Doctor Octopus

Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius, later called Doctor Octopus, is the main antagonist of the 2004 superhero film Spider-Man 2, the second installment of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. He also serves as a supporting character in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home.
He was an enthusiastic scientist and friend of Peter Parker who later became possessed by his own malevolent mechanical arms after an experiment with his fusion reactor funded by the son of his close friend Norman Osborn and Peter's best friend, Harry Osborn, went horribly wrong. From then onwards, Otto turned into a dangerous supervillain as well as the former second adversary of Spider-Man.
17 years later, he was accidentally transported to a different universe through space and time from a spell performed by Doctor Strange, that universe's Spider-Man helped release him from the corrosive AI of his tentacles. Indebted, Otto helped him, his native Spider-Man, and another alternate Spider-Man in their fight against their adversaries on Liberty Island.
He was portrayed by Alfred Molina.
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