Tony Stark / Iron Man — The Avengers Character Profile

About Tony Stark / Iron Man

Genius billionaire inventor, founder of the Avengers, operates the Iron Man armor.

Tony Stark / Iron Man — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Genius engineering, Iron Man armor, Leadership, Flight, Repulsor blasts

• Strength: 7/10
• Intelligence: 10/10
• Charisma: 8/10
• Morality: 7/10
• Influence: 9/10

Affiliations

• Stark Industries
• Marvel Cinematic Universe

Quick Facts about Tony Stark / Iron Man

Full Name

Anthony Edward Stark

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Occupation

businessperson, engineer, superhero

Eye Color

Brown

Hair Color

Black hair

First Appearance

Iron Man

Manner of Death

Death in battle

Nationality

American

Origin

Manhattan, New York, United States

Tony Stark / Iron Man's Known Relations

• Howard Stark — Father
• Morgan Stark — Child
• Maria Stark — Mother
• Pepper Potts — Spouse
• Stark Industries — Employer
• Ten Rings — Enemy

Tony Stark / Iron Man appears in 10 titles

• Iron Man (2008) — character page
• The Incredible Hulk (2008) — character page
• Iron Man 2 (2010) — character page
• The Avengers (2012)
• Iron Man 3 (2013) — character page
• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) — character page
• Captain America: Civil War (2016) — character page
• Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) — character page
• Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — character page
• Avengers: Endgame (2019) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Robert Downey Jr.

Appears in

The Avengers (2012)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (7)

• Tony Stark / Iron Man — Professional Mission Coordinator — Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson)

  Fury coordinates Stark's participation in the initiative.

  Fury reactivates the Avengers Initiative, while Coulson visits Tony so he can examine Selvig's research.

• Tony Stark / Iron Man — Professional Liaison — Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg)

  Coulson connects Stark to the Tesseract investigation.

  Coulson visits Tony Stark so Stark can check Selvig's research.

• Tony Stark / Iron Man — Alliance Teammates — Steve Rogers / Captain America (Chris Evans)

  Their cooperation develops through shared crises.

  Stark and Rogers intervene when Thor frees Loki, then restart the damaged Helicarrier engine together.

• Tony Stark / Iron Man — Alliance Teammates — Bruce Banner / The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo)

  They contribute different capabilities to the final defense.

  Stark and the other Avengers work together to protect New York from the Chitauri.

• Tony Stark / Iron Man — Alliance Teammates — Thor (Chris Hemsworth)

  Thor joins Stark against Loki and the invasion.

  Thor, Stark, and Rogers intervene after Thor frees Loki, and Thor later fights beside Stark in New York.

• Tony Stark / Iron Man — Conflict Strategic Adversaries — World Security Council (Donald Li)

  Their crisis decisions conflict over how to stop the invasion.

  The Council launches a nuclear missile at Midtown Manhattan, while Stark intercepts it and redirects it through the wormhole.

• Tony Stark / Iron Man — Narrative Primary Antagonist — Loki (Tom Hiddleston)

  Stark directly opposes Loki's invasion plan.

  Loki opens the portal above Stark Tower, and Stark intercepts the nuclear missile to destroy Loki's invading fleet.

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More characters from The Avengers

• Steve Rogers / Captain America (Chris Evans)
• Bruce Banner / The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo)
• Thor (Chris Hemsworth)
• Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson)
• Selvig (Stellan Skarsgård)
• NASA Scientist (Tina Benko)
• Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson)
• Agent Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders)
• Jarvis (Paul Bettany)
• Clint Barton / Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner)
• Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg)
• Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow)