In present day, scientists in Arctic uncover a circular object with a red, white and blue motif. In March 1942, Nazi officer Johann Schmidt (Hugo Weaving) and his men invade Tønsberg Norway, to steal a mysterious tesseract possessing untold powers. In New York City, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is rejected for World War II military duty due to various health and physical issues. While attending an exhibition of future technologies with his friend Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Rogers again attempts to enlist. Having overheard Rogers conversation with Barnes about wanting to help in the war Dr Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci) allows Rogers to enlist. He is recruited as part of a “super soldier” experiment under Erskine Colonel Chester Phillips (Tommy Lee Jones) and British agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell). Phillips is unconvinced of Erskine’s claims that Rogers is the right person for the procedure but relents after seeing Rogers commit an act of self sacrificing bravery. The night before the treatment, Erskine reveals to Rogers that Schmidt underwent an imperfect version of the treatment and suffered side effects. In Europe Schmidt and Dr Arnim Zola (Toby Jones) successfully harness the energies of the tesseract, intending to use the power to fuel Zola’s inventions. Schmidt, having discovered Erskine’s location dispatches an assassin to kill him. In America Erskine subjects Rogers to the super soldier treatment, injecting him with a special serum and dosing him with “vita rays”. After Rogers emerges from the experiment taller and muscular, one of the attendees kills Erskine, revealing himself as Schmidt’s assassin Heinz Kruger (Richard Armitage). Rogers pursues and captures Kruger but the assassin commits suicide via cyanide capsule before he can be interrogated. With Erskine dead and the super soldier formula lost, US Senator Brandt (Michael Brandon) has Rogers tour the nation in a colorful costume as “Captain America” to promote war bonds rather than allow scientists to study him and attempt to rediscover Erskine’s formula. In Italy 1943 while on tour performing for active servicemen, Rogers learns that Barnes unit was lost in battle against Schmidt’s forces. Refusing to believe that Barnes is dead, Rogers mounts a solo rescue attempt with Carter and Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) flying him behind enemy lines. Rogers infiltrates the fortress belonging to Schmidt’s HYDRA organization, freeing Barnes and the other captured soldiers. Rogers confronts Schmidt who reveals his face to be a mask, removing it to display the red skull like face that earned him the sobriquet the Red Skull. Schmidt escapes and Rogers returns to base with the freed soldiers. Rogers recruits Barnes, Dum Dum Dugan (Neal McDonough), Gabe Jones (Derek Luke), Jim Morita (Kenneth Choi), James Montgomery Falsworth (J J Feild) and Jacques Dernier (Bruno Ricci) to attack the other known HYDRA bases. Stark outfits Rogers with advanced equipment, in particular a circular shield made of vibranium a rare nigh indestructible metal. Rogers and his team successfully sabotage various HYDRA operations. The team later assaults a train carrying Zola. Zola is captured, but Barnes falls off the train to his apparent death. Using information extracted from Zola the final HYDRA stronghold is located and Rogers leads an attack to stop Schmidt from using WMDs on American cities. Rogers clambers aboard Schmidt’s aircraft as it takes off. During the subsequent fight, the tesseract’s container is damaged. Schmidt physically handles the tesseract, causing him to dissolve in a bright light. The tesseract falls to the floor, burning through the plane and falling to Earth. Seeing no way to safely land the plane without risking its weapons detonating, Rogers crashes it in the Arctic. Stark later recovers the tesseract from the ocean floor, but is unable to locate Rogers or the aircraft.
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America
Chris Evans is an American actor his films include The Newcomers (2000), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), The Paper Boy (2003), The Perfect Score (2004), Cellular (2004), Fierce People (2005), Fantastic Four (2005), London (2005), Sunshine (2007), Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), The Nanny Diaries (2007), Street Kings (2008), The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008), Push (2009), The Losers (2010), Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010), Puncture (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and What’s Your Number (2011). He has appeared in TV series such as Opposite Sex, The Fugitive, Boston Public and Skin.

Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull
Hugo Weaving is a English actor he is best known for his roles as Agent Smith in the Matrix trilogy, Elrond in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and V in V for Vendetta.  His films include Maybe This Time (1981), Sky Pirates (1986), For Love Alone (1986), The Right Hand Man (1987), Proof (1991), Road to Alice (1992), Reckless Kelly (1993), Frauds (1993), The Custodian (1993), What’s Going On Frank (1994), The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (1994), Exile (1994), What’s Going On Frank (1995), Wild Australia The Edge (1996), True Love and Chaos (1997), The Kiss (1998), The Interview (1998), Bedrooms and Hallways (1998), True Colours (1999), The Matrix (1999), Little Echo Lost (1999), Strange Planet (1999), The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001), Russian Doll (2001), The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers (2002), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Matrix Revolutions (2003), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Everything Goes (2004), Peaches (2004), Little Fish (2005), V for Vendetta (2005), The Key Man (2007), The Rose of Ba Ziz (2007), The Tender Hook (2008), Last Ride (2009), The Wolfman (2010), Oranges and Sunshine (2010), The Key Man (2011) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). He has lent his voice to such characters as Rex the Male Sheepdog in Babe (1995), Rex the Male Sheepdog in Babe Pig in the City (1998), Noah in the animated film Happy Feet (2006), Megatron in the feature films Transformers (2007), Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) and Noctus/Grimble in Legend of the Guardians (2010).
Tommy Lee Jones as Col Chester Phillips
Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor his film include Love Story (1970), Life Study (1973), Eliza’s Horoscope (1975), Jackson County Jail (1976), Rolling Thunder (1977), Betsy (1978), Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1980), Back Roads (1981), Nate and Hayes (1983), The River Rat (1984), Black Moon Rising (1986), The Big Town (1987), Stormy Monday (1988), The Package (1989), Fire Birds (1990), JFK (1991), Under Siege (1992), House of Cards (1993), The Fugitive (1993), Heaven & Earth (1993), Blown Away (1994), The Client (1994), Natural Born Killers (1994), Blue Sky (1994), Cobb (1994), Batman Forever (1995), Volcano (1997), Men in black (1997), US Marshals (1998), Double Jeopardy (1999), Rules of Engagement (2000), Space Cowboys (2000), Men in Black II (2002), The Hunted (2003), The Missing (2003), Man of the House (2005), The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), A Prairie Home Companion (2006), No Country for Old Men (2007), In the Valley of Elah (2007), In the Electric Mist (2009), The Company Men (2010) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). He has appeared in TV series such as Barnaby Jones, Charlie’s Angels, Family, Hallmark Hall of Fame and Lonesome Dove.

Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
Hayley Atwell is an English actress her films include How About You (2007), Cassandra’s Dream (2007), Brideshead Revisited (2008), The Duchess (2008), Love Hate (2009), Tomato Soup (2010) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). Her films made for television include Whatever Love Means (2005), Fear of Fanny (2006), The Ruby in the Smoke (2006), Mansfield Park (2007) and The Shadow in the North (2007).  She has appeared in TV series such as The Line of Beauty, Masterpiece Theatre, The Prisoner, The Pillars of the Earth and Any Human Heart.

Sebastian Stan as Sgt James “Bucky” Barnes
Sebastian Stan is a Romanian born American actor he is best known for playing Prince Jack Benjamin on the TV drama Kings and Carter Baizen in Gossip Girl. He films include Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding (2004), Red Doors (2005), The Architect (2006), The Covenant (2006), The Education of Charlie Banks (2007), Rachel Getting Married (2008), Spread (2009), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), Black Swan (2010) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).  He has appeared in TV series such as Law & Order, Kings and Gossip Girl.

Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark
Dominic Cooper is an English actor his films include From Hell (2001), Anazapta (2002), The Final Curtain (2002), I’ll Be There (2003), Warrior Queen (2003), Breakfast on Pluto (2005), Starter for 10 (2006), The History Boys (2006), The Escapist (2008), Mamma Mia (2008), Official Selection (2008), The Duchess (2008), An Education (2009), Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009), Tamara Drewe (2010), The Devil’s Double (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and My Week with Marilyn (2011).  He has appeared in TV series such as Band of Brothers, Down to Earth, Jericho, Sense & Sensibility, Masterpiece Theatre, Masterpiece Contemporary and Horne & Corden.
Neal McDonough as Timothy “Dum Dum” Dugan
Neal McDonough is an American actor his films include Darkman (1990), Angels in the Outfield (1994), Three Wishes (1995), One Tough Bastard (1996), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Fire Down Below (1997), Circles (1998), Telling You (1998), A Perfect Little Man (1999), Ravenous (1999), You’re Killing Me (2001), Minority Report (2002), They Call Him Sasquatch (2003), Timeline (2003), Walking Tall (2004), Silent Men (2005), The Guardian (2006), The Last Time (2006), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), The Hitcher (2007), 88 Minutes (2007), Brothers Three: An American Gothic (2007), Machine (2007), I Know Who Killed Me (2007), Traitor (2008), Forever Strong (2008), Horsemen (2009), Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009), Little Birds (2011) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). He has appeared in TV series such as China Beach, Quantum Leap, Jack’s Place, Cybill, VR 5, JAG, The Client, NYPD Blue, Murder One, Diagnosis Murder, Profiler, Martial Law, Band of Brothers, The X-Files, Third Watch, Medical Investigation, Traveler, Tin Man, Desperate Housewives, Terriers and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Stanley Tucci as Dr Abraham Erskine
Stanley Tucci is an American actor his films include Prizzi’s Honor (1985), Who’s That Girl (1987), Monkey Shines (1988), Slaves of New York (1989), The Feud (1989), Fear, Anxiety & Depression (1989), Men of Respect (1990), Quick Change (1990), Billy Bathgate (1991), In the Soup (1992), Beethoven (1992), Prelude to a Kiss (1992), The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag (1992), The Public Eye (1992), Undercover Blues (1993), The Pelican Brief (1993), It Could Happen to You (1994), Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Somebody to Love (1994), Lulu Askew (1995), Jury Duty (1995), Kiss of Death (1995), Sex & the Other Man (1995), A Modern Affair (1995), The Daytrippers (1996), Big Night (1996), Deconstructing Harry (1997), The Alarmist (1997), A Life Less Ordinary (1997), The Eighteenth Angel (1998), Montana (1998), The Impostors (1998), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999), In Too Deep (1999), Joe Gould’s Secret (2000), Sidewalks of New York (2001), America’s Sweethearts (2001), The Whole Shebang (2001), Big Trouble (2002), Road to Perdition (2002), Maid in Manhattan (2002), The Core (2003), Spin (2003), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), The Terminal (2004), Shall We Dance (2004), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Hoax (2006), Four Last Songs (2007), Blind Date (2007), What Just Happened (2008), Swing Vote (2008), Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008), Julie & Julia (2009), The Lovely Bones (2009), Easy A (2010), Burlesque (2010), Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011), Margin Call (2011) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). He has appeared in TV series such as Crime Story, The Street, Miami Vice, The Equalizer, Wiseguy, thirtysomething, Equal Justice, Murder One, Frasier, Monk, 3lbs and ER.
Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury
Samuel L Jackson is an American actor his films include Black Cream (1972), The Exterminator (1980), Ragtime (1981), Magic Sticks (1987), School Daze (1988), Coming to America (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Sea of Love (1989), The Exorcist III (1990), A Shock to the System (1990), Def by Temptation (1990), Betsy’s Wedding (1990), Mo’ Better Blues (1990), Goodfellas (1990), The Return of Superfly (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Johnny Suede (1991), Strictly Business (1991), Fathers & Sons (1992), Jumpin’ (1992), Juice (1992), White Sands (1992), Patriot Games (1992), National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1 (1993), Amos & Andrew (1993), Menace II Society (1993), Jurassic Park (1993), True Romance (1993), Fresh (1994), Hail Caesar (1994), Pulp Fiction (1994), The New Age (1994), The Search for One eye Jimmy (1994), Losing Isaiah (1995), Kiss of Death (1995), Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), Hard Eight (1996), The Great White Hype (1996), Trees Lounge (1996), A Time to Kill (1996), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), 187 (1997), Eve’s Bayou (1997), Jackie Brown (1997), Sphere (1998), Out of Sight (1998), The Negotiator (1998), The Red Violin (1998), Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Any Given Wednesday (2000), Rules of Engagement (2000), Shaft (2000), Unbreakable (2000), The Caveman’s Valentine (2001), The 51st State (2001), The Comeback (2002), Changing Lanes (2002), Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002), No Good Deed (2002), xXx (2002), Basic (2003), S.W.A.T (2003), Country of My Skull (2004), Twisted (2004), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Coach Carter (2005), xXx: State of the Union (2005), Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (2005), The Man (2005), Freedomland (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), Black Snake Moan (2006), Home of the Brave (2006), Resurrecting the Champ (2007), 1408 (2007), Cleaner (2007), Jumper (2008), Gospel Hill (2008), Lakeview Terrace (2008), Soul Men (2008), The Spirit (2008), Mother and Child (2009), Unthinkable (2010), Iron Man 2 (2010), Unthinkable (2010), The Other Guys (2010) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
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