Hank Pym

"Superheroes, what a Goddamn joke!"

- Henry Pym

Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym is an entomologist and physicist who developed the Ant-Man technology at his company, Pym Technologies.

"Experiences" with S.H.I.E.L.D.
Henry Pym had an undefined "experience" with S.H.I.E.L.D.. As such, when Jane Foster's equipment was confiscated by S.H.I.E.L.D., Pym's friend Erik Selvig offered to email him to consult the situation.

Tragic Loss
In 1963, Henry Pym created a serum that could shrink a human being to the size of an ant, yet maintain his original strength. Unfortunately, an accident occurred that killed his wife during one such experiment and his relationship with his daughter became strained afterwards.

Pym hired Scott Lang to steal the Ant-Man Suit from Darren Cross.

Powers and Abilities

 * Above Genius Level Intellect
 * Skilled Businessman 

Formerly

 * Size Alteration 
 * Animal Communication

Family

 * Janet van Dyne - Wife
 * Hope van Dyne - Daughter

Allies

 * Scott Lang - Employee
 * Luis - Employee
 * Erik Selvig - Colleague and Friend

Enemies

 * Darren Cross - Former Protege

Trivia

 * In the comics, Hank Pym was one of the founding members of the Avengers along with his wife, the Wasp.
 * Hank Pym was mentioned in Thor, yet his name was cut from the film.
 * Hank Pym's identity as Yellowjacket from the comics will be instead used by Darren Cross as the supervillian's name for the film.
 * Hank and Scott are currently the only superheroes in the MCU to have been married and have kids

Behind the Scenes

 * Nathan Fillion was in the running to play Pym before it was decided the character would not appear in The Avengers and never auditioned.