Stan Lee

"Excelsior!"

- Stan Lee's trademark quote

Stan Lee, also known as Stan The Man, born Stanley Lieber, is one of the first and most prolific writers/creators of the Marvel Universe. Along with such greats as and, Lee created Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, the Avengers, Spider-Man, Nick Fury, S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil, Groot, and many other well known characters.

He served as a executive producer on Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,  Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agent Carter, Daredevil, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War and Doctor Strange, and will produce Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Spider-Man: Homecoming.

He personally wrote the tie-in comic Captain America: Evil Lurks Everywhere.

He portrayed his evil clone Lan Stee in the promotional webcast Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent.

He was interviewed for the documentaries Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop and Captain America: 75 Heroic Years.

Cameos
Stan Lee has played small parts in every Marvel Cinematic Universe film and TV series to date.
 * Iron Man - Himself, mistaken for by Tony Stark.
 * The Incredible Hulk - A man poisoned by a drink laced with the Hulk's blood.
 * Iron Man 2 - Larry King.
 * Thor - Man who tries to move Thor's hammer using his truck.
 * Captain America: The First Avenger - An elderly general
 * The Avengers - A man being interviewed on television who didn't believe in super heroes. Also, in a deleted scene, he told Steve Rogers to ask the waitress for her number.
 * Iron Man 3 - Beauty pageant judge.
 * Thor: The Dark World - Mental patient.
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode T.R.A.C.K.S. - Train passenger.
 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Smithsonian security guard.
 * Guardians of the Galaxy - Xandarian Ladies’ Man.
 * Agent Carter episode The Blitzkrieg Button - Man next to Howard Stark.
 * Daredevil episode Daredevil - Cop pictured on the wall.
 * Avengers: Age of Ultron - World War II Veteran.
 * Ant-Man - Bartender seen during Luis' flashback of Falcon looking for Ant-Man.
 * Jessica Jones episode AKA Top Shelf Perverts - Cop pictured on the wall.
 * Daredevil episode Dogs to a Gunfight - Cop pictured on the wall.
 * Captain America: Civil War - FedEx Driver, mistaking Tony Stark as "Tony Stank".
 * Luke Cage episode Soliloquy of Chaos - Cop pictured on the wall.
 * Doctor Strange - Bus Passenger
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
 * Spider-Man: Homecoming
 * Thor: Ragnarok

Trivia

 * Stan Lee is one of the actors who have portrayed multiple characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
 * Stan Lee has also had cameos in several non-Marvel Cinematic Universe films based on Marvel properties. He portrayed, an actual character in the comics, in the 2005  film.
 * Stan Lee is the first actor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe who portrayed characters based on real life people.
 * Stan Lee's appearance as a World War II veteran in Avengers: Age of Ultron is a reference to his actual military career during the war.
 * Stan Lee is the only actor to appear in all Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, although all his appearances are cameos.
 * In Stan Lee's cameo in Avengers: Age of Ultron, after getting drunk, Stan Lee says "Excelsior", the same phrase with which he ended his weekly "Stan's Soapbox," which appeared in every Marvel comic book.
 * Lee filmed his cameos in Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok on the same day due to his advanced age. James Gunn, the director of the Guardians of the Galaxy films, helped direct the cameos.
 * Stan Lee will get a Life Story Movie that will be a 1970s-Set Action-Adventure Movie.
 * On September 27, 2016, the Los Angeles City Council officially dedicated October 28 as Stan Lee Day.