Matthew Ellis

Matthew Ellis
Alias(es)	President Ellis Mr. President
Status	Alive
Appeared in	Iron Man 3 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Actor	William Sadler

President Matthew Ellis is the President of the United States. Ellis became the main target in the Mandarin terrorist campaign, only to discover that Mandarin was merely an illusion created by Aldrich Killian.

Biography

Iron Man 3

After the alien attack in New York, President Ellis ordered the construction of the Iron Patriot piloted by James Rhodes, a repainted version of the War Machine to symbolise the American military's power.

Ellis became the main target in a series of attacks caused by the Mandarin, which included various cities across the States being bombed by Extremis users overloading, and various satellite hacked TV broadcasts. In response to the first hacked broadcast, Ellis made the construction of the Iron Patriot public.

Much later during another broadcast while Ellis was on Air Force One, Mandarin threatened to kill Roxxon worker Thomas Richards if Ellis didn't call him on his own hacked phone. Ellis called Mandarin but the terrorist shot him anyway, vowing that Ellis was not safe. Later when Ellis was set to disembark on Air Force One once more, he was greeted by the Iron Patriot who was assigned to protect him. Ellis naturally assumed it was James Rhodes, but was unaware that it was in fact Eric Savin who stole the suit earlier and was allowed access due to Vice President Rodriguez's betrayal. Once Air Force One was airborne, Savin made his move, killed the presidential guard before revealing himself to Ellis and locked him in the suit which headed to the Mandarin's base camp.

Ellis arrived and was surprised to be greeted not by Mandarin, but by the true manipulator Aldrich Killian and discovered that Mandarin was part of a set up so Killian could become rich from the supply and demand of his Extremis product. As part of the plan, Ellis was chained up above a destroyed Roxxon oil tanker but the join was soon attacked by Tony Stark and James Rhodes, leading an Iron Legion. Rhodes soon freed Ellis and reclaimed his amour which he used to transport Ellis from the area. Ellis presumably had Vice President Rodriguez and Trevor Slattery (the poser for the Mandarin) arrested soon after.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

HYDRA attempted to kill off many of their threats around the world, one of which is President Ellis. This plan however failed when Steve Rogers, Nick Fury, Natasha Romanoff, Maria Hill, and Sam Wilson stopped the Insight Helicarriers from targeting threats all over the West Coast.

="Providence"

Ellis was mentioned as the President by the reporter on TV. He contended that the HYDRA attack on S.H.I.E.L.D. was the biggest intelligence leak in world history.

Character traits

To be added

Relationships

• Tony Stark - Ally
• James Rhodes - Ally
• The Mandarin - Enemy
• Aldrich Killian - Enemy
• Eric Savin - Enemy
• Vice President Rodriguez - Ally turned enemy

Appearances/Actors

• Marvel Cinematic Universe (2 films)

• • Iron Man 3 (First appearance) - William Sadler
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Photo and mentioned only)
• Marvel Cinematic Universe (1 TV series)

• • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
    • "Providence" (Mentioned only)
    • "The Only Light in the Darkness" (Mentioned only)
    • "Law of Nature"

Behind the scenes

To be added

Trivia

• His name is a nod to Warren Ellis, the writer of Iron Man: Extremis of which part of the plot of Iron Man 3 is based on.
• Originally, Robert Downey, Jr. promised Mel Gibson that he'd play the character.

Gallery

Iron Man 3

President Ellis shocked after witnessing "The Mandarin" execute someone on live TV

President Ellis salutes Eric Savin believing him to be James Rhodes

President Ellis is captured by Savin in the Iron Patriot armor

President Ellis suspended in the Iron Patriot armor

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

President Ellis photo and name appearing during targeting scene