Ivan Vanko — Iron Man 2 Character Profile

About Ivan Vanko

Russian engineer seeking revenge on Stark.

Ivan Vanko — Character Profile

Alignment

Villain

Species

Human

Abilities

Arc reactor tech, Electrified whips, Engineering, Vengeance, Resilience

• Strength: 5/10
• Intelligence: 8/10
• Charisma: 5/10
• Morality: 3/10
• Influence: 5/10

Affiliations

• Marvel Cinematic Universe

Quick Facts about Ivan Vanko

Occupation

physicist

Eye Color

Brown

Hair Color

Brown hair

First Appearance

Iron Man 2

Ivan Vanko's Known Relations

• Anton Vanko — Father

Character Facts

Played by

Mickey Rourke

Appears in

Iron Man 2 (2010)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Ivan Vanko — related — Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson)
• Ivan Vanko — Family Father — Anton Vanko (Evgeniy Lazarev)

  Ivan Vanko is explicitly described as mourning the death of his father Anton Vanko.

• Ivan Vanko — Conflict Arch Enemy — Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.)

  Vanko attacks Tony during the Monaco race with electrified whips to prove Iron Man is not invincible.

• Ivan Vanko — Alliance Partner — Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell)

  Hammer fakes Vanko's death to break him out of prison and asks him to build armored suits.

• Ivan Vanko — Conflict Grudge — Howard Stark (John Slattery)

  Ivan builds a replica reactor using old Stark Industries blueprints left behind by his father to seek revenge.

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