Tony Stark — Iron Man Character Profile

About Tony Stark

Genius billionaire inventor who created the Iron Man armor and co-founded the Avengers.

Tony Stark — Character Profile

Affiliations

• Stark Industries
• Marvel Cinematic Universe

Quick Facts about Tony Stark

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's Known Relations

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

Tony Stark appears in 10 titles

• Iron Man (2008)
• The Incredible Hulk (2008) — character page
• Iron Man 2 (2010) — character page
• The Avengers (2012) — character page
• 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

Iron Man (2008)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (10)

• Tony Stark — related — Hogan (Jon Favreau)
• Tony Stark — related — General Gabriel (Bill Smitrovich)
• Tony Stark — related — Christine Everhart (Leslie Bibb)
• Tony Stark — Family Father — Howard Stark (Gerard Sanders)

  Tony Stark inherited the defense contractor Stark Industries from his late father Howard Stark.

• Tony Stark — Social Best Friend — Rhodey (Terrence Howard)

  James Rhodes is described as Tony Stark's best friend and military liaison.

• Tony Stark — Social Fellow Captive — Yinsen (Shaun Toub)

  Yinsen is introduced as a fellow captive and doctor imprisoned alongside Stark.

• Tony Stark — Conflict Captor — Raza (Faran Tahir)

  Ten Rings leader Raza captures Stark and imprisons him in a cave.

• Tony Stark — Professional Business Partner — Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges)

  Obadiah Stane is identified as Tony's father's old partner and the company's manager.

• Tony Stark — Professional Personal Assistant — Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow)

  Pepper Potts is Stark's personal assistant who manages his daily affairs and the arc reactor.

• Tony Stark — Former Romantic Interest — Christine Everhart (Leslie Bibb)

  Reporter Christine Everhart, a former romantic interest, informs Stark about his weapons being used by terrorists.

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More characters from Iron Man

• Rhodey (Terrence Howard)
• Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges)
• Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow)
• Yinsen (Shaun Toub)
• Christine Everhart (Leslie Bibb)
• Jarvis (voice) (Paul Bettany)
• Raza (Faran Tahir)
• Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg)
• General Gabriel (Bill Smitrovich)
• Abu Bakaar (Sayed Badreya)
• Guard (Marco Khan)
• William Ginter Riva (Peter Billingsley)