible for the origin of Stark as Iron Man, as he is the one who abducted him for his self-proclaimed personal gain of taking over the world, citingGenghis Khan as his influence. He is later revealed to be working for Obadiah Stane, who seemingly kills him before disposing of his men.[131][132][133]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmIron Man. The character will return in the Disney+ seriesVisionQuest.
Dr.Nicodemus West (portrayed byMichael Stuhlbarg) is a rival surgeon to Stephen Strange.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsDoctor Strange andDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. An alternate universe variant of West appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Dane Whitman (portrayed byKit Harington) is a human who works at theNatural History Museum in London as a history professor and is dating Sersi.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmEternals.
Riri Williams (portrayed byDominique Thorne), also known asIronheart, is anMIT student and genius inventor from Chicago who creates a suit of armor that rivalsthe one built byTony Stark / Iron Man, and whosevibranium detector is stolen by the CIA, leading to her being hunted down byTalokan andWakanda. After being expelled from MIT, Williams returns to Chicago where she joins forces with Hood's gang, until she discovers a truth that would lead her to danger and adventure.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever; and the Disney+ seriesIronheart. Alternate universe variants of Riri appeared in two projects: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? andMarvel Zombies.[93][183]
Riri Williams' family play an important role in her life.Ronnie Williams (portrayed by Anji White) is Riri's mother,[184] andGary Williams (portrayed byLaRoyce Hawkins) is Riri's late stepfather.[137]
As of 2025,[update] the characters have appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesIronheart.
Sarah Wilson (portrayed byAdepero Oduye) is the sister ofSam Wilson. She has two sons,AJ (portrayed by Chase River McGhee) andCass (portrayed by Aaron Haynes), and struggles financially in Sam's absence during the Blip.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier. An alternate universe variant appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Peter Wisdom (portrayed byRob Delaney) is a car salesman alongside Wade Wilson onEarth-10005. He showed up when Deadpool put an ad for X-Force members, and was immediately recruited. He died alongside all the other X-Force members, but Deadpool used time travel to prevent his death.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmDeadpool & Wolverine. Delaney reprises his role from the 20th Century Fox filmDeadpool 2.
Dr.Bentley Wittman (voiced byPaul F. Tompkins) is a strictOscorp scientist in an alternate universe who oversees the interns.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
W'Kabi (portrayed byDaniel Kaluuya) is the chief of Wakanda's Border Tribe as well as T'Challa's best friend and Okoye's husband.[185] As he is responsible for the borders of Wakanda, W'Kabi and his guards have trained armored white rhinoceroses as shock cavalry. W'Kabi loses faith in T'Challa when he fails to capture Ulysses Klaue (who had killed his parents decades earlier while stealing vibranium), and supports N'Jadaka when he subsequently takes the throne. During the final battle, Okoye confronts W'Kabi when he tries to trample M'Baku with an armored white rhinoceros, saying she values Wakanda more than their love. Not wanting to die by Okoye's hands or take her life, W'Kabi surrenders and the rest of the Border Tribe does the same.
It is revealed inBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever that he was banished from the Royal Family's services following the events of the first film for aligning with Killmonger and currently remains in the Border Tribe.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmBlack Panther.
James E. "Jimmy"Woo (portrayed byRandall Park) is an FBI agent. In 2016, Woo is assigned to be Scott Lang's parole officer while he is under house arrest for two years. He sees Lang doing the card tricks and becomes interested. 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 Wanda Maximoff's anomaly, teaming up with Monica Rambeau and Darcy Lewis. He is ejected from the base with Rambeau and Lewis after they defended Maximoff. In 2026, Woo has become good friends with Lang.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsAnt-Man and the Wasp andAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania; and the Disney+ seriesWandaVision.[186] An alternate universe variant of Woo appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesMarvel Zombies.[124]
Alice Wu-Gulliver (portrayed byAli Ahn) is an ex-police officer andsecurity guard whose motherLorna Wu (portrayed by Elizabeth Anweis)[187] was a famous singer and witch before dying in a hotel fire while on tour. Additionally, Alice is portrayed with having black hair with red highlights. Alice joined to Agatha Harkness's coven to walk the Witches' Road, suggesting that she might learn the truth of what happened to her mother. In the third trial, she dies after her magic is absorbed by a possessed Agatha and her soul is now claimed by Rio Vidal / Death, who told her that she died trying to save Harkness.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesAgatha All Along.[188]
Hunter X-05 (portrayed byRafael Casal), is an agent, later prisoner, of theTime Variance Authority, who assumes an identity on the Sacred Timeline as famous actorBrad Wolfe.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the Disney+ seriesLoki.
Xu Wenwu (Chinese: 徐文武; pinyin: Xú Wénwǔ; portrayed byTony Leung) is the legendary founder and supreme leader of theTen Rings criminal organization, and is the father ofShang-Chi in place ofFu Manchu / Zheng Zu from Marvel Comics.[189][190][191] Wenwu is the enigmatic and feared leader of theTen Rings criminal organization and the father of Shang-Chi andXialing. He utilizes the legendaryTen Rings — a set of ten mysticaliron rings that grant him immortality and unimaginable power. The Ten Rings terrorist group was previously referenced in theIron Man trilogy andAnt-Man.[192][193] He attempted to find the legendary village Ta Lo, being encountered at the mystical gate by its protector, Ying Li, whom he fell in love with. He took her back to his home and started a family, having a son, Shang-Chi and daughter, Xialing. He also abandoned both his rings and organization, but after the rival Iron Gang murdered Li, he vengefully massacred them and meticulously trained Shang-Chi in combat, sending him to kill the Iron Gang's leader. Shang-Chi runs away to San Francisco, while Xialing escapes a few years later to Macau.
In the present-day, Wenwu is haunted with his wife's death and begins hearing her voice calling out to him from Ta Lo, which he believes imprisoned her in a cave. He sends his forces after both his children to retrieve their pendants, which point the way towards Ta Lo. He organizes his army to attack Ta Lo and open the cave which, unbeknownst to him, contains the Dweller-in-Darkness, a demon that has been impersonating Li's voice so Wenwu will release him. He arrives and proceeds to break the Dweller's seal until he is confronted by Shang-Chi, whom he battles until the Dweller breaks free. Realizing he had been tricked, a remorseful Wenwu saves Shang-Chi from the Dweller and bequeaths his Ten Rings to him before the Dweller kills him by consuming his soul.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Alternate universe variants of Wenwu (voiced byFeodor Chin) appeared in two projects: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...? andMarvel Zombies.[194]
Xu Xialing (Chinese: 徐夏靈; pinyin: Xú Xiàlíng; portrayed byMeng'er Zhang) isShang-Chi's sister. After escaping theTen Rings, Xialing establishes an underground fight club inMacau called the Golden Daggers Club which is frequented by Wong, Abomination, the Black Widow Helen, and an unnamed Extremis soldier. During the Ten Rings raid on the Golden Daggers Club where they targeted her pendant, Xialing is captured along with her brother andKaty byWenwu when he breaks up the fight. She escapes from the Ten Rings compound with them, Trevor Slattery, and Morris theHundun toTa Lo. Xialing helps defend the village from the Ten Rings and later theDweller-in-Darkness. After Wenwu's death, Xialing is advised by Shang-Chi to disband the Ten Rings. Unbeknownst to Shang-Chi, Xialing actually became the new leader of the Ten Rings and restructures it to include female fighters.
She is partially inspired bySasha Hammer,Zheng Bao Yu andSister Dagger from the comic books.[195]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. An alternate universe variant of Xialing asThe Hood appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[93]
Ying Li (portrayed byFala Chen) is a guardian ofTa Lo, a mystical realm inhabited by Chinese mythological creatures, including its guardiandragon, theGreat Protector, who blesses Li with the power to manipulate wind. In 1996, the immortal warlordXu Wenwu attempts to invade Ta Lo but is defeated by Li. The two fall in love but when Wenwu is rejected by Ta Lo's inhabitants for his dark past, Li leaves with him. The two marry and have two children: a son,Shang-Chi, and a daughter,Xialing. Wenwu abandons hisTen Rings organization andits weapons while Li forgoes the blessing of the Great Protector to be with each other and their children. While Wenwu is away, Li is murdered by the Iron Gang, old enemies of the Ten Rings. Li's death prompts Wenwu to violently murder the gang in retaliation and reverts to his dark ways by reclaiming his Rings and organization. Years later, theDweller-in-Darkness uses Li's voice to make Wenwu believe that his wife is still alive and trapped within a gate in Ta Lo, so that Wenwu can use his Rings to destroy its seal. Wenwu attempts to convince his estranged children to help him free their mother and destroy her village in retaliation for imprisoning her, but the two side with Li's people. Shang-Chi and Xialing are gifted suits of armor crafted from the Great Protector's scales that Li entrusted to her sisterYing Nan. After the battle, Shang-Chi and Xialing light paper lanterns in memory of Li and Wenwu, who was killed by the Dweller.
Refinery29 reviewer Leah Marilla Thomas praised this adaptation of Shang-Chi's mother for the "mythical (and devastatinlgy romantic) backstory", which makes her a "real character" as compared to the brief appearances of the earlier comics version.[196]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The character's name in the film was initially announced as Jiang Li, which was used on licensed products, but was changed to Ying Li. The nameJiang Li was repurposed when the character was integrated into the mainstreamMarvel Universe asShang-Chi's real mother in the comics.[197][198]
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Ying Nan (portrayed byMichelle Yeoh) is a guardian of Ta Lo,Li's sister, and Shang-Chi and Xialing's aunt. Nan gives her nephew and niece suits of armor crafted from dragon scales and mentors Shang-Chi in the fighting style of Ta Lo. Nan leads the defense of Ta Lo against the Ten Rings and later the Dweller-in-Darkness.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. An alternate universe variant of Ying Nan (voiced byMichelle Wong) appeared in one project: Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[199]
Dr.Ho Yinsen (portrayed byShaun Toub) is an engineer who helps save Tony Stark's life by creating an electromagnet which keeps shrapnel from his heart. He later helps Stark build an armor to escape from the terrorists who kidnapped them both. He then sacrifices his life to let Stark escape, with his last words being "don't waste your life, Stark".[200][201]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmsIron Man andIron Man 3 (cameo).
Yon-Rogg (portrayed byJude Law)[202][203][204] is the leader of Starforce, and leads the war against the Skrulls. While hunting down former Kree scientist Mar-Vell, he encounters Carol Danvers, who destroys an energy core that imbues her with powers. Yon-Rogg takes her back to Hala, gives Danvers 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 the Skrull 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 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmCaptain Marvel. An alternate universe variant of Rogg appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Yukio (portrayed byShioli Kutsuna) is Negasonic Teenage Warhead's girlfriend and fellow X-Men member onEarth-10005.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmDeadpool & Wolverine. Kutsuna reprises her role from the 20th Century Fox filmDeadpool 2.[56]
BaronHelmut Zemo (portrayed byDaniel Brühl)[205] is a wealthybaron of the Sokovian royal family who served as colonel of an elite Sokovian commando unit and blamed the Avengers for their role in his family's deaths during their battle with Ultron, developing a hatred towards enhanced individuals in general. In 2016, after learning of a facility holding Hydra's Winter Soldier project and the footage of Bucky Barnes murdering Tony Stark's parents, Zemo frames Barnes by bombing the signing of the Sokovia Accords in Vienna to acquire the facility's location and then lure Stark and Steve Rogers so he can have them destroy each other. Achieving his goal of effectively fracturing the Avengers, Zemo attempts to commit suicide but is stopped by T'Challa and taken into custody by the authorities.Everett K. Ross supervises his incarceration where he mocks Zemo for failing in his efforts, but Zemo indicates otherwise. In 2024, he escapes with the help of Barnes and allies with him and Sam Wilson against the Flag Smashers for his own agenda. Though later recaptured by the Dora Milaje and sent to theRaft, Zemo arranges the murder of arrested members of the Flag Smashers through his butler to minimize the chance of their Super-Soldier enhancements being reproduced.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in two projects: the filmCaptain America: Civil War; and the Disney+ seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier.[206][207] An alternate universe variant of Zemo (voiced by Rama Vallury) appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesMarvel Zombies.[89]
Zeus (portrayed byRussell Crowe) is the king of theOlympians, based on theGreek mythological deityof the same name. Zeus heads the Council of Godheads in Omnipotence City, but is demonstrated by Thor to be an apathetic fool obsessed withorgies when he wouldn't come up with a solution to deal with Gorr the God Butcher while claiming that the Gods that Gorr the God Butcher killed were "lesser gods". In anger, Zeus turns his lightning bolt on the group, breaking Korg's body before Thor slings the bolt back through Zeus's chest, seemingly killing him. Valkyrie takes the bolt to fight Gorr. Zeus is revealed to have survived in the mid-credits scene, sending his son Hercules to strike fear into the hearts of men again and deal with Thor.
There were some deleted scenes before the above scene was filmed that showed Zeus to be more helpful to Thor as he shows up at the hospice where Jane Foster is at, tells Thor how the Thunderbolt works, and to find the Gates of Eternity.[208]
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmThor: Love and Thunder. An alternate universe variant of Zeus (voiced byDarin De Paul) appeared in one project: Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Dr.Arnim Zola (portrayed byToby Jones) is a scientist working for Hydra and the Red Skull before getting captured and recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D. Zola masterminds Hydra's infiltration within S.H.I.E.L.D.'s infrastructure before a terminal illness in the 1970s leads to him transferring his consciousness into a computer system in Camp Lehigh. In 2014, his computer consciousness distracts Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff long enough for the camp to be wiped out by a missile barrage from Hydra.
In an alternate universe, Zola is captured by Captain Peggy Carter, who became a super-soldier instead of Steve Rogers. In another universe, a copy of Zola's consciousness is recovered by Natasha Romanoff to stop her universe's Ultron. It is hinted Zola has digital copies of his mind stored in other Hydra bases. Despite his initial failure to overwrite Ultron's A.I., Zola acquires the android's body in his second attempt and battles Killmonger for the Infinity Stones before the two are trapped in a pocket dimension by Stephen Strange Supreme and the Watcher.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in three projects: the filmsCaptain America: The First Avenger andCaptain America: The Winter Soldier; and the Marvel Television seriesAgent Carter. Alternate universe variants of Zola appeared in one project: the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[63]
Zuri (portrayed byForest Whitaker as an adult,Denzel Whitaker as a young man) is a former member of the War Dogs and a Wakandan shaman, and the trusted loyal adviser to his King. As a young man, Zuri posed as an American namedJames to tail N'Jobu, T'Chaka's brother and a traitor, and witnessed his death at T'Chaka's hands in 1992. In 2016, Zuri appoints T'Chaka's son T'Challa as the new king, and oversees T'Challa's fight with M'Baku on challenge day by administering the liquid that removes the abilities the heart-shaped herb grants. When M'Baku is defeated, Zuri performs a ritual that involves the abilities' return. Zuri is the one to tell T'Challa the truth about N'Jobu. N'Jadaka later kills Zuri when he attempts to protect T'Challa, blaming him for doing nothing to protect N'Jobu.
As of 2025,[update] the character has appeared in one project: the filmBlack Panther.
... as new ones, such as O.B., a T.V.A. fix-it man played by the Oscar-winning actor Ke Huy Quan ...
Thank goodness for that, let's continue giving women with lesser comic backstories real characters.
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