10 Actors Who Appeared In Star Trek AND The MCU

6. Benedict Cumberbatch

Under that widow's peak and very warm-looking cape, there lies Benedict Cumberbatch, who, in 2016, took up the mantle of the Sorcerer Supreme. He appeared in both Doctor Strange and Doctor Strange And The Multiverse Of Madness, as well as Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. He also voiced the character in What If...?

Before any of this, he was crushing heads and breaking cities in Star Trek Into Darkness. Despite Cumberbatch's gravitas and presence, he was certainly a choice to play Khan Noonian-Singh in J.J. Abrams' second Star Trek feature, though his performance was more than solid throughout. 

With a voice deeper than the Enterprise-E's secret chasm, Cumberbatch's Khan proved more than a match for Kirk, swiftly twisting every situation to suit him best. Before his inevitable reveal as the uber-bad guy the audience knew him to be, his scene in the brig made us question whether maybe, just maybe, this version of Khan might have the moral high-ground.

Then he smushes Admiral Marcus's head and we're back to rooting for him to lose. 

Though at the time of writing Cumberbatch has not been confirmed to appear in Avengers: Doomsday, it is unlikely that a film destined to hop universes won't wrangle him in along the way.