“
Only you have been able to resist me... and for that reason, you can no longer be permitted to live!
„
~ Purple Man to Daredevil.
Zebediah Killgrave , also known as the Purple Man , is a supervillain from Marvel Comics, most commonly serving as an enemy of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and the Avengers.
Biography Zebediah Killgrave was born in Rijeka, in what was at the time Yugoslavia and is now in Croatia. As an international spy, he was sent to infiltrate a chemical refinery. During the mission, he was accidentally doused with a chemical that turned his hair and skin purple.
Caught outright and questioned, Killgrave offered a weak, inadequate alibi to his captors. Much to his surprise, he was believed and released. Several more incidents of this nature demonstrated that the nerve gas had given Killgrave the superhuman ability to command the wills of other people.
Calling himself the Purple Man, Killgrave embarked on a criminal career. The Purple Man has vacillated between an actively criminal life and easy retirement. Morally, however, he has never reformed. He can most commonly be seen in expensive purple street clothes.
Other Media Television X-Men: The Animated Series Zebediah Killgrave appeared in the X-Men episode "No Mutant is an Island" voiced by Cedric Smith. In this episode, he does not use the "Purple Man" alias and in fact uses a face cream to hide his purple complexion in public.
He is depicted as a telepathic mutant terrorist posing as a philanthropist who plans on taking over the government using a group of young mutants (consisting of Skids, Boom Boom, Rusty Collins, and Wiz Kid) under his mental control. In the end, Cyclops gets in his way and eventually defeats him.
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes The Purple Man appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes , voiced by Brent Spiner. He is shown escaping the Raft, along with other villains imprisoned there. In "Emperor Stark", Purple Man is revealed to be the mastermind behind the Avengers becoming world-controlling tyrants within a month by controlling Iron Man after a defeat, and manipulating him into developing a satellite that could spread his mind-controlling powers to the other Avengers.
Only Vision is left immune when being left on self-repair, and he manages to save the other Avengers from control. Upon Purple Man's satellite being destroyed, the Avengers gather at Stark Industries and defeat the villain, and with Iron Man, reminded of taunts by Purple Man, knocking him out with a finger flick in his face.
Marvel Cinematic Universe Main article: Kilgrave (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Purple Man appears in the Netflix series Marvel's Jessica Jones as the main antagonist of Season 1, where he differs from his comic counterpart as he lacks purple skin but keeps his purple clothing. It is also revealed that Kilgrave is only an alias and that his real name is Kevin Thompson and is from England rather than Yugoslavia. He is also never referred to as "Purple Man".
The origin of his mind-control powers also differs from the comics, rather than being doused in a chemical. Kilgrave got his powers as a child after his scientist parents saved his life by giving him an experimental viral treatment. He is played by David Tennant, who also played Barty Crouch Jr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire .
Gallery Comics
Other Media Purple Man in the X-Men animated series.
Purple Man in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes .
Navigation
vengers Villains
Comics Abomination |
Abominatrix |
Absorbing Man |
Adolf Hitler |
Agony |
A.I.M. |
Air-Walker |
Alkhema |
Aleksander Lukin |
Alistair Smythe |
Amatsu-Mikaboshi |
Amora |
Annihilus |
Ani-Men |
Answer |
Apocalypse |
Arcade |
Ares |
Arnim Zola |
Atlas |
Attuma |
Avalanche |
Awesome Android |
Badoon |
Barracuda |
Baron Blood |
Baron Mordo |
Baron Wolfgang von Strucker |
Baron Zemo |
Baron Zemo II |
Basilisk |
Batroc |
Beetle |
Beyonder |
Black Knight |
Blackout |
Black Order |
Black Cat |
Black Talon |
Black Widow |
Blackie Drago |
Blastaar |
Blitzkrieg |
Blizzard |
Blob |
Blood Brothers |
Bombshell |
Boomerang |
Brothers Grimm |
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants |
Bullseye |
Burglar |
Bushmaster |
Bushwacker |
Cache |
Cannibals (Marvel Universe Vs) |
Carnage |
Carrion |
Calypso |
Celestials |
Centurion |
Chameleon |
Chance |
Chemistro |
Chester Goudal |
Chitauri |
Collector |
Colonel Ross Whittaker |
Commander Kraken |
Constrictor |
Corruptor |
Count Nefaria |
Cowled Commander |
Crime-Master |
Crimson Dynamo |
Crimson Widow |
Cristu Bulat |
Crossbones |
Crossfire |
Daken |
Damage |
Daniel Whitehall |
Dark Avengers |
Dark Elves |
Deadpool |
Deathbird |
Deathurge |
Death Adder |
Deke Wainscroft |
Demogoblin |
Diablo |
Doctor Doom |
Doctor Faustus |
Doctor Octopus |
Doctor Spectrum |
Dormammu |
Dracula |
Dreadknight |
Eddie Brock |
Eel |
Egghead |
Ego the Living Planet |
Electro |
Elementals |
Elements of Doom |
Enclave |
Enforcers |
Equinox |
Exodus |
Ezekiel Stane |
Fabian Cortez |
Famine |
Fin Fang Foom |
Finn Cooley |
Firelord |
Fixer |
Fold |
Frost |
Frost Giants |
Frightful Four |
Galactus |
Gargantus |
Garthan Saal |
Ghost |
Goliath |
Gladiator |
Godzilla |
Grand Director |
Grandmaster |
Grant Ward |
Graviton |
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn , Harry Osborn ) |
Grey Goblin |
Griffin |
Grim Reaper |
Grizzly |
Growing Man |
Grotesk |
Hammerhead |
Hand |
Hazmat |
Hela |
Hera |
Herr Kleiser |
Heinz Kruger |
High Evolutionary |
Hitman |
Hive |
Horsemen of Apocalypse |
Hobgoblin |
Hood |
Hydro-Man |
HYDRA |
Immortus |
Impossible Man |
Ironclad |
Jackal |
Jack O' Lantern |
Jester |
Jigsaw |
Johnny Ohm |
Jonas Hambleton |
Jormungandr |
Juggernaut |
Justin Hammer |
Kaine |
Kang the Conqueror |
Killer Shrike |
King Cobra |
Kingpin |
Klaw |
Knull |
Korath the Pursuer |
Korvac |
Kraven the Hunter |
Kree |
Lady Deathstrike |
The Leader |
Lightmaster |
Living Brain |
Living Laser |
Living Monolith |
Lizard |
Loki Laufeyson |
Lucia Von Bardas |
Ma Gnucci |
Machinesmith |
Mad Pharaoh |
Madame Masque |
Madame Viper |
Madcap |
Madelyne Pryor |
Maelstrom |
Maestro |
Maginty |
Magneto |
Magus |
The Maker |
Malekith the Accursed |
Man-Ape |
Mandarin |
Mandrill |
Man-Spider |
Man-Wolf |
Master Man |
Master Pandemonium |
Masters of Evil |
Masked Marauder |
Maximus the Mad |
Melter |
Menace |
Mentallo |
Mercurio the 4-D Man |
Mesmero |
Mephisto |
Mister Fear |
Mister Hyde |
Mister Negative |
Mister Payback |
Mister Sinister |
M.O.D.A.M. |
M.O.D.O.K. |
Mojo |
Molecule Man |
Mole Man |
Molten Man |
Monica Rappaccinni |
Moonstone |
Morbius the Living Vampire |
Morgan le Fay |
Moses Magnum |
Mystique |
Mysterio |
Namor |
Nebula |
Nekra |
Nicky Cavella |
Nightmare |
Nightshade |
Niles Van Roekel |
Nicky Cavella |
Obadiah Stane |
Omega Red |
Onslaught |
Overdrive |
Owl |
Paladin |
Phalanx |
Phil Urich |
Piledriver |
Pluto |
Presence |
Princess Python |
Proctor |
Psycho-Man |
Puppet Master |
Puma |
Purple Man |
Quasimodo |
Quicksand |
Radioactive Man |
Ragnarok |
Ramrod |
Reavers |
Red Ghost |
Red Skull |
Reverend Samuel Smith |
Rhino |
Rhino II |
The Rose |
Ringer |
Ringmaster |
Riot |
Ronan the Accuser |
Roxxon |
Sabretooth |
Sandman |
Säurespritze |
Sauron |
Savage Land Mutates |
Scarecrow |
Scarlet Witch |
Scorcher |
Scorpion |
Screaming Mimi |
Sebastian Shaw |
Secret Empire |
Selene Gallio |
Sentinels |
Sentry 459 |
Serpent Society |
Shriek |
Shocker |
Shockwave |
Sidewinder |
Silver Sable |
Sin |
Sinister Six |
Skaar |
Skeleton Crew |
Skrulls |
Skurge |
Slug |
Space Phantom |
Spider-Man Revenge Squad |
Spider-Slayers |
Spot |
Squadron Sinister |
Stranger |
Street |
Sunstroke |
Superia |
Super-Adaptoid |
Super-Apes |
Super Patriot |
Super-Skrull |
Supreme Intelligence |
Superia |
Surtur |
Swarm |
Swordsman |
Symbiotes |
Tarantula |
Taskmaster |
Technovore |
Temugin |
Ten Rings |
Terminus |
Thanos |
Thunderball |
Thunderbolts |
Thunderbolt Ross |
Thundersword |
Tiger Shark |
Tinkerer |
Titania |
Titanium Man |
Toad |
Tombstone |
Trapster |
Trick Shot |
Terrax the Tamer |
Typhoid Mary |
Tyrannus |
U-Foes |
Ulik |
Ultimus |
Ultron Unicorn |
Universal Church of Truth |
Vapor |
Vector |
Venom |
Vermin |
Vulture |
Walrus |
Warlord Krang |
Whiplash |
Whirlwind |
White Rabbit |
Will-O'-The-Wisp |
Winter Soldier |
Wizard |
Wonder Man |
Wrecker |
Worthy |
X-Ray |
Yellow Claw |
Ymir |
Yon-Rogg |
Zahnmörder |
Zodiac |
Zombie Giant-Man |
Zombie Sentry |
Zzzax
Television The Avengers: United They Stand Ultron Kang the Conqueror | Swordsman | Ringmaster | Masters of Evil (Baron Zemo , & Whirlwind ) | Attuma | Zodiac (Taurus & Scorpio ) | Egghead | Scarlet Witch | Grim Reaper The Super Hero Squad Show Doctor Doom Mole Man | Fin Fang Foom | Abomination | Wrecker | Thunderball | Piledriver | M.O.D.O.K. | Klaw | Toad | Melter | Dormammu | Sabretooth | Juggernaut | Pyro | Whirlwind | Zzzax | Enchantress | Baron Mordo | Punisher | Egghead | Ringmaster | Skrulls (Super-Skrull ) | Trapster | Mystique | Impossible Man | The Leader | Mad Thinker | Skurge | Crimson Dynamo | Batroc the Leaper | Loki Laufeyson | Magneto | Quicksilver | Scarlet Witch | HYDRA (Red Skull , Arnim Zola & Baron Wolfgang von Strucker ) | Galactus | Terrax the Tamer | Firelord | Stardust | Thanos | Kree | Ego the Living Planet | Grandmaster | Annihilus | Nebula | Ronan the Accuser | Nightmare | Ultron | Dark Surfer Sentinels | Dracula | High Evolutionary Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes HYDRA (Red Skull , Baron Von Strucker , Grim Reaper , Arnim Zola , Doughboy & Madame Viper ) | Masters of Evil (Baron Zemo , Enchantress , Skurge , Chemistro , Abomination , Crimson Dynamo & Grey Gargoyle ) | A.I.M. (M.O.D.O.K. ) | Kree Empire (Supreme Intelligence , Colonel Yon-Rogg & Ronan the Accuser ) | Absorbing Man | Klaw | Ultron | Wrecker | Thunderball | Piledriver | Red Hulk | Frost Giants (Loki Laufeyson & Ymir ) | Technovore | Bi-Beast | The Leader | Whirlwind | Kang the Conqueror | Man-Ape | Malice | Mad Thinker | Mandrill | Graviton | Fenris Wolf | Lucia Von Bardas | Zzzax | Blizzard | Constrictor | Griffin | Living Laser | Whiplash | King Cobra | Magneto | Wendigo | Skrulls (Super-Skrull ) | Malekith the Accursed | Hela | Doctor Doom | Surtur | Glenn Talbot | Winter Soldier | J. Jonah Jameson | Destroyer | Annihilus | Purple Man | Galactus Firelord | Stardust | Terrax the Tamer Avengers Assemble HYDRA /A.I.M. (Red Skull M.O.D.O.K. , Blood Brothers , Grim Reaper , Crossbones & Baron Wolfgang von Strucker ) | J. Jonah Jameson | Doctor Doom | Ulik | Impossible Man | Dracula | Hyperion | Wrecker | Thunderball | Piledriver | Destroyer | Loki Laufeyson | Chitauri | Justin Hammer | Mojo | Galactus | Ringmaster | Black Order (Thanos Hela | Winter Soldier | Nighthawk | Dormammu | Ultron Roxxon Energy Corporation | Absorbing Man | Titania | Whirlwind | Fin Fang Foom | Masters of Evil (Baron Zemo , Beetle & Goliath ) | Klaw | Ghost | A.I.M. (Kang the Conqueror , Whiplash & Spymaster ) | Abomination | Kree Empire | Egghead | The Leader | Crimson Widow | Arnim Zola | Enchantress | Skurge | Typhoid Mary | Ares | Taskmaster | Doughboy | Ulik | Beyonder | Symbiotes | Morgan le Fey | Tiger Shark | Erik Killmonger | Man-Ape | Madame Masque | Kraven the Hunter | Vulture Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. M.O.D.O.K. | A.I.M. | Monica Rappaccini | Super-Adaptoid | Austin Van Der Sleet
Movies Ultimate Avengers 1 & 2 Herr Kleiser Chitauri Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow Ultron The Avengers Loki Laufeyson Chitauri (The Other & Leviathans ) | HYDRA (Gideon Malick & Jasper Sitwell ) | Georgi Luchkov | Thanos Avengers: Age of Ultron Ultron Ultron Sentinels | HYDRA (Wolfgang von Strucker , List , Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver ) | Ulysses Klaue | Madame B | Chitauri (Leviathans ) | Thanos Avengers: Infinity War Black Order (Thanos Ebony Maw , Proxima Midnight , Corvus Glaive , Cull Obsidian , Nebula , Outriders , Chitauri & Leviathans ) | Red Skull | The Collector | Loki Laufeyson | Winter Soldier | M'Baku | Scarlet Witch | Thunderbolt Ross Avengers: Endgame Black Order (Thanos Ebony Maw , Proxima Midnight , Corvus Glaive , Cull Obsidian , Nebula , Outriders , Sakaaran Mercenaries , Chitauri , Leviathans & Chitauri Gorillas ) | HYDRA /STRIKE (Red Skull , Alexander Pierce , Crossbones , Jasper Sitwell & Jack Rollins ) | Loki Laufeyson (Loki Laufeyson (Variant L1130) ) | Winter Soldier | M'Baku | Scarlet Witch | Kraglin Obfonteri | Dark Elves | Thunderbolt Ross | Akihiko
Video Games Marvel's Avengers M.O.D.O.K. Monica Rappaccinni | Abomination | Taskmaster | Super-Adaptoid | Lyle Getz
Villains
Comics Abomination |
Absorbing Man |
Air-Walker |
Alioth |
All-Black |
Annihilus |
Apocalypse |
Arcade |
Ares |
Arnim Zola |
Beyonder |
Bi-Beast |
Blackheart |
Blackout |
Blastaar |
Collector |
Crusader |
Desak |
Destroyer |
Dormammu |
Dracula |
Dweller-In-Darkness |
Ego the Living Planet |
Enchanters Three |
Enchantress |
Executioner |
Fafnir |
Fenris Wolf |
Firelord |
Frost Giants |
Galactus |
Gorr the God Butcher |
Graviton |
Gog |
Grog |
Growing Man |
Hela |
High Evolutionary |
Impossible Man |
Immortus |
Jormungandr |
Juggernaut |
Kang |
Karnilla |
King Cobra |
Kingpin |
Knorda |
Knull |
Korath the Pursuer |
Korvac |
Kurse |
Living Monolith |
Loki Laufeyson Lorelei |
Magog |
Malekith the Accursed |
Man-Beast |
Mangog |
Masters of Evil |
Megatak |
Mephisto |
Mercurio the 4-D Man |
Mister Hyde |
M.O.D.O.K. |
Mongoose |
Nebula |
Onslaught |
Perrikus |
Piledriver |
Pluto |
Purple Man |
Quicksand |
Radioactive Man |
Ragnarok |
Roxxon |
Sandu |
Set |
Seth |
Skrulls |
Space Phantom |
The Stranger (Marvel) |
Super-Adaptoid |
Super-Skrull |
Surtur Terminus |
Thanos |
Thunderball |
Titania |
Titanium Man |
Valkyrie |
Venom |
Worthy |
Wrecker |
Ulik |
Ultimus |
Ultron |
Umar |
Ymir |
Zarrko
Movies Hulk Vs. Thor : Loki Laufeyson Hela | Enchantress Thor: Tales of Asgard : Loki Laufeyson Thor : Loki Laufeyson Frost Giants (Laufey , Grundroth , Hailstrum , Raze & Jotunheim Beast ) | The Destroyer | Jasper Sitwell Thor: The Dark World : Dark Elves (Malekith the Accursed Kurse the Strong ) | Loki Laufeyson | Marauders (Duhg & Kronan Marauder ) | Jotunheim Beast | The Collector Thor: Ragnarok : Berserker Army (Hela Odinsdottir Skurge & Fenris Wolf ) | Sakaaran Guards (The Grandmaster & Topaz ) | Loki Laufeyson | Fire Demons (Surtur & Fire Dragon ) | Thanos
TV Series Loki : Loki Laufeyson's Variants (Loki Laufeyson (Variant L1130) , Sylvie Laufeydottir , Loki Laufeyson (Variant L8914) , Classic Loki , Kid Loki , Alligator Loki , Boastful Loki & President Loki ) | Time Variance Authority (He Who Remains Ravonna Renslayer , Hunter D-90 & Minuteman 90018371 ) | Alioth
Villains
Villains
Villains
Villains
