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Paul Bettany (born 27 May 1971) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the Disney+ series WandaVision (2021) and the upcoming Vision Quest (2026), the former of which garnered him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Bettany first gained popularity for appearing in the films Gangster No. 1 (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001) and A Beautiful Mind (2001). He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for playing Stephen Maturin in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). Other films in which Bettany has appeared include Dogville (2003), Wimbledon (2004), The Da Vinci Code (2006), The Tourist (2010), Margin Call (2011), Legend (2015) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). He made his directorial debut with the film Shelter (2014), which he also wrote and co-produced. In television and theatre, Bettany has portrayed Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll in the series A Very British Scandal and Andy Warhol in the play The Collaboration in the West End, which later came to Broadway. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Bettany, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Tony Stark, a billionaire arms dealer, is ambushed in Afghanistan and taken hostage by the Ten Rings. Forced to build a weapon, he secretly constructs a prototype armored suit and escapes. Returning home, he shuts down his company’s weapons division, angering his business partner, Obadiah Stane. Developing a more advanced suit, Stark becomes a vigilante, targeting those using his weapons for harm. Meanwhile, Stane, seeking power, reverse-engineers Stark’s technology, creating a massive suit of his own. He paralyzes Stark and steals his arc reactor, leaving him for dead. With the help of Pepper Potts and James Rhodes, Stark recovers and confronts Stane in a brutal battle, ultimately defeating him by overloading the arc reactor, causing a massive explosion. At a press conference, Stark ignores his cover story and declares, “I am Iron Man,” shocking the world. Post Credits: Nick Fury visits Stark, introducing the Avengers Initiative.
