General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross (alias the Captain Bluebeard) is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Ross, one of the arch-enemies of the Hulk, is a United States military officer, the father of Betty Ross, ex-father in-law of Glenn Talbot, father in-law of Dr. Bruce Banner, and was head of the Gamma Bomb Project that turned Banner into the Hulk. After the creation of the Hulk, Ross pursues the creature with a growing obsession, and after learning that Banner and the Hulk are one and the same, Ross hunts Banner as well. In 2008, Ross was transformed into the Red Hulk in order to better combat his nemesis. He was portrayed by Sam Elliott in film Hulk (2003) and by William Hurt for the Marvel Cinematic Universe films The Incredible Hulk (2008) and Captain America: Civil War (2016).