10 Oscar Winners You Didn't Realize Played Marvel Movie Side Characters

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10 Oscar Winners You Didn't Realize Played Marvel Movie Side Characters
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Summary The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been host to no shortage of Oscar-winning actors, including even some of the series' most obscure side-characters. It's no secret that the Marvel Cinematic Universe survives and thrives off the strength of its actors, as proven by the recent announcement of Robert Downey Jr.'s return to the MCU as Doctor Doom.

9 Jennifer Connelly As Karen Won Best Supporting Actress for A Beautiful Mind The Marvel Cinematic Universe is rife with artificial intelligence, from the polite and helpful J.A.R.V.I.S. to the cheerful F.R.I.D.A.Y. Of all the hyper-intelligent systems Tony Stark creates, Karen might be the most undersung, only getting a single appearance in Spider-Man: Homecoming. The near-sentient A.I. that helps Spider-Man pilot his high-tech Stark-made suit, Karen is affectionately named by Peter Parker.

7 Matt Damon As The Loki Actor Won Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting Matt Damon might boast the highest discrepancy between actor fame and character importance in the entire MCU, giving only the briefest of glimpses of his star power in Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder.

5 Kenneth Branagh As An Asgardian Distress Caller Won Best Screenplay for Belfast Astonishingly, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has sometimes hid Oscar-winning performers in even the tiniest of spaces. Kenneth Branagh is best known in the franchise for directing the first Thor film, a solid, if not outstanding, Phase 1 origin story. But Branagh also briefly lent his voice to the commotion of Avengers: Infinity War, being simply credited as "Asgardian Distress Caller.

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