Stan Lee

Stan Lee (December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018), also known as Stan "The Man" Lee, born Stanley Martin Lieber, was one of the first and most prolific writers / creators of the Marvel Universe. Along with artists such as and , Lee co-created the Fantastic Four, Ant-Man, Hulk, Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, Nick Fury, Wasp, the Avengers, the X-Men, Scarlet Witch, Daredevil, Black Widow, Hawkeye, S.H.I.E.L.D., Peggy Carter, Black Panther and many other well-known characters.
He portrayed the Watcher Informant in Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel. He also portrayed an alternate Watcher Informant in Avengers: Endgame.
He also portrayed Debonair Gentleman in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Man on Bench in Agent Carter, Irving Forbush in Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders and The Punisher, and Limo Driver in Runaways.
He also portrayed Stanlee in Deadpool & Wolverine via archived imagery
He appeared in the music video Guardians Inferno.
He was credited as an executive producer on Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agent Carter, Daredevil, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Jessica Jones, Captain America: Civil War, Luke Cage, Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Defenders, Thor: Ragnarok, Inhumans, The Punisher, Runaways, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Cloak & Dagger, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
He also received a "Special Thanks" credit in Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Secret Invasion.
He wrote the tie-in comic Captain America: Evil Lurks Everywhere.
He portrayed his evil clone Lan Stee/Mastermind in the promotional webcast Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent.
He was interviewed for the documentaries Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop! and Captain America: 75 Heroic Years.
The first tribute documentary for him, Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee, aired on ABC on December 20, 2019. The second tribute documentary for him, Stan Lee, was released on Disney+ on June 16, 2023.
Archive footage of Stan Lee from Thor: Ragnarok was used in the Assembled episode The Making of Loki.
==Cameos==
Lee played small parts in every Marvel Cinematic Universe film and TV series with Avengers: Endgame serving as his final cameo appearance. The film cameos were revealed in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to be the same person, the Watcher Informant, while the Netflix series cameos were Irving Forbush and the remaining television series cameos were all separate characters.
===Films===
*Iron Man - Himself, mistaken for Hugh Hefner by Tony Stark.
*The Incredible Hulk - A man poisoned by a drink laced with Hulk's blood.
*Iron Man 2 - Himself, mistaken for by Tony Stark.
*Thor - Man who tries to move Thor's hammer using his truck.
*Captain America: The First Avenger - An elderly general.
*The Avengers - A man being interviewed on television who did not believe in superheroes. Also, in a deleted scene, he told Steve Rogers to ask the waitress for her number.
*Iron Man 3 - Beauty pageant judge.
*Thor: The Dark World - Mental patient.
*Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Smithsonian security guard.
*Guardians of the Galaxy - Xandarian Ladies' Man. In a deleted scene, that was only shot with a double his original cameo was for him be an exhibit in the Collector's Museum where he gives Groot the middle finger.
*Avengers: Age of Ultron - World War II Veteran.
*Ant-Man - Bartender that was seen during Luis' flashback of Falcon looking for Ant-Man.
*Captain America: Civil War - FedEx Driver, mistaking Tony Stark as "Tony Stank".
*Doctor Strange - Bus Passenger, reading by .
*Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Watcher Informant, talking to the Watchers
*Spider-Man: Homecoming - Gary, chastised Spider-Man for making noise.
*Thor: Ragnarok - Man on Sakaar who cuts Thor's hair.
*Black Panther - Man who takes T'Challa's casino chips.
*Avengers: Infinity War - School Bus driver.
*Ant-Man and the Wasp - Man whose car is shrunken by a Pym Particle Disc.
*Captain Marvel - Himself, as a passenger on a train where he is seen reading the script for  where he had a prominent cameo as himself.
*Avengers: Endgame - Man driving past Camp Lehigh in 1970. This was the final cameo Lee made in a Marvel film. The name "Stanley Lieber", a nod to Lee, can be seen on the San Francisco Wall of the Vanished.
*Deadpool & Wolverine - A picture on the bus, advertising Stanlee Cleaners.
===Television===
*Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode T.R.A.C.K.S. - Debonair Gentleman.
*Agent Carter episode The Blitzkrieg Button - Man on Bench.
*Daredevil episode Daredevil - Captain Irving Forbush, pictured on the wall.
*Jessica Jones episode AKA Top Shelf Perverts - Captain Irving Forbush, pictured on the wall.
*Daredevil episode Dogs to a Gunfight - Captain Irving Forbush, pictured on the wall.
*Luke Cage episode Soliloquy of Chaos - Captain Irving Forbush, pictured on the wall.
*Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot episode Vendetta - Picture inside Coulson's box.
*Iron Fist episode Dragon Plays with Fire - Captain Irving Forbush, pictured on the wall.
*The Defenders episode Worst Behavior - Captain Irving Forbush, pictured on the wall.
*The Punisher episode Memento Mori - Captain Irving Forbush, pictured on the wall.
*Runaways episode Metamorphosis - Limo Driver.
*Jessica Jones episode AKA Shark in the Bathtub, Monster in the Bed - Captain Irving Forbush, pictured on the back of a bus.
*Luke Cage episode Can't Front on Me - Captain Irving Forbush, pictured on the wall.
*Cloak & Dagger episode Back Breaker - art featuring Lee instead of .
==Awards==
*He was nominated for a Scream Award for Best Cameo for his work on Iron Man 2.
==Trivia==
*Stan Lee was the older brother of Larry Lieber.
*Stan Lee was honored in an epitaph at the end of the Runaways episode Split Up, The Punisher episode The Whirlwind, the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode Missing Pieces, and the Jessica Jones episode AKA Everything, as well as in the opening credits of Captain Marvel.
*Stan Lee was one of the actors who has portrayed multiple characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe throughout the franchise.
*Stan Lee was one of the actors to portray characters for both Marvel Studios and . He voiced himself in .
*Stan Lee portrayed a Cop in a deleted scene of the production .The 1 Stan Lee Marvel Movie Cameo You'll Probably Never See
*Stan Lee portrayed Hot Dog Vendor, Water Hose Man, Strip Club DJ, and Himself in the productions , , and respectively.
*Stan Lee portrayed Man in Fair, Man Dodging Debris, and Man in Times Square in the Sony Pictures Entertainment productions , and respectively.
*Stan Lee portrayed Old Man at Crossing in the production .
*Stan Lee portrayed a Security Guard in the Universal Pictures production .
*Stan Lee portrayed and Rejected Wedding Guest in the productions and respectively.
*Stan Lee portrayed School Librarian and Graduation Guest in the Sony Pictures Entertainment productions and respectively.
*Stan Lee portrayed Dapper Dog Walker in the Sony Pictures Entertainment production .
*Stan Lee voiced a shopkeeper in the production .
*Stan Lee had producer credits in many non-Marvel Cinematic Universe films and TV series based on Marvel properties from to .
*Stan Lee was the first actor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe who portrayed characters based on real-life people.
*The character of Stanley Lieber in The Incredible Hulk is inspired by Stan Lee.
*In the Luke Cage episode Take It Personal, it is mentioned that Willis Stryker attended Lieber Academy in his youth.
*Stan Lee's appearance as a World War II veteran in Avengers: Age of Ultron is a reference to his actual military career during the events of the war.
*Stan Lee is the only actor to appear in all the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies from Iron Man to Avengers: Endgame, although all his appearances are cameos.
**With the exception of Inhumans and Helstrom, he has also appeared in all of Marvel Television's MCU TV shows, although some of his appearances are in pictures (most notably all of his cameos in Netflix shows), rather than physical like all of his film cameos.
**He has also appeared in other non-canon MCU media, like the web series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent.
*In Stan Lee's cameo in Avengers: Age of Ultron, after getting drunk, Stan Lee says "Excelsior", the same phrase with which he ended his weekly "Stan's Soapbox", which appeared in every Marvel comic book.
**In Stan Lee's Guardians of the Galaxy cameo, when Rocket profiles him, "Excelsior!" can be seen written in the Skrull letters.
*Stan Lee filmed his cameos in Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok on the same day due to his advanced age. James Gunn, the director of the Guardians of the Galaxy films, helped direct the cameos.James Gunn Shot Three Upcoming Stan Lee Cameos For Marvel
*According to James Gunn, the part of Lambshank in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was originally written for Stan Lee, although Lee passed away before the film started production.Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - Audio Commentary
*In the Cloak & Dagger episode Funhouse Mirrors, a car has the license plate "STANMAN", a reference to his moniker "Stan 'The Man' Lee".
*In the What If...? episode What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?, Happy Hogan has "S. Lee" in his contact list.
*Stan Lee previously worked with Jon Favreau in .
*Stan Lee previously worked with Lou Ferrigno in .
*Stan Lee previously worked with Chris Evans and Julian McMahon in and .
*Stan Lee previously worked with Michael Rooker in .
*Stan Lee previously worked with Randall Park in .
*Stan Lee previously worked with Jon Favreau, J.J. Abrams, Seth Green and Paul Rudd in .
*Stan Lee worked again with John C. Reilly and Vin Diesel in .
*Stan Lee worked again with David Dastmalchian in .
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