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John M. Slattery, Jr. (born August 13, 1962) is an American actor and director, best known for his roles as Roger Sterling on AMC's series Mad Men, Frank Jaffe in Confess, Fletch, Howard Stark (Tony Stark's father) in the Marvel movie series, Paul LeBlanc on FOX's NEXT, Dwight Eisenhower in Churchill, Lyle Bettencourt on CBS's The Good Fight, Richardson in The Adjustment Bureau, Cravely in Charlie Wilson's War, Bud Gerber in Flags of Our Fathers, Peter Benedict on WB's Jack & Bobby, Roland Yates in Bad Company, Dr. Richard Meyers on Lifetime's sitcom Maggie, FBI Agent Corman in Eraser, and Al Kahn on ABC's Homefront. He has been married to actress Talia Balsam since 1998 and they have a son, Henry.
After the events of the Avengers, Tony Stark's health deteriorates due to his alcoholism and PTSD from the battle of New York. As Stark Industries struggles, Tony recklessly spirals, straining his relationships with Pepper Potts and James "Rhodey" Rhodes. Meanwhile, Anton Vanko, a vengeful man whose family was killed by Stark weapons years ago, creates his own arc reactor technology and attacks Tony at a Monaco racetrack, under the alias Crimson Dynamo. Tony narrowly defeats him, but Vanko's expertise catches the attention of Obadiah Stane who is now Stark’s business rival. Stane hires Vanko to develop a line of weaponized suits to rival Iron Man. Rhodey takes one of Tony’s suits, modified into the War Machine by the military, and confronts Tony, who’s eventually inspired to improve his arc reactor technology after uncovering hidden plans from his father. With a new element powering his reactor, Tony revitalizes his health and takes up the fight against Stane and Vanko. Vanko unleashes an army of drones at the Stark Expo, leading to a climactic showdown. Tony and Rhodey team up to destroy the drones and defeat Vanko, who has suited up in a second version of the crimson dynamo suit. Tony and Rhodey win, Pepper is made Stark industries' ceo, with Tony becoming a full time superhero.
