The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a franchise consisting of film and television adaptations of Marvel Comics publications produced by Marvel Studios. The franchise is notable for being the first superhero film franchise to have characters and plot points from different titles crossover.
Grant Ward is a character created for the Agents of SHIELD series and portrayed by Brett Dalton. Originally portrayed as a typical, reluctant hero/agent of SHIELD, it is later revealed that he is a Hydra mole.