War Machine (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Colonel James Rupert Rhodes, commonly known as Rhodey, is a U.S. military officer and jet pilot in the U.S. Air Force. He is known as War Machine when wearing his heavily-armed battlesuit from Hammer Industries, but his alias was temporarily changed to Iron Patriot during Aldrich Killian's War. He is the best friend of Tony Stark/Iron Man and the liaison between Stark Industries and the military in the Department of Acquisitions. He is the tritagonist of the Iron Man film series and a supporting character in the 2015 film Avengers: Age of Ultron and the 2016 film Captain America: Civil War.

After showing his worth during the Battle of Sokovia in which he battled an army of Ultron Sentries, Rhodes became a member of the Avengers under the leadership of Captain America.

He is portrayed by Terrence Howard (1st Iron Man film) and Don Cheadle (currently).