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F-ck you, Mr. Stark... f-ck you buddy.
~ Stern to Tony Stark, and his famous quote.

Senator Stern is a minor antagonist in both the 2010 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man 2 and the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier. He is a corrupt United States senator who is later revealed to be a double agent of HYDRA.

He was portrayed by the late Garry Shandling.

Biography[]

Iron Man 2[]

Senator Stern was in a televised hearing of the Senate Armed Forces Commitee with Justin Hammer and Tony Stark. Stern demands that Tony Stark immediately hand over the Iron Man suit to the government, but Tony knows Justin Hammer and Stern's secrets, so he refuses this demand, and hilariously humiliates Stern and Hammer on national television.

When Hammer called Ivan Vanko, Stern was playing golf with Justin Hammer. After Tony and Rhodes defeated Ivan Vanko and Hammer, Tony requested that Stern personally give medals and commendation to Tony and Rhodes, humiliating Stern yet again.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier[]

After Stern left a hotel with Jasper Sitwell, they gave a hug to each other, and Stern uses this momentary closeness to whisper to Sitwell "Hail, Hydra.". It turns out that Stern and Sitwell (along with the Winter Soldier, Brock Rumlow and the STRIKE team) are involved in Alexander Pierce's true plot to utilize the Hellicarriers and Arnim Zola's algorithm in taking down millions of people who are opposed to HYDRA in an attempt to bring in a new world order for HYDRA.

However, Black Widow and Nick Fury uploaded the HYDRA's secrets after Captain America exposes the plots, exposing Stern and all of the other secret HYDRA agents. The last we see of Stern, he is being approached and handcuffed by two FBI agents, indicating that he will almost certainly be facing an indictment, and tenure in prison for his crimes.

Trivia[]

  • Stern is similar to Harrington Byrd from the Marvel Comics, a U.S. senator who was wary of Iron Man and testified against Stark in several congressional hearings.
  • According to director Jon Favreau, Stern was named after radio personality Howard Stern, who in turn was a big fan of Garry Shandling.

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Iron Man 3: A.I.M. (Aldrich Killian, Eric Savin, Trevor Slattery, Ellen Brandt, Sweat Shop Agent, Ponytail Express, Maya Hansen & Extremis Soldiers) | Vice President Rodriguez
Heroes United: Iron Man and Hulk: Zzzax | Abomination | HYDRA
Heroes United: Iron Man and Captain America: HYDRA (Red Skull & Taskmaster)
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The Invincible Iron Man: Crimson Dynamo | Blizzard
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Iron Man 2: Whiplash | A.I.M. (Ghost) | Roxxon Energy Corporation (Crimson Dynamo)
Iron Man 3: The Official Game: Crimson Dynamo | A.I.M. (M.O.D.O.K, Ezekiel Stane & Living Laser)
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War Machine Villains

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Captain America (1990): Red Skull | Valentina de Santis
Captain America: The First Avenger: HYDRA (Red Skull, Arnim Zola, Heinz Kruger, HYDRA Lieutenant, & Velt) | Nazi Party (Adolf Hitler | Roeder | Hutter | Schneider)
Heroes United: Iron Man and Captain America: HYDRA (Red Skull & Taskmaster)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier: HYDRA/STRIKE (Alexander Pierce, Winter Soldier, Crossbones, Jack Rollins, Jasper Sitwell, Russo, Senator Stern, Arnim Zola, Wolfgang von Strucker, List, Scarlet Witch, & Quicksilver) | Georges Batroc | Ferdinand Lopez | Gerald Durand
Captain America: Civil War: Helmut Zemo | Thunderbolt Ross | Winter Soldier | Scarlet Witch | HYDRA (Vasily Karpov, Josef, & Winter Soldiers) | Hero Mercs (Crossbones)

TV Series
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What If...?: Red Skull | Arnim Zola | Heinz Kruger | HYDRA's Champion

Video Games
The Amazing Spider-Man & Captain America in Doctor Doom's Revenge: Doctor Doom | Electro | Hobgoblin | Rhino | Boomerang | Grey Gargoyle | Oddball | Batroc the Leaper | Mysterio
Captain America and the Avengers: Red Skull | Crossbones | Klaw | Living Laser | Whirlwind | Sentinel | Grim Reaper | Wizard | Mandarin | Juggernaut | Ultron
Captain America Super Soldier: HYDRA (Red Skull, Arnim Zola, Madam Hydra & Baron Strucker) | Baron Zemo
Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Winter Soldier | Sin | Taskmaster | Shockwave | Serpent Society (King Cobra, Puff Adder & Diamondbak)

See Also
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