Marvel: He Built The Rocket Who Is Chukwudi Iwuji, The New Guardians Of The Galaxy Villain?

Marvel’s 32nd blockbuster and the second in Phase 5, James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy 3 sees the introduction of a new villain: the Master of Evolution. Starring Chukwudi Iwuji, this sinister antagonist conducts unnatural scientific experiments to create a perfect world. When he learns that Rocket, one of his “best” creations, is alive, he sets out to find her…

Born in Nigeria in 1975 to diplomat parents, Chukwudi was sent to a boarding school in England at the age of 12. He then attended Yale University in the United States and received a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1997. At the same time, he followed a theater training program at the University of Milwaukee. He then returned to the UK to pursue a career on the boards.

Chukwudi Iwuji joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2001, which allowed him to perform in many productions at prestigious venues in London. Among them we can mention Julius Caesar, Hamlet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear, low road, The Playboy of the Western World, Tamburlaine, a misanthrope or Hedda Gabler.

In parallel with this strong activity on stage, Chukwudi has appeared undercover in several series since the early 2000s, such as Evidence for the Prosecution, Victims, The Slavery Business, 10 Minute Tales, Doctor Who, Witches Vs. Aliens, Crossing Lines and Madam Secretary. In cinema, he can be seen in the films Exam, Bikini Moon, John Wick 2 and the Netflix western The Mission with Tom Hanks.

Gradually, his roles gained importance, as evidenced by his performances in “Designated Survivor”, “Pacemaker” and especially in episodes of The Split, a legal series in which he plays a regular character. In 2023, the actor joined the MCU as the villain of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (he finds James Gunn, creator of the DC Peacemaker series, for the occasion).

More specifically, Chukwudi Iwuji plays Herbert Windham, aka The High Evolutionary, an antagonist created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appearing in The Mighty Thor #134 in 1966. Obsessed with creating the perfect society, he does not hesitate. To reproduce non-human experiments. Rocket, at the center of this third installment, is one of his creations…