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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.
Genius billionaire Tony Stark is gravely wounded when terrorists ambush his convoy in Afghanistan using Stark Industries weapons. Imprisoned by the Ten Rings, he is kept alive by fellow captive Ho Yinsen, who creates an electromagnet to stop shrapnel from reaching Tony’s heart. Ordered to build weapons, Tony instead creates a miniature Arc Reactor and a crude armored suit, escaping after Yinsen sacrifices himself. Haunted by what he witnessed, Tony shuts down Stark Industries’ weapons division despite fierce opposition from Obadiah Stane. Determined to protect lives instead of taking them, he perfects advanced armor with the help of J.A.R.V.I.S. and becomes Iron Man, destroying Ten Rings stockpiles and exposing the misuse of Stark technology. Tony uncovers that Stane orchestrated the attack and has been secretly profiting from illegal weapons deals. After stealing Tony’s Arc Reactor, Stane builds the massive Iron Monger armor and attacks Stark Industries. Forced to rely on his original reactor, Tony defeats Iron Monger when Pepper Potts overloads the company’s Arc Reactor, destroying Stane and his armor. Rejecting S.H.I.E.L.D.’s cover story, Tony ends a packed press conference with the words, “I am Iron Man.” Post-Credits Scene: Late that night, Tony returns to his Malibu home to find his security systems bypassed and an eyepatch-wearing stranger waiting in the darkness. The man introduces himself as Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., joking that dealing with gamma accidents, radioactive bug bites, assorted mutants, and now “a spoiled brat who doesn’t play well with others and wants to keep all his toys to himself” has become quite the job. A confused Tony asks who he is, prompting Fury to formally identify himself before revealing that he has come to discuss the Avenger Initiative. When Tony asks, “Well, what are we avenging?” Fury simply smiles and answers, “Whatever the hell we want.”
