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Anthony Edward Stark is a fictional character primarily portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise—based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name—commonly known by his alias, Iron Man.
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Tony Stark, a genius inventor and billionaire playboy, is the superhero known as Iron Man. He developed the powerful Iron Man Armor after being kidnapped by the Ten Rings and forced to build a devastating weapon.
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Anthony Edward Stark was an industrialist and business magnate. He was a founding member of the Avengers; former CEO of Stark Industries; president of the Maria Stark and September Foundations; and an advisor to S.H.I.E.L.D. Stark was a noted inventor and former playboy who created mechanized suits of armor, later becoming known as Iron Man.
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Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark (May 29, 1970 -October 17, 2023), also known as Iron Man, is one of the main protagonists of the Infinity Saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is a genius, billionaire, former playboy, and philanthropist who not only invented the Iron Man Armor but wore the suit himself.
He is also the co-leader and one of the founding members of the Avengers, and the CEO of Stark Industries, which once sold highly sophisticated weapons systems technologies to the government defense organizations such as S.H.I.E.L.D., who uses them to maintain peace and order, but has pulled his company away from weapons business. Iron Man also shares a friendly rivalry and close friendship with Captain America and has become a mentor, father figure, and close friend to Spider-Man.
Many people in the media think that Tony Stark is only just an egocentric playboy. But it is shown throughout the series that Tony does actually care for people, especially his friends. Although Tony causes trouble on occasion, he is more than willing to make up for his mistakes, which is also why he became a superhero. Charming, brilliant, and good hearted, Tony was in a first moment a classic playboy, with his wealth, power, and natural charm allowing him to get just about any woman he wants. But despite his rather carefree and overly confident personality, inside Tony's heart lies loneliness, as Ho Yinsen pointed out: "A man that has everything, but has nothing".
Even though he can appear to be self-obsessed, Tony can also be a great friend and occasionally shows affection toward his teammates. Hence, Tony was the only Avenger who encouraged Bruce Banner to embrace his identity of Hulk as a blessing rather than a curse, and trusted him to make good use of Hulk's powers, He was also impressed by and almost immediately befriended Peter Parker, complimenting him on his Web Shooters, when he saw himself in the boy, when he sent Parker home, the latter thought that the former was upset, but in reality Stark was greatly impressed by the boy. And when Tony was caught up by the terrifying vision of Scarlet Witch, he was possessed with great fear of losing all his friends on the Avengers team, and having to live after they had all been murdered. During battle, Tony tries his hardest to protect his allies, risking his own life if he has to, notably when he personally carried a nuclear missile through the Tesseract's portal. During the Avengers Civil War, however, he became distant and hardened towards his former teammates for their stubbornness despite letting them escape the Raft.
Tony is also known for being exceptionally intelligent and innovative, having built an Arc Reactor from scratch in Afghanistan. His intellect has earned him the "Da Vinci of Our Time" nickname, and his inventions of Stark Industries have revolutionized technology for the human race. His past as a businessman had turned him into a very pragmatic individual always taking the quickest, most efficient way out of a problem commenting to Steve Rogers that he would simply "cut the wire" if given the choice. This behavior put him at odds with the majority of the Avengers during the Civil War as they were unwilling to compromise and negotiate with the United Nations regarding the Sokovia Accords which Tony viewed as the easiest way to continue the Avengers' mission of saving people and appease the public's growing fear and unease regarding the team.
As a result of this negotiatory attitude, Tony was one of three Avengers to not become a fugitive by the end of the Civil War and allowed to continue saving people with the support of the United Nations. This pragmatism extended to his fighting style. When confronted by terrorists holding people hostage he simply switched to a more accurate weapon to kill his foes. During the Avengers Civil War, he displayed this again, having the Mark XLVI scan Captain America's fighting style for weaknesses as well simply blasting the Captain away when he and Barnes attempted to tag team Stark and often using his repulsors to enhance his melee combat.
Before his kidnapping, Tony was a self-centered and arrogant person. During the following years, however, Tony has matured, gradually becoming more of a team player and becoming somewhat less arrogant. He even began opening up and having a real relationship with Pepper Potts. Tony's exploits as Iron Man have lead him to reevaluate his life, thus Tony now strives to use his inventions in a more responsible and considerate way.
After the Battle of New York, Tony developed a strong fear, that in this new world of "gods" and "aliens", he would be unable to protect the ones he loves, which induced him to become paranoid and full of anxiety, which, in turn, influenced Tony to build first the Iron Legion, and then the Ultron artificial intelligence so the only threats against Earth were from Earth. Despite good intentions, Tony's plans to protect people tend to cause problems at times, most notably after his creation Ultron violently rebelled against humankind, requiring the combined might of Tony and his Avengers teammates to bring down. These events resulted in the deaths of over a hundred civilians which were in turn caused because of him which caused Tony to become more responsible, serious and hardened individual, if not withstanding the same mischievous, wise-cracking nature. This was seen during his visit to the Raft where he steadfastly refused to take Clint Barton's bait and be reduced to petty insults instead maintaining a calm and controlled exterior.
Tony Stark does not possess any superhuman powers. He used to have a scaled-down miniaturized version of the Arc Reactor that keeps the remaining shrapnel in his heart from killing him. However, after having the shrapnel removed, he no longer needs the Arc Reactor in his chest. Nonetheless, his high-tech battle armor provides him with superhuman st...
Family
•Howard Stark † - Father •Maria Stark † - Mother •Pepper Potts - Wife •Morgan Stark - Daughter •Grandfather † •Grandmother †
Allies
•Edwin Jarvis † - Butler and Friend •J.A.R.V.I.S. - Creation •Maya Hansen † •Ho Yinsen † - Friend and Savior •Stark Industries •Happy Hogan - Close Friend and Former Bodyguard •James Rhodes/War Machine - Best Friend, Teammate, and Former Temporary Enemy •S.H.I.E.L.D. •Phil Coulson † - Friend •Nick Fury •Maria Hill - Former Employee •Avengers - Former Teammates •Steve Rodgers/Captain America - Close Friend, Rival, and Former Temporary Enemy •Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow † - Former Assistant and Former Temporary Enemy •Bruce Banner/Hulk - Close Friend •Thor •Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch - Former Enemy and Enthraller •Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver † - Former Enemy •Sam Wilson/Falcon - Former Temporary Enemy •Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Fan, Protégé, Close Friend, and Savior •Scott Lang/Ant-Man - Former Temporary Enemy •Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel - Savior •Erik Selvig •Harley Keener - Friend •Laura Barton - Hostess •F.R.I.D.A.Y. - Creation •Karen - Creation •CIA •Sharon Carter •Everett Ross •Golden Tribe •T'Challa/Black Panther •Shuri •May Parker † - Hostess •Masters of the Mystic Arts •Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange - Former Rival and Savior •Wong - Savior •Guardians of the Galaxy •Peter Quill/Star-Lord - Former Enemy •Drax the Destroyer - Former Enemy •Mantis - Former Enemy •Nebula - Former Teammate and Friend •89P13/Rocket Raccoon - Former Teammate •Groot •Dora Milaje •Okoye - Former Teammate •Jabari Tribe •M'Baku •Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier - Former Temporary Enemy and Attempted Victim •Hope van Dyne/Wasp •Gamora (2014 timeline) •Brunnhilde/Valkyrie •Korg •Miek •Ravagers •Kraglin Obfonteri •Howard the Duck
Enemies
•Ten Rings - Kidnappers •Raza † - Attempted Killer and Attempted Victim •Abu Bakaar •Ahmed † •Omar † •Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger † - Former Friend, Archenemy and Attempted Killer •Hammer Industries - Business Rivals •Justin Hammer - Business Rival and Attempted Killer •Hammer Drones † •Ivan Vanko/Whiplash † - Attempted Killer •Loki † - Attempted Killer •Chitauri •Leviathans •HYDRA •Wolfgang von Strucker † •List † - Victim •A.I.M. •Aldrich Killian † - Archenemy, Attempted Killer and Attempted Victim •Eric Savin † - Victim •Ellen Brandt † - Victim •Trevor Slattery •Ultron † - Creation and Attempted Killer •Ultron Sentries † •Ulysses Klaue † - Former Contact •Quentin Beck/Mysterio † - Former Employee •Helmut Zemo •Black Order •Ebony Maw † - Attempted Killer and Victim •Cull Obsidian † - Attempted Killer •Corvus Glaive † (2014 timeline) •Proxima Midnight † (2014 timeline) - Victim •Nebula † (2014 timeline) •Thanos † - Attempted Killer and Attempted Victim •Thanos † (2014 timeline) - Attempted Killer and Victim •Sakaarans (2014 timeline) •Outriders (2014 timeline) •Chitauri Gorillas (2014 timeline)
•When Tony Stark calls Rhodey, the ringtone is the original Iron Man theme song from the 1966 TV series.
•So far, every Marvel Cinematic Universe movie that Bruce Banner was in, Stark was in as well. That theme continues in any film they are mentioned. In Thor, Dr. Selvig mentions a "pioneer in Gamma radiation" and when the Destroyer arrives Agent Coulson questions if it is "Stark's". Vaguely relevant in Captain America: The First Avenger, Stark's father is involved in Project Rebirth, the same program that is recreated by Banner in The Incredible Hulk. During the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, both Stark and Banner are mentioned twice: Stark is mentioned as the engineer behind the turbine systems of Project Insight and "Iron Man" is part of the bargain Fury has with Pierce over delaying Project Insight, while Agent Sitwell lists "Bruce Banner" in his Zola Algorithm monologue and Fury mentions Banner as the mind behind Tetrodotoxine B.
•The reason why Tony's arc reactor changes from an inverted pyramid back to a circular shape in The Avengers is because Director Joss Whedon personally disliked it, so most likely it was only kept in future films to honor continuity (although the inverted pyramid remains within the circular arc reactor if one simply looks close).
•Some of the suits that Tony Stark wears don't seem to use Stark's Arc Reactor as a power source. Instead, the suits each have their own individual Arc Reactor as seen when Killian damages the one powering the Silver Centurian armor and Stark's remains unscathed.
•Tony Stark bookends the Battle of New York. He was the first to shoot back when the Chitauri began streaming through the portal and ended the battle by hitting the Chitauri Command Center with a nuclear missile.
•In the movie Avengers: Age of Ultron, the fight of Iron Man against Hulk under control of Wanda Maximoff is similar to the fight of Jason Lee Scott against Tommy Oliver under control of Rita Repulsa in the five-part long episode Green with Evil from the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, especially final part. While in the final part of episode Green with Evil, Tommy Oliver is defeated by Jason Lee Scott, Hulk is defeated by Iron Man.
- 1991 - Tony's Parents' Deaths (Captain America: Civil War) The youngest that audiences physically saw Downey Jr. as Tony Stark was in a flashback of him and his parents in Captain America: Civil War.
- 1999 - Meeting Aldrich Killian And The Birth Of Extremis (Iron Man 3) Nearly ten years after taking over Stark Industries, Iron Man 3 showed that Tony came into contact with two important people at a Y2K New Year's Eve party in Switzerland, Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) and Maya Hansen (Rebecca Hall).
- 2009 - Becoming Iron Man And Obadiah's Betrayal (Iron Man) Fast-forward to the film that started it all, the story of Tony becoming the Armored Avenger.
- 2010 - Fighting Whiplash And The Creation Of War Machine (Iron Man 2) Six months after the events of Iron Man, Iron Man 2 saw Tony come into conflict with the United States government, which wished for him to share his Arc Reactor and Iron Suit technology with the military.
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