<Ul> <Li> Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America : A frail , sickly young man who is enhanced to the peak of human ability by an experimental serum in order to aid the United States war effort . Evans , who previously worked with Marvel as the Human Torch in the Fantastic Four film series , said he declined the part three times before signing a six - picture deal with Marvel , explaining that , `` At the time , I remember telling a buddy of mine , ' If the movie bombs , I 'm f -- - ed ( sic ) . If the movie hits , I 'm f -- - ed ! ' I was just scared . I realized my whole decision - making process was fear - based , and you never want to make a decision out of fear . I ca n't believe I was almost too chicken to play Captain America . '' Evans ultimately agreed to the role , saying , `` I think Marvel is doing a lot of good things right now , and it 's a fun character ... I think the story of Steve Rogers is great . He 's a great guy . Even if it ( were ) just a script about anybody , I would probably want to do it . So it was n't necessarily about the comic itself . '' Regarding the extent of the character 's abilities Evans remarked , `` He would crush the Olympics . Any Olympic sport he 's gon na dominate . He can jump higher , run faster , lift stronger weight , but he can be injured . He could roll an ankle and be out for the season . He 's not perfect , he 's not untouchable . So a lot of the effects , if I 'm going to punch someone they 're not going to put them on a cable and fly them back 50 feet , but he 's going to go down , probably not getting back up , which I think humanizes it . It makes it something that , again , I think everyone can relate to a little bit more , which I really like . '' Theater actor Leander Deeny was the body double in some shots for Steve Rogers ' pre-transformation physique as well as appearing as a bartender . </Li> <Li> Tommy Lee Jones as Chester Phillips : A colonel in the United States Army and member of the Strategic Scientific Reserve who heads the project to create super soldiers . The character was updated from the comics , where Phillips was the one to recruit Rogers to join Project Rebirth that made him Captain America . Jones described the character as `` the one you 've seen in a thousand movies : the gruff , skeptical officer overseeing a team of talented , slightly sarcastic , specially talented soldiers '' . </Li> <Li> Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull : Adolf Hitler 's head of advanced weaponry and commander of the terrorist organization Hydra , whose own plan for world domination involves harnessing the power of the magical object known as the Tesseract . Weaving stated that he patterned Red Skull 's accent on those of Werner Herzog and Klaus Maria Brandauer . About the character , Weaving remarked , `` I think the major difference between Skull and Cap , they 've both had the serum , and the serum seems to augment certain qualities that each of them have . Cap is much more in tune with other people I think . Schmidt is in tune with himself , and his own needs , and his own ego , so I suppose it augments that . From that point of view , they 're quite opposite . '' </Li> <Li> Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter : An officer with the Strategic Scientific Reserve who works with Phillips on the super soldier project . Regarding her preparation for the role , she said , `` I 'm training at the moment six days a week to make her a bit more military and make it convincing that I could kick butt . '' About the character , Atwell stated , `` I likened her character to that famous Ginger Rogers quote . She can do everything Captain America can do , but backwards and in high heels . She 's an English soldier through and through , although she always looks fabulous . She might stand there with a machine - gun shooting Nazis , but she 's obviously gone to the loo beforehand and applied a bit of lipstick . She does n't need
<Ul> <Li> Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America : A frail , sickly young man who is enhanced to the peak of human ability by an experimental serum in order to aid the United States war effort . Evans , who previously worked with Marvel as the Human Torch in the Fantastic Four film series , said he declined the part three times before signing a six - picture deal with Marvel , explaining that , `` At the time , I remember telling a buddy of mine , ' If the movie bombs , I 'm f -- - ed ( sic ) . If the movie hits , I 'm f -- - ed ! ' I was just scared . I realized my whole decision - making process was fear - based , and you never want to make a decision out of fear . I ca n't believe I was almost too chicken to play Captain America . '' Evans ultimately agreed to the role , saying , `` I think Marvel is doing a lot of good things right now , and it 's a fun character ... I think the story of Steve Rogers is great . He 's a great guy . Even if it ( were ) just a script about anybody , I would probably want to do it . So it was n't necessarily about the comic itself . '' Regarding the extent of the character 's abilities Evans remarked , `` He would crush the Olympics . Any Olympic sport he 's gon na dominate . He can jump higher , run faster , lift stronger weight , but he can be injured . He could roll an ankle and be out for the season . He 's not perfect , he 's not untouchable . So a lot of the effects , if I 'm going to punch someone they 're not going to put them on a cable and fly them back 50 feet , but he 's going to go down , probably not getting back up , which I think humanizes it . It makes it something that , again , I think everyone can relate to a little bit more , which I really like . '' Theater actor Leander Deeny was the body double in some shots for Steve Rogers ' pre-transformation physique as well as appearing as a bartender . </Li> <Li> Tommy Lee Jones as Chester Phillips : A colonel in the United States Army and member of the Strategic Scientific Reserve who heads the project to create super soldiers . The character was updated from the comics , where Phillips was the one to recruit Rogers to join Project Rebirth that made him Captain America . Jones described the character as `` the one you 've seen in a thousand movies : the gruff , skeptical officer overseeing a team of talented , slightly sarcastic , specially talented soldiers '' . </Li> <Li> Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull : Adolf Hitler 's head of advanced weaponry and commander of the terrorist organization Hydra , whose own plan for world domination involves harnessing the power of the magical object known as the Tesseract . Weaving stated that he patterned Red Skull 's accent on those of Werner Herzog and Klaus Maria Brandauer . About the character , Weaving remarked , `` I think the major difference between Skull and Cap , they 've both had the serum , and the serum seems to augment certain qualities that each of them have . Cap is much more in tune with other people I think . Schmidt is in tune with himself , and his own needs , and his own ego , so I suppose it augments that . From that point of view , they 're quite opposite . '' </Li> <Li> Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter : An officer with the Strategic Scientific Reserve who works with Phillips on the super soldier project . Regarding her preparation for the role , she said , `` I 'm training at the moment six days a week to make her a bit more military and make it convincing that I could kick butt . '' About the character , Atwell stated , `` I likened her character to that famous Ginger Rogers quote . She can do everything Captain America can do , but backwards and in high heels . She 's an English soldier through and through , although she always looks fabulous . She might stand there with a machine - gun shooting Nazis , but she 's obviously gone to the loo beforehand and applied a bit of lipstick . She does n't need
who played in captain america the first avenger
who played in captain america the first avenger
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America Tommy Lee Jones as Chester Phillips Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America Tommy Lee Jones as Chester Phillips Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter Sebastian Stan as James Buchanan `` Bucky '' Barnes Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark Neal McDonough as Timothy `` Dum Dum '' Dugan Derek Luke as Gabe Jones Stanley Tucci as Abraham Erskine