J.A.R.V.I.S. is the AI built by Tony Stark as an aid & house-help (Butler) based on Jarvis who was the aid & house-help (Butler) of Howard Stark, Tony's father.

J.A.R.V.I.S. is voiced by Paul Bettany & Jarvis is played by James D'Arcy.

Iron Man came out first & then a few years later, Agent Carter came out.

So the question can be either why Paul Bettany, who voiced J.A.R.V.I.S., didn't play Jarvis in Agent Carter or why James D'Arcy didn't voice J.A.R.V.I.S. in Iron Man & subsequent films.

Their (Jarvis's) mannerisms are very similar so from a sense of continuity why didn't MCU producers hire the same actor to play both roles. A word from producers would be great.

  • I'd like to point something else here. In question title it says Why weren't J.A.R.V.I.S. & Jarvis played by the same actor in MCU? Jarvis was not in MCU. J.A.R.V.I.S is – Vishwa Apr 27 '18 at 8:39
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    @Vishwa Agent Carter & Agents of SHIELD are directly in MCU. Other Marvel TV shows are indirectly in MCU – KharoBangdo Apr 27 '18 at 8:42
  • Oh.. Agent Carter was so boring (other than Hayley Atwell), I seriously thought It may've been spitted out from MCU – Vishwa Apr 27 '18 at 8:54
  • This question border on topics that are off-topic. Notably rules there is no actual problem to be solved: “I’m curious if other people feel like I do.” and you are asking an open-ended, hypothetical question: “What if ______ happened?”. Your question boils down to "why didn't they do this thing I thought they could maybe do?". There is no actual link between Jarvis and J.A.R.V.I.S, there is no reason why one should look like the other. – Flater Feb 15 at 13:32
  • @Flater Tony Stark based JARVIS on Jarvis. Hence he named it JARVIS. So there is a connection between the two – KharoBangdo Feb 15 at 13:52

It was cleared in tie-in comics Iron Man 2: Public Identity, that J.A.R.V.I.S. is inspired by Jarvis. But hiring a Movie actor for a TV show is not so easy. When Paul Bettany signed for Iron Man films, Agent Carter was not even planned. So Paul was not obliged to play human Jarvis. And TV show don't spend as much as a big blockbuster like Iron Man do.

Here is what D'Arcy said:

"Other than the obvious fact that the J.A.R.V.I.S. system in the Iron Man suit is based on Tony's memory of who Jarvis was -- or maybe his invention of how he wishes Jarvis was -- it's not even clear if that's for real. He doesn't have to be the real person," D'Arcy said. "It gave us enormous freedom to explore the real-life Jarvis in whatever way we wanted." - IGN


May be possible that why Paul Bettany did not played as a JARVIS in agent carter that we heard voice of J.A.R.V.I.S. in iron man(2008) right and story of agent carter is from 1946.

and if we think with very simplicity, agent carter series needs JARVIS not J.A.R.V.I.S.

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    Unfortunately, I cannot understand the intended content of this answer due to severe grammar issues. – Peter Apr 27 '18 at 7:56
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    @Peter I think he's trying to say that Jarvis and J.A.R.V.I.S is not the same person and have time difference, human jarvis living at the age of Howard stark's era and other one created at his son's – Vishwa Apr 27 '18 at 8:38

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