who does paul bettany play in the avengers?
Edwin Jarvis
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 Paul Bettany as J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision : 

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 Paul Bettany reprises his role from previous films as J.A.R.V.I.S. , Stark 's AI system . Ty Simpkins portrays Harley Keener , a boy who becomes Stark 's sidekick , as part of a three @-@ picture deal with Marvel Studios . Ashley Hamilton portrays Taggart , one of the Extremis soldiers . William Sadler plays President Ellis , ( named after Warren Ellis , who wrote the " Extremis " comics arc that primary influenced the film 's story ) and Miguel Ferrer plays Vice President Rodriguez . Adam Pally plays Gary , a cameraman who helps Stark . Shaun Toub reprises his role as Yinsen from the first Iron Man film in a brief cameo , and Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance as a beauty pageant judge . Dale Dickey plays Mrs. Davis , mother of an Extremis subject that is framed as a terrorist . Wang Xueqi briefly plays Dr. Wu in the general release version of the film . A cut of the film produced for release exclusively in China includes additional scenes featuring Wang and an appearance by Fan Bingbing as one of his assistants . Mark Ruffalo makes an uncredited cameo appearance , reprising his role as Dr. Bruce Banner from The Avengers , in a post @-@ credits scene . Comedians Bill Maher and Joan Rivers and Fashion Police co @-@ host George Kotsiopoulos have cameo appearances as themselves on their respective real @-@ world television programs , as do newscasters Josh Elliott , Megan Henderson , Pat Kiernan , and Thomas Roberts . 

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 Additionally , Toby Jones , Maximiliano Hernández , and Garry Shandling reprise their roles from previous Marvel Studios films as Arnim Zola , Jasper Sitwell , and Senator Stern , respectively . Georges St @-@ Pierre plays Georges Batroc , a mercenary and a master of the French form of kickboxing known as savate . Callan Mulvey plays Jack Rollins , a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. ' s S.T.R.I.K.E. unit . Chin Han , Jenny Agutter ( who previously appeared in The Avengers ) , Alan Dale , and Bernard White appear as members of the World Security Council . Comedic actors Danny Pudi and DC Pierson have small roles as a S.H.I.E.L.D. technician and an Apple Store employee , respectively . Gary Sinise narrates a Captain America @-@ themed Smithsonian Institution exhibit , and Stan Lee cameos as a security guard there . Winter Soldier creator Ed Brubaker makes a cameo as a scientist working on the Winter Soldier . Co @-@ director Joe Russo cameos as a doctor , and Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely cameo as two S.H.I.E.L.D. interrogators . Thomas Kretschmann , Henry Goodman , Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor @-@ Johnson appear , uncredited , as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker , Dr. List , the Scarlet Witch , and Quicksilver , respectively , in the mid @-@ credits scene . 

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 Gwyneth Paltrow and Maximiliano Hernández reprise their roles from previous films as Pepper Potts and Jasper Sitwell , respectively . Paul Bettany returns to voice J.A.R.V.I.S. Frequent Whedon collaborator Alexis Denisof portrays the Other , and Damion Poitier portrays his master , Thanos ( unnamed in the film ) , in a post @-@ credit scene . Powers Boothe and Jenny Agutter appear as members of the World Security Council . Avengers co @-@ creator Stan Lee has a cameo appearance in a news report . Harry Dean Stanton cameos as a security guard , and Polish film director Jerzy Skolimowski appears as Georgi Luchkov , Romanoff 's interrogator . Enver Gjokaj , who later went on to play Agent Daniel Sousa in the series Agent Carter , appears as a police officer . 

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 In May , Toby Jones entered final negotiations to play Arnim Zola . Iron Man director Jon Favreau said a younger Howard Stark would appear in the film , played by Dominic Cooper . Atwell revealed that Tommy Lee Jones would have a role in the film . By June , Neal McDonough was in talks to play Dum Dum Dugan . Four days later , he confirmed he was taking the part . The same day , Stanley Tucci joined the cast as Dr. Abraham Erskine , the scientist who created the super @-@ soldier serum . In November 2013 , McDonough revealed that he is signed to appear in multiple projects for Marvel , not limited to films . 
