who played the president in iron man 3
Iron Man 3 Paul Bettany reprises his role from previous films as J.A.R.V.I.S., Stark's AI system.[27] Ty Simpkins portrays Harley Keener,[27] a boy who becomes Stark's sidekick,[40] as part of a three-picture deal with Marvel Studios.[41] Ashley Hamilton portrays Taggart, one of the Extremis soldiers.[42] William Sadler plays President Ellis,[27][43] (named after Warren Ellis, who wrote the "Extremis" comics arc that primarily influenced the film's story)[44] and Miguel Ferrer plays Vice President Rodriguez. Adam Pally plays Gary, a cameraman who helps Stark.[45] Shaun Toub reprises his role as Yinsen from the first Iron Man film in a brief cameo,[46] and Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance as a beauty pageant judge.[44] Dale Dickey plays Mrs. Davis, mother of an Extremis subject that is framed as a terrorist.[47] Wang Xueqi briefly plays Dr. Wu in the general release version of the film.[48] A cut of the film produced for release exclusively in China includes additional scenes featuring Wang and an appearance by Fan Bingbing as one of his assistants.[49][50] Mark Ruffalo makes an uncredited cameo appearance, reprising his role as Bruce Banner from The Avengers, in a post-credits scene.[51] Comedians Bill Maher and Joan Rivers,[52][53] and Fashion Police co-host George Kotsiopoulos have cameo appearances as themselves on their respective real-world television programs,[54] as do newscasters Josh Elliott,[citation needed] Megan Henderson,[55] Pat Kiernan,[56] and Thomas Roberts.[57]