How is he the first Marvel Television character to make it into a Marvel Studios project?

This is Blackout from Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., he was a one off villain towards the end of Season 1, he stalked a Cellist Coulson had a thing going with before his first death, who was mentioned in The Avengers, and he tried to kill her, the team stopped him.

Anyways, the actor was in Captain Marvel, and Victoria Alonso heavily implied that it's the same character, so he's the first character originally from a Marvel Television project, to be in a Marvel Studios project. Again, this was in Captain Marvel, so before any of the following returned in these projects:

* Edwin Jarvis (Agent Carter > Avengers: Endgame)
* Daredevil (Daredevil, Defenders > Spider-Man: No Way Home)
* Kingpin (Daredevil > Hawkeye)
* Black Bolt (Inhumans > Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness; might be a variant)
* Daredevil Supporting Cast + Punisher + Jessica Jones (Netflix Shows > Daredevil: Born Again)

tl;dr: A one-off AoS villain was the first Marvel Television character to be in a Marvel Studios project.

Commentaires

colderstates2025-10-07 12:23

Counterpoint: it’s just the same actor playing a different role, as nothing in the film says they’re the same character.

marvelcomics222025-10-07 12:28

Victoria Alonso (A major Marvel Studios executive since the production of Iron Man to the release of Quantumania) indicated that they're the same person, but didn't outright confirm it.

colderstates2025-10-07 12:38

Producers, directors, writers can say what they want - and often do. But if it isn’t in the material, it doesn’t matter. It’s an insight but nothing more.

See also - Rhodey being a skrull since Civil War, Guardians being set in Andromeda, probably more.

OmegaX1232025-10-07 13:01

GotG being set in the Andromeda galaxy is true, though, at least in the comics. It's not just 'some exec saying whatever bullshit they want', it's the actual lore of the source material. Also, Skrullos, Xandar, and Majesdane are there. Also also, James Gunn, not just 'some exec' but the director of the GotG movies, is the one who said it, and the director is second only to the writers, which in this case is also James Gunn.

colderstates2025-10-07 16:23

Sure. It’s insight and extra flavour, but it isn’t in the material, so nobody is beholden to it. That’s how it works with these big franchises.

LennoxMacduff942025-10-07 15:57

>Q: Also, was that a Pre-Blackout Marcus Daniels (a villain from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) tending the bar Carol and Fury were at? They share the same actor, Patrick Brennan.

>VA: You noticed?

This was just a (very likely) intentionally vague response to the question that allows the person asking to take whatever away from it that they want. It's not clear if she's responding to the question about the character or just the statement that it was the same actor.

Marvelrocks6162025-10-07 12:28

Captain Marvel is also set in the 90s, and unlike Coulson I doubt they de-aged his character by 25 years.

colderstates2025-10-07 12:38

A very good point too.

Kingpin12322025-10-07 12:30

Jarvis was the first. Actors get reused for minor roles all the time. Alfre Woodard was in Civil War as the mother who was pissed at Tony for her Son dying and then she also played Mariah in Luke Cage. Gemma Chan was Minerva in Captain Marvel and then Sersi in the Eternals, although she wore make up for the former. I don’t think it’s the same character tbh. Jarvis is 100% the same character in his cameo in Endgame, so he’s the first Marvel TV character to make it into the films. Obviously there’d been film actors in Agents of Shield and Agent Carter but Jarvis in Endgame and Matt Murdock in NWH was the first time Marvel Studios started to embrace the TV characters.

marvelcomics222025-10-07 12:42

Victoria Alonso indicated otherwise, but you make some good points. Whitehall was supposed to have a cameo in Endgame, but the timings didn't work out.

nazia9872025-10-07 13:47

I know that's what they implied but I think it's a bunch of bs personally. Marvel Studios still hasn't really acknowledged Agents of Shield in any meaningful way and I don't think they would've done it this way (🤞 here's hoping Vision Quest gives us something meaningful).

I think they're just recycling actors. There was another one from the show who also appeared in Falcon and the Winter Soldier and one in Ant Man Quantumania

brycifer6662025-10-14 05:27

I hope not honestly I would like the real Blackout to fight Ghost Rider at some point