We’re all very aware of the true A-listers in the expansive Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline . After all, a great majority of them are the titular characters in the best Marvel movies . But while those heroes and villains are regularly celebrated and adulated, however, there is a whole league of players who don’t get nearly enough credit for their contributions and presence in the canon.
That ends today! The supporting characters highlighted on this list may never have the fan bases of Robert Downey Jr .’s Iron Man or Chris Evans ’ Captain America, but they at the very least deserve recognition for their individual impacts and general excellence. Shaun Toub as Ho Yinsen Does the Age of Heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe even begin without the work of Ho Yinsen? His input and ingenuity helping Tony Stark invent the Iron Man suit and escape his abductors in Afghanistan was invaluable – to say nothing of the fact that he saved Stark’s life by using a chest-embedded magnet to protect him from the bits of shrapnel in his body post-explosion.
Peter Billingsley as William Ginter Riva I think we can all relate to William Ginter Riva on some level. He was a skilled scientist at Stark Industries hired to work on arc reactor technology, but he apparently never got much love from executives – as illustrated by Obadiah Stane tearing him a new one in Iron Man and his decision to team up with Quentin Beck in Spider-Man: Far From Home . Ty Burrell as Leonard Samson There.