Query: Daredevil follows Matt Murdock.

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Daredevil (Marvel Comics character) <=SEP=> Daredevil is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Daredevil was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett , with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby . The character first appeared in Daredevil # 1 ( April 1964 ) .   Daredevil 's origin story relates that while living in the historically gritty or crime-ridden , working class Irish-American neighborhood of Hell 's Kitchen in New York City , Matt Murdock is blinded by a radioactive substance that falls from a truck after he pushes a man to safety from the oncoming vehicle . While he no longer can see , the radioactive exposure heightens his remaining senses beyond normal human ability and gives him a `` radar sense '' . His father , a boxer named Jack Murdock , supports him as he grows up , though Jack is later killed by gangsters after refusing to throw a fight . After donning a yellow and dark red costume ( later all dark red ) , Matt seeks out revenge against his father 's killers as the superhero Daredevil , fighting against his many enemies , including Bullseye and Kingpin . He also becomes a lawyer after having graduated from law school with his best friend and roommate , Franklin `` Foggy '' Nelson . Daredevil is also commonly known by such epithets as the Man Without Fear and the Devil of Hell 's Kitchen .   Frank Miller 's influential tenure on the title in the early 1980s cemented the character as a popular and influential part of the Marvel Universe . Daredevil has since appeared in various forms of media including several animated series , video games and merchandise , the character was first portrayed in live action by Rex Smith in the 1989 television movie The Trial of the Incredible Hulk . He was played by Ben Affleck in the 2003 film Daredevil , and by Charlie Cox in Marvel Studios 's Daredevil , a live-action television series on Netflix that premiered on April 10 , 2015 , and is set to reprise his role in The Defenders , as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe .

Charlie Cox <=SEP=> Charlie Thomas Cox ( born 15 December 1982 ) is an English actor known for his roles as Matt Murdock / Daredevil in Marvel 's Daredevil TV series by Netflix , Tristan Thorn in Stardust , Jonathan Hellyer Jones in The Theory Of Everything and Owen Sleater in the second and third seasons of HBO 's Boardwalk Empire .

Daredevil (TV series) <=SEP=> Marvel 's Daredevil , or simply Daredevil , is an American web television series created for Netflix by Drew Goddard , based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) , sharing continuity with the films of the franchise , and is the first in a series of shows that will lead up to The Defenders crossover miniseries . The series is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios and Goddard Textiles , with DeKnight Productions for the first season . Steven S. DeKnight serves as showrunner on the first season , with Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez taking over for the second ; Goddard serves as a consultant on both seasons .   Charlie Cox stars as Matt Murdock / Daredevil , a blind lawyer-by-day who fights crime at night . Daredevil entered development in late 2013 , a year after the film rights to the character reverted to Marvel , with Goddard initially hired in December 2013 . DeKnight replaced him as showrunner and Cox was hired to star in May 2014 , with Deborah Ann Woll , Elden Henson , Rosario Dawson , and Vincent D'Onofrio also starring . Additional season one stars include Toby Leonard Moore , Vondie Curtis-Hall , Bob Gunton , and Ayelet Zurer , while Jon Bernthal , Élodie Yung , and Stephen Rider join the cast for season two . Filming takes place in New York City , in areas that still look like the old Hell 's Kitchen .   All episodes of the first season were released on Netflix on April 10 , 2015 , while the second season was released in its entirety on March 18 , 2016 . In July 2016 , the series was renewed for a third season . A spin-off series , centered on Bernthal 's character Frank Castle / Punisher and titled Marvel 's The Punisher , was ordered by Netflix in April 2016 .