Alexander Pierce (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

### Goal(s)

To kill Captain America and every superhero in the world. (failed)Destroy the high command of S.H.I.E.L.D. (failed)

### Family

Unnamed father
Unnamed niece
Unnamed daughter

### Friends / Allies

Daniel Whitehall, Gideon Malick, Captain America (formerly), Black Widow (formerly), John Garrett, Doctor List, Jasper Sitwell (formerly), Arnim Zola, Brock Rumlow, Nick Fury (formerly), Maria Hill (formerly), Sharon Carter (formerly), Councilwoman Hawley (formerly), Winter Soldier

### Enemies

Captain America, Black Widow, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Jasper Sitwell, Sharon Carter, Falcon, Loki, Tony Stark, Thor, Georges Batroc, Councilwoman Hawley

### Affiliations

World Security Council
HYDRA

### Type of villain

Example

**Alexander Pierce** is a Marvel Comics character who appears as the main antagonist of *Captain America: The Winter Soldier,* portrayed by Robert Redford

## Appearances

### *Captain America: The Winter Soldier*

Alexander Pierce is a high ranking HYDRA member who has infiltrated the World Security Council. Before the events of the film, during a mission in Bogota, Pierce met SHIELD agent Nick Fury, who saved several lives including his daughter. Surprised by Fury's actions, Pierce went on to appoint Fury as the director of SHIELD.

Several years later, the HYDRA influence over SHIELD has increased, and a trio of Helicarriers are built under 'Project Insight.' They were meant to form a SHIELD security network to protect the world. But secretly, HYDRA wanted to use them to kill and target over 20 million people that were selected by HYDRA scientist Arnim Zola's algorithm, which means that any individual that posed a threat for HYDRA would be irrelevant to HYDRA's new world order.

After his discovery of a SHIELD arsenal by Georges Batroc, which was really planned by Fury, Pierce initiated the Winter Soldier to assassinate him. But after an attack by the Winter Soldier, Fury retreated to Steve Rogers' apartment and tells him not to trust anyone because he realizes that SHIELD has been compromised before (seemingly) being fatally shot by the Winter Soldier.

Following the apparent death of Fury, Pierce meets with Rogers and thinks that he has hidden something. Pierce afterwards sends agent Brock Rumlow and his team to capture Rogers, who rendezvous with Black Widow for help. He assigns the Winter Soldier a new objective to assassinate Captain America and Romanoff. After an investigation on HYDRA sleeper agent Jasper Sitwell for the real point behind 'Project Insight', Captain America, Black Widow, and their ally Falcon get captured by SHIELD, but it turns out they get rescued.

Proceeding with his plot, Pierce meets with the World Security Council members to activate 'Project Insight'. But unknown to him, Rogers and his team infiltrate the Triskelion and they reveal HYDRA's true motives motivating every good SHIELD agent to stand up against Pierce, Rumlow, and his STRIKE team. As Captain America and Falcon infiltrate the Helicarriers, they change the targets according to Zola's algorithm and turn the Helicarriers into the targets. While this goes on, Black Widow rescues the hostage World Council members and forces Pierce to help her and the seemingly alive Nick Fury to unlock every SHIELD/HYDRA secret and upload them all to the Internet.

After the destruction of the Helicarriers and HYDRA's secrets are released on the Internet, Pierce uses a small remote-controlled incendiary device to kill the other council members and threaten Black Widow, which was his way of forcing Fury to let him flee. But Black Widow disables the explosive, which gives Fury the opportunity to shoot him dead. Pierce's dying words are "Hail HYDRA."

### *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*

A younger Pierce makes an appearance in the show during a flashback to 1989. During this year, Pierce sent two agents to release Werner Reinhardt, a former member of HYDRA that was sentenced to life imprisonment by Agent Carter.

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