Second generation and the Sokovia fallout
Helmut Zemo
AlivePlayed by Daniel Brühl
Who they arebeyond the guide
A Sokovian colonel who lost his family to the Avengers' collateral damage. No powers, no serum, and the only antagonist who beats them outright: he takes the team apart with a folder of evidence and a phone call.
Alive, imprisoned on the Raft
- Appearances
- 2
Along the chronological spine
A life, in order
Every appearance in chronological order. Tap an entry to read what happens there.
- 2016The real culprit is Helmut Zemo, a Sokovian intelligence officer whose family died in Ultron's attack, whose entire plan is to break the Avengers from the inside rather than beat them. Zemo's method: he shows Stark grainy footage of 16 December 1991 — Bucky Barnes killing Howard and Maria Stark. Shuri's team removes it before Infinity War; The Falcon and the Winter Soldier confirms it on screen when Zemo reads the words aloud and nothing happens.Open Captain America: Civil War →
- 2024Zemo destroys a batch of recreated serum vials, but Walker's partner pockets one first. Zemo doesn't escape — Bucky and Sam deliberately break him out of prison, because he's the only person who can navigate the criminal underworld they need.Open The Falcon and the Winter Soldier →