Avengers: Infinity War - Complete Cast and Character Guide
Avengers: Infinity War has one of the most stacked casts of actors ever assembled for a Hollywood production. Here is every major character.
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War is the third Avengers movie in the game-changing Marvel Cinematic Universe. This film is positioned as the beginning of the culmination of everything that has transpired in the franchise to date. Directors Joe and Anthony Russo, who previously helmed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Civil War, have assembled the largest ensemble in a superhero film to date. Nearly every living character in the MCU is included as the Avengers join forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy to take down Thanos in a battle that has massive repercussions for the future of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. A sequel, Avengers: Endgame, was released in 2019 and marked the end of the Infinity Saga.
Avengers: Infinity War
- Director
- Joe Russo , Anthony Russo
- Release Date
- April 27, 2018
- Studio(s)
- Marvel
- Distributor(s)
- Disney
- Cast
- Chris Hemsworth , Anthony Mackie , Elizabeth Olsen , Robert Downey Jr. , Scarlett Johansson , Mark Ruffalo , Sebastian Stan , Paul Rudd , Chadwick Boseman , Don Cheadle , Samuel L. Jackson , Josh Brolin , Tom Holland , Evangeline Lilly , Paul Bettany , Chris Evans , Jeremy Renner
- Writers
- Stephen McFeely , Christopher Markus
- Runtime
- 149 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Sequel(s)
- Avengers: The Kang Dynasty , Avengers: Endgame
- prequel(s)
- The Avengers , Avengers: Age of Ultron
Summary
Avengers: Infinity War is the third Avengers movie in the game-changing Marvel Cinematic Universe. This film is positioned as the beginning of the culmination of everything that has transpired in the franchise to date. Directors Joe and Anthony Russo, who previously helmed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Civil War, have assembled the largest ensemble in a superhero film to date. Nearly every living character in the MCU is included as the Avengers join forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy to take down Thanos in a battle that has massive repercussions for the future of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. A sequel, Avengers: Endgame, was released in 2019 and marked the end of the Infinity Saga.
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