
Age: 49
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Ebon Moss-Bachrach (/ˈɛbɪn mɑːs ˈbækəræk/) (born March 19, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his role as restaurant manager Richie Jerimovich in the comedy-drama series The Bear (2022–present), for which he was twice awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and two Golden Globe Award nominations. Moss-Bachrach has had major television roles on Girls (2014–2017) and NOS4A2 (2019–2020) and appeared in the first season of Star Wars: Andor (2022). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he portrayed David "Micro" Lieberman in the first season of The Punisher (2017) and Ben Grimm / The Thing in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ebon Moss-Bachrach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

The Thing
for The Thing in Marvel Extended Universe
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The Marvel Extended Universe (MEU) is a standalone multimedia franchise and shared universe inspired by Marvel Comics characters and storylines. While drawing heavily from comic continuity—particularly Earth-616—the MEU operates independently from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), presenting a reimagined continuity with its own history, tone, and long-term narrative architecture. franchise spans theatrical films, streaming television series, and special presentations, with an emphasis on serialized world-building, comic-accurate characterizations, and genre diversity. Unlike the MCU’s gradual origin-focused approach, the MEU begins in a world where superheroes, mutants, and enhanced individuals are already established, allowing for immediate exploration of legacy, politics, and cosmic-scale threats.defining feature of the MEU is its “Variant Casting Model.” Certain actors from the MCU reprise roles, but portray alternate-universe interpretations of their characters.These are not multiverse crossovers, but completely separate incarnations with distinct histories, motivations, and tonal differences.