Avengers: Doomsday Cast Tracker: Which Endgame Heroes Are Back—and Who’s Missing?

The MCU hates loose ends: after Avengers: Endgame scattered its heroes and bid farewell to Steve Rogers and Iron Man, Doctor Doom is set to tear open the Multiverse — and drag fan favorites back into the fight.

Endgame scattered a bunch of our heavy-hitters across space, time, and early retirement. Now Marvel is gearing up to pull a lot of them back together for Avengers: Doomsday, with Doctor Doom crashing the Multiverse like it owes him money. Some returns are locked in, some are strongly hinted, and a couple are the kind of announcements that make you blink and reread twice. Here is who is back (or likely back), where we last saw them, and why it matters.

Who is back for Avengers: Doomsday

1. Chris Hemsworth as Thor

   With Tony gone and Cap retired, Thor is the most battle-tested original Avenger still standing, and Marvel knows it. Last we saw him, he was road-tripping through the cosmos with his adopted daughter, Love, after taking down Gorr in Love and Thunder. He parted ways with the Guardians and is very much doing his own thing, which is exactly the kind of setup that ends with a god getting dragged back into a team-up.

   Key facts about Thor: Love and Thunder: Directed by Taika Waititi; Cast includes Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale; Release date June 23, 2022; IMDb 6.1/10; Rotten Tomatoes 63%; Worldwide box office $760 million; Production house Marvel Studios; Where to watch Disney+.

2. Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk (likely)

   Ruffalo was not part of the first wave of Doomsday casting, which set off the usual speculation: cameo later, ADR only, or Marvel just holding cards close. The last time we saw Bruce, he was in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, calmly revealing at a family hang that he has a son, Skaar. Nothing is confirmed here, but it would be pretty wild to bench Hulk for a Multiverse-level Avengers movie. I would not bet on that.

   Key facts about She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: 9 episodes; Release date August 18, 2022; IMDb 5.2/10; Rotten Tomatoes 80%; Production house Marvel Studios; Where to watch Disney+.

3. Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

   Quantumania ended with Scott and family escaping the Quantum Realm, Kang defeated, and Scott trying very hard not to panic about the multiversal warning Kang left behind. Jonathan Majors is out of the MCU now, but that warning still looms, and Scott’s Quantum Realm tech is exactly the kind of thing you want when the timeline goes sideways.

   Key facts about Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: Directed by Peyton Reed; Cast includes Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas; Release date February 17, 2023; IMDb 6/10; Rotten Tomatoes 46%; Worldwide box office $476 million; Production house Marvel Studios; Where to watch Disney+.

4. Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye

   Renner is confirmed to suit back up as Hawkeye, which is great to see after his very public recovery. On the character side, Clint ended his Disney+ series with a low-key Christmas, a new partner in Kate Bishop, and one very messy run-in with Kingpin’s operation. Expect the grizzled vet version of Clint who knows how to steady a chaotic lineup.

   Key facts about Hawkeye: 6 episodes; First episode date November 24, 2021; IMDb 7.4/10; Rotten Tomatoes 92%; Production house Marvel Studios; Where to watch Disney+.

5. Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Stephen Strange

   Strange has been central to the Multiverse mess since Infinity War, and Multiverse of Madness only pushed him further into the deep end. He embraced that ominous third eye and stepped through a portal with Clea to the Dark Dimension, likely to deal with an incursion threatening Earth-616. He is powerful, yes. Is he enough by himself to stop Doctor Doom? Absolutely not, which is why we are having an Avengers movie.

   Key facts about Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: Directed by Sam Raimi; Cast includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Xochitl Gomez; Release date May 6, 2022; IMDb 6.9/10; Rotten Tomatoes 73%; Worldwide box office $955 million; Production house Marvel Studios; Where to watch Disney+.

6. Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man

   No Way Home left Peter with a brutal reset: Aunt May gone, and a spell that erased Peter Parker from everyone’s memory, including his best friends and the Avengers. He is back to basics in New York, alone. The word going around is that Doomsday could be Holland’s last outing as Spidey. How final is 'final'? We will see.

   Key facts about Spider-Man: No Way Home: Directed by Jon Watts; Cast includes Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire; Release date December 17, 2021; IMDb 8.2/10; Rotten Tomatoes 93%; Worldwide box office $1.9 billion; Production house Marvel Studios; Where to watch Disney+.

7. Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Captain America

   Steve handed Sam the shield at the end of Endgame, which set off Sam’s journey with Bucky and led to Captain America: Brave New World. By that film’s end, Sam is firmly the new Cap. He brings a different toolkit than Steve did and, honestly, that is the point. He’s seasoned now, and that perspective matters as much as the wings.

   Key facts about Captain America: Brave New World: Directed by Julius Onah; Cast includes Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez; Release date February 14, 2025; IMDb 5.6/10; Rotten Tomatoes 46%; Worldwide box office $415 million; Production house Marvel Studios; Where to watch Disney+.

8. Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier

   Bucky’s most recent big-screen chapter was Thunderbolts*, where he ran with a bunch of anti-heroes and reformed villains. That lineup actually mattered to the larger story, and with the movie rebranded as The New Avengers, it sure sounds like Bucky’s stepping even closer to the center of the board for Doomsday.

   Key facts about Thunderbolts*: Directed by Jake Schreier; Cast includes Florence Pugh, Lewis Pullman, David Harbour; Release date May 2, 2025; IMDb 7.1/10; Rotten Tomatoes 88%; Worldwide box office $382 million; Production house Marvel Studios; Where to watch Disney+.

9. Chris Evans in an undisclosed role

   Yes, that announcement said what you think it said: Evans is back for Doomsday, but not as Steve Rogers/Captain America. That is a wild swing, especially after the very clean, very satisfying ending Endgame gave Steve — retiring with Peggy and returning the shield to Sam as an old man. What does 'undisclosed' actually mean here? Variant? Someone else entirely? It’s a genuine curveball.

   Key facts about Avengers: Endgame: Directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo; Cast includes Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson; Release date April 26, 2019; IMDb 8.4/10; Rotten Tomatoes 94%; Worldwide box office $2.7 billion; Production house Marvel Studios; Where to watch Disney+.

10. Tom Hiddleston as Loki

    Loki didn’t do much in Endgame, but his Disney+ arc turned him into arguably the most important person in the Multiverse. He grabbed the Tesseract in 2012, got nabbed by the TVA, and ended Season 2 as the so-called God of Stories, literally holding the branching timelines together at the center of everything. If Doom shakes the Multiverse, you want the guy holding the threads in the room.

    Key facts about Loki: 12 episodes; First episode date June 9, 2021; IMDb 8.2/10; Rotten Tomatoes 87%; Production house Marvel Studios; Where to watch Disney+.

So when do we see this all blow up?

Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled to hit theaters on December 18, 2026 (USA). Assuming Marvel sticks the landing, this one is going to be crowded in the best way.

Who are you most excited to see square off with Doctor Doom? And what do you think that 'Chris Evans, but not Steve Rogers' twist really is?