The Marvel Comics character Iron Man has appeared in various other media since his debut in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963). Iron Man has been the focus of three animated series, two Japanese animated projects, and a direct-to-DVD animated feature. An Iron Man live-action feature film starring Robert Downey Jr. as the character and directed by Jon Favreau was released in 2008, with Downey also appearing as the character in the two sequels Iron Man 2 and 3, in a cameo in The Incredible Hulk, and as a main character in several other films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) including The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
Television 1960s
Iron Man appears as one of the main protagonists in The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by John Vernon.
1980s Iron Man makes guest appearances in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, voiced by William Marshall. This version provided the titular Spider-Friends with their crime-detection technology. Iron Man makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Spider-Man (1981). An Iron Man TV series was one of several pitches in the 1980s and an unaired pilot was produced in 1980.
1990s Iron Man appears in a self-titled animated series, voiced by Robert Hays. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version was previously captured by the Mandarin rather than Wong Chu, has shrapnel near his spine rather than his heart, and is a member of Force Works. Iron Man makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Fantastic Four. Iron Man appears in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, with Robert Hays reprising the role. Iron Man appears in The Incredible Hulk episode "Helping Hand, Iron Fist", voiced again by Robert Hays. Iron Man appears in The Avengers: United They Stand episode "Shooting Stars", voiced by Francis Diakowsky.
2000s
Iron Man appears in the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes episode "Shell Games", voiced by David Kaye. A teenage Iron Man appears as the main character in Iron Man: Armored Adventures, voiced by Adrian Petriw. Iron Man appears in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Tom Kenny.
2010s Iron Man appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Eric Loomis. As in the comics, he is one of the founding members of the team and provides them with the Avengers Mansion as well as technology, including special ID cards and Quinjets. This Iron Man includes the elements from the comics canon and some elements from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the Arc Reactor in his chest as well as his armor being run by the J.A.R.V.I.S. A.I., as opposed to the HOMER system in the comics. He serves as team leader, and is seen in the opening credits monitoring the team's activities on various view screens. As part of a four-series collaboration between the Japanese Madhouse animation house and Marvel, Iron Man starred in a 12 episode anime series that premiered in Japan on Animax in October 2010 and is shown on G4 in the United States. It concluded on Animax after running the full dozen episodes on December 17, 2010. He additionally appears in a non-speaking cameo in the final episode of Marvel Anime: X-Men. Iron Man appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, with Pasdar reprising his role. Additionally, The Super Hero Squad Show incarnation of the character makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the episode "Flight of the Iron Spider". Iron Man appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload, once again voiced by Adrian Pasdar. Iron Man appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., once again voiced by Pasdar. Iron Man appears in Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel, with Pasdar reprising his role. Iron Man appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced once again by Pasdar, and by Mick Wingert from the fourth season onward. The Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Iron Man briefly appears via stock footage in the pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. The president of Disney Channel Worldwide Gary Marsh announced a new Iron Man series is in development. Iron Man appears in the anime series Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, with Matthew Mercer reprising his role. Iron Man appears in the television special Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled, voiced by Mick Wingert. Iron Man appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced again by Mick Wingert. Iron Man appears in Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!, voiced again by Mick Wingert. Iron Man appears in Spider-Man, voiced again by Mick Wingert. Similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe incarnation, this version does not have a secret identity and regularly hosts the Stark Expo. Iron Man appears in Marvel Future Avengers, voiced by Eiji Hanawa in the original Japanese version and again by Mick Wingert in the English dub.
2020s Iron Man appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Climate Conundrum, voiced by Giles Panton. Iron Man appears in M.O.D.O.K., voiced by Jon Hamm. This version is the owner of A.I.M. Iron Man appears in What If...?, voiced by Mick Wingert. Iron Man appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Loki in Training, voiced again by Giles Panton. Iron Man appears in Spidey and His Amazing Friends, voiced by John Stamos. Iron Man makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the X-Men '97 episode "Tolerance is Extinction - Part 3". Iron Man appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition, voiced again by John Stamos. Iron Man appears in Iron Man and His Awesome Friends, voiced by Mason Blomberg. Iron Man appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails, voiced again by Mick Wingert.
Television series based on the Iron Man franchise
Year Title Medium Seasons Episodes Actor Production Studio 1966 The Invincible Iron Man Animation 1 13 John Vernon Grantray-Lawrence Animation 1994 Iron Man (TV series) Animation 2 26 Robert Hays Marvel Films 2009 Iron Man: Armored Adventures CG 2 52 Adrian Petriw Method Animation 2010 Iron Man (Marvel Anime) Animation 1 12 Keiji Fujiwara Madhouse 2025 Ironheart Live Action 1 6 Dominique Thorne Marvel Television 2025 Iron Man and His Awesome Friends CG 1 30 Mason Blomberg Atomic Cartoons
Film Animation
Iron Man was featured in Ultimate Avengers, an animated direct-to-video adaptation of the Ultimates produced by Marvel Entertainment and Lions Gate Films, voiced by Marc Worden. Although based on Ultimate Iron Man, the animated version's identity is not a matter of public record, and, as in main Marvel Universe continuity, he is afflicted with a heart condition rather than a brain tumor. In the first film he is reluctant to join the Avengers, but later becomes a full-time member. Marvel/Lions Gate released Ultimate Avengers 2 on August 8, 2006. In the second film Iron Man's old armor is ruined, so he uses the War Machine armor. Marc Worden reprises his role of Iron Man in The Invincible Iron Man. The film has a slightly changed origin where Stark is taken to China. There he meets Li Mei, and with Rhodey builds a suit of armor. As Iron Man he takes down four elementals attempting to resurrect his arch enemy, the Mandarin, who in this incarnation is a Kahgan who has been deceased for many centuries. An elderly Iron Man appears in Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow voiced by Tom Kane. Stark, voiced again by Marc Worden, makes a brief appearance in the Planet Hulk animated film. Iron Man appears in Iron Man: Rise of Technovore, voiced by Matthew Mercer. Iron Man appears as a central character in Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United which was released in 2014. Adrian Pasdar reprised his role as Stark from Ultimate Spider-Man and the Iron Man Anime. Iron Man also appears in Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United which was released in 2014. Iron Man appears in the anime film Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher with Mercer reprising his role. Iron Man appears in the animated film Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight, with Mick Wingert reprising the role from Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled. Iron Man appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda, voiced again by Mick Wingert. Iron Man makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Ralph Breaks the Internet. Iron Man appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red, voiced again by Mick Wingert.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Robert Downey Jr. portrays Tony Stark in Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019), as well as having a cameo in The Incredible Hulk (2008) that is also shown via archive footage in the Marvel One-Shot, The Consultant (2011). Davin Ransom portrayed a young Tony Stark in Iron Man 2.
Video games Iron Man is featured in several video games. He is one of four selectable heroes in Captain America and the Avengers (1991). Iron Man appears in few Capcom games licensed by Marvel: Iron Man appears in few Marvel-licensed Capcom fighting games, particularly in Marvel vs. Capcom series. Chris Britton voices the character in the 2D era fighting games Marvel Super Heroes (1995) and in Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000). He is one of five playable characters in Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems (1996). Clones of Iron Man also appear as foot soldier enemies and bosses in this game. Eric Loomis reprises his role in 3D era Marvel vs. Capcom games: Iron Man appears as a playable fighter in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, donning his Extremis armor. Alternate colors include the "tin can" prototype armor, Stealth Suit, and Silver Centurion armor, with Norman Osborn's Iron Patriot armor available as downloadable content. He appears in the Mike Haggar character ending as Haggar's running mate for his presidential campaign. Iron Man would later appear as a playable character in the standalone update of the game, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Iron Man is a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, with Eric Loomis reprising the role. Iron Man appears as an assist character in Avengers in Galactic Storm. Iron Man appears in Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal for the PC, PlayStation, the Game Boy, Saturn and Game Gear. The Invincible Iron Man was released on the Game Boy Advance in late 2002. The Invincible Iron Man was also the title for a cancelled game for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. Iron Man appears as an unlockable playable character in Tony Hawk's Underground. Iron Man appears in The Punisher, voiced by John Cygan. Iron Man appears as an unlockable character in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse voiced again by John Cygan. The War Machine armor also appears as an alternate costume. Iron Man is one of the main characters in Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, voiced by David Kaye. Iron Man appears in the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series: John Cygan reprises his role of Iron Man who is a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. His costumes include his New Avenger armor, his Classic armor, the War Machine armor, and his Ultimate armor. Iron Man is one of the main characters in game; Stark Tower is one of the bases of the team in the game. He has special dialogue with Nick Fury, the Crimson Dynamo, Deathbird, Dark Colossus, and Dark Captain America. A simulation disk has Iron Man fighting Ultimo on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. He is also a PSP exclusive boss character on Black Widow's simulation mission in that handheld port.