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This page lists Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse characters that appear in the ''Captain America'' films ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger The First Avenger]]'', ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier The Winter Soldier]]'', and ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]]''. For characters in the spinoff series ''Series/AgentCarter'', see its character page [[Characters/AgentCarter here]]. For characters from the wider Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, see [[Characters/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]].


'''[[YouHaveBeenWarned ALL spoilers on this page relating to the first movie are UNMARKED]]. It's highly recommended you see the movies first before reading this page.'''

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!Superheroes

[[folder:Captain Steven Grant "Steve" Rogers / Captain America]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUAvengersInitiative Avengers Initiative page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Samuel Thomas "Sam" Wilson / The Falcon]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUNewAvengers New Avengers page]]
[[/folder]]

!107th Regiment / The ComicBook/HowlingCommandos
[[folder:In General]]
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->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD | Series/AgentCarter''

->''"See? Told you, they're all idiots."''
-->-- '''Bucky Barnes'''

Steve Rogers' hand-picked strike-force. Despite the prejudices of the 40s, each were chosen based on their fighting ability, not their race. Together the Commandos brought down of the ComicBook/RedSkull's bases, impeding his efforts for his [[NukeEm annihilation of the world]].
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* BadassCrew: They kick much ass together. In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' the Smithsonian exhibit states that Bucky was the ''only'' soldier they ever lost in the entire war.
* BadassInDistress: All of them are former Prisoners Of War held in a HYDRA camp. After Steve frees them, they proceed to kick HYDRA butt.
* BadassNormal: With the exception of Steve himself, none of them are supersoldiers, and yet they all keep up with Steve.
* BlackVikings: Justified. All of them are excellent soldiers, and Cap (never one to pick rules over the right thing) needs the best, not what his era would consider the most appropriate.
* BloodKnight: They all happily accept Rogers' offer to re-enter the field of battle. Dugan in particular qualifies.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames:
** The name "Howling Commandos" was used in the script, but never stated in the film. One screenwriter noted, "They are commandos, and at one point they do howl. They're called the Howling Commandos in the script, but no one says that out loud". However, in post-''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger First Avenger]]'' appearances and mentions, they are referred to as the Howling Commandos regularly.
** The official film soundtrack has a track called ''Invaders Montage'' during the OnPatrolMontage showcasing the team routing HYDRA forces. Again, they aren't called ''this'' name in the film, either.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Zig-zagged. The Howling Commandos are a team of seven men capable of laying waste to battalions of enemy forces and destroying a string of fortified HYDRA installations, but we aren't informed of what units the Howlers came from, though Bucky is said to belong to a standard infantry regiment (and a deleted scene shows both Dugan and Jones to come from the same unit), with the only exception of Falsworth, a British paratrooper in the appropriate uniform, though he is neither shown to be more badass than the others, nor is his elite cred mentioned.
* TheEnemyWeaponsAreBetter: Some of them use HYDRA weapons when they can. Other, like Cap or Bucky, [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter prefer bullets]].
* FireForgedFriends: The fact that most of them were locked in the same cage no doubt contributed to them forging a strong bond that transcends racial, national and class differences.
* IOweYouMyLife: Downplayed. Steve rescues them from being worked to death in a prison camp, and they eagerly agree to join his team.
* JumpedAtTheCall: All are pretty enthusiastic to follow Steve into battle.
* LegendaryInTheSequel: In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', the entire team is revealed to be immortalized in the Captain America exhibit at the Smithsonian. Over at ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', having a Howling Commando as a grandfather is an extremely big deal for a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. In ''Series/AgentCarter'', set just one year after ''[=TFA=]'', Peggy's [=SSR=] coworkers are awestruck by her camaraderie with the Commandos.
* MultinationalTeam: In the forties, no less! Dernier is French, Falsworth is British, and the rest are American, though they include Jones, an African-American, and Morita who is ''Nisei'', alongside the Caucasian Steve, Bucky and Dugan.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Half the team, that is 3.5 of them, are named James. The 0.5 is Jacques, which is the French form of James. Also played straight, as there is in fact only [[{{Pun}} one Steve]].
* TrueCompanions: Off the job, they're perfectly happy to hang out at the local bar together.
* YouAllMeetInACell: They all meet in a HYDRA cell.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sergeant James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUAvengers Avengers page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Corporal Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan]]
!!Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/NealMcDonough
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger | Film/MarvelOneShots: Film/AgentCarter | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD | Series/AgentCarter''

->''"Hell, I'll always fight. But you gotta do one thing for me: Open a tab."''

A prisoner Rogers rescued from a HYDRA factory, and a hand-picked member of his commandos.
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* BadassMustache: Creator/NealMcDonough [[DyeingForYourArt grew the moustache]] specifically to emulate the comics.
* BattleCry: From ''Series/AgentCarter'', it's "Wahoo!".
-->'''Peggy:''' [[DeadpanSnarker "Stop wahooing and HELP!"]]
* TheBigGuy: Does most of the fighting for the commandos.
* BloodKnight: Loves fighting, just look at his quote above.
* BoisterousBruiser: Loves fighting ''and'' drinking.
* DrinkOrder: Bourbon. In ''Agent Carter'', Peggy brings him Bourbon all the way from America during the episode they're together.
* DrunkenMaster: Promise of fighting and more ale gets him on the Howling Commandos.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: What he says to a HYDRA guard.
-->'''Dum Dum:''' You know, Fritz, one of these days I'm going to have a stick of my own.
* LetMeGetThisStraight: His first response when Steve invited him to join his team.
* NiceHat: His bowler. One of the HYDRA guards seemed jealous of it. After becoming a Commando, it gets the Corporal insignia embossed on it. This leads to an amusing bit in ''Agent Carter'' where he seems to realize for the first time he has no idea why it's called a bowler.
* OverlyLongName: "Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader" is probably why they call him "Dum Dum".
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: He prefers them as a weapon even after they acquire HYDRA beam weapons.
* YouAreInCommandNow: After the war and Steve's freezing, he stays in the 107th and leads a new team of Howling Commandos.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:James Montgomery Falsworth]]
!!James Montgomery Falsworth
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->'''Portrayed by:''' JJ Field
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''

->''"Mind the gap."''[[note]]A phrase used on the London Underground, after his time, about the gap between the boarding platforms and the trains one boards. In this case, the gap is a zipline.[[/note]]

A Second Lieutenant in the British Paras and POW who joins Captain America's [[HowlingCommandos elite squad]].
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* BadassMustache: Not as pronounced as Dugan's, but he still has quite an impressive one, as the pictures show.
* CharacterDeath: In a deleted scene in ''The Avengers'', his file has him listed as "Deceased". How and when this happened are unknown.
* CompositeCharacter: Of Union Jack I/James Montgomery Falsworth (name), Union Jack II/Brian Falsworth (camaraderie with Captain America & Bucky) and [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Percival_Pinkerton_(Earth-616) Percival Pinkerton]] (physical appearance, camaraderie with the Howlers).
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: He is a member of the British Paras, but this isn't mentioned.
* {{Expy}}: like his comics counterpart, he bears more than a slight resemblance to the most famous British General of World War II, Bernard Law Montgomery, down to his characteristic beret and moustache and, of course, the name. This is ironic, since the real Montgomery was an InsufferableGenius who was infamous for not getting on with his American colleagues.
* JumpedAtTheCall: His response to going back to the death camp he just barely escaped? "Sounds rather... fun, actually".
* MythologyGag: In the comics, he's the British equivalent of Captain America named "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack_(comics) Union Jack]]". The film references this [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140826022048/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/0/02/Union_Jack_CATWS.png by having his uniform resemble the British flag]]. The ''[[VideoGame/CaptainAmericaSuperSoldier Super Soldier]]'' video game goes as far as Zola planning on turning Falsworth into Union Jack, but brainwashed and secretly working for HYDRA, though the comics' moniker is never said.
* NiceHat: A red beret, indicative of his being a paratrooper.
* OfficerAndAGentleman: Honorable British Lord and member of the army.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Not royal, but a member of the British aristocracy, though this isn't unusual - British officers were still drawn heavily from the aristocracy at the time and to some extent they still are.
* ToAbsentFriends:
-->'''Falsworth:''' ''[leading a toast with the other Howling Commandos]'' To the [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Captain]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jacques Dernier]]
!!Jacques Dernier
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Bruno Ricci
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''

->''"I will fight until the last one of these bastards will be dead, in chains, or crying like a little baby!"''

A French resistance operative. He was rescued from HYDRA's prison camp by Steve, and joined his handpicked elite unit as the resident explosives expert.
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* BadassMustache: It's somewhere between Falsworth's and Dugan's on the bushiness scale.
* BilingualBonus: He only speaks in unsubtitled French. Gabe Jones typically acts as his translator.
* BloodKnight: He gets into his role. ''"I will fight until the last one of these bastards will be dead, in chains, or crying like a little baby!"''
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey: Averted. He's french and just as brave as the rest of the Commandos.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's good at blowing up vehicles, often by sticking things underneath them.
* GadgeteerGenius: When it comes to [[StuffBlowingUp explosives]] he's your guy.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Almost disintegrated Morita by pointing a HYDRA gun in the wrong direction.
* LaResistance: Before joining Howling Commandos, he was a member of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance French Resistance]].
* OldSoldier: Looks to be the oldest member of TheTeam.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Private Jim Morita]]
!!Jim Morita
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Kenneth Choi
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

->''"I'm from Fresno, ace."''

A ''Nisei'' (American-Born Japanese) soldier from Fresno, California rescued by Steve. Jim endured the predictable prejudice towards his people after Pearl Harbor in spite of his patriotism. However, he soon proved himself a fierce and loyal battle-brother serving as the Communications Officer of Captain America's Howling Commandos.
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* BadassBookworm: Communications officer and a commando to boot.
* CharacterDeath: In a deleted scene in ''The Avengers'', his file has him listed as "Deceased". How and when this happened are unknown.
* CommunicationsOfficer: He handles the team's communiques, and also taps into the enemy's radios.
* DeadpanSnarker: The 'Fresno' comment is dripping bitter sarcasm.
* TokenEnemyMinority: He's a ''Nisei'', meaning he has Japanese descent, but is American-born. He had to point this out when Dum-Dum thought he was this trope.
* YellowPeril: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] and [[DefiedTrope Defied]]; In his backstory he endured a lot of harassment for being Japanese after Pearl Harbor, but there's no mention of his race in the movie itself, and he's just as loyal and dedicated to bringing down the Nazis / HYDRA as the other Commandos.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gabriel "Gabe" Jones]]
!!Gabriel "Gabe" Jones
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->''"We barely got out of there alive, and you want us to go back? ...We're in."''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Derek Luke
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''

Prior to being rescued by Captain Rogers, Gabe was a Linguistics-Major graduate of Howard University who hoped to steal the hearts of European women with his winning smile, charming personality and fluency of multiple languages. Now his linguistic mastery has become an invaluable asset amongst the Howling Commandos.
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* BadassBookworm: Made doubly so by the difficulties and prejudice faced by African Americans when seeking education in the racist social-climate of 1940's America; and he was able to ''graduate'' in spite of said prejudices.
* {{BFG}}: Uses a huge two handed machine gun as his main weapon.
* BlackAndNerdy: Averted; Jones is every inch as fierce a warrior as his fellow Howling Commandos. Being an academic doesn't make him weak.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted. He doesn't die in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and even is the one to capture Dr. Zola.
* BlackVikings: Last-minute aversion. A cut scene shows him fighting in the trenches in Bucky and Dum Dum's unit ''before'' their capture, even though in reality, black soldiers were segregated from white at the time. However, the scene was cut, so the canon Jones may have previously fought in a segregated unit as was the norm.
* CunningLinguist: Being able to read German tank-controls allowed Jones to help Dum-Dum turn the tide in the battle of the concentration camp. It's also shown he knows French, which allows him to interpret intercepted communications on Zola's train.
* EverythingsSexierInFrench: Including the ladies, according to him. That's why he learned the language.
* FamousAncestor: Strongly implied that he's the famous grandfather of Antoine Triplett in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.
* TranslatorBuddy: To Jacques, who only knows French.
[[/folder]]

!Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR)

[[folder:Agent Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Carter]]
!!Agent Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Carter

See [[Characters/AgentCarter her character tropes on the]] ''[[Characters/AgentCarter Agent Carter]]'' [[Characters/AgentCarter sub-page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Colonel Chester Phillips]]
!!Colonel Chester Phillips
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TommyLeeJones
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''

->''"If you have anything to say, now would be a perfect time to keep it to yourself."''

The US Army Colonel in charge of the SuperSoldier project alongside Erskine. Upon first seeing Rogers (before the serum), he "wanted to cry" and had absolutely no faith in the young asthmatic. Even after the project worked, Phillips still considered it a failure because Rogers was its only product instead of the supersoldier army he hoped for. While Phillips went off to the battlefield, he intended for Rogers to be locked up in a lab - didn't work out quite so well as the Captain became America's greatest propaganda icon. After the Cap saved 400 prisoners from HYDRA, the two reconciled and worked together to bring down Schmidt.
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* BadassGrandpa: Clearly an older man, but no less of a badass for it.
* BadassNormal: No superpowers here, just vast combat experience and a shotgun.
* ColonelBadass: When he goes into combat, he shows that he's very much a badass: He joins the fray in the final fight and coins the response to HYDRA agents' "cut off one head, two more will take its place" evil creed.
-->'''HYDRA Soldier:''' [[BadassCreed Cut off one head, two more shall]]--! ''[gets [[KilledMidSentence shot mid sentence]] by Philips]''
-->'''Colonel Philips:''' ''[[[DramaticGunCock Dramatic Shotgun Cock]]]'' [[BondOneLiner Let's go find two more.]]
* CommanderContrarian: He's a commander who all his naysaying is an approach that leaves him with egg on his face no less than twice.
* CompositeCharacter: In the comics, Phillps chose Steve Rogers personally for being the Super Soldier test subject, while General Saunders was contrary. In the movie, Phillips fills Saunders role as he opposes the choice until being convinced otherwise.
* CoolCar: Procures Schmidt's monstrosity to help Cap stop him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Seeing as it's Creator/TommyLeeJones, it's hard to expect anything less.
-->'''Phillips:''' ''[when Steve looks to him for orders after his and Peggy's NowOrNeverKiss]'' [[NoYay I'm not kissing you!]]
* GoodIsNotNice:
** He may be on the heroically portrayed side in his film, but his words show he's not all that nice.
--->'''Phillips:''' When you brought a ''[[MuscleAngst ninety-pound asthmatic]]'' onto ''my'' army base, I let it slide. I thought, what the hell? Maybe he'll be useful to you, like a gerbil. I never thought you'd ''[[SuperSoldier pick]]'' him. ''[sees Pre-Serum Steve doing some very awkward jumping jacks]'' Look at him. He's making me cry.
** Steve shows him that the two can go hand in hand and he noticeably becomes more respectful, leading to the below trope.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He has a good reason for not staging a mission to rescue the 107th: they are located 30 miles behind enemy lines in a heavily fortified area. They'd lose more men than they'd save.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dislikes Steve greatly early on, but warms up to him as he proves himself.
* TheNeidermeyer: Averted. He turns out to be [[ColonelBadass pretty awesome]].
* PetTheDog: Near the end of the film, he silently gives Peggy a file on Steve Rogers, [[HerHeartWillGoOn to help her cope with the loss of the love of her life.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Not at first but CharacterDevelopment turns him into one, starting from the moment Steve surrenders himself to disciplinary action and up to his final scene when he gives Peggy Steve's folder with a heartfelt look of sympathy.
* SourSupporter: His reaction to [[MuscleAngst Steve Rogers]] JumpingOnAGrenade ([[SecretTestOfCharacter dud]]) instead of [[JerkJock his favored subject]]?
--> '''Colonel Philips:''' [[SourGrapes He's still skinny.]]
* VeteranInstructor: UsefulNotes/WorldWarII isn't his first rodeo.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Abraham Erskine]]
!!Dr. Abraham Erskine
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/StanleyTucci
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''

->''"This is why you were chosen. Because a strong man, who has known power all his life, will lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows compassion."''

A German scientist and inventor of a SuperSoldier formula. He picks Rogers as the candidate out of an entire muscled platoon, believing that a weak man knew the value of strength, and knew that Rogers was a truly good man.
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* AllGermansAreNazis: [[DefiedTrope Defies]] and [[AvertedTrope averts]] this trope. As Erskine notes; "many people forget" the first country the Nazis invaded was, in fact, Germany.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: His name "Abraham", his resemblance to UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, and his wife having been confirmed as Jewish in the tie-in comic all suggest this.
* TheAtoner: He works with Americans to create an American super-soldier because he was responsible for the creation of the Red Skull.
* CharacterDeath: The most clear in the film when he gets shot twice by Heinz Kruger.
* TheChooserOfTheOne: He chooses [[NiceGuy Steve Rogers]] to be [[SuperSoldier Captain America]].
* CoolOldGuy: For Example, in his conversation with Steve the night before the [[SuperSoldier procedure]] about drinking.
* DeathByOriginStory: He dies in the same scene as the creation of Captain America.
* FamousLastWords: Averted, instead he gently smiles and points to Steve's heart as he dies, reminding him to never forget his promise to stay a good man.
* ForScience: Averted. He doesn't want to create a super soldier for its own sake; he wants to so this super soldier can do good in the world.
* GoOutWithASmile: Since he knows that if one person had to be picked to be the only one to get the full serum, it should have been [[NiceGuy Steve]].
* HerrDoktor: Steve is initially surprised to see him because of this reason; his accent is German.
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: See his quote above; the reason he picked Steve is because Steve knows what it's like to be weak, and can empathize with those who can't defend themselves.
* MyGreatestFailure: Allowing [[ComicBook/RedSkull Schmidt]] to take the SuperSoldier serum.
* NiceGuy: Insists on noble qualities for his super soldier because he wants it to be used to end the war. He clearly isn't lacking in noble qualities himself.
* NonActionGuy: Not a fighter obviously.
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: He intentionally kept all the notes to his super-serum in his head, as he didn't want anyone to replicate it and then misuse it.
* TheObiWan: To Steve; mentoring, empowering, death; the whole nine yards.
* ParentalSubstitute: In their friendship Abraham was a gentle figure of wisdom ''and'' the man who allowed Steve Rogers to be reborn as a new man, effectively becoming his second father in every sense of the word.
* TokenEnemyMinority: A German-born scientist working for the Allies in WWII.
* WideEyedIdealist: Adamant in his belief that it takes a kind heart to create the ultimate warrior, not just loyalty or willingness to fight; hence his choice of Steve as his candidate for the Super Soldier Serum test.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Howard Stark]]
!!Howard Stark

See [[Characters/MarvelCinematicUniverse his character tropes on the Marvel Cinematic Universe page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lorraine]]
!!Pvt. Lorraine
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NatalieDormer
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''

Private Lorraine served in the United States Army during World War II. She was the secretary of Colonel Chester Phillips.
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* CanonForeigner: She has no comic counterpart.
* ForcefulKiss: Forced Steve into one, until they're caught by [[WomanScorned Peggy]].
* SexySecretary: For Phillips; she's his personal assistant and played by the sinfully sexy Natalie Dormer. She wastes little time trying to seduce Steve.
* ShesGotLegs: As part of her SexySecretary get-up. The audience gets a view while she tries to seduce Steve.
[[/folder]]

!ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}

[[folder:In General]]
See the Marvel Cinematic Universe's S.H.I.E.L.D. page [[Characters/{{SHIELD}} here]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Secretary Alexander Pierce]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUHYDRALeadership HYDRA Leadership page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Brock Rumlow / Crossbones]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUHYDRAOperatives HYDRA Operatives page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Sharon Carter / Agent 13]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUAvengers Avengers page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cameron Klein]]
-->See the [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D. page]]
[[/folder]]

!ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}

-->See the [[Characters/{{MCUHYDRA}} HYDRA page]]

!Other Characters

[[folder:Georges Batroc]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUCriminals Criminals page]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Georges St-Pierre
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

An Algerian pirate who was a former French Intelligence agent before going rogue. His crew hijacks a S.H.I.E.L.D ship, the ''Lemurian Star'', and thus become targets of STRIKE and Captain America.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Batroc's considered something of a joke in the comics, although occasionally he proves to be a NotSoHarmlessVillain. Here he's able to put up a fair fight against a superhuman.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Batroc in the comics is essentially a thief at best, and he has a strong code of honor that includes not harming innocent people. Here, he's a pirate leader fully willing to kill hostages and raid boats.
* BeardOfEvil: Batroc sports a goatee and mustache, though it's nowhere near as pronounced as his comic book DastardlyWhiplash mustache.
* BadassNormal: He's the first non-enhanced human in the series to be able to put up a decent fight against Captain America in hand-to-hand combat, and later manages to make an escape from Cap and Natasha make his way off the ''Lemurian Star'' despite being in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
* BloodKnight: After he lost his ship and his crew, he went back just to fight Captain America.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Referred to by his real name rather than his alias from the comic "Batroc the Leaper".
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Every fight with the guards on the ship was a CurbStompBattle by Cap. Only when he gets to the last guy, their leader Batroc, does he find himself a challenge.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Batroc was ex-DGSE, with over 36 kill missions, before his commanding officers axed his career. He's also been issued a Red Notice by Interpol.[[note]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol_notice More or less an international arrest warrant]].[[/note]]
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Unlike his comic book counterpart, he doesn't wear a helmet and even goads Steve Rogers into removing his own.
* IKnowKarate: He practices savate, a French martial arts with lots of jumping kicks. In the comics this is where he gets his full name "Batroc the Leaper". In the film, however, his style resembles more UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Well, not exactly ''gentlemen'', but he does belittle Cap for using a helmet and a defensive weapon, prompting him to put them aside and even the playing field.
-->'''Batroc:''' ''<...I thought you were more than just a shield.>''\\
'''Steve:''' ''<Let's find out.>''
* LightningBruiser: Fast and strong enough to pose a challenge to Captain America.
* MistakenNationality: Some characters assume he's French, but he's actually Algerian.
* MisplacedAccent: Despite being Algerian, he sports Georges St-Pierre's native Quebecois accent. To put this in perspective, this is as out of place as, say, an English-speaking Egyptian with an American accent would be.
* RaceLift: Just plain French in the comics, Algerian in the movie. He's still said to be a veteran of French Intelligence, and portrayed by an actor who doesn't look remotely North African.
* RuthlessModernPirates: Batroc is more interested in getting his ransom from S.H.I.E.L.D., but his crew is openly vicious and ready to kill any hostages.
* StarterVillain: Serves as the main antagonist during the opening mission of ''The Winter Soldier'', before the film's main crisis begins.
* TemptingFate: He demands that Captain America put his shield away so that the fight is fairer. Cap does... and then starts fighting even better than beforehand.
* UnwittingPawn: He was hired by Fury himself in a move to get the USB MacGuffin off the boat under cover of rescuing the team.
* WorthyOpponent: Captain America sees him as one, even going so far as to not use his shield while fighting him to put them on more even ground.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Winter Soldier]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUAvengers Avengers page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Helmut Zemo]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUCriminals Criminals page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Everett K. Ross]]
!!Everett K. Ross

->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MartinFreeman
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''

A government employee who works for the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre.
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* CompositeCharacter: His role as the government attaché assigned to oversee the Avengers is similar to that of Henry Peter Gyrich, who traditionally serves as the team's government liaison in the comics, but who cannot be used in the MCU because of rights issues.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Kevin Feige has said Ross doesn't have a particularly large role in ''Civil War'', but will play a bigger part in future MCU movies. The character is most strongly associated with Black Panther in the comics.
[[/folder]]

[[/folder]]

!!Georges Batroc
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-->See the [[Characters/MCUCriminals page]]

!!Helmut Zemo
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Daniel Brühl

A former special ops colonel with a grudge against the Avengers.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The reveal that he's driven by [[spoiler:revenge for the death of his family]] makes him much more sympathetic than his outright villainous comic book counterpart. [[spoiler:He doesn't have ties to HYDRA, either.]]
* AdaptationalNationality: In the comics Helmut Zemo is German, but here he is [[spoiler:a Sokovian]].
* AdaptationalWimp: He never even attempts to fight the Avengers directly, whereas in the comics, he's able to hold his own against Captain America despite having no superpowers.
* TheBadGuyWins: Somewhat. [[spoiler:He get's incarcerated, but he accomplishes his main goal in dividing the Avengers and is content with this. Nobody of them ends up dead however and the potential for reunion is given.]]
* BigBad: The lead villain in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.
* ColonelBadass: He used to be a Colonel [[spoiler:in the Sokovian Special Forces]] and he is one of the most effective foes the Avengers have faced.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: He's been studying how Captain America, and by extension the rest of The Avengers, fight their battles, and realizes that no villains, however powerful they are, have ever defeated them in a fight. [[spoiler: So he manipulates them into fighting each other.]]
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: Once he has put Iron Man against Bucky and Cap, he decides to shoot himself with a gun. Black Panther prevents him from doing so in order to make him face justice.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: According to a set visit, he will have a bigger role in the MCU down the line.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite his profound hatred of the Avengers, [[spoiler:he refuses to unleash the other five Winter Soldiers, as they're worse than Bucky and would do untold damage to the world]].
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:His wife, father and son were crushed by Sokovia's debris when it fell from the skies.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He's a former [[spoiler:Sokovian Special Forces colonel]], but otherwise he's just a normal guy living his life. [[spoiler: The death of his family during the Battle of Sokovia launches him on a secret crusade against the Avengers, and he succeeds in driving them apart, causing the most damage to them in a way that none of the previous villain has ever managed to achieve.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: He wants to take revenge for the death of his family which he blames on the Avengers. In doing so, he is responsible for the deaths of dozens of innocent people himself.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: His motives remain unclear for much of the film.
* MarqueeAlterEgo: Unlike the comics, Zemo does not wear a mask.
* NonActionBigBad: He never directly fights any of the Avengers, acknowledging that he could never physically stand up to the likes of them. Instead, he relies more on subterfuge and deception.
* NothingPersonal: [[spoiler: He tells T'Challa that he is sorry for killing his father and that he seemed like a good man.]]
* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: He wants to take revenge on the Avengers for the death of his family in Sokovia.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Everett K. Ross]]
!!Everett K. Ross

->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MartinFreeman
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''

A government employee who works for the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: He's a former [[spoiler:Sokovian Special Forces colonel]], but otherwise he's just a normal guy living his life. [[spoiler: The death of his family during the Battle of Sokovia launches him on a secret crusade against the Avengers, and he succeeds in dividing them apart, causing the most damage to them in a way that none of the previous villain has ever managed to achieve.]]

!!Technician/Specialist Cameron Klein
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Aaron Himelstein
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier | Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->''"I'm not gonna launch those ships... Captain's orders."''

Cameron Klein was a S.H.I.E.L.D. Technician responsible for the launch of the Insight Helicarriers.

He's later recruited by Nick Fury and Maria Hill along with several other former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in relaunching the 'mothballed' Helicarrier.
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* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', he's recruited by Nick Fury as a technician for the old Helicarrier in a bid to evacuate the citizens of Sokovia before Ultron could enact his EvilPlan. Upon arrival he launched the Helicarrier's lifeboats to the now levitating city so that the Avengers and local law enforcement could commence with the evacuation. This time, he's credited with the name "Cameron Klein"]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Averted as he intended one by defying Rumlow's commands while having a gun put to his head but Sharon Carter manages to kick him away from the gun and thus save his life.]]
* MissionControl: His job in S.H.I.E.L.D. is to offer assistance with information and technology to those in the field.
* MythologyGag: In the comics, he is grandson of Stanley Klein, a United States Armed Forces private rescued by Captain America and the Howling Commandos during World War II. By knowing this, his loyalty to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America becomes more heartwarming and meaningful.
* NoNameGiven: He's unnamed until his appearance in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
* NonActionGuy: He's technician, not personal combatant. [[spoiler:It's made explicit by him hiding under his desk when the S.H.I.E.L.D. loyalists and HYDRA infiltrators start shooting at each other and in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' hysterically screaming when an Ultron drone breaches the Helicarrier bridge.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted and made into DecompositeCharacter. The other man with the name "Cameron Klein" is a retired S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and T.A.H.I.T.I. patient from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' who now lives with new name, [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDOtherCharacters Hank Thompson]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Consider that Cap saved the world with ''less than one second'' remaining. Now, remember that this man refused to launch the INSIGHT carriers, even at gunpoint, and stalled Rumlow for as long as he could. The entire MCU owes this man huge thanks.
* UndyingLoyalty: To S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America as seen in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. Even with Brock Rumlow held him at gunpoint, he doesn't sacrifice his loyalty even if it might cost his life.

!!Secretary Alexander Pierce
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RobertRedford\\
'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

->''"See, I took a seat on the Council not because I wanted to but because Nick asked me to, because we were both realists. We knew that despite all the diplomacy and the handshaking and the rhetoric, that to build a really better world sometimes means having to tear the old one down. And that makes enemies."''

A member of the World Security Council and old comrade of Nick Fury. He is one of the primary heads of Project INSIGHT, and leads an investigation on all suspects of the assassination attempt on Nick Fury... including Captain America.

'''Warning: Major unmarked spoilers for Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier below.'''

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, Pierce is a standard, good guy agent. In the movie, he's not only the BigBad of the second film, but also a part of HYDRA.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Comic Pierce has black hair, the movie version has Redford's natural red.
* AgeLift: Pierce is a young man in the comics, somewhere in his thirties, and not even half of Redford's age.
* BadassBoast: His retort to Nick Fury's line in BrokenPedestal below.
-->'''Alexander Pierce:''' You already did. You will again, when it's useful.
* BigBad: Of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. He calls for the hit on Fury, gives orders to the Winter Soldier, and plans to use Helicarriers and Zola's algorithm to place the entire world under his control.
* BigBadFriend: To Nick Fury, whom he has a long history with and whom he tries to have killed rather quickly.
* BrokenPedestal: He was the man who appointed Nick Fury as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and was TheMentor to him. The revelation that he was EvilAllAlong greatly upsets Nick.
-->'''Nick Fury:''' You know, there was a time when I would have taken a bullet for you.
* CelebrityParadox: Redford's long career combined with the size of the MCU would make it pretty hard to avoid, and sure enough ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid'' has been mentioned on ''Agents of SHIELD''.
* CompositeCharacter: The film's Pierce is an amalgamation of several different characters from the Marvel Universe; Alexander Goodwin Pierce, as far as the name goes, Robert 'Rebel' Ralston, in being an old friend of Fury's who was in an oversight position over S.H.I.E.L.D., not to mention being drawn to look like Redford for a time, and Aleksander Lukin, the Winter Soldier's master. His motives and high position evoke shades of Number One of the Secret Empire arc, while he physically resembles Arnold Brown, the leader of HYDRA during the Strange Tales story arc where the organization first appeared.
* CoolOldGuy: The fact that he's Robert Redford is reason enough, but he also argues defiantly with the World Security Council and has a good sense of humor.
* CorruptBureaucrat: When it comes down to it, this is all he is, but the corruption is in a different way than most. Think of a kill list. People who, it's been decided, threaten the world's order enough that they must be killed to uphold it. From that, he's extrapolated the concept of figuring out what makes a person threaten world order, then removing the people who fit that profile in their dozens, or hundreds, or millions before they become threats. Never mind "innocent until proven guilty". Never mind those on kill lists have usually actively resisted less lethal alternatives. It's just another step...
* DeadpanSnarker: His remark about pointing out Algiers on a map qualifies. This is apparently a habit of his; at one point, one of the World Security Council asks Pierce to get any "snappy remarks" out of the way early.
* DeathGlare: Despite his usual [[FauxAffablyEvil friendly-seeming demeanor]], he can demonstrate a pretty chilling one, such as during Captain America's RousingSpeech and when Pierce kills the World Security Councilors.
* DetectiveMole: He puts himself in charge of investigating Fury's "murder."
* DissonantSerenity: This is his reaction to shooting his maid, who has walked in on him chatting with The Winter Soldier:
-->'''Pierce:''' ''[in a completely calm tone]'' Oh, Renata; I wish you'd ''knocked.''
* DyingAlone: After being shot by Fury, he's left to die in in the ruins of his office as the helicarriers and his plans crumble to pieces around him, proclaiming loyalty to HYDRA with his final breath.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first appearance, meeting with the Council. He's standing while they're sitting passively, and while they're argumentative, stuffy, and obstructive, Pierce sees through all of it and delivers catty zingers at their expense. Lastly, there's this exchange, which greatly foreshadows TheReveal later on.
--> '''Councilman:''' This Council takes piracy seriously.\\
'''Pierce:''' [[BrutalHonesty Really? I don't.]] [[WhatIsOneMansLifeInComparison I don't care about one ship. I care about the fleet.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** His daughter, whose near death at the hands of terrorists was what motivated his StartOfDarkness. When he saw how his inaction would've cost her her life and how Fury's unauthorized heroics saved her, Pierce decided he'd rather have the power to stop threats before they occur, whatever the cost, and this may have contributed to his turning to HYDRA.
** He also expresses regret about the death of his maid, even though he personally was forced to shoot her after she stumbled on his meeting with Winter Soldier.
* EvilOldFolks: One of the oldest people in ''The Winter Soldier'' (Robert Redford was 76 at the time of filming) and the head bad guy.
* EvilRedhead: Pierce has Redford's red hair, and is the current leader of HYDRA. Better than having a red face like the previous leader.
* FamousLastWords: "Hail HYDRA."
* FauxAffablyEvil: At first, Pierce seems like another Nick Fury. He rails against the World Security Council much like Fury, has a friendship with Fury and is a fan of the Avengers. The reality is, he's a manipulative {{Jerkass}} who is a member of a dictatorial regime that was spawned in Nazi Germany and he himself is responsible for God-knows how many deaths over the years.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: A bespectacled remorseless mass murderer and HYDRA leader.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the first season of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''. The first season's BigBad is a mysterious DiabolicalMastermind who calls himself the Clairvoyant, who is actually a HYDRA mole within S.H.I.E.L.D. That means this guy is his boss, but is uninvolved with his EvilPlan.
* HannibalLecture: After Natasha takes over his meeting, puts him at gunpoint and Nick Fury walks in, he gives one of these at the end of the movie. He tells Fury that seeing his aggressive stance on terrorism earlier in their lives is what inspired Pierce to actively stamp out any and all threats to peace. Giving that meant joining HYDRA, Fury is noticeably upset at the notion.
* HumbleHero: Turned down the Nobel Peace Prize. Why? Because he sees it as just the right thing to do. Problem is, he's more about "peace through overwhelming power".
* KarmicDeath: Shot twice by Nick Fury, the man he tried to kill and whose "death" set the motion of the events in the film.
* KickTheDog:
** When his housekeeper unexpectedly returns and stumbles onto his meeting with the Winter Soldier, he shoots her twice with only the most minor of regrets.
** While trying to get a mission report from the Winter Soldier, Pierce slaps him in the face when he proves unresponsive, then has him subjected to a painful memory wipe, indifferent to the Soldier's screams of agony as he walks away. This ''disturbs'' the HYDRA agents watching, which includes Brock Rumlow, and they're all normally very apathetic.
* KnightTemplar: Seems to genuinely believe that HYDRA's work is for the good of mankind.
* TheManBehindTheMan: The one who's pulling the strings of the Winter Soldier. He is also HYDRA's modern day leader.
* ManipulativeBastard: He's successfully manipulated S.H.I.E.L.D. for years, and does a good job for manipulating the World Security Council, Captain America and even seasoned chessmaster Nick Fury.
* MoleInCharge: He is HYDRA's mole within S.H.I.E.L.D. and he's ''Fury's boss''. After Fury's death, his control of S.H.I.E.L.D. is essentially rock-solid.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: He justifies his plot to have HYDRA shoot 20,000,000 people by saying their deaths will save billions.
* NonActionBigBad: Unusually for a superhero movie, Pierce does not ''appear'' to have any physical combat capabilities. However, he knows how to use guns and hidden kill-gadgets, and given that he is in command of virtually all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resources (including legions of SWAT teams, ''multiple'' helicarriers, and [[OneManArmy The Winter Soldier]]), he is still extremely dangerous.
* OhCrap: Multiple ones, during the Finale.
** First when Natasha reveals that she infiltrated the Council and takes out his guards. Pierce can only watch in surprise.
** Then, when Nick Fury reveals he survived the assassination attempt. Pierce respond with a grimace but tries to save face with a quip.
-->'''Pierce:''' [[BlackComedy Did you get my flowers?]]
** Last when, Black Widow shocks herself to disable Pierce's kill-device on her. This time his shock of trying to figure out what just happened buys time for Fury to grab a gun and shoot him.
* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: Pierce is notable for that time he turned down the Nobel Peace Prize by saying that peace is a goal that must be continuously striven for and such a worthy goal does not need prizes. By this point in the film he's already been revealed as the head of HYDRA, and we know that HYDRA's ideas of peace are not the kind that would warrant the Peace Prize. Nick is suitably disgusted when he says the line.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Introduced as friend and superior of Nick Fury's, a member of the World Security Council, despite not appearing among them in ''The Avengers''. Almost all the WSC members seen here are new, though, so it's possible ''The Avengers'' either didn't show all the members or there was a change in staff in the time since.
* RunningBothSides: For most of ''The Winter Soldier'', he's in charge of both the legitimate S.H.I.E.L.D. and the American division of HYDRA.
%%* SharpDressedMan: Wears a gray three-piece suit.
* SmugSmiler: When Fury turns up alive, he can only smirk. Alan Dale's World Security Councillor even calls him a "smug son of a bitch" which is a very accurate description.
* TwoFirstNames: Alexander and Pierce.
* TheUnfettered: The ends justify the means for Pierce, so he doesn't bother limiting his means; early in ''The Winter Soldier'', he tries to have his old friend Nick Fury assassinated by police officers. Then there's Project INSIGHT.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity:
** He turned down a Nobel Peace Prize because he supposedly felt that peace wasn't something you achieve and then get a prize for; it's something you must forever strive to attain and defend.
** He remained a very high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. agent until Rogers exposed him as the leader of HYDRA.
* WalkingSpoiler: Being an essential character in the ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' movie, a great deal of his role consists of spoilers.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Pierce ''believes'' himself to be one of these, but it falls short when one considers that the intended targets of Project Insight were all people who stood to threaten HYDRA, rather than the world as a whole.

[[folder:Agent Brock Rumlow / Crossbones]]
!!Agent Brock Rumlow / Crossbones
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/FrankGrillo
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier | Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''

->''"This is gonna hurt."''

A S.H.I.E.L.D. operative working with Captain America and leader of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s STRIKE team.

* AdaptationalHeroism: PlayedWith. In the comics, Rumlow has always been an unrepentant thug with zero redeeming characteristics. In the movie, he's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who turns out to be a HYDRA agent, although HYDRA has taken on KnightTemplar traits in this film, so the trope still applies to a limited extent; in the comics, Rumlow loyally served the openly evil Red Skull.
* BadassNormal:
** In ''Winter Soldier'', he's just a well-trained ordinary human, but he dominates in his fight with Sam and can even briefly hold out against Captain America in a fight, albeit not to the same extent as Batroc.
** After becoming Crossbones, Rumlow seems to have acquired advanced combat equipment(including a pair of powered gauntlets that look and operate suspiciously like [=StarkTech=]), that allow him to match Captain America in a fight.
* BadassBoast: He's one of the toughest agents around and he knows it, as shown when he brags before fighting Sam Wilson aka "Falcon".
-->'''Rumlow''': This is gonna hurt. There are no prisoners with HYDRA. Just order, and order only comes through pain. You ready for yours? (''after beating Falcon down again'') You're out of your depth, kid.
* BeardOfEvil: A PermaStubble goatee
* BodyHorror: Rumlow ''survived'' having a Helicarrier crash into a building while he was inside of said building. The end result isn't pretty. In ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]]'', [[spoiler: he shows that the various burns and debris left his face incredibly disfigured, prompting him to primarily sport a mask]].
* TheBrute: He acts as Pierce's main muscle in ''The Winter Soldier''.
* CoDragons: With the Winter Soldier, to Alexander Pierce. Of those two, Rumlow is more active, and seems to be the blunt hammer and everyday right-hand man. When things ''really'' need to get done, the higher-ups call in Bucky/the Winter Soldier.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Zig-zagged. He's never referred to as 'Crossbones' in ''Winter Soldier'', having not yet taken up the alias, and the only hint is the cross-shape of his weapon straps across his chest; ''Civil War'', however, sees him finally identified as such, and donning a helmet and armored pads painted to resemble his comics counterpart.
* DeadpanSnarker: At least as part of his façade as Cap and Black Widow's friendly colleague.
--> '''Rumlow:''' ''[after saving Steve from one mook when Cap's already taken every other one out]'' Yeah, you seemed pretty helpless without me.
* DragonTheirFeet: He's still fighting Sam after [[BigBad Pierce]] and HYDRA's Helicarriers have been dispatched.
* EvilAllAlong: Rumlow's been a member of HYDRA for God knows how long.
* FaceHeelTurn: Introduced as a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague of Cap and Black Widow and on friendly terms with them, but eventually turns on them, because he's a member of HYDRA.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's personable enough, and even claims that his assault on Cap is nothing personal, but he's still a loyal agent of HYDRA and ruthless killer.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Cap. They're on opposite sides of the S.H.I.E.L.D.-HYDRA conflict, but according to the DVD commentary, he actually has a degree of admiration for Cap. This suggests that his attack on Cap may have indeed been NothingPersonal, despite what Cap believes.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: In ''Civil War'', under his mask Rumlow's face is moderately scarred up from having S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters dropped on his head.
* KnightTemplar: If his remarks towards the end of the film are any indication, Rumlow [[TheFundamentalist fully believes]] in HYDRA's goals.
* TheLancer: Prior to HYDRA's uncloaking he acted as Captain America's NumberTwo in missions
* MadeOfIron: He survived a Helicarrier crashing into the building he was in. [[DeconstructedTrope He's not in good shape afterwards, though]].
* TheMole: One of the many HYDRA moles.
* MookLieutenant: As the leader of S.T.R.I.K.E.
* NervesOfSteel: Easily the most cool headed member of both Strike and the rest of the Hydra agents sent to try and capture Cap in the elevator. Everyone else is either sweating in anticipation or giving away their plans via posture or acting unnatural. Rumlow has his arms crossed and makes small talk to try and lower Cap's guard.
* NothingPersonal: Claims this when attacking Cap. Steve begs to differ.
** Averted in ''Civil War'', where he holds an immense grudge against Cap for the brutal damage he suffered at the end of ''The Winter Soldier''. [[spoiler: It leads to him trying to take Steve out in a last-ditch suicide bomb]].
* NotQuiteDead: At the climax of the movie, he's seemingly crushed to death under debris when a heli-carrier crashes into the floor of the building he's in. A sequence before the credits reveals he's badly scarred and in critical condition, but still alive.
* PermaStubble: It gives him a rugged, tough-guy look.
* PragmaticVillainy: Though ruthless, he knows better than to shoot Rogers in broad daylight, after spotting a news helicopter filming overhead. Instead he opts to capture him and transport him some place abandoned where they can shoot him and dump the body.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: Serves as the StarterVillain of ''Civil War'' and dies during the first 10 minutes. though he inadvertenly kicks off the main plot.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: In the opening of ''Civil War'', he gets outfought by Cap and tries to blow up a bomb that will take them both out, as well as the surrounding block of people. He fails in his goal, as Wanda suppresses the blast and lifts Crossbones into the air away from Steve. However, the explosion ends up packing too much power for her to hold back completely, and a number of people in nearby building are killed as a result]].
* WeaponOfChoice: Carries an electrified shock baton that are powerful enough to knock-out a mercenary with a single touch and hurt Rogers.

[[folder:Agent Sharon Carter / Agent 13]]
!!Agent Sharon Carter / ComicBook/{{Agent 13}}
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EmilyVanCamp
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' | ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''

->''"With all due respect, If S.H.I.E.L.D. is conducting a manhunt for Captain America, we deserve to know why."''

A S.H.I.E.L.D. operative in the modern day, who pretends to be a nurse living next door to Steve but was secretly assigned by Nick Fury to protect him. Later she is a reluctant part of Pierce's surveillance team, tracking the whereabouts of Captain America.

After the Sokovia Accords,[[spoiler: she secretly helps Caps team, supplying them with intel and helping them get their gear back.]]

* ActionGirl: Downplayed, but she's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and a highly proficient shooter. Though she doesn't do very well against Rumlow as she was standing far too close.
** Played much straighter in Civil War where she goes up against [[spoiler: the Winter Soldier]].
* AdaptationalWimp: Somewhat. In the comics, Sharon is a top agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. since her first appearances, a BadassNormal who can hold her own against a few supervillains and has no trouble keeping up with Black Widow in the field. In the movie, she is easily dispatched by Rumlow, and WordOfGod is that she is a rookie.
** In Civil War, she fares much better, getting a few hits on [[spoiler: the Winter Soldier. Though she loses out, she doesn't come out as bad considering Bucky does the same to Black Widow soon afterwards]].
* BadassInANiceSuit: In her appearances at the Triskelion she is wearing a S.H.I.E.L.D. style suit.
* BadassNormal: A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent with no superpowers.
* TheBigDamnKiss: Finally shares one with Steve in ''Civil War'' with Falcon and Bucky giving them the thumbs up for it.
* BodyGuardingABadass: Chosen by Nick Fury to protect Steve, called history's greatest soldier by Fury himself.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Inverted, she's referred to as Agent 13 most of the time. We don't even learn her first name until the final scene, and even then her last name and thus relation to Peggy isn't mentioned until ''Civil War''.
* DemotedToExtra: Is mostly a tertiary character in the second movie. Averted in the third movie where she plays a much bigger role.
* GenerationXerox: Downplayed; she physically resembles Peggy but has blond hair instead of brown. It's more noticeable in terms of personality and abilities: she's an excellent markswoman and very serious at her job as an agent, just like Peggy.
** ''Civil War'' reveals that it was her aunt Peggy who motivated her to become an agent.
* GirlNextDoor: She initially poses as Kate, a nurse who lives next door to Steve.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde, and a loyal agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., which is further emphasized when [[spoiler:she holds Rumlow at gunpoint when he threatens to kill a tech who refuses to bow to HYDRA's orders. She also saves the tech from getting shot by kicking out his chair from under him even after Rumlow injures her.]]
* MythologyGag: In the comics Sharon is Peggy's niece, and ends up dating Steve just like her aunt. In the film her relationship with Peggy is alluded to with a brief scene of wrapping up a phone call with an aunt implied to be Peggy, and her romance with Steve starts with a bit of banter from them and Black Widow half-jokingly suggesting they start dating.
** ''Civil War'' confirms that she is Peggy's niece. In fact, her aunt is the reason she joined S.H.I.E.L.D.
* SavedForTheSequel: ''Winter Soldier'' is already a very long movie, so Steve's relationship subplot with Sharon is put on hold until the next film where it can be explored more.
* SecretIdentity: Kate, a nurse and Steve Rogers' neighbour, is actually S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sharon Carter, with the mission of keeping an eye on him and protecting him if needed.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: For her, she's seen getting a job at the CIA
* YouAreNumberSix: Referred to in press material as Agent 13.

[[folder:Cameron Klein]]
!!Technician/Specialist Cameron Klein
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Aaron Himelstein
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier | Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->''"I'm not gonna launch those ships... Captain's orders."''

Cameron Klein was a S.H.I.E.L.D. Technician responsible for the launch of the Insight Helicarriers.

He's later recruited by Nick Fury and Maria Hill along with several other former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in relaunching the 'mothballed' Helicarrier.

* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', he's recruited by Nick Fury as a technician for the old Helicarrier in a bid to evacuate the citizens of Sokovia before Ultron could enact his EvilPlan. Upon arrival he launched the Helicarrier's lifeboats to the now levitating city so that the Avengers and local law enforcement could commence with the evacuation. This time, he's credited with the name "Cameron Klein"]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Averted as he intended one by defying Rumlow's commands while having a gun put to his head but Sharon Carter manages to kick him away from the gun and thus save his life.]]
* MissionControl: His job in S.H.I.E.L.D. is to offer assistance with information and technology to those in the field.
* MythologyGag: In the comics, he is grandson of Stanley Klein, a United States Armed Forces private rescued by Captain America and the Howling Commandos during World War II. By knowing this, his loyalty to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America becomes more heartwarming and meaningful.
* NoNameGiven: He's unnamed until his appearance in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
* NonActionGuy: He's technician, not personal combatant. [[spoiler:It's made explicit by him hiding under his desk when the S.H.I.E.L.D. loyalists and HYDRA infiltrators start shooting at each other and in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' hysterically screaming when an Ultron drone breaches the Helicarrier bridge.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted and made into DecompositeCharacter. The other man with the name "Cameron Klein" is a retired S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and T.A.H.I.T.I. patient from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' who now lives with new name, [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDOtherCharacters Hank Thompson]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Consider that Cap saved the world with ''less than one second'' remaining. Now, remember that this man refused to launch the INSIGHT carriers, even at gunpoint, and stalled Rumlow for as long as he could. The entire MCU owes this man huge thanks.
* UndyingLoyalty: To S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America as seen in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. Even with Brock Rumlow held him at gunpoint, he doesn't sacrifice his loyalty even if it might cost his life.
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!ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}

-->See the [[Characters/{{MCUHYDRA}} HYDRA page]]

!Other Characters

[[folder:Georges Batroc]]
!!Georges Batroc
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Georges St-Pierre
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

An Algerian pirate who was a former French Intelligence agent before going rogue. His crew hijacks a S.H.I.E.L.D ship, the ''Lemurian Star'', and thus become targets of STRIKE and Captain America.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Batroc's considered something of a joke in the comics, although occasionally he proves to be a NotSoHarmlessVillain. Here he's able to put up a fair fight against a superhuman.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Batroc in the comics is essentially a thief at best, and he has a strong code of honor that includes not harming innocent people. Here, he's a pirate leader fully willing to kill hostages and raid boats.
* BeardOfEvil: Batroc sports a goatee and mustache, though it's nowhere near as pronounced as his comic book DastardlyWhiplash mustache.
* BadassNormal: He's the first non-enhanced human in the series to be able to put up a decent fight against Captain America in hand-to-hand combat, and later manages to make an escape from Cap and Natasha make his way off the ''Lemurian Star'' despite being in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
* BloodKnight: After he lost his ship and his crew, he went back just to fight Captain America.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Referred to by his real name rather than his alias from the comic "Batroc the Leaper".
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Every fight with the guards on the ship was a CurbStompBattle by Cap. Only when he gets to the last guy, their leader Batroc, does he find himself a challenge.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Batroc was ex-DGSE, with over 36 kill missions, before his commanding officers axed his career. He's also been issued a Red Notice by Interpol.[[note]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol_notice More or less an international arrest warrant]].[[/note]]
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Unlike his comic book counterpart, he doesn't wear a helmet and even goads Steve Rogers into removing his own.
* IKnowKarate: He practices savate, a French martial arts with lots of jumping kicks. In the comics this is where he gets his full name "Batroc the Leaper". In the film, however, his style resembles more UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Well, not exactly ''gentlemen'', but he does belittle Cap for using a helmet and a defensive weapon, prompting him to put them aside and even the playing field.
-->'''Batroc:''' ''<...I thought you were more than just a shield.>''\\
'''Steve:''' ''<Let's find out.>''
* LightningBruiser: Fast and strong enough to pose a challenge to Captain America.
* MistakenNationality: Some characters assume he's French, but he's actually Algerian.
* MisplacedAccent: Despite being Algerian, he sports Georges St-Pierre's native Quebecois accent. To put this in perspective, this is as out of place as, say, an English-speaking Egyptian with an American accent would be.
* RaceLift: Just plain French in the comics, Algerian in the movie. He's still said to be a veteran of French Intelligence, and portrayed by an actor who doesn't look remotely North African.
* RuthlessModernPirates: Batroc is more interested in getting his ransom from S.H.I.E.L.D., but his crew is openly vicious and ready to kill any hostages.
* StarterVillain: Serves as the main antagonist during the opening mission of ''The Winter Soldier'', before the film's main crisis begins.
* TemptingFate: He demands that Captain America put his shield away so that the fight is fairer. Cap does... and then starts fighting even better than beforehand.
* UnwittingPawn: He was hired by Fury himself in a move to get the USB MacGuffin off the boat under cover of rescuing the team.
* WorthyOpponent: Captain America sees him as one, even going so far as to not use his shield while fighting him to put them on more even ground.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Winter Soldier]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUAvengers Avengers page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Helmut Zemo]]
!!Helmut Zemo
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Daniel Brühl
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''

A former special ops colonel with a grudge against the Avengers.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The reveal that he's driven by [[spoiler:revenge for the death of his family]] makes him much more sympathetic than his outright villainous comic book counterpart. [[spoiler:He doesn't have ties to HYDRA, either.]]
* AdaptationalNationality: In the comics Helmut Zemo is German, but here he is [[spoiler:a Sokovian]].
* AdaptationalWimp: He never even attempts to fight the Avengers directly, whereas in the comics, he's able to hold his own against Captain America despite having no superpowers.
* TheBadGuyWins: Somewhat. [[spoiler:He get's incarcerated, but he accomplishes his main goal in dividing the Avengers and is content with this. Nobody of them ends up dead however and the potential for reunion is given.]]
* BigBad: The lead villain in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.
* ColonelBadass: He used to be a Colonel [[spoiler:in the Sokovian Special Forces]] and he is one of the most effective foes the Avengers have faced.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: He's been studying how Captain America, and by extension the rest of The Avengers, fight their battles, and realizes that no villains, however powerful they are, have ever defeated them in a fight. [[spoiler: So he manipulates them into fighting each other.]]
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: Once he has put Iron Man against Bucky and Cap, he decides to shoot himself with a gun. Black Panther prevents him from doing so in order to make him face justice.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: According to a set visit, he will have a bigger role in the MCU down the line.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite his profound hatred of the Avengers, [[spoiler:he refuses to unleash the other five Winter Soldiers, as they're worse than Bucky and would do untold damage to the world]].
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:His wife, father and son were crushed by Sokovia's debris when it fell from the skies.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He's a former [[spoiler:Sokovian Special Forces colonel]], but otherwise he's just a normal guy living his life. [[spoiler: The death of his family during the Battle of Sokovia launches him on a secret crusade against the Avengers, and he succeeds in dividing them apart, causing the most damage to them in a way that none of the previous villain has ever managed to achieve.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: He wants to take revenge for the death of his family which he blames on the Avengers. In doing so, he is responsible for the deaths of dozens of innocent people himself.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: His motives remain unclear for much of the film.
* MarqueeAlterEgo: Unlike the comics, Zemo does not wear a mask.
* NonActionBigBad: He never directly fights any of the Avengers, acknowledging that he could never physically stand up to the likes of them. Instead, he relies more on subterfuge and deception.
* NothingPersonal: [[spoiler: He tells T'Challa that he is sorry for killing his father and that he seemed like a good man.]]
* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: He wants to take revenge on the Avengers for the death of his family in Sokovia.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Everett K. Ross]]
!!Everett K. Ross

->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MartinFreeman
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''

A government employee who works for the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre.
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** The ''Captain America: Super Soldier'' video game has Cap refer to them as "the Invaders" in dialogue, while the Smithsonian exhibit in ''[=TWS=]'' calls them "The Howling Commandos."

* AdaptationalHeroism: The reveal that he's driven by [[spoiler: revenge for the death of his family]] makes him much more sympathetic than his outright villainous comicbook counterpart.

-->See the [[Characters/MCUHYDRA HYDRA page]]

-->See [[Characters/MCUHYDRA HYDRA]]

[[folder:Nick Fury's SUV]]
-->See the [[Characters/MarvelCinematicUniverse main page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:In General]]
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->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' | ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' | ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''| ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' | ''Film/AntMan''

->''"Cut off one head, two more shall take its place! Hail HYDRA!"''

HYDRA is a terrorist-criminal-paramilitary organization bent on world domination. Shortly after the rise of Nazism in Germany, it was Johann Schmidt's private army, which was originally the Nazi science division. Its main purpose was to create advanced Tesseract-powered weaponry for the German armies, but over the years, members of HYDRA became loyal only to Schmidt himself. At the beginning of World War II, HYDRA still fought for the Nazi cause, but Schmidt later separated HYDRA from Nazi Germany to start his own conquest of the world. Facism and conquest of freedom is still their core philosophy.

* AirborneAircraftCarrier: [[spoiler:They got three of them, the Insight Heli-carriers, armed with some really powerful and accurate long-range gun batteries]].
* AncientConspiracy: [[spoiler: The ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'''s episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E8ManyHeadsOneTale "Many Heads, One Tale"]] reveals that they've actually been around for ''thousands'' of years.]]
* AsLongAsThereIsOneMan:
** "Cut off one head, two more shall take its place." [[spoiler:As shown in ''The Winter Soldier'' this is a true statement. As the last remainder of HYDRA, [[EvilGenius Zola]] managed to reconstruct the organization from within S.H.I.E.L.D. in a far more subversive manner than the overt methods of [[AxCrazy Red Skull]].]]
** [[spoiler:The end of season 2 of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' sees Grant Ward gathering the remnants that survived the Avenger's assault on Strucker around him as the new leader.]]
* BackFromTheBrink: [[spoiler:After the SSR and the Howling Commandos all but destroyed HYDRA in the 1940s, Zola did this to the organization, rebuilding it within the nascent S.H.I.E.L.D. Also, this happens ''again'', with Grant Ward as the possible new leader.]]
* BadassCreed: ''"Cut off one head, two more shall take its place! Hail HYDRA!"''
* BigBrotherIsWatching: [[spoiler:Zola's algorithm combined with S.H.I.E.L.D. surveillance technology and infrastructure means they have everything on everyone. Sitwell spells it out for Cap and Widow; "Your education, voting records, damn SAT scores..." ]].
* CoolPlane: Two: The Valkyrie bomber, a flying wing aircraft based off the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_H.XVIII Horten H.XVIII]] prototype, and the Red Skull's personal helicopter, based off of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Triebflügel Triebflügeljäger]].
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy:
** Their plan for [[spoiler:''The Winter Soldier''- simply disappear and integrate into the present, stirring up enough trouble so as to scare the peoples of the world into giving them dominance. They were literally less than a second away from succeeding in this.]]
** Their plan for dealing with a world full of superheroes? [[spoiler:Get them while they're still in the OriginStory phase. Using an algorithm that analyzes every single person's recorded data, Project Insight can predict which people have the most risk of being a danger to HYDRA should they ever get superpowers. Even if they're no more than a "high school valedictorian from Iowa City", HYDRA has learned its lesson that even a 90-pound weakling from Brooklyn can become a terrible thorn in their side.]]
* {{Determinator}}s: [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Like the mythological Hydra]], the Red Skull's troopers will only keep coming after every seemingly fatal blow, more dangerous than before.
* EliteMooks: The massive HYDRA troopers who wield dual cannons and flamethrowers.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Averted in WWII, where the members appear to be primarily German just like the Nazis, though they never actually claim to be racial supremacists. [[spoiler:The 21st century version has multiple offshoots worldwide, and includes dedicated members of different races and genders determined to bring a New World Order.]]
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Their core philosophy and why they justify a fascist form of government. However, they sorely pay for it during World War II, [[spoiler:and thus decide to become subtle about it and trick citizens in voting away their own freedom for security.]]
-->'''Zola:''' HYDRA was founded on the belief that humanity could not be trusted with its own freedom. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood What we did not realize]] was that if you try to take that freedom, they resist. [[spoiler:The war taught us much. Humanity needed to surrender its freedom willingly.]]
* FrickinLaserBeams: Standard issue blaster.
* GasMaskMooks: It's unknown why they dress with gas masks.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy:
** Too blind to prevent [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica a single soldier with a brightly colored shield]] from sneaking into their base. One even pokes his head around a door to see who's knocking (and gets knocked out for it), [[TooDumbToLive despite the fact the door has a window]]!
** Averted in [[spoiler:''The Winter Soldier''. The guards are significantly more competent this time]].
* KickTheDog: If their whole scheme in [[spoiler:''The Winter Soldier'' to slaughter millions to both secure their powerbase and bring the world to heel wasn't enough, we learn in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' that if you're a person of value then HYDRA is more then willing [[{{MindRape}} to take invasive methods in order to make you a member of their team]].]]
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler:Not much in their first appearance. Definitely in their second. They become an absolute NoNonsenseNemesis, that pull out all the stops to kill Captain America and enact a monstrous plan, one that comes closer to succeeding than just about any other villainous plan in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.]]
* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:Post-Red Skull their new leadership seems to sincerely believe they are bringing law and order to a chaotic world. For all their talk of peace and saving lives, their list of targets include Tony Stark and President Ellis. It's not so much "people who are threats to the world" as "people who will challenge HYDRA's status quo".]]
* AMillionIsAStatistic: [[spoiler:They view 20 million people targeted by Zola's algorithm as a small price to pay to unite the world under their banner.]]
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: ''Villains'', but still it's different from their green outfit from the comics.
* NebulousEvilOrganisation: HYDRA is a weapon R&D place in a frigid mountain area that wants to take over the world.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Becomes this by the time of [[spoiler:the modern day.]] They don't employ the SortingAlgorithmOfEvil and instead send everything they've got at you from the very beginning. They aren't keen on EvilGloating unless they're stalling for time. They also [[JustBetweenYouAndMe don't explain what their exact plans are]], only general goals and beliefs (which just might convert you to their side). This is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by [[spoiler:Zola]], who says that UsefulNotes/WorldWarII taught them how to be DangerouslyGenreSavvy.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:From S.H.I.E.L.D., with Pierce pointing out that their enemies are HYDRA's enemies. This is averted where everyone points out that S.H.I.E.L.D is about protection. Also, HYDRA, as one of its former employees pointed out, have been obsessed with [[{{TakeOverTheWorld}} global domination since the forties]].]]
* ProperlyParanoid: Each and every leader in HYDRA is fully prepared to kill the others if they betray the group, and is fully aware of that fact. [[spoiler: Coulson takes advantage of this to essentially con all but one member of the HYDRA Council to kill each other in a single massive round of paranoid backstabbing. All it takes is a few comments by an imposter to one leader's flunky]].
* PuttingOnTheReich: Inverted, instead they ''take off'' the Reich and become their fascistic faction, though retaining some Nazi traits. [[spoiler:Later they lose the "racial supremacist" bit when Armin Zola reforms them. They're plain neo-fascists now.]]
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: They split from the Nazis.
* StateSec: Started off as this, growing from a research division to a high-tech army. Then the Red Skull goes rogue, and becomes a splinter faction. [[spoiler:It gets [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] when they infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D.]].
* StupidJetpackHitler: They were originally formed as the Nazi science division, and were led by the ComicBook/RedSkull, a man with a fascination with mythological artifacts. That man eventually discovered the Tesseract, and with it created the most technologically advanced army on Earth yet.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Their mission statement. [[spoiler:Past and present incarnations both]].
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:When they go after Fury, their foot-soldiers don't skimp on the dakka, and they send along their best soldier to finish the job.]]
* ThoseWackyNazis: Used to be, but they broke away. They ''highly'' resent being called Nazis, [[spoiler:especially in the modern era, when their enemies refer to them as that.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:When HYDRA reformed under Zola, they got ''smart''.]]
* VillainousLegacy: [[spoiler: The whole organization is one, in a sense: Red Skull may most likely be long gone, but the organization is still very much alive and continuing to cause trouble.]]
* VillainousVirtues: If nothing else, HYDRA members are ''immensely'' loyal and show bravery and self-sacrifice even in the face of death. The only three who defy this are Zola, [[spoiler:Sitwell and Baron von Strucker]] and Zola [[spoiler:still upheld HYDRA's goals until his death, and even sacrificed his now-immortal computer life to try and kill HYDRA's sole remaining threat.]] Even the higher-ups, like Red Skull and [[spoiler:Pierce]], have PetTheDog moments to their subordinates.
* WalkingSpoiler: In [[spoiler:''The Winter Soldier'', which showed that they survived to modern era and are behind the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. from the start.]]
* WeAreEverywhere: They have [[spoiler:deeply infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D.]], to the point that there's no way of knowing who's loyal and who isn't until guns start shooting.
* WeHaveReserves: Lampshaded by their very motto; "cut off one head and two more will take its place!"

[[folder:Johann Schmidt / Red Skull]]
!!Johann Schmidt / ComicBook/RedSkull
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/HugoWeaving
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''

-->''"You are deluded, Captain. You pretend to be a simple soldier, but in reality you are just afraid to admit that we have left humanity behind! Unlike you, I embrace it proudly! Without fear!"''

A brilliant yet completely insane German scientist during World War II. He's the head of the Nazi party's deep science division HYDRA. His pursuit of power from Myth/NorseMythology turned him into a greater threat than UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler himself. Being a SuperSoldier [[PsychoPrototype prototype]] doesn't hurt either.
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%%* AllGermansAreNazis
* AmbitionIsEvil: When your ambition is to rule the world because you believe yourself to be a higher form of life, it can be fairly called 'evil'.
* ArtifactOfDoom: In his hands, the Tesseract most certainly dangerous.
* AxCrazy: Everyone recognizes him as insane and his methods of employee discipline are horrific.
* BadassBaritone: He's a PsychoPrototype of a SuperSoldier that speaks in a deep voice, as expected from Hugo Weaving.
* BadassBoast: When giving his speech to his soldiers in preparation for the launch of the Valkyrie.
-->'''Skull:''' Tomorrow HYDRA shall stand master of the world, borne to victory on the wings of the Valkyrie. Our enemies weapons will be powerless against us. If they shoot down one plane, hundreds more shall rain fire upon them! If they cut off one head... Two more shall take its place! Hail HYDRA!
* BadassBookworm: A German scientist, he can dent metal with his fists after taking the prototype of the super serum.
* BadassLongcoat: As fits any Nazi officer, Schmidt is often seen in a black leather trenchcoat.
* BadBoss: Fully expects his soldiers to fight and die for the cause of HYDRA[[note]]read: ingest a cyanide pill.[[/note]] and should one fail him and ''live''... See YouHaveFailedMe.
* BaldOfEvil: Post-procedure he's just a red skull though his false face still has hair.
* BeneathTheMask: During his first confrontation with Captain America, he takes off his false skin and consigns it to the flames, at last revealing and fully embracing his identity [[spoiler: and further dispensing any pretenses to Nazi loyalty]].
* BigBad: He forms HYDRA, seeks out the Tesseract and plots to take over the world including Germany.
* BodyHorror: To paraphrase [[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Mr. Plinkett]], "Oh my God, what's wrong with the Red Skull's face?!"
* BrutalHonesty: When the Nazis visiting his base to see what the hell he's up to figure out he's a traitor, he admits it straight away.
* CardCarryingVillain: Unlike the subtler modern-times villains faced in ''Winter Soldier'' or by the likes of Tony Stark, Red Skull isn't trying to fool anybody. He's a murderous megalomaniac with a skull for a face, and proud of it. [[spoiler:Zola even points out how much of a failure Red Skull's blatantly evil approach to world domination was, and how the new HYDRA has found vastly greater success with Alexander Pierce's subtler velvet glove approach.]]
* ClarkesThirdLaw: He came up with it ''before [[Creator/ArthurCClarke Clarke]] himself''. That's why he knew he could use the Tesseract to make scientific weapons.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Played with. Schmidt is only called "Red Skull" once in ''The First Avenger'', and he doesn't care for the name. It's averted in ''The Winter Soldier'', where he is exclusively referred to as the Red Skull.
* CompositeCharacter: Of the Skull, Baron Strucker, and the first Baron Zemo.
* CoolCar: His transport is a coupé that looks like a mix between a Mercedes-Benz and a Bentley. [[WatchThePaintJob Quite proud of it, too!]]
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Despite his supreme arrogance, Schmidt shows extreme cunning at several points of the film.
** At the outset of the film, upon finding the Tesseract in a tomb, he immediately sees it's a fake as the Tesseract isn't something you simply bury.
** When Zola questions why he sent an assassin to kill Erskine and take the super serum, Schmidt reasons that the serum is the only defense the allies have against the Tesseract and if they take it away from them, they will have no chance of victory.
** After seeing Cap [[OneManArmy take down soldier after soldier]] when invading his base, Schmidt [[KnowWhenToFoldEm decides]] to simply activate the SelfDestructMechanism rather than try to fight this guy. Prison break? No problem. Rampaging SuperSoldier? No thanks. Same for when he has Cap at his mercy - no complex torture or death trap, just a Tesseract-pistol shot to the head. His only problem was the JustBetweenYouAndMe speech; it was a few seconds too long.
** During their final confrontation on the Valkyrie, Schmidt decides to take the pragmatic route and simply shoot Cap from behind with a Tesseract-powered cannon. Cap's reflexes saved him from a certain death.
* DeadpanSnarker: When a soldier says his unit "fought to the last man" he replies "Evidentially not," and kills him.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: He used to be an executive for Hitler until he and HYDRA broke off on their own and renounced the Nazis entirely, fulfilling said agenda.
%%* EmpoweredBadassNormal
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: When he captures Cap at his mountain base, he pauses to ask him just what made him so special that Erskine would actually make him a SuperSoldier. Steve merely replies that he's just a kid from Brooklyn, enraging Schmidt enough to give him a quick NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
* EvilCounterpart: Much like Cap, he had been injected with the serum. Unlike Cap, he [[spoiler:betrays his own country]], has nothing but contempt for those lesser than him, and is hell-bent on world domination.
* EvilerThanThou: He manages to pull this on the ''Nazis'': He thinks that they will never get him as far as he wants, so he separates himself and HYDRA from them and goes on his world-domination quest without them.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: It does when an imperfect SuperSoldier Serum encounters pre-existing evil.
* EvilPlan: Use the Tesseract to create super weapons and take over the world.
* EvilSoundsDeep: A EvilerThanThou Nazi psychopath with a deep voice.
* ExactWords: He states that HYDRA was formed to eliminate ''his'' enemies. This does not go unnoticed by his Nazi auditors.
* FacialHorror: His entire head is a deformed, red skull shape, albeit with eyes, due to taking the unfinished SuperSoldier serum.
* FauxAffablyEvil: The first thing he says to [[ArchEnemy Captain America]] is "I am a great fan of your films!".
* {{Foil}}: A pitch-perfect foil for the Captain. Steve's a kid from the streets, the Red Skull is a high-ranking Nazi elite. Steve is a HumbleHero, Johann overflows with {{Pride}}. The Captain takes on the identity of a whole nation, [[spoiler: the Red Skull is disloyal to the party]].
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Initially just a Nazi scientist, the serum turned him into a ''real'' asshole.
* GeniusBruiser: A brilliant scientist and military tactician and also strong enough to put a dent in Steve's metal shield.
* AGodAmI: Has one hell of a god complex and gets deflated whenever Cap calls him out on it or acts humble despite his own commensurate super power.
* HellBentForLeather: A great deal of his wardrobe is leather, especially his longcoats.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Inverted. The Red Skull is already convinced that he is special, that he was ''worthy'' of the serum. He sees in Captain America his [[GoodCounterpart opposite number]], another god like him... so during his second encounter with the Captain, he demands to know what makes the Captain special, and the answer is his BerserkButton.
-->'''Steve:''' ''[[HumbleHero I'm just a kid from Brooklyn]].''
* IWasQuiteALooker: He apparently looked better before taking the serum.
* LackOfEmpathy: It's because he views other humans as ants. Why should a superior being care about something so insignificant?
* LargeHam: When he losing control of his temper or the situation or both, he looses his cool. "YOU ARE FAILING!"
* LatexPerfection: His normal human face was evidently an example of this but it's actually averted at a few points: the neck sometimes has problems fastening so that the red flesh can be seen underneath.
* {{Narcissist}}: Has one of his minions paint a portrait of him with entrails.
--> "This want not meant for eyes of ordinary men."
--> "Precisely."
* NaziNobleman: While he doesn't identify with the Nazi party anymore, he undeniably likes to invoke the Nobleman half.
* NeverFoundTheBody: It's unclear as to exactly ''what'' happened to Schmidt after he grabbed the Tesseract. In-universe, however, he's presumed to be dead.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Schmidt does not mess around when it comes to facing Cap. When he sees Steve rampaging through the base, he immediately activates the self destruct sequence to kill him and the escaping prisoners all at once. When he captures Cap at his mountain base, there's no elaborate death trap or ColdBloodedTorture, just a quick NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and a Tesseract-powered pistol to the head. And when Cap arrives on the Valkyrie and reaches the control room, Schmidt sneaks behind him to get off another Tesseract-powered shot.
* TheNoseless: Justified; he's a skull and the nose is made of cartilage rather than bone.
* ObviouslyEvil: He's a genocidal Nazi control freak with no empathy, a giant trenchcoat and a freaking skull for a head. Everyone, even Zola, can tell from the start that he's bad news.
* OmnicidalManiac: His plan for bombing his enemies includes ''Berlin''. No place is safe from him.
* PersonalityPowers: The Super Soldier Serum "... amplifies everything inside. Good becomes great. Bad becomes worse." Thus, a psychopathic Nazi who gave ''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler'' the creeps essentially becomes an OmnicidalManiac and even crazier than ever, with power to match his madness.
* PetTheDog: Yes, you read that right. After causing his base to self destruct, Schmidt gives Zola his personal car to drive out.
* PragmaticVillainy: Schmidt could have easily left Zola to die, but instead gives him the keys to his CoolCar... Because someone has to drive it out of the exploding base.
* PsychoPrototype: His serum was flawed (and he's evil) so it made him more psycho then he already was.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: After Schmidt's transformation, Hitler "gives" him a secret base in the Alps. The Red Skull knows that he's really being exiled. [[ReassignmentBackfire However, it gives Schmidt enough privacy to turn HYDRA into his personal army.]]
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Black trenchcoat with a red HYDRA symbol on it. And that's not even mentioning his head.
* RedRightHand: He has a fleshy mask to cover it.
* SanitySlippage: Towards the end his craziness goes UpToEleven.
* SkullForAHead: It's in the name and he doesn't like it.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: For the MCU as a role. Despite appearing in only one film, the repercussions of his actions extend far beyond his lifetime. Schmidt's discovery of the Tesseract ultimately leads to Thanos turning his attention to Earth (leading to the events of both Avengers films), and his reformation of HYDRA later destroyed SHIELD and plunged the world into a state of uncertainty. It is likely that, without Schmidt's influence on history, the spread of superhuman and world-changing conflicts would not have come to dominate Earth at the turn of the 21st century.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Expresses the view that the strong should rule and the weak are expendable in the tie-in comic. However, his social Darwinism isn't tied to Nazi racist ideology, and he in fact indicates he's not a racist... mostly because he doesn't care about humanity at all anymore, so the distinction of race is meaningless to him.
* TheSociopath: Feels free to ignore morality and empathy because he was serumed - he is ''above'' humanity now. Why should he care for human morality?
* TheStarscream:
** Fully intends to usurp Hitler, and has his minions chanting "Hail HYDRA". Eventually he's revealed to have Berlin as one of his targets for annihilation, and kills the Nazi officers who come to look through his projects.
** ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' reveals [=HYDRA=]'s ultimate purpose is to worship and serve an ancient {{body surf}}ing slug. Though this is very much retroactive continuity, it's pretty clear from Schmidt's overall philosophy that he'd have absolutely no interest at all in this if he were even aware of it.
* SuperSoldier: Same as Steve. The serum helps magnifies everything about the subject, including their personalities and inner qualities (good becomes great, bad becomes worse). Schmidt, being decidedly insane and hungry for power, had all of his physical qualities enhanced but gained his grotesque appearance as a result of his psychotic personality. Steve, by contrast, became the paragon of humanity both physically and personality-wise, in part due to his genuine kindness and humility. That was why Erskine chose him for the project in the first place.
* TearOffYourFace: Inverted. To show what he really looks like, he tears off his ''own'' face (or at least the false one) to show to Cap.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Schmidt proclaims himself (and Captain America) to have left humanity behind, rejects outside ideologies in favour of one of his own design, and believes himself to be superior to lesser men.
* TheUnfettered: A given for a sociopathic {{Ubermensch}}; Schmidt was willing to wipe out millions of innocent people to prove his delusions of godhood.
* UnskilledButStrong: He's a scientist first, and when he tangles with Cap it's clear his hand-to-hand combat training isn't at the level of guys like Winter Soldier or even Batroc the Leaper. He can still trade punches with Cap on an even basis since they're both products of the same super serum.
* VillainousBreakdown: "'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVmBAd76kak YOU ARE FAILING!]]''' We are close to an offensive that will shake the planet, and yet we are continually delayed because you cannot outwit a simpleton with a shield!"
* VillainousFriendship: His interactions with Zola imply this. Despite his contempt for those he views inferior, Schmidt is almost always polite to the doctor and treats him with respect. He even seems to regard him as a friend or at the least as a close confidant, asking his opinion on a portrait of him. Schmidt even gives the doctor his personal car to drive out of the exploding base. Though he gets annoyed by the doctor's failure to stop Cap, he instead vents his anger on a soldier. Of course, this could fall under PragmaticVillainy as he requires the doctor's scientific expertise. Also, Zola knows that Schmidt is a certified psychopath and knows full well the Skull will not hesitate to kill him if he finds him to be a liability. [[spoiler: But even then, the sequel shows that Zola is still carrying on Schmidt's legacy in a way.]]
* VillainousLegacy: As Steve was the world's first superhero, the Red Skull was effectively the first super''villain'', and his actions indirectly influenced future conflicts. He causes the events of ''The Avengers'' via his discovery of the Tesseract and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s recovery of it, and as the arc reactor is implied to be based on Howard Stark's research on the Tesseract, he also played a hand in influencing the events of the ''Iron Man'' films and all that Tony Stark did with the technology. Furthermore, the fact that his assassin caused the super soldier serum formula to be lost by killing its creator means others try to replicate it, resulting in the events of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. [[spoiler:And then in ''The Winter Soldier'' we find out HYDRA outlived him and has continued on under new leadership, and it's implied that they continued with their ''own'' super-soldier program -- though more accurately a super-''assassin'' program.]]
* VillainsOutShopping: He recognizes Captain America on security monitors and calls to him by name, saying he's a fan of his films. These observations beg the question of what he does in his spare time. Considering that the people said films likely pit the Captain against are the Nazis that Schmidt has broken away from, that statement may not even be sarcasm, and he might enjoy them for more than their corniness.[[note]][[TruthInTelevision It also doubles as a reference of sorts to the secret "decadent" tastes of various real-world dictators]], such as Hitler's love of pulp cowboy novels and Stalin obsessively watching gangster movies.[[/note]]
* VisionaryVillain: He has a vision of a world united under a single banner: his own.
--> '''Schmidt:''' I have seen the future, Captain! There are no flags!
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: Averted. In their second confrontation, Skull pauses to ask a small question that one can forgive him for asking (what about Steve made Erskine choose him), and then he pulls out a sidearm and decides to get it over and done with.
* WickedCultured: Shows an appreciation for folklore (for business purposes) and has his picture painted the old fashioned way.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Though he manages it well and in fact it's [[PowerBornOfMadness all but stated by Zola]], who notes that the sanity (or lack thereof) of his plans are irrelevant, because he can carry them out anyway.
* WorthyOpponent: He tries to regard Captain America as this, but not only does Steve not care for it, but when Steve [[HumbleHero states that there's nothing special about him]] (in contrast to Skull's "ubermensch" speeches), the Red Skull has finally had enough.
* YouHaveFailedMe
-->'''HYDRA grunt:''' We fought to the last man!\\
'''Schmidt:''' Evidently not. ''[shoots the lone survivor]''

[[folder:Dr. Arnim Zola]]
!!Dr. Arnim Zola
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TobyJones
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' | ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' | ''Series/AgentCarter''

->''"The sanity of the plan is of no consequence. Because he can do it."''

Weapons designer for HYDRA, and right hand man to Schmidt.

* AdaptationalWimp: In comparison to the vile version of him in the comics, Zola is portrayed as a PunchClockVillain and nothing more. [[spoiler:Until ''The Winter Soldier'' reveals it was all an act. Zola was in fact instrumental in HYDRA's resurrection and infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D, and is revealed to have gleefully tortured several soldiers including Bucky.]]
* AntiVillain: Works for the Nazis, and then for HYDRA, but has no real desire for conquest; he just wants to create inventions and save his own skin. Subverted though, in that he confesses to be remorseless near the end of the first film and [[spoiler:in the sequel, much more than that]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He isn't the PunchClockVillain he says he is.
* BookEnds: His face first appears in the franchise as a sickly, distorted monocolor image on some sort of giant lens in his laboratory [[spoiler:and last appears as a crude, distorted monocolor-screen image in ''Winter Soldier'']].
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:He was recruited to work for S.H.I.E.L.D. after the war, along with other Nazi scientists. This proved to be a '''very bad idea''', as he used the opportunity to rebuild HYDRA within S.H.I.E.L.D. itself.]]
* BrainUploading: [[spoiler:He uploads his consciousness in a vast bank of computer in the 1970.]]
* BystanderSyndrome: As mentioned, he only ''makes'' HYDRA's weapons. Beyond that is another matter entirely. [[spoiler:The sequel throws this out the window]].
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:He appears in TheStinger to the season finale to ''Agent Carter''. He proposes an opportunity to team up with Dr. Fennhoff.]]
* CyanidePill: The only HYDRA agent they ever catch who doesn't use one. [[spoiler:In the sequel, though, he ''does'' end up committing suicide in the name of HYDRA.]]
* TheDragon: A non-combatant version, to the Red Skull.
* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:Reforms HYDRA from within S.H.I.E.L.D. after being captured.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Dr. Erskine, and also Howard Stark as scientist.
* EvilGenius: His designs are above what Howard Stark or Schmidt could design alone.
* EvilVegetarian: When [[spoiler:Col. Phillips]] offers him a steak, Zola refuses it, saying meat doesn't agree with him. However, he may have been lying since he suspected the meat was poisoned. (It wasn't.)
** This becomes hilarious in hindsight when [[spoiler:he uploads his mind into a databank of computer tapes, after which his insidious infiltration and corruption of S.H.I.E.L.D. only grew.]] Not only did meat disagree with him, it was ''holding him back.''
* FauxAffablyEvil: While quite polite and dorky, he still willingly backs Red Skull. [[spoiler:Crops up again when he's talking to Captain America and Black Widow- he "politely" gloats and then laughs in their face as he expects them all to die]].
* ForScience: He just builds the awesome glowing blue machines. HYDRA and Schmidt are the ones who actually ''use'' them.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: His glasses add to the MadScientist look.
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:The first one to Alexander Pierce. He appears for a grand total of two scenes in the sequel, but without him, the plot would've been drastically different.]] See also PredecessorVillain below.
* TheHeavy: While not the main villain, he's the one who designs the Skull's entire arsenal of futuristic weaponry and without him, nothing the Skull planned would have been possible. [[spoiler:He retains this role in the sequel, being the main who turned Bucky into the Winter Soldier as well as the man who wrote the algorithm that lies at the heart of HYDRA's EvilPlan to kill millions of people they deem a threat. Less directly, he also helped HYDRA to take over S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
* HerrDoktor: A Swiss scientist who makes mad science weapons.
* MadScientist: Though he's [[OnlySaneMan much saner]] than [[AxCrazy Red Skull]], he loses all concerns for safety when he realizes the Tesseract's potential. [[spoiler:Even more prominent in ''The Winter Soldier'', where he is shown to be behind the creation of the Winter Soldier, and when he became fatally ill in the '70's, transferred his mind into a computer so he could survive and continue serving HYDRA]].
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:An implicit requirement for being able to convert SSR/S.H.I.E.L.D. agents over to the very organization they were fighting, one that arose ''from the Nazis''. ''Series/AgentCarter'' implies he may have had some help in this regard, though hypnosis...]]
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: He's uncomfortable in Red Skull's work enviroment and doesn't commit any evil beyond building the weapons. He just happens to work for a lunatic. [[spoiler:The sequel, though, shows that while he's not as evil as Red Skull, he's still a ''very'' bad man. He's the one who makes Bucky into the Winter Soldier, and he's complicit in numerous murders as well as a decades-long conspiracy helping HYDRA to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D.. Worst of all, Zola writes a computer algorithm that helps to identify any and all potential threats to HYDRA's New World Order, numbering in at least the tens of millions, in order that they can be murdered.]]
* MistakenNationality: Because of his accent and who he was working for, both Steve and the audience assumed he was German. Turns out he's Swiss.
* TheMole: Deliberately joined S.H.I.E.L.D. with the intention of raising HYDRA inside it.
* MythologyGag: His first appearance on screen is that of a distorted head in a screen, mirroring his most iconic incarnation. Later he's seen taking paper with the designs of said robot body. [[spoiler:In ''The Winter Soldier'', the camera attached to the computer his uploaded self is occupying looks like the camera on his comics counterpart's robot body.]]
* NonActionGuy: Lampshaded by Zola himself.
--> '''Zola:''' I merely develop the weapons, I cannot fire them!
* NotAfraidToDie:
** Averted. [[spoiler:Philips points out that Zola didn't have a personal cyanide pill to swallow when he got captured, unlike so many other HYDRA agents, which means he prefers to live. This makes him easy to blackmail.]]
** [[spoiler:However, after cheating death for more than forty years with a BrainUploading, when a missile heads his way to kill Captain America, Black Widow, and himself by proxy, he tricks them into listening to his EvilGloating until he believes it's too late to stop, then just laughs and gleefully accepts his fate as the price of success.]]
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: In ''The First Avenger'', he comes off more as a PunchClockVillain who was afraid of Red Skull, but smart enough to make weapons from the Tesseract. [[spoiler:In the sequel, he's sowed the seeds and created a far more dangerous plan and army to take over the world.]]
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Engineered HYDRA's weapons, [[spoiler:turned Bucky Barnes into an ageless cybernetic [[OneManArmy killing machine]], [[BrainUploading uploaded his own consciousness to a computer]] ''as early as the 70's'', and created a predictive analytics algorithm that puts its real world counterparts to shame.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Compared to Schmidt, who's unrelentingly called insane throughout the film - even by Zola himself. [[spoiler:Turns out, while he never bought into Red Skull's little personality cult, he ''was'' a true believer in HYDRA's cause.]]
* PredecessorVillain: Becomes this in ''The Winter Soldier'', as we learn that [[spoiler:he originally orchestrated S.H.I.E.L.D.'s corruption and concocted the film's EvilPlan before current BigBad Alexander Pierce took the reins]].
* PunchClockVillain: He has no stake in Schmidt's operation, but who else is gonna to give him a Tesseract? Think of the opportunities! Subverted in ''The Winter Soldier'' as keeping him alive as an Allied scientist allowed him to manipulate S.H.I.E.L.D. from the back end and rebuild HYDRA as a shadow group, poised to bring about Schmidt's new world order using the United States' own technology.
* ReluctantMadScientist: He'd rather build his designs in a environment that did not require chanting 'Hail Hydra'. The sequel reveals that he was only "reluctant" to work for [[BadBoss Red Skull]]; he's quite happy to be a MadScientist and is ideologically proud to work for [=HYDRA=], especially since its implied that the Skull's successors treat him with more respect than did the Skull himself.
* TheStarscream: DoubleSubvertedTrope. While he does seem alarmed by Red Skull's SanitySlippage, he maintains a firm belief in his ideals. Despite that, he isn't willing to throw his life away for the cause, and sells Red Skull out for his own safety -- and, as revealed in ''Winter Soldier'', to revive HYDRA right under its enemies' noses.
* TookALevelInBadass: Dr. Zola takes multiple levels of this after the war ends and he's recruited [[spoiler:to work for S.H.I.E.L.D., being responsible for the decades-long HYDRA plan to covertly take over the world by making them smarter and more competent.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: His torture of the American soldiers is shown [[spoiler: in ''Winder Soldier'']] which casts him in an even nastier light that proves himself to be a bigger threat than he let on.
* TheUnfettered: [[spoiler:In ''The Winter Soldier'', Zola refused to allow ''death'' to stop him from furthering HYDRA's goals; he simply transferred his mind into a computer and went right on working.]]
* VillainTeamUp: In 1946, [[spoiler:Zola's cell was eventually shared with another supervillain, Dr. Fennhoff, a talented hypnotist and leader of Leviathan. Zola offered him a chance for escape by combining their skills, and by proxy uniting Leviathan and HYDRA.]]
* VirtualGhost: [[spoiler:In TheSeventies, he was able to upload his brain into a lot of mainframe computers before dying. Despite some additions such as an USB port, it's mostly an old-fashioned {{Zeerust}} ghost that appears through tube monitors.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:For ''The Winter Soldier'', where his very appearance is a huge spoiler, let alone the details.]]

[[folder:Heinz Kruger]]
!!Heinz Kruger / "Fred Clemson"
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RichardArmitage
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''

->'''Steve Rogers:''' Who the hell are you?\\
'''Heinz Kruger:''' The first of many.

A HYDRA assassin. Following Rogers' experiment, he kills Dr. Erskine and steals a vial of the SuperSoldier serum. He is caught by Rogers, and commits suicide.

* BadassInANiceSuit: He infiltrates and wipes out the super soldier program single-handed, but the suit doesn't help against the [[SuperSoldier newly augmented]] [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]].
* ClarkKenting: His physical disguise is just a business suit and glasses, aided by using an American accent, false name, and his general anonymity.
* CyanidePill: Swallows one hidden in his teeth after he gets caught by Rogers.
* {{Determinator}}: Despite the resistance against him, he was determined to escape. He almost succeeded, too.
* DrivenToSuicide: After he's captured by Steve, he kills himself rather than face capture.
* [[invoked]]FakeAmerican: He poses as an American and then reveals that he's TheMole from HYDRA.
* TheMole: Infiltrated the US government to shut down the Super Soldier program and acquire a sample of the serum.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Since he is "the first" of HYDRA to be coming after Rogers, his own death ends nothing.
* ProfessionalKiller: It's implied to be his profession because of all the killing he does.
* WhoAreYou: "The first of many. Cut off one head, *pops the fake tooth containing his cyanide capsule* two more shall take its place. *foam begins to form at his mouth* Heil HYDRA! *dies*"
* WouldHurtAChild: By pointing a gun at his head and then throwing him into a river. He can swim, mercifully.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Wolfgang von Strucker]]
!!Baron Wolfgang von Strucker
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ThomasKretschmann
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' | ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->''"It's not a world of spies anymore, not even a world of heroes. This is the age of miracles, doctor. And there is nothing more horrifying than a miracle."''

The apparent leader of HYDRA after the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and the death of Alexander Pierce.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Is completely bald, scarred and often gaunt in the comics. He's played by the attractive Kretschmann in film, and he's buzzcut rather than bald.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, Strucker is a big name villain and a serious physical threat in the comics. Masterminding the events of ''The Winter Soldier'' and being mentioned in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' appeared to set him up as one of the next big villains in the MCU. Come ''Age of Ultron'', Strucker is shown to be a DirtyCoward who quickly surrenders and is taken out by Captain America moments after running into him. [[spoiler: Then he's KilledOffscreen by Ultron.]]
* BadBoss: He leaks information about remaining HYDRA bases to buy himself time for his own plans while effectively selling out his underlings.
* BigBadWannabe: Despite all of the build up, he's easily captured at the beginning ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' [[spoiler:and doesn't even get an on-screen death, instead being KilledOffScreen]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In ''The Winter Soldier'' he is portrayed as a menacing and cold DiabolicalMastermind and clearly a major threat. ''Age of Ultron'' abandons those traits altogether, portraying him as a BigBadWannabe DirtyCoward who's nothing more than a glorified DiscOneFinalBoss.
* TheChessmaster: He's the man who orchestrated the entire scheme with HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D., and not only that, he escaped entirely unscathed the havoc caused by the plot's unveiling in ''The Winter Soldier''.
* DirtyCoward: Pretty shamelessly, unless he was aiming for ISurrenderSuckers below.
-->'''Strucker:''' We will not yield. The Americans send their ''circus freaks'' to test us. We will send them back, in bags. NO SURRENDER!\\
'''HYDRA Soldiers:''' NO SURRENDER!\\
'''Strucker:''' ''[quietly, to Dr. List]'' I'm going to surrender...
* DecompositeCharacter: The Red Skull takes over his comic counterpart's position as founder of HYDRA, and he probably wasn't anywhere near World War II.
* DemotedToExtra: Is the founder and preeminent head of HYDRA in the comics. The movies make Red Skull the founder, and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' implies he's actually one of a council. In a specific film example, he was originally the BigBad of ''The Winter Soldier'', as is evident in abandoned storyboards before Robert Redford was cast and the role was re-written to be Pierce instead.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He's the primary threat of the first act of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', and is succeeded by the titular character shortly afterward.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Strucker is quickly dealt with in ''Age of Ultron'''s opening act, and the next time we see him, [[spoiler: he's already been killed by Ultron to cover his tracks]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears in the stinger of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', before being featured more prominently in the opening of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
* EvilGenius: Strucker is an accomplished scientist working for HYDRA.
* EvilWearsBlack: Like most of the rest of HYDRA in the films, Strucker wears a black uniform similar to the green one HYDRA had in the comics.
* FaceHeelTurn: According to the ''Age of Ultron'' prelude comic, he was originally a genuine S.H.I.E.L.D. agent before becoming dissatisfied with the organization and being recruited by HYDRA.
* GoYeHeroesGoAndDie: When the Avengers are [[CurbstompBattle quickly making their way to his HQ]], he encourages his men to fight to the end and that they will not surrender. He then immediately turns to Dr. List and whispers that they're going to surrender.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He's this to ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Season 2, as dialogue suggests he's superior in the organization to [[BigBad Whitehall]] and the HYDRA council. He's on Team Coulson's hit list but they have other, more immediate, targets.
* HighClassGlass: Wears one just like in the comics. This one seems to be actually a high tech lens and not a straight monocle.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:After telling Ultron that he can obtain more vibranium from Ulysses Klaue, Ultron murders Strucker to cover his tracks. The Avengers find his body with "PEACE" written on the wall in his cell.]]
* ISurrenderSuckers: Despite claiming to surrender, he has Scarlet Witch on standby ready to attack Cap. It doesn't work.
* NewEraSpeech: His "age of miracles" monologue is a downplayed version of this since he's only thinking about his two new bio weapons (Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch).
* ObviouslyEvil: Von Strucker's Nazi-esque appearance wouldn't be out of place in a 1940's film serial.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Besides human experimentation using Loki's staff, Strucker was also working on a variety of scientific endeavours. In particular, it was his robotics projects that inspired Tony Stark to create Ultron. Tony thinks that the mind inside the scepter (revealed to be the Mind Gem) is what was truly doing all the thinking.
* OverlordJr: ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' reveals that he has a son named Werner von Strucker. Ironically, Werner says that his father kept him as far away from HYDRA as possible, and Werner ended up instead being a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob who spent his father's money. It was someone else who groomed him for HYDRA leadership.
* StarterVillain: For ''Age of Ultron'' he is the first threat that the Avengers take down, and from him they steal Loki's Scepter. This leads to Ultron.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: In his second MCU appearance, he's the villain of the prologue, but is then suddenly KilledOffscreen by Ultron.]]
* TheVonTropeFamily: Wolfgang ''von'' Strucker.
* WalkingSpoiler: He doesn't appear until a mid-credits scene, and his presence spoils the role of HYDRA in ''The Winter Soldier''.
* WeHaveReserves: He plans to leak intel to Captain America about other surviving HYDRA bases so Rogers will be distracted taking them out while he completes his plan.
[[/folder]]

!Other Characters

[[folder:Georges Batroc]]
!!Georges Batroc
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Georges St-Pierre
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

An Algerian pirate who was a former French Intelligence agent before going rogue. His crew hijacks a S.H.I.E.L.D ship, the ''Lemurian Star'', and thus become targets of STRIKE and Captain America.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Batroc's considered something of a joke in the comics, although occasionally he proves to be a NotSoHarmlessVillain. Here he's able to put up a fair fight against a superhuman.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Batroc in the comics is essentially a thief at best, and he has a strong code of honor that includes not harming innocent people. Here, he's a pirate leader fully willing to kill hostages and raid boats.
* BeardOfEvil: Batroc sports a goatee and mustache, though it's nowhere near as pronounced as his comic book DastardlyWhiplash mustache.
* BadassNormal: He's the first non-enhanced human in the series to be able to put up a decent fight against Captain America in hand-to-hand combat, and later manages to make an escape from Cap and Natasha make his way off the ''Lemurian Star'' despite being in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
* BloodKnight: After he lost his ship and his crew, he went back just to fight Captain America.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Referred to by his real name rather than his alias from the comic "Batroc the Leaper".
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Every fight with the guards on the ship was a CurbStompBattle by Cap. Only when he gets to the last guy, their leader Batroc, does he find himself a challenge.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Batroc was ex-DGSE, with over 36 kill missions, before his commanding officers axed his career. He's also been issued a Red Notice by Interpol.[[note]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol_notice More or less an international arrest warrant]].[[/note]]
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Unlike his comic book counterpart, he doesn't wear a helmet and even goads Steve Rogers into removing his own.
* IKnowKarate: He practices savate, a French martial arts with lots of jumping kicks. In the comics this is where he gets his full name "Batroc the Leaper". In the film, however, his style resembles more UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Well, not exactly ''gentlemen'', but he does belittle Cap for using a helmet and a defensive weapon, prompting him to put them aside and even the playing field.
-->'''Batroc:''' ''<...I thought you were more than just a shield.>''\\
'''Steve:''' ''<Let's find out.>''
* LightningBruiser: Fast and strong enough to pose a challenge to Captain America.
* MistakenNationality: Some characters assume he's French, but he's actually Algerian.
* MisplacedAccent: Despite being Algerian, he sports Georges St-Pierre's native Quebecois accent. To put this in perspective, this is as out of place as, say, an English-speaking Egyptian with an American accent would be.
* RaceLift: Just plain French in the comics, Algerian in the movie. He's still said to be a veteran of French Intelligence, and portrayed by an actor who doesn't look remotely North African.
* RuthlessModernPirates: Batroc is more interested in getting his ransom from S.H.I.E.L.D., but his crew is openly vicious and ready to kill any hostages.
* StarterVillain: Serves as the main antagonist during the opening mission of ''The Winter Soldier'', before the film's main crisis begins.
* TemptingFate: He demands that Captain America put his shield away so that the fight is fairer. Cap does... and then starts fighting even better than beforehand.
* UnwittingPawn: He was hired by Fury himself in a move to get the USB MacGuffin off the boat under cover of rescuing the team.
* WorthyOpponent: Captain America sees him as one, even going so far as to not use his shield while fighting him to put them on more even ground.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Winter Soldier]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUAvengers Avengers page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Helmut Zemo]]
!!Helmut Zemo
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Daniel Brühl
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''

A former special ops colonel with a grudge against the Avengers.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The reveal that he's driven by [[spoiler: revenge for the death of his family]] makes him much more sympathetic than his outright villainous comicbook counterpart.
* AdaptationalNationality: In the comics Helmut Zemo is German, but here he is [[spoiler:a Sokovian]].
* AdaptationalWimp: He never even attempts to fight the Avengers directly, whereas in the comics, he's able to hold his own against Captain America despite having no superpowers.
* TheBadGuyWins: Somewhat. [[spoiler:He get's incarcerated, but he accomplishes his main goal in dividing the Avengers and is content with this. Nobody of them ends up dead however and the potential for reunion is given.]]
* BigBad: The lead villain in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.
* ColonelBadass: He used to be a Colonel [[spoiler:in the Sokovian Special Forces]] and he is one of the most effective foes the Avengers have faced.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: He's been studying how Captain America, and by extension the rest of The Avengers, fight their battles, and realizes that no villains, however powerful they are, have ever defeated them in a fight. [[spoiler: So he manipulates them into fighting each other.]]
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: Once he has put Iron Man against Bucky and Cap, he decides to shoot himself with a gun. Black Panther prevents him from doing so in order to make him face justice.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: According to a set visit, he will have a bigger role in the MCU down the line.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite his profound hatred of the Avengers, [[spoiler:he refuses to unleash the other five Winter Soldiers, as they're worse than Bucky and would do untold damage to the world]].
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:His wife, father and son were crushed by Sokovia's debris when it fell from the skies.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He's a former [[spoiler:Sokovian Special Forces colonel]], but otherwise he's just a normal guy living his life. [[spoiler: The death of his family during the Battle of Sokovia launches him on a secret crusade against the Avengers, and he succeeds in dividing them apart, causing the most damage to them in a way that none of the previous villain has ever managed to achieve.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: He wants to take revenge for the death of his family which he blames on the Avengers. In doing so, he is responsible for the deaths of dozens of innocent people himself.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: His motives remain unclear for much of the film.
* MarqueeAlterEgo: Unlike the comics, Zemo does not wear a mask.
* NonActionBigBad: He never directly fights any of the Avengers, acknowledging that he could never physically stand up to the likes of them. Instead, he relies more on subterfuge and deception.
* NothingPersonal: [[spoiler: He tells T'Challa that he is sorry for killing his father and that he seemed like a good man.]]
* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: He wants to take revenge on the Avengers for the death of his family in Sokovia.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Everett K. Ross]]
!!Everett K. Ross

->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MartinFreeman
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''

A government employee who works for the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre.
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* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Inverted, she's referred to as Agent 13 most of the time. We don't even learn her first name until the final scene, and even then her last name and thus relation to Peggy isn't mentioned.

* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:He was a Sokovian special fighter whose wife, father and son were crushed by Sokovia's debris when they fell from the skies.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: He wants to take revenge for the death of his family which he blames on the Avengers. IN doing so, he is responsible for the deaths of dozens of innocent people himself.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: According to the Russos, explaining his motives would be a spoiler.

A German man of noble ancestry.

* AdaptationalNationality: Maybe. His name is still Helmut Zemo, but he lived in Sokovia and speaks with a slavic accent.
* TheBadGuyWins: Somewhat. [[spoiler:He get's incarcerated, but he accomplishes in dividing the Avengers and is content with this. Nobody of them ends up dead however and the potential for reunion is given.]]

* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:He was a Sokovian special fighter whose wife, father and son were crushed by Sokovia's debris when fell from the skies.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He's a former Sokovian Special Forces soldier, but otherwise he's just a normal guy living his life. [[spoiler: The death of his family during the Battle of Sokovia launches him on a secret crusade against the Avengers, and he succeeds in dividing them apart, causing the most damage to them in a way that none of the previous villain has ever managed to achieve.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: Somewhat. [[spoiler:He get's incarcerated, but he accomplishes in dividing the Avengers. Nobody of them ends up dead however and the potential for reunion is given.]]
* BigBad: The lead villain in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', though it's unknown whether he retains any of the comic version's connections to HYDRA in the MCU right now.

* MarqueeAlterEgo: Unlike the comics, released photos do not show Helmut wearing a mask.