These days, the MCU is everywhere. Since the release of Iron Man in 2008, Marvel has released a number of projects annually, building a complete universe. The MCU has started luring top-tier actors and filmmakers with a combination of films and limited series. Superhero movies are no longer considered taboo; they are now popular and will remain so. Here are 5 highest Academy Awards winners under Marvel films.

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1. Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for playing Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, possibly his most well-known portrayal. Hopkins, who has played Odin in each of the three Thor films, won his second Best Actor award for The Father, defeating the late Chadwick Boseman in a competition of MCU celebrities.

Anthony Hopkins’s Marvel character

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Sir Anthony Hopkins played the role. The fictitious character Odin Borson, the All-Father, can be found in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby developed from the Norse mythological figure Odin, first appears in Journey into Mystery (Nov. 1962), after originally being mentioned in Journey into Mystery (Oct. 1962).

Anthony Hopkins’s Academy Awards

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE is a Welsh actor, director, and producer who was born on December 31, 1937. He is a well-known and prolific actor in Britain who has been in both theater and cinema. Hopkins has won multiple awards, including a Laurence Olivier Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Academy Awards, and two BAFTAs.

2. Lupita Nyong’o

Almost immediately, Lupita Nyong’o rose to fame in Hollywood due to her powerful turn in the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave. Nyong’o received the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance, a distinction that undoubtedly helped her prospects of being a part of the MCU.

Lupita Nyong’o Marvel character

Nakia was portrayed by Lupita Amondi Nyong’o in Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. She was interviewed on the episodes The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on Assembled, Nigeria: Past is Present on Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever, and The Women of Black Panther on MPower.

Lupita Nyong’o Academy Awards

She became the first Kenyan and Mexican actress to win the prize for her performance in the 2013 drama feature 12 Years a Slave. Nyong’o was also nominated for a number of honors, including the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe, Best Actress in a Supporting Role BAFTA, and Best Supporting Actress Screen Actors Guild Awards, which she won.

3. Marisa Tomei

The three actresses who played Aunt May in movies received Oscar nominations. Nearly 25 years before making her MCU debut in Captain America: Civil War, Marisa Tomei won the Emmy for her supporting performance in My Cousin Vinny.

Aunt May Marvel’s character

In American comic books published by Marvel Comics, Maybelle “May” Parker-Jameson (née Reilly), sometimes known as Aunt May, is a fictitious character who frequently appears alongside the superhero Spider-Man. The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko and made her full debut in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962), playing a significant role in the Spider-Man comic books.

Marisa Tomei Academy Awards

American actress Marisa Tomei has won and been nominated for numerous accolades over the course of her career. In the comedy My Cousin Vinny from 1992, Tomei made her breakout performance as Mona Lisa Vito, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

4. Cate Blanchett

Among the performers who have appeared in the MCU with the most Oscar nominations, Cate Blanchett has won two so far. I really hope that Hela played by Blanchett isn’t really gone.

Hela marvel character

In the 2017 Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Thor: Ragnarok, Cate Blanchett made her live-action feature debut as Hela.

A made-up character named Hela can be found in American comic books produced by Marvel Comics. She was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for Journey into Mystery. She is based on the Norse goddess Hel. The Asgardian goddess of death known as Hela is in charge of both Hel and Niflheim. Typically, the persona is portrayed as a foe of the superhero Thor.

Cate Blanchett Academy Awards

She has won numerous awards for her acting, including two Oscars, nine AACTAs, four BAFTAs, four Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, four Golden Globes, three Independent Spirit Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as honors from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, National Board of Review, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, and Venice Film Festival.

Jeff Bridges

Before joining 2008’s Iron Man, Jeff Bridges had received numerous nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. He didn’t win the prize, though, until his lead role in the 2010 film Crazy Heart. Obadiah Stane may rest comfortably knowing he holds one distinction that Tony Stark (or Robert Downey Jr.) does not.

Jeff Bridges Marvel’s character

Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane in the 2008 film Iron Man, which made an appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Several fictional characters who feature in American comic books published by Marvel Comics go by the alias Iron Monger. Obadiah Stane is the first person to use the alias; he first appears in Iron Man #163 (October 1982).In Iron Man #200 from November 1985, the Iron Monger armor made its debut.

Jeff Bridges Academy Awards

In Iron Man (2008), the first movie in the MCU to be released, Bridges portrayed Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger, the major adversary. He may therefore be considered the first Oscar winner for a Marvel film. It’s interesting to note that he is the only actor to receive an Oscar after appearing in an MCU movie.

5 highest Academy Awards winners under Marvel films