Avengers: Age of Ultron

***Avengers: Age of Ultron*** is a 2015 film and the fifth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase Two. It was produced by Marvel Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film was directed by Joss Whedon, from a screenplay of his own. It followed 2012's *The Avengers* also by Whedon, and was followed in 2018 by *Avengers: Infinity War*, this time with a new set of directors and writers.

## Release dates

* Dolby Theatre, United States: April 13, 2015
* United States: May 1, 2015

## Briefing

Tony Stark's Ultron program, a highly advanced artificial intelligence, turns against its creator, forging the perfect body for itself, while also planning to eradicate all human life.

## Cast

### Main

* Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark (Iron Man).
* Chris Hemsworth as Thor Odinson.
* Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner (Hulk).
* Chris Evans as Steve Rogers (Captain America).
* Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow).
* Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton (Hawkeye).
* Don Cheadle as James Rhodes (War Machine).
* Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver).
* Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch).
* Paul Bettany as Vision and the voice of J.A.R.V.I.S.
* Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, the former Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson (Falcon).
* Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter.
* Idris Elba as Heimdall.
* Linda Cardellini as Laura Barton, Hawkeye's wife.
* Stellan Skarsgård as Dr. Erik Selvig.
* James Spader as Ultron.
* Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, the former Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

### Supporting

* Claudia Kim as Dr. Helen Cho.
* Thomas Kretschmann as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker.
* Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue.
* Henry Goodman as Dr. List.
* Chris Luca as fortress soldier.
* Brian Schaeffer as Strucker's mercenary.
* Stan Lee as military veteran.
* George H.W. Bush as himself, via archival footage.
* Boris Yeltsin as himself, via archival footage.
* Dominique Provost-Chalkley as Zrinka.
* Isaac Andrews as Costel.
* Gareth Kieran Jones as Sokovian acid student.
* Chan Woo Lim as Dr. Cho's assistant.
* Minhee Yeo as Dr. Cho's assistant.
* Bentley Kalu as Klaue's mercenary.
* Julie Delpy as Madame B.
* Julian Bleach as ballet instructor
* Chris Beasley as Johannesburg cop.
* Vuyo Dabula as Johannesburg cop.
* Nondumiso Tembe as Johannesburg driver.
* Kabelo Thai as Johannesburg onlooker.
* Lele ledwaba as Johannesburg onlooker.
* Mandla Gaduka as Johannesburg onlooker.
* Harriet Manamela as Johannesburg onlooker.
* Beulah Hashe as Johannesburg onlooker.
* Musca Kumalo as Johannesburg onlooker
* Mathapelo September as Johannesburg onlooker.
* Antony Acheampong as Johannesburg elevator passenger.
* Chioma Anyanwu as Johannesburg elevator passenger.
* Ben Sakamoto as Cooper Barton, Hakweye and Laura's eldest child.
* Imogen & Isabella Poynton as Lila Barton, Hawkeye and Laura's second child.
* Ingvlid Deila as World Hub tech.
* Sunny Yeo as Korean train passenger.
* Namju Go as Korean train passenger.
* Mina Kweon as Korean train passenger.
* Earl Kim as Korean train passenger.
* Arthur Lee as Korean train passenger.
* Verity Hewlett as Sokovian family member.
* Michael Matovski as Sokovian family member.
* Alma Noce as Sokovian family member.
* Riccardo Richetta as Sokovian family member.
* Constanza Ruff as Sokovian woman.
* Monty Mclaren-Clark as tub family child.
* Julia Krynke as Sokovian driver.
* Tony Christian as Sokovian SUV driver.
* Ian Kay as Sokovian SUV passenger.
* Barry Aird as Sokovian police captain
* Aaron Himelstein as Specialist Cameron Klein.
* Kerry Condon as the voice of F.R.I.D.A.Y..
* Jaiden Stafford as Nathaniel Barton, Hawkeye and Laura's newborn third child.
* Josh Brolin as the voice of Thanos.

## Mentioned-only characters

* Irina Maximoff
* Oleg Maximoff

## Notes

* The Tony Stark stunt double was Glenn Foster.
* The Thor stunt double was Bobby Holland Hanton.
* The Captain America stunt doubles were Bobby Holland Hanton and Andy Lister.
* The Hulk stunt double was Rob de Groot.
* The Hawkeye stunt double was Adam Brashaw.
* The Quicksilver stunt double was James Cox
* The Vision double was Jan Petrina.
* The Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow stunt doubles were Heidi Moneymaker and Helen Steinway Bailey.
* The Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow body double was Olivia Scott-Taylor.
* The next episode of *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* to air after this film was "Scars", which provided the background of Phil Coulson's Theta Protocol having restored Helicarrier, which had been destroyed in *The Avengers*.

## See also

* List of unnamed characters in Avengers: Age of Ultron