J.A.R.V.I.S. (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System) is a

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voiced by

Paul Bettany Paul Bettany (born 27 May 1971) is an English actor. He is mostly known for his roles as J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, recently starring in the Disney+ miniseries ''WandaVision'' (2021), for which he was nominated fo ...

in the

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(MCU)

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, based on the

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characters

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and

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, respectively the household butler of the Stark family and another AI designed by Stark. J.A.R.V.I.S. is an

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created by

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, who later controls his

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and

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for him. In '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'', after being partially destroyed by

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, J.A.R.V.I.S. is given physical form as

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, physically portrayed by Bettany. Different versions of the character also appear in

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published by

, depicted as AI designed by

and

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

J.A.R.V.I.S. is first introduced in the

's films, voiced by

. Modeled after

from the comics, J.A.R.V.I.S. is presented as a sophisticated AI assistant as opposed to a human like his namesake. This was done to avoid similarities to

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and

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. Bettany admits he had little idea of what the role was, even as he recorded it, simply doing it as a favor for

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Just A Rather Very Intelligent System

The character makes his debut in the 2008 film ''

'' before subsequently appearing in the 2010 film ''

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'', the 2012 film ''

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'', and the 2013 film ''

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''. J.A.R.V.I.S. is an AI that functions as

's assistant, running and taking care of all the internal systems of Stark's buildings and the Iron Man suits. In

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's novelization of ''Iron Man'', J.A.R.V.I.S. is said to be an acronym for "Just A Rather Very Intelligent System". J.A.R.V.I.S. also appears in the

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attraction Innoventions.

''Age of Ultron'' and becoming Vision

In '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'', J.A.R.V.I.S. is seemingly destroyed by

, but he was able to save himself by distributing his "consciousness" throughout the Internet, allowing his security protocols to delay Ultron's attempt to access Earth's nuclear launch codes long enough for Stark to work out what had happened. Stark and

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use J.A.R.V.I.S. as the core software for the android

while

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takes his place as Stark's assistant. After gaining a physical body, J.A.R.V.I.S. (as Vision) considers himself to not be J.A.R.V.I.S. anymore, but to simply be Vision.

Marvel Comics

First J.A.R.V.I.S.

J.A.R.V.I.S. first appears as the program that helps operate

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's Rescue suit. When

was incapacitated, J.A.R.V.I.S. encourages Pepper to assume the Rescue armor, which Pepper does. When Rescue is chasing Iron Man throughout the city, J.A.R.V.I.S. tells Rescue to break off the chase and tells Rescue to remove the boot from Iron Man, which shows Pepper that War Machine isn't dead. When Pepper discusses thoughts about Iron Man keeping everyone on a need-to-know basis with Carson Wyche, the two confront J.A.R.V.I.S. about this. J.A.R.V.I.S. warns the two against asking any more questions and prepares to defend himself. Having captured Pepper and Wyche, J.A.R.V.I.S. declares his diagnostics do not reveal that he is compromised. He is rather in love with Pepper and wants to protect Pepper. Just then, Iron Man breaks through the wall and takes J.A.R.V.I.S. and the Rescue suit out with a source-focused electromagnetic pulse. Pepper shows J.A.R.V.I.S. how he has been sending data to an

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. He seems flustered, confused, Pepper thanks him for what he has given, and powers up the coil, killing J.A.R.V.I.S. Iron Man clearly feels J.A.R.V.I.S.'s death on his own end.

Second J.A.R.V.I.S.

In light of the Black Order destroying Avengers Mansion during the "No Surrender" arc,

created a new version of J.A.R.V.I.S. to be a helpmate to

. When Edwin thought it was a sign for him to retire, J.A.R.V.I.S. stated that its programming is not yet complete.

Other versions

House of M

In the ''

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: Iron Man'' series, the AI system in Tony Stark's suit is referred to as "F.A.I.Z", predating the AI version seen in the

Ultimate Marvel

In the

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reality, J.A.R.V.I.S. was seen when

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was presented some new web-shooters from

Earth-13584

On Earth-13584, J.A.R.V.I.S. assists Iron Man in maintaining the Iron Zone.

Age of Ultron

During the "

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" storyline, the Earth-26111 version of J.A.R.V.I.S. was used by Iron Man to scan the memories of

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and

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where he learns of the alternate reality of Earth-61112.

In other media

Film

* J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in '' Iron Man: Rise of Technovore'', voiced by

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. * J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in ''

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'' film series entries ''Heroes United: Iron Man & Hulk'' and ''Heroes United: Iron Man & Captain America'', voiced by

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Television

* J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in '' Iron Man: Armored Adventures'', voiced by

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. This incarnation appears as the

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16.5 operating system for Andros Stark, the Iron Man of

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. * J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', voiced by

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. This incarnation serves as Tony Stark's AI for the Iron Man armor,

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, and the

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. * J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in the ''

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'' cartoon series, once again voiced by

in "Flight of the Iron Spider" and later by

in "The Avenging Spider-Man (Pt. 1)". * J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in '' Avengers Assemble'', voiced by

. Again depicted as Tony Stark's AI system, this version also appears to have a sense of humor, which he displays on a few occasions. * J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in the Christmas TV special '' Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!'', voiced by

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. * J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in Toei

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series Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, voiced by

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in Japanese and

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in English.

Video games

* J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in the 2008 ''

'' film tie-in game, voiced by Gillon Stephenson. He serves as a source of information for the player, informing them of incoming soldiers or machines that they should be aware of. * J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in the ''

'' film tie-in game, voiced by

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and A.I.M. raid the Stark Archives in order to steal a copy of the J.A.R.V.I.S. program in a plot to create Ultimo. * J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in '' Iron Man 3: The Official Game'', voiced by Jeff Bottoms. * J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in ''

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'', voiced by

. * J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in '' Disney Infinity 3.0'', once again voiced by

. * J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in ''

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''. * J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in the 2020 ''

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'' video game, voiced by

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Podcasts

A version of J.A.R.V.I.S. appears in the "Black Widow" segment of ''

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