History TheSociopath / MarvelCinematicUniverse

** His boss Bill Rawlins, aka Agent Orange, plays this much straighter to a disturbing degree. He's a sadistic GloryHound who considers himself to be the most important person in the Cerebus operation. Even when people try to explain pragmatic and altruistic motives for doing things, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood he is genuinely puzzled by the idea of doing anything that wouldn't have]] [[ItsAllAboutMe a direct benefit to himself]].

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': [[Characters/MCURonan Ronan the Accuser]] is a low-functioning sociopath who views killing families as [[ButForMeItWasTuesday forgettable]], bathes in Xandarian blood regularly, and will KickTheDog just because. [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Back in the day]], he was more calm and rational about it, but he still had no qualms about bombing the hell out of innocent people in the name of Kree imperialism, even if Kree soldiers are caught in the crossfire.

* ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'' finally introduces [[Characters/MCUKang Kang the Conqueror]] ([[spoiler:the Exile variant]]) and the man certainly lives up to his name. He's callous, cruel, treats [[spoiler:Darren Cross/M.O.D.O.K.]] harshly, considers himself a higher being compared to everyone else, hides his sadistic nature beneath a veneer of charm and elegance, manipulates everyone around him for his own benefit and never displays a shred of remorse for anything he's done and will continue to do if left unchecked. [[spoiler:His torture of Cassie in front of Scott, his HandWave of every planet he's destroyed and how many lives he's taken when confronted by Janet and his ruthless retaliation against the Quantum Rebels solidifies just how little life means to him.]]

* [[spoiler:Obadiah Stane]] from the first ''Film/IronMan'' movie is a walking, talking checklist of dark triad traits. He's treats people around him like chess pieces on a board, and plays both sides in the US government's fight against the Ten Rings terrorist sect while showing that he's perfectly willing to betray them both. He manipulates Stark Industries' board of directors into cutting Tony out of his company, and later rips his (figurative) heart out and leaves him to die while never dropping his chilling NiceGuy facade. During his final fight with Tony he shows no care for the destruction he causes, and is even willing to murder innocent civilians, children included, just to get an edge over him.

* [[Characters/MCURonan Ronan the Accuser]] from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''. While he's hinted to have cared for his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, his actions clearly show his status as a low-functioning sociopath. Killing families is [[ButForMeItWasTuesday forgettable for him]], he bathes in Xandarian blood regularly, and will KickTheDog just because. [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Back in the day]], he was more calm and rational about it, but he still had no qualms about bombing the hell out of innocent people in the name of Kree imperialism, even if Kree soldiers are caught in the crossfire.

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'': [[Characters/MCUTheHighEvolutionary The High Evolutionary]] can ''act'' charming and patient, but underneath this façade, he is a ruthless, controlling, power-hungry despot and sees every living thing as nothing more than an experiment for him to study and discard as he sees fit. He has no true empathy for anyone besides himself [[spoiler:and he doesn't truly care for the civilizations he builds, he just wants to make everything his idea of perfect]]. He may look human, but he is ''anything but.''

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'': The High Evolutionary can ''act'' charming and patient, but underneath this façade, he is a ruthless, controlling, power-hungry despot and sees every living thing as nothing more than an experiment for him to study and discard as he sees fit. He has no true empathy for anyone besides himself [[spoiler:and he doesn't truly care for the civilizations he builds, he just wants to make everything his idea of perfect]]. He may look human, but he is ''anything but.''

* ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'' finally introduces Kang the Conqueror ([[spoiler:the Exile variant]]) and the man certainly lives up to his name. He's callous, cruel, treats [[spoiler:Darren Cross/M.O.D.O.K.]] harshly, considers himself a higher being compared to everyone else, hides his sadistic nature beneath a veneer of charm and elegance, manipulates everyone around him for his own benefit and never displays a shred of remorse for anything he's done and will continue to do if left unchecked. [[spoiler:His torture of Cassie in front of Scott, his HandWave of every planet he's destroyed and how many lives he's taken when confronted by Janet and his ruthless retaliation against the Quantum Rebels solidifies just how little life means to him.]]

* ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'' finally introduces Kang the Conqueror ([[spoiler:the Exile variant]]) and the man certainly lives up to his name. [[spoiler:He's callous, cruel, treats his minions harshly, considers himself a higher being compared to everyone else, hides his sadistic nature beneath a veneer of charm and elegance, manipulates everyone around him for his own benefit, never displays a shred of remorse or regret for the awful things he's done and displays an utterly ruthless and destructive approach to combat.]]

** The series has its take on ComicBook/{{Bullseye|MarvelComics}}, [[Characters/MCUBenjaminPoindexter Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter]]. Although a supposedly upstanding FBI agent, if something of a CowboyCop, he's quickly established to feel no regret or remorse for the people he kills on the job and goes out of his way to kill additional targets just for kicks. He's able to fool just about anybody with his superficially friendly behavior, is manipulative enough to con a police-trained psychologist, and can't take an ounce of criticism for his actions. Although he ''can'' form connections with a few people, it's mostly to give ''himself'' a "north star" to follow for guidance, since he's otherwise unable to understand morality on his own.

* Johann Schmidt, aka [[Characters/MCURedSkull Red Skull]], from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''. Superficially charming and friendly, but literally all he cares about is himself and power. [[NotInThisForYourRevolution Even the Nazi cause is meaningless to him]]; the Nazis were merely a means to an end and once he reveals as much, he cheerfully tells his “bosses” that their capital is one of the first places he’ll be blowing up for his EvilPlan. [[spoiler:This backfires against him ''horribly'' in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. After the events of ''The First Avenger'', he was teleported to Vormir and given knowledge on how to get the Soul Stone... but it’s useless to him because you have to [[KillTheOnesYouLove sacrifice the person you love most to get the stone]]. Schmidt never loved anybody except himself, [[IronicHell so he’s left stuck on Vormir for eternity, unable to complete his life’s work or leave]].]]

* [[Characters/MCURonanTheAccuser Ronan the Accuser]] from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''. While he's hinted to have cared for his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, his actions clearly show his status as a low-functioning sociopath. Killing families is [[ButForMeItWasTuesday forgettable for him]], he bathes in Xandarian blood regularly, and will KickTheDog just because. [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Back in the day]], he was more calm and rational about it, but he still had no qualms about bombing the hell out of innocent people in the name of Kree imperialism, even if Kree soldiers are caught in the crossfire.
* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'': [[spoiler:[[Characters/MCUEgoTheLivingPlanet Ego the Living Planet]], who wishes to assimilate all life into himself because he was dissatisfied with his first encounters with other life. When he fell in love with Meredith Quill, he gave her brain cancer in order to keep his head clear. She was not the only mortal woman he slept with, as he needed a child for his scheme. Most of his children are dead because they were useless to him without powers, and he tries to use Star-Lord as a battery when he defies him.]]
* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': [[Characters/MCUHela Hela]], who assisted her father on his initial path of conquest, but betrays him the second he decides to stop. After escaping her imprisonment, she immediately continues with her scheme of multiversal domination, not caring how many have to die.

** Wilson Fisk himself, aka [[Characters/MCUKingpin Kingpin]], has become this by Season 3. After being imprisoned, Fisk became callous, ruthless, Machiavellian, remorseless, cold, and sociopathic. Having given up on his old ambitions, he became concerned solely with attaining money and power, getting revenge upon the people who had wronged him, and being reunited with Vanessa. While he originally showed some reluctance and remorse about killing civilians like Elena Cardenas, this changed after his release from prison, as he displayed a willingness to order the murders of innocent people without a second thought if it would even slightly further his plans. In short, his capacity for empathy has drained away, feels no remorse for any of his murders, and manipulates people like pawns, eventually proving that, by the end of the day, there's no place for emotions in his ambitions. Even before he became progressively sociopathic and his actions went more in the direction of MoralSociopathy, he was already quite violent and homicidal, as exemplified when he destroys the head of one of his own subordinates... [[DisproportionateRetribution just because he embarrassed him]].

** [[Characters/MCUKilgrave Kilgrave]], the BigBad of Season 1, is an evil mind-controller that exemplifies many symptoms of sociopathy. He treats people like rags to be used up discarded at his leisure and only cares about his momentary whims regardless of how it may affect his victims. He's [[EvilIsPetty extremely petty]] and will make people [[PsychicAssistedSuicide mutilate or kill themselves]] just for annoying him. He uses self-justification to make himself look like he's doing nothing wrong and even tries to blame his past of experimentation on his behavior, [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse something that is called out several times]]. He claims to love Jessica, but he has to remind himself to call her a person after calling her a "thing." [[spoiler: And the real reason he wants her back is that he ''can't'' actually control her anymore.]] Even when he's not using his mind control, he manipulates people through mundane methods such as using the people around Jessica as leverage to force her to do what he wants [[spoiler: and convincing Hogarth to release him from his prison]]. And despite being a SerialRapist and SerialKiller by definition, he refuses to see himself as such since he doesn't psychically make anyone do anything (even though [[CompellingVoice people have no choice but to do what he tell them]]).

* ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'': [[spoiler:Quentin Beck, the face of [[Characters/MCUMysterio Mysterio]]]] is a petty, egotistical, and manipulative snake who has been [[spoiler:killing hundreds of people around the world and then pretending to defeat the creatures responsible in a bid to be perceived as a hero]]. His only act of kindness is during his EvilGloating as he praises the individual designers and technicians helping him to pull this off, but it's clear he's going to claim all the glory for himself. He briefly voices distress about the fact that a group of [[WouldHurtAChild high schoolers]] have information that could [[HeKnowsTooMuch unravel his scheme]], but then immediately pins the blame on one of his underlings and goes after them anyway. [[spoiler:His last act was to frame Spider-Man for his death and all the crimes leading up to it, and he also publicly exposes Spidey's true face and name, seeing to it that sixteen-year-old Peter Parker's life is ruined while he is [[VillainWithGoodPublicity remembered as a hero]].]]

For the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters numerous amount of villains]] that the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse has provided, there were bound to be a few [[TheSociopath sociopaths]] included in the ranks.

* ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'': With [[MoralityChain Wanda and Pietro]] absent, presumably dead, [[Characters/MCUUltron Infinity Ultron]] is now an unfeeling machine of mass destruction with a pathological need to kill more life to [[TheHedonist satisfy his programming]]. He cares not for the countless lives lost in his genocidal crusade, only seeing their extinction as the "peace" he wanted. And when finished wiping out all life in the universe, he suffers an existential crisis of what to do next... [[spoiler:until he discovers the Multiverse with an infinite amount of sapient life and chaos for him to wipe out.]]

** The series has it's take on ComicBook/{{Bullseye|MarvelComics}}, Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter. Although a supposedly upstanding FBI agent, if something of a CowboyCop, he's quickly established to feel no regret or remorse for the people he kills on the job, and goes out of his way to kill additional targets just for kicks. He's able to fool just about anybody with his superficially friendly behavior, is manipulative enough to con a police-trained psychologist, and can't take an ounce of criticism for his actions. Although he ''can'' form connections with a few people, it's mostly to give ''himself'' a "north star" to follow for guidance, since he's otherwise unable to understand morality on his own.

* ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'': The Green Goblin persona within Norman Osborn's head is a sadistic, murderous bastard with [[AGodAmI a god complex]]. He looks down on people who has morality compulsions, seeing them as too weak to deserve power, and relishes on making people suffer or become just as bad as he is. [[spoiler:He can fake Norman's nice personality, and manipulates Electro into rebelling by preying on his desire to be special. He also takes delight in making Peter suffer for his morality, killing Aunt May just to set him "free" and take his vengeance upon his murderer, betraying everything that Spider-Man stood for.]]

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': Ronan the Accuser, a fanatic who believes his government has grown weak in making peace with Xandar, and actively defies them to try and commit genocide upon them.

* ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'': The Green Goblin persona within Norman Osborn's head is a sadistic, murderous bastard with [[AGodAmI a god complex]]. He looks down on people who has morality compulsions, seeing them as too weak to deserve power, and relishes on making people suffer or become just as bad as he is. [[spoiler:He can fake Norman's nice personality, and manipulates everyone with his charm and words such as Electro. He also takes delight in making Peter suffer for his morality, killing Aunt May just to set him "free" and take his vengeance upon his murderer, betraying everything that Spider-Man stood for.]]