Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Tony Stark | |
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Marvel Cinematic Universe character | |
First appearance | Iron Man (2008) |
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Full name | Anthony Edward Stark[1] |
Alias | Iron Man, Howard Potts[2] |
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Spouse | Morgan Stark (daughter) |
Nationality | American |
Anthony Edward Stark is a
Stark is one of the central figures of the MCU, having appeared in eleven films since his introduction in Iron Man (2008). The character and Downey's performance have been credited with helping to cement the MCU as a multi-billion-dollar franchise, with Stark's evolution often being considered the defining arc of the series.[3]
Concept and creation
Tony Stark first premiered as a comic book character, in Tales of Suspense #39 (cover dated March 1963), a collaboration among editor and story-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, story-artist Don Heck, and cover-artist and character-designer Jack Kirby.[4] Lee wanted to create the "quintessential capitalist", a character that would go against the spirit of the times and Marvel's readership.[5] Lee based this playboy's looks and personality on Howard Hughes,[6] as "one of the most colorful men of our time. He was an inventor, an adventurer, a multi-billionaire, a ladies' man and finally a nutcase."[7] The character's original costume was a bulky gray armored suit, replaced by a golden version in the second story (issue #40, April 1963), and redesigned as sleeker, red-and-golden armor in issue #48 (Dec. 1963) by Steve Ditko.[8] Lee and Kirby included Iron Man in The Avengers #1 (Sept. 1963) as a founding member of the superhero team. In the mid-2000s, with a number of movies having been made from other Marvel properties licensed to other studios, Kevin Feige realized that Marvel still owned the rights to the core members of the Avengers, which included Iron Man. Feige, a self-professed "fanboy", envisioned creating a shared universe just as creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had done with their comic books in the early 1960s.[9]
Jon Favreau, who was selected to direct the first Iron Man film, felt Downey's past made him an appropriate choice for the part,[10] and that the actor could make Stark a "likable asshole," but also depict an authentic emotional journey once he won over the audience.[11]
Ultimately though, Downey ended up being the choice the studio made for the first character in their ever-expansive cinematic universe. Favreau was also attracted to Downey from his performance in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), with Downey frequently conversing with that film's director, Shane Black, about the script and dialogue in Iron Man.[12]
Fictional character biography
Early life
Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark was born on May 29, 1970, in
On December 16, 1991, when Stark was 21, his parents went away to the
Becoming Iron Man
In the late 2000s, Stark travels to
Stark and Yinsen secretly build a small, powerful electric generator called an arc reactor to power Stark's electromagnet and a suit of powered armor. When the Ten Rings attack the workshop, Yinsen sacrifices himself to divert them while the suit is completed. The armored Stark battles his way out of the cave to find the dying Yinsen, then burns the Ten Rings' weapons in anger and flies away, crashing in the desert. Rescued by Rhodes, Stark returns home to announce that his company will no longer manufacture weapons. In his home workshop, Stark builds a sleeker, more powerful version of his improvised armor suit as well as a more powerful arc reactor.
Stark learns that
Six months later, Stark has become a superstar and uses his Iron Man suit for peaceful means, resisting government pressure to sell his designs. He reinstitutes the Stark Expo to continue his father's legacy, but discovers that the palladium core in the arc reactor that keeps Stark alive and powers the armor is slowly poisoning him. Growing increasingly reckless and despondent about his impending death, he appoints Pepper Potts CEO of Stark Industries.
Stark competes in the
Stark discovers a hidden message from his father, a diagram of the structure of a new element, which Stark synthesizes. At the Expo, Stark's rival
The Battle of New York and aftermath
When the
The Avengers become divided, both over how to approach Loki and the revelation that S.H.I.E.L.D. plans to harness the Tesseract to develop weapons. Agents possessed by Loki attack the Helicarrier, disabling one of its engines in flight, which Stark and Rogers must work to restart. Loki escapes, and Stark and Rogers realize that for Loki, simply defeating them will not be enough; he needs to overpower them publicly to validate himself as ruler of Earth. Loki uses the Tesseract to open a wormhole in New York City above Stark Tower to allow the Chitauri fleet in space to invade. Fury's superiors from the World Security Council attempt to end the invasion by launching a nuclear missile at Midtown Manhattan. Stark intercepts the missile, and in an apparent sacrifice of his own life, takes it through the wormhole toward the Chitauri fleet. The missile detonates, destroying the Chitauri mothership and disabling their forces on Earth. Stark's suit runs out of power, and he falls back through the wormhole but the Hulk saves him from crashing into the ground.
Stark develops
Stark traces the Mandarin to Miami and infiltrates his headquarters, where he discovers the Mandarin was just an actor named
Battle of Sokovia and Civil War
Stark and the Avengers raid a Hydra facility commanded by Baron
Returning to Stark Tower, Stark and
After hiding at Clint Barton's house, Nick Fury arrives and encourages Stark and the others to form a plan to stop Ultron, who is discovered to have forced the team's friend Dr. Helen Cho to perfect a new body for him. Rogers, Romanoff, and Barton find Ultron and retrieve the synthetic body, but Ultron captures Romanoff. Returning to their headquarters in New York, the Avengers fight amongst themselves when Stark and Banner secretly upload J.A.R.V.I.S.—who is still operational after hiding from Ultron inside the Internet—into the synthetic body. Thor returns to help activate the body, explaining that the gem on its brow was part of his vision. This "Vision" and the Maximoffs, now on their side, accompany Stark and the Avengers to Sokovia, where Ultron has used the remaining vibranium to build a machine to lift part of the capital city skyward, intending to crash it into the ground to cause global extinction. One of Ultron's drones is able to activate the machine. The city plummets, but Stark and Thor overload the machine and shatter the landmass. The Avengers establish a new base, and Stark leaves the team in the hands of Rogers and Romanoff.
Approximately one year later,
Peter Parker resumes his high school studies, with Stark telling him he is not yet ready to become a full Avenger. Stark rescues Parker from nearly drowning after an encounter with
Infinity War
Stark and Potts are in a New York City park discussing having children, when Banner, who had disappeared after the Battle of Sokovia, crash-lands at the
After successfully freeing Strange and killing Maw, the trio proceed to Thanos’ home planet
Stark and Nebula are adrift in space before being rescued by
The Avengers successfully obtain all of the Infinity Stones before returning to the present. The Stones are incorporated into a gauntlet made by Stark, which Banner then uses to resurrect those that were disintegrated by Thanos. However, they are followed by a 2014 version of Thanos and his forces, who are summoned to 2023 by an alternate version of Nebula. During an ensuing battle, Thanos obtains Stark's gauntlet and the two of them wrestle for control of it. Thanos is able to fling Stark away before attempting another snap, but discovers that Stark has transferred the Infinity Stones to his own armor. Stark activates the Gauntlet, using them to disintegrate Thanos and all of his forces and saving the universe, but fatally injures himself in the process. He dies surrounded by Rhodes, Parker, and Potts. A funeral attended by many heroes is later held for him at his homestead.
Eight months later, as the world continues to mourn Stark, Parker receives glasses that can access Stark's artificial intelligence E.D.I.T.H., with a message that establishes him as Stark's successor.[N 3]
Film appearances
Robert Downey Jr. portrays Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man (2008),[14] Iron Man 2 (2010),[15] The Avengers (2012),[16] Iron Man 3 (2013),[17] Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015),[18] Captain America: Civil War (2016),[19] Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017),[20] Avengers: Infinity War (2018),[18] and Avengers: Endgame (2019).[19] In addition, Downey makes an uncredited cameo appearance in The Incredible Hulk (2008)[21] and will reprise the role in Black Widow (2021).[22]
In
Characterization
Appearance and personality
Downey had an office next to Favreau during pre-production, which allowed him greater involvement in the screenwriting process,
In Iron Man 2, Stark struggles to keep his technology out of the government's hands. Downey and Favreau, who had been handed a script and worked from it on the first movie, conceived of the film's story themselves.[15] On Stark being a hero, Downey said "It's kind of heroic, but really kind of on his own behalf. So I think there's probably a bit of an imposter complex and no sooner has he said, 'I am Iron Man –' that he's now really wondering what that means. If you have all this cushion like he does and the public is on your side and you have immense wealth and power, I think he's way too insulated to be okay."[29]
The Avengers introduced Stark's role as one of an ensemble of heroes who must come together to defend the Earth from an alien invasion led by the god Loki. Downey initially pushed director Joss Whedon to make Stark the lead of the 2012 Avengers film: "Well, I said, 'I need to be in the opening sequence. I don't know what you're thinking, but Tony needs to drive this thing.' He was like, 'Okay, let's try that.' We tried it and it didn't work, because this is a different sort of thing, the story and the idea and the theme is the theme, and everybody is just an arm of the octopus."[30] About the character's evolution from previous films, Downey said, "In Iron Man, which was an origin story, he was his own epiphany and redemption of sorts. Iron Man 2 is all about not being an island, dealing with legacy issues and making space for others... In The Avengers, he's throwing it down with the others".[31] At the climax of the film, Stark guides a nuclear missile through an interstellar portal to destroy the main alien vessel, demonstrating a willingness to sacrifice his life to save the Earth.[32]
In
In
In
Downey reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).[18][20] Iron Man 3 director Shane Black stated in March 2013 that "There has been a lot of discussion about it: 'Is this the last Iron Man for Robert [Downey Jr.]?' Something tells me that it will not be the case, and [he] will be seen in a fourth, or fifth." Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said that the character of Stark would continue to be featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe regardless of Downey's involvement.[48] Also in March, Downey said he was open to extending his contract, stating he feels "there's a couple other things we've gotta do" with the character.[49] In June 2013, when Downey signed on to return as Iron Man in Avengers: Age of Ultron, he also signed on for a third Avengers film.[18] In a July 2014 interview during the filming of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Downey expressed his interest in continuing to play Iron Man. "It's down to Kevin [Feige] and Ike [Perlmutter, CEO of Marvel Entertainment] and Disney to come to us with what the proposal is, and that’s on us to agree or disagree," Downey said. "When things are going great, there's a lot of agreement." He added, "It's that thing of: Why give up the belt when it feels like you can barely get jabbed?"[50] In April 2016, Downey expressed openness to appearing in a potential fourth Iron Man film, saying "I could do one more."[51] Downey's Marvel contract expired following Avengers: Endgame, where Stark dies.[52]
Stark's fashion sense evolved over the course of the films, initially being described as "woefully basic... mostly saggy jeans, henleys and tank tops—with an occasional suit", but improving by the time of the first Avengers film,[53] and becoming more sophisticated by Civil War, as Stark matured and accepted greater responsibility for the consequences of his actions.[54] Downey expressed the desire for his wardrobe to reflect that "you still know he's Tony Stark, and you still know that he's the richest man in the world".[54] Stark's clothing has been described as alternating between "a sweet suit with some shades" in his corporate look, "or a t-shirt, jeans, and an arc reactor" in his personal time.[55] His fashion sense has been referred to as "part Mob boss and part Big Bang Theory cast member", and alternating "between boxy pinstripe suits and faux-ironic vintage tees".[53]
Armor and special effects
Tony Stark has worn multiple different armors in his MCU appearances. For Iron Man, Stan Winston and his company built metal and rubber versions of the armors featured in the film,[56] while Iron Man comic book artist Adi Granov designed the Mark III with illustrator Phil Saunders.[57] Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) created the digital armors in the film,[58] with The Orphanage and The Embassy doing additional work. To help with animating the more refined suits, information was sometimes captured by having Downey wear only the helmet, sleeves and chest of the costume over a motion capture suit.[56]
For Iron Man 2, ILM again did the majority of the effects, as it did on the first film, with
Differences from the comics
The origin story of Iron Man has been updated for the films. In the comics, Stark becomes Iron Man following an experience in the
The AI version of J.A.R.V.I.S. is eventually uploaded by Stark to an artificial body and becomes Vision. In the films, Vision is created by Stark and Banner as a counter to Ultron. In the comics, however, Ultron is created by a different member of the Avengers, Hank Pym, and aspects of Pym's personality are integrated into this version of Ultron, such as a desire for peace.[64] Another difference in the films is the romance between Stark and Pepper Potts. In the comics, Potts has unrequited feelings for Stark, and ultimately becomes involved with Stark's chauffeur and bodyguard, Happy Hogan.[63][64]
A new approach not seen in comics is Stark's mentorial relationship with
The Mandarin, a recurring Iron Man villain in the comics, turns out to be just an actor portraying the character, with the real criminal mastermind behind the acts claimed by "the Mandarin" being
Reception
Downey's portrayal of the character has been widely praised by fans and critics. Roger Ebert praised Downey's performance in Iron Man, stating "At the end of the day it's Robert Downey Jr. who powers the lift-off separating this from most other superhero movies".[71] Frank Lovece of Film Journal International, a one-time Marvel Comics writer, commended that Iron Man 2 "doesn't find a changed man. Inside the metal, imperfect humanity grows even more so, as thought-provoking questions of identity meet techno-fantasy made flesh".[72]
For The Avengers, Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal—despite complimenting Downey's performance—favored his work in Iron Man over his acting in The Avengers: "His Iron Man is certainly a team player, but Mr. Downey comes to the party with two insuperable superpowers: a character of established sophistication—the industrialist/inventor Tony Stark, a sharp-tongued man of the world—and his own quicksilver presence that finds its finest expression in self-irony".[73] In his review of Avengers: Endgame, Morgenstern lauded both actor and character, praising "Robert Downey Jr.'s startlingly smart Tony Stark" who, along with Chris Evans' Captain America and Chris Hemsworth's Thor, contributed to that film's "feeling of family ... because the debuts of its most prominent members remain vivid to this day."[74]
In 2015,
Accolades
Downey has received numerous nominations and awards for his portrayal of Tony Stark. He notably won the Saturn Award for Best Actor three times,[77][78][79] making him a record four-time winner (he had previously won the award for 1993's Heart and Souls);[80] it is also the record for most wins for portraying the same character, tied with Mark Hamill for playing Luke Skywalker.[81][82][83]
Year | Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
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2008 | Iron Man | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Action | Nominated | [84] |
Scream Awards | Best Science Fiction Actor | Won | [85] | ||
Best Superhero | Nominated | [86] | |||
2009 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Male Action Star | Nominated | [87] | |
Favorite Male Movie Star | Nominated | ||||
Favorite Superhero | Nominated | ||||
Empire Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | [88] | ||
MTV Movie Awards | Best Male Performance
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Nominated | [89] | ||
Saturn Awards | Best Actor | Won | [77] | ||
2010 | Iron Man 2 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi
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Nominated | [90] |
Choice Movie: Dance | Nominated | ||||
Choice Movie: Fight (with Don Cheadle) | Nominated | [91] | |||
Scream Awards | Best Science Fiction Actor | Nominated | [92] | ||
Best Superhero | Won | [93] | |||
2011 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Actor | Nominated | [94] | |
Favorite Action Star | Nominated | ||||
Favorite On-Screen Team (with Don Cheadle) | Nominated | ||||
MTV Movie Awards | Biggest Badass Star | Nominated | [95] | ||
Saturn Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | [96] | ||
2012 | The Avengers | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Nominated | [97] |
Choice Summer Movie Star: Male | Nominated | ||||
2013 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Actor | Won | [98] | |
Favorite Action Movie Star | Nominated | ||||
Favorite Movie Superhero | Won | ||||
Critics' Choice Awards | Best Actor in an Action Movie | Nominated | [99] | ||
Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Male Buttkicker | Nominated | [100] | ||
Empire Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | [101] | ||
MTV Movie Awards | Best On-Screen Duo (with Mark Ruffalo) | Nominated | [102] | ||
Best Fight (with cast) | Won | ||||
Best Hero | Nominated | ||||
Iron Man 3 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Action | Won | [103] | |
Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Nominated | ||||
Choice Movie: Chemistry (with Don Cheadle) | Nominated | ||||
2014 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Actor | Nominated | [104] | |
Favorite Movie Duo (with Gwyneth Paltrow) | Nominated | ||||
Favorite Action Movie Star | Won | ||||
Critics' Choice Awards | Best Actor in an Action Movie | Nominated | [105] | ||
Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Male Buttkicker | Won | [106] | ||
Favorite Movie Actor | Nominated | ||||
MTV Movie Awards | Best Hero | Nominated | [107] | ||
Saturn Awards | Best Actor | Won | [78] | ||
2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Nominated | [108] |
2016 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Actor | Nominated | [109] | |
Favorite Action Movie Actor | Nominated | ||||
Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Actor | Nominated | [110] | ||
MTV Movie Awards | Best Fight (with Mark Ruffalo) | Nominated | [111] | ||
Captain America: Civil War | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Nominated | [112] | |
Choice Movie: Chemistry (with cast) | Nominated | [113] | |||
2017 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Actor | Nominated | [114] | |
Favorite Action Movie Actor | Won | ||||
Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Actor | Nominated | [115] | ||
Favorite Frenemies (with Chris Evans) | Nominated | ||||
#Squad (with cast) | Nominated | ||||
2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Action Movie Actor | Won | [116] |
People's Choice Awards | Male Movie Star of 2018 | Nominated | [117] | ||
2019 | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Superhero | Won | [118] | |
Avengers: Endgame | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Hero | Won | [119] | |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Action Movie Actor | Won | [120] | ||
Saturn Awards | Best Actor | Won | [79] | ||
People's Choice Awards | Male Movie Star of 2019 | Won | [121] | ||
Action Movie Star of 2019 | Nominated |
See also
Notes
- ^ As depicted in the 2016 film Captain America: Civil War.
- ^ As depicted in the 2013 film Iron Man 3.
- ^ As depicted in the 2019 film Spider-Man: Far From Home.
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External links
- Iron Man at Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
- Marvel Cinematic Universe Iron Man on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki
- Tony Stark (Iron Man) Biography - Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) - Marvel Studios Official Web Site