‘Marvel’s Iron Man and his Awesome Friends’ Adds Tony Hale, Vanessa Bayer, and Talon Warburton as Villains

Watch out, Iron Man and friends: A trio of new villains are headed to Disney Jr.

Disney Branded Television has announced the cast of lead villains for Disney Jr.’s highly anticipated new animated series Marvel’s Iron Man and his Awesome Friends. Emmy Award winner Tony Hale voices the comically nefarious android Ultron, with Vanessa Bayer as the mischievous Swarm and Talon Warburton as Absorbing Man.

“It’s really fun playing a villain because it gives me permission to yell at people and get paid for it,” Hale said in a statement. “Yes, please.”

Bayer said that “it’s an honor” to join the Marvel Universe as the voice of Swarm: “Often, I get typecast as a nice person, so it was really fun to get to play a villain.”

Warburton added that he’s “been a huge Marvel fan” since he was a kid, and he’s enjoyed getting to share the series with his son: “Now I just have to figure out how to explain to him that his daddy is a bad guy!”  

The first animated Iron Man series for preschoolers, Marvel’s Iron Man and his Awesome Friends follows the adventures (and misadventures) of best friends and super geniuses — Tony Stark/Iron Man (voiced by Mason Blomberg), Riri Williams/Ironheart (Kapri Ladd), and Amadeus Cho/Iron Hulk (Aidyn Ahn) — as they work together to solve problems both big and small and protect their city. In order to help them save the day, the Iron Friends each have their own Iron Suits that allow them to fly and give them enhanced super-strength.

Sean Coyle and Harrison Wilcox serve as executive producers. James Eason-Garcia is co-executive producer and story editor, Alex Cichon is supervising producer, Ashley Rideout is producer, and Michael Dowding is supervising director. The series is produced by Disney Jr. and Marvel Studios in association with Atomic Cartoons.

Marvel’s Iron Man and his Awesome Friends will debut this summer on Disney Jr. and Disney+.