Amanda Waller (DC Extended Universe)

Amanda Waller
DC Extended Universe and DC Universe character
Viola Davis as Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad (2016)
First appearance	DC Extended Universe: Suicide Squad (2016) DC Universe: "Chapter One: The Collywobbles" Creature Commandos Season 1 (2024)
Last appearance	DC Extended Universe: Black Adam (2022)
Based on	Amanda Waller by John Ostrander     Len Wein     John Byrne
Adapted by	David Ayer (DCEU) James Gunn (DCU)
Portrayed by	Viola Davis
In-universe information
Full name	Amanda Belle Waller (née Blake)
Occupation	Government official Director of A.R.G.U.S. Leader of the Suicide Squad
Affiliation	A.R.G.U.S. Suicide Squad 11th Street Kids Creature Commandos
Family	Leota Adebayo (daughter)

Amanda Belle Waller (née Blake) is a fictional character in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) and later the DC Universe (DCU) media franchise. She is portrayed by Viola Davis and is based on the DC Comics character of the same name. A morally ambiguous character as portrayed in the comics, Waller is a ruthless, calculating government official and the director of the agency A.R.G.U.S.

In the DCEU, Waller initially oversees the operations of the black ops unit "Task Force X", selecting an ensemble of incarcerated inmates at the Belle Reve Correctional Facility to partake in covert operations that were to be performed discreetly, to preserve government interests and avoid interference from other active metahumans. She notably supervised the original incarnation of Task Force X that was dispatched to stop the Enchantress from taking over Earth alongside her brother, as well as a second iteration of the team that infiltrated the remote island of Corto Maltese in order to destroy the fortified base Jotunheim and neutralize an extraterrestrial being known as "Starro".

In the DCU, she sent out a group of A.R.G.U.S. agents alongside former Task Force X member Christopher Smith / Peacemaker and her estranged daughter Leota Adebayo, to destroy an alien species known as Butterflies to prevent a global invasion. Following its completion, Adebayo leaked the existence of Task Force X and Waller's involvement, leading the U.S. Congress to bar her from exploiting any human subjects. Waller instead forms "Task Force M", a conceptually similar strike team now composed of monsters and metahumans, who are sent out to Pokolistan in order to stop an ongoing invasion effort by the Amazonian sorcereress Circe and the Sons of Themyscira, while protecting its Princess Illana Rostovic. A vision of a potential future from Circe leads Waller to direct them back to the country in order to kill Rostovic before she is poised to wage war against Earth and kill all metahumans.^[1]

As of 2023, the character was a major recurring figure in the DCEU, appearing in the films Suicide Squad (2016), its standalone sequel The Suicide Squad (2021), and Black Adam (2022) with an uncredited cameo, as well as the first season of the television series Peacemaker (2022–present). The character is integrated into the rebooted continuity of the DC Universe (DCU) media franchise, returning in both the animated series Creature Commandos (2024–present), and being set to feature in the live-action series Waller as the main protagonist.