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The Complete MCU

The original Avengers

Clint Barton

Hawkeye

AlivePlayed by Jeremy Renner

Who they arebeyond the guide

A S.H.I.E.L.D. marksman with a bow, no enhancement, and a family nobody on the team knew about. The Snap takes them and he spends five years as Ronin killing his way through the survivors of it.

Alive, retired to the farm, mentoring Kate Bishop

Premiered in
Thor
(2011, cameo)
Appearances
6

Along the chronological spine

  1. Thor — poster

    Thor

    2011

  2. The Avengers — poster

    The Avengers

    2012

  3. Avengers: Age of Ultron — poster

    Avengers: Age of Ultron

    2015

  4. Captain America: Civil War — poster

    Captain America: Civil War

    2016

  5. Avengers: Endgame — poster

    Avengers: Endgame

    2018 → 2023

  6. Hawkeye — poster

    Hawkeye

    Christmas 2024

A life, in order

Every appearance in chronological order. Tap an entry to read what happens there.

6 entries
  1. His first appearance in the films: a S.H.I.E.L.D. marksman on a crane above the crater, asking permission to take the shot.
    Open Thor →
  2. Loki arrives on Earth, steals the Tesseract from S.H.I.E.L.D., and enslaves several minds with the scepter — including Clint Barton (Hawkeye) and Erik Selvig.
    Open The Avengers →
  3. Hulk and Hawkeye both effectively leave the story here, which is why they're near-absent from Civil War. Hawkeye retires to his hidden farm with Laura and their children.
    Open Avengers: Age of Ultron →
  4. Out of retirement because Rogers asked, and the one who breaks Wanda out of the compound.
    Open Captain America: Civil War →
  5. Barton, having lost his entire family, has become a mass-murdering vigilante called Ronin. "Ronin" is not an organisation, it's an identity Clint invents. After the Snap kills Laura and all three of his children in front of him, he abandons the Hawkeye name and spends five years travelling the world murdering criminals who survived and he felt didn't deserve to — yakuza, cartels, mafias.
    Open Avengers: Endgame →
  6. Clint Barton meets Kate Bishop, a young archer who found the Ronin suit. Yelena Belova arrives to assassinate Barton, having been told by Valentina that he killed Natasha; Barton tells her the truth, and she lets him go. Laura Barton is revealed to be a former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Agent 19 — Mockingbird.
    Open Hawkeye →