Marvel Characters Based On Real People: 10 MCU Characters You Didn’t Know Were Based On Celebrities

Besides fictional characters, the MCU has also featured real people. Several individuals, such as Elon Musk and David Hasselhoff, appeared as themselves or inspired characters within the stories. However, actors have only been hired to *play* real people in the MCU on five occasions. These include Cedric Benjamin as Jamel Shabazz in Luke Cage, and Joseph Culp as Franklin D. Roosevelt in Agents of SHIELD. Florence Schaffner, William A. Scott, and Frank Morris also fall into this category.








