Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford)

Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross is the former Lieutenant General of the United States Army who had later served as Secretary of State, originally nominated by Matthew Ellis. During his career, he was put in charge of Project Gamma Pulse, with Ross' goal being to recreate the Super Soldier Serum. However, the experiment led to an accident which then transformed the scientist Bruce Banner into Hulk. Following a long chase, Banner got recaptured, only for Emil Blonsky to use all their experiments to transform into the Abomination. In the face of these odds, Ross was forced to accept Hulk as an ally, allowing him to escape after the fight in New York City, while Ross had been left humiliated. Afterwards, Ross had Samuel Sterns take the fall for the incident, imprisoned him at Camp Echo One, and exposed him to gamma radiation in order to further heighten his intelligence and subsequently forced him to work on new ideas.