Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan)

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Admittedly, James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes has spent most of his existence as a brainwashed HYDRA assassin, and then followed that up by becoming a pawn in Helmut Zemo's scheme to conquer the Avengers, but this childhood friend of Steve Rogers began as an exemplary soldier in World War II and one of the Howling Commandos that took the fight directly to the Red Skull and HYDRA. After lending his ace... read more

Sgt. James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes, born March 10, 1917, is a former soldier of the U.S. Army 107th Infantry Regiment and the childhood best friend of Steve Rogers. As World War II was escalated, he was recruited to become a member of the Howling Commandos.

In a fight on a HYDRA train, Barnes plummeted off the side of a mountain. He was presumed dead, though unbeknownst to his teammates Barnes had actually survived, albeit with the loss of his left arm. Brainwashed and armed with a new cybernetic limb, Barnes was molded into an enhanced HYDRA operative known as the Winter Soldier. Over several decades, he would eliminate threats to HYDRA, including his former ally, Howard Stark. Between missions, Barnes would be put into a cryogenic stasis to slow his aging. Eventually, when he was ordered by HYDRA leader Alexander Pierce to assassinate S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury, the Winter Soldier was confronted by his old friend, Steve Rogers, triggering him to begin remembering his prior life.

In the aftermath of the Battle at the Triskelion, the Winter Soldier went on the run from HYDRA on a self-imposed mission to remember his past and end his violent history. However, during this time Barnes was framed for murdering the King of Wakanda, causing the Black Panther to engage him in a vengeance-driven pursuit. Barnes was saved by Captain America, sparking the Avengers Civil War as he became a target for Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross and Iron Man. Barnes eventually chose to go back into cryogenic stasis until his mind could be fixed of the mental programming implanted by HYDRA.

He is played by Sebastian Stan.