Billionaire industrialist and genius inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, he builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man.
Directed by
Jon Favreau
Written by
Mark Fergus (screenplay); Hawk Ostby (screenplay); Art Marcum (screenplay); Matt Holloway (screenplay); Stan Lee (characters); Don Heck (characters); Larry Lieber (characters); Jack Kirby (characters).
Starring
Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark / Iron Man); Terrence Howard (Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes); Jeff Bridges (Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger); Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts); Leslie Bibb (Christine Everhart); Shaun Toub (Yinsen); Faran Tahir (Raza); Sayed Badreya (Abu Bakaar); Bill Smitrovich (General Gabriel); Clark Gregg (Agent Phil Coulson); Tim Guinee (Major Allen); Will Lyman (Award Ceremony Film Narrator (voice)); Marco Khan (Insurgent #4); Kevin Foster (Jimmy); Garret Noel (Pratt). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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