Thanos

Thanos is a space warlord who allies himself with Loki Laufeyson.

The Avengers
Thanos is a powerful alien, a warlord who rules over a dead dimension. He allies himself with the exiled Loki Laufeyson, providing him with the deadly army of the Chitauri, who will help him conquering Earth, in exchange of the Tesseract, a powerful energy source.

When Loki has arrived on Earth, Thanos is contacted by him, and the Other threatens the God of Mischief, declaring that if he fails in defeating the Earthlings, Thanos will make him know a new kind of suffering.

When eventually Loki is defeated, the Other complains that the Earth's inhabitants are not as weak as they were supposed to be and declares that challenging the Earth's heroes would be to court Death. To this, Thanos simply smiles.

Character traits
Thanos is one of the most powerful beings of the universe, and even though none of his powers are actually shown (yet), he was able to threaten a god such as Loki Laufeyson and to comand unchallenged over the powerful army of the Chitauri.

He's a blood-thirsty warlord, deeply in love with Death itself, and he thinks that killing every living being in the universe would please his beloved.

Relationships

 * Loki Laufeyson - Ally.
 * The Other - Subordinate.
 * Chitauri - Subordinates.
 * Leviathans - Subordinates.

Appearances/Actors

 * Marvel Cinematic Universe (1 film)


 * The Avengers (First appearance) - Damion Poitier

Behind the scenes

 * Thanos' presence in the movie has been kept top secret from the production until the very release of The Avengers.
 * Damion Poitier was credited as Man 1 despite actually playing Thanos.

Trivia

 * In the comics, Thanos has no relationships with Loki Laufeyson nor the Chitauri, but he's nevertheless one of the historical foes of the Avengers.
 * In the comics, Thanos is the master of the Infinity Gauntlet, which he used in the eponymous series in an attempt to court Death.