Guardians of the Galaxy

film by Gunn [2014]

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Bautista

  • In Dave Bautista: Acting

    …mercenary Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy, part of the Marvel franchise. Bautista would portray Drax in several other films, including two Guardians of the Galaxy sequels and a holiday special (2017, 2023, and 2022, respectively) and other Marvel films including Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers:

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  • Glenn Close
    In Glenn Close

    …force in the sci-fi adventure Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Her film credits from 2017 included Crooked House, an adaptation of an Agatha Christie mystery; the comedy Father Figures; and The Wife, for which she earned rave reviews—as well as an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award—playing the supportive…

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Cooper

  • Bradley Cooper
    In Bradley Cooper

    …other credits from 2014 included Guardians of the Galaxy, in which he voiced the computer-animated character Rocket; he reprised the role in the sequel (2017) and in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). In 2015 he starred in a series of movies, most notably Burnt, about a chef…

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Del Toro

  • Benicio Del Toro
    In Benicio Del Toro

    …appeared in such blockbusters as Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Del Toro then portrayed one of a pair of inmates who plan a breakout from a maximum-security prison with the help of an employee in Escape at Dannemora (2018),…

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Diesel

  • Vin Diesel in The Fast and the Furious
    In Vin Diesel

    …the treelike superhero Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), its sequel (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).

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Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Guardians of the Galaxy
    In Guardians of the Galaxy

    Guardians of the Galaxy, a film based on the Abnett and Lanning run, was released to widespread popular and critical acclaim in 2014; a sequel followed in 2017. The Guardians traveled to Earth to join other members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the blockbusters…

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Marvel Comics

  • The Avengers
    In Marvel Comics: The Marvel universe

    …unknown heroes such as the Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Ant-Man (2015), and Doctor Strange (2016). In addition, Black Panther (2018) became the first Marvel movie to win an Academy Award; it received Oscars for costume design, original score, and production design. By 2020 more than 20

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Pratt

  • Chris Pratt
    In Chris Pratt

    …Quill/Star-Lord in the space western Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), based on a minor Marvel Comics story line. The movie was an enormous hit, and it made Pratt an undeniable star. He played the role again in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers:…

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Saldaña

  • Zoe Saldaña
    In Zoe Saldaña

    …Gamora in the sci-fi/superhero blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), a role she reprised for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). She reprised her role as Neytiri in the box office blockbuster Avatar: The…

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