Erik Killmonger (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Erik Killmonger, formerly Erik Stevens, is the main antagonist of 2018 superhero film Black Panther. He was an African-American black ops operative turned a violent revolutionary putting on the Killmonger alias. He planned to overthrow the Wakanda kingdom so he can sell the vibranium worldwide, even affecting T’Challa himself.

He was portrayed by Michael B. Jordan on his first villainous role.

Personality
A power hungry individual obssessed with overthrowing the titular hero Black Panther; he is considered careless as he shown no care to even his allies, ultimately even leaving Ulysses Klaw to die at a destroyed junkyard. He displays a great sense of sadism when he brutally kills Zuri just for the sake of the thrown, without remorse. At the end of the film, he is shown to be suicidal as rather than being imprisoned during defeat, he prefers killing himself out of disgrace.