Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

**Anthony "Tony" Edward Stark**, known popularly as the superhero vigilante **Iron Man**, is a fictional character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). He is based on the character of the same name from Marvel Comics. He is mostly portrayed by Robert Downey Jr., although a younger version of him is portrayed by David Ransom and an animated version of him is voiced by Mick Wingert.

First appearing in _Iron Man_, he is first depicted as an entrepreneur and billionaire who works as a weapons manufacturer contracted to build weapons of mass destruction for the United States Army. He is kidnapped by the Ten Rings, an international terrorist organization, and forced to build weapons for them. He agrees to do so, but secretly creates the first Iron Man suit and escapes. He ultimately defeats the Ten Rings and announces himself as Iron Man to the world. His actions earn the attention of Nick Fury, who approaches him about the Avengers Initiative. In _The Incredible Hulk_, Stark returns for the first time in the pre-credits scene to talk to Thunderbolt Ross about the initiative. Stark returns again as the main protagonist of _Iron Man 2_ and _Iron Man 3_. He appears as one of the co-protagonists in _The Avengers_, _Avengers: Age of Ultron_, _Avengers: Infinity War_, and _Avengers: Endgame_. Stark appears as the antagonist of _Captain America: Civil War_ and has an additional supporting role _Spider-Man: Homecoming_, serving as the mentor of Peter Parker.

Tony Stark is widely recognized as one of the most important characters in the Infinity Saga of the MCU.

## Personality

Tony is a genius and a philanthropist. He's good-hearted and also eccentric, wisecracking, sarcastic, exuberant, rational and optimistic. He's also very charismatic and friendly as he's able to make friends in a short period of time.

### Movie appearances

|Year|Movie|Portrayed by|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2008|_Iron Man_|rowspan="10"|Robert Downey Jr.|
|_The Incredible Hulk_ (uncredited)|||||
|2010|_Iron Man 2_||||
|2012|_The Avengers_||||
|2013|_Iron Man 3_||||
|2015|_Avengers: Age of Ultron_||||
|2016|_Captain America: Civil War_||||
|2017|_Spider-Man: Homecoming_||||
|2018|_Avengers: Infinity War_||||
|2019|_Avengers: Endgame_||||
Additionally, David Ransom portrays a younger version of Tony Stark in some scenes of _Iron Man 2_.

### Television appearances

|Year|Television series|Episodes|Portrayed by||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2021|_Loki_|1 (Archive images)|Robert Downey Jr.|
|rowspan="2"|_What If...?_|5|Mick Wingert||
|2023|colspan="2"|TBD|||

## Infobox (character)

- **color**: #AF181F
- **name**: Tony Stark
- **first**: _Iron Man (movie), Iron Man_ (2008)
- **portrayer**: Robert Downey Jr.
Davin Ransom (young)
- **voice**: Mick Wingert (_What If...?_)
- **fullname**: Anthony Edward Stark
- **species**: Human
- **alias**: Iron Man
- **title**: Chief executive officer, Chief Executive Officer of Stark Industries (formerly)
Consultant of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel Cinematic Universe), S.H.I.E.L.D. (formerly)
Leader of the Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Avengers
- **affiliation**: Stark Industries (formerly)
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel Cinematic Universe), S.H.I.E.L.D. (formerly)
Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Avengers
- **family**: Howard Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Howard Stark (father)
Maria Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Maria Stark (mother)
- **home**: New York City, New York (state), New York, United States
- **last**: _Avengers: Endgame_ (2019)
- **spouse**: Pepper Potts (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Pepper Potts
- **gender**: Male
- **children**: Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Morgan Stark
- **nickname**: Tony Stark
- **occupation**: Entrepreneur (formerly)
Superhero
- **image**: Robert Downey, Jr. 2012.jpg
- **caption**: Robert Downey Jr. played the character in the MCU.