Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany (1971 -)
==Film Deaths==
*The Game of Death (The Death Club; The Suicide Club) (2000) [Shaw]: Stabbed in the stomach by Catherine Siggins, while David Morrissey looks on in horror.
*Dogville (2003) [Tom Edison]: Shot in the back of the head by Nicole Kidman, after James Caan's thugs kill everybody else in the town.
*The Reckoning (Morality Play) (2003) [Nicholas]: Stabbed to death by Vincent Cassel.
*The Da Vinci Code (2006) [Silas]: Shot to death by police after Paul accidentally shoots Alfred Molina.
*Firewall (2006) [Bill Cox]: Impaled through the back with a pickaxe during a struggle with Harrison Ford.
*Legion (2010) [Michael]: Playing an archangel turned mortal, he is stabbed in the chest by Kevin Durand with a spiked mace at the end of a fight to stall him and the attacking possessed horde off long enough so that Lucas Black, Adrianne Palicki, and Willa Holland can escape in their car, (his body disappearing as he dies). He later is brought back as an angel by God.
*Journey's End (2017) [Osborne]: Killed (off-screen) in No Man's Land while out on a raid; he does not return.
*Avengers: Infinity War (2018) [Vision]: (1) Explodes when Elizabeth Olsen uses her powers to destroy the Infinity Stone powering his body at his own request, in order to prevent Josh Brolin from acquiring it. (2) After Josh uses the power of the Time Stone to turn back time and prevent the first death occuring, Paul is killed again when Josh rips the Stone out of his head. His body is shown again when Elizabeth holds Paul's body before she disintegrates, and again with Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Don Cheadle, Bradley Cooper and Chris Hemsworth by Paul's side. (Later, Paul is resurrected by Josh Stamberg in WandaVision).
*Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) [Dryden Vos]: Stabbed in the chest with his own blade by Emilia Clarke at the end of a fight.
*Here (2024) [Al]: Dies from old age (off screen); we see him fade away in one shot, followed by his son (Tom Hanks) folding up his sofa bed to imply he's passed.
==Television Deaths==
* WandaVision (2021) [The Hex Vision]: Playing a version of Vision brought to life within the Hex by Elizabeth Olsen's powers, he ceases to exist when Elizabeth dispels the Hex, fading away in her arms soon afterwards.
*What If...?: What If... Zombies? (2021; animated) [Vision]: Destroyed after he sacrifices himself by pulling the Mind Stone from his head to allow the other characters to transmit the cure for the zombie virus.
==Gallery==
Paulbettany.jpg|Paul Bettany in Dogville
Cox's_death.png|Paul Bettany in Firewall
legion374.jpg|Paul Bettany in Legion
1541087711-vision-infinity-war.jpg|Paul Bettany in Avengers: Infinity War
solo-movie-screencaps.com-13763.jpg|Paul Bettany in Solo: A Star Wars Story
Visionagain.webp|Paul Bettany's animated death in What If...? What If...Zombies? 
==Notable Connections==
*Son of Thane Bettany (Ballet Dancer)
*Mr. Jennifer Connelly
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