Paul Rudd is the first Marvel actor to respond to the big Avengers: Doomsday casting, which saw 27 actors announced for the film.
On Wednesday, Marvel Studios released a live five-hour video announcing the cast, which clocked in 275 million views and set the record for Marvelâs largest live audience.
Avengers: Doomsday release info
Avengers: Doomsday gets released on May 1, 2026, with the Russo Brothers returning to direct.
Who stars?
Marvel announced the following actors and also teased additional announcements:
- Chris Hemsworth who plays Thor
- Vanessa Kirby who plays Sue Storm, aka Invisible Woman, in Fantastic Four
- Anthony Mackie who plays Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America
- Sebastian Stan who plays The Winter Soldier and next appears in Thunderbolts
- Paul Rudd who plays Ant-Man (a little chair is shown)
- Wyatt Russell who plays John Walker / US Agent and next appears in Thunderbolts
- Letitia Wright who plays Shuri / Black Panther
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach who plays The Thing in Fantastic Four
- Tenoch Huerta Mejia who plays Namor
- Simu Liu who plays Shang-Chi
- Florence Pugh who plays Yelena and next appears in Thunderbolts
- Kelsey Grammer who plays Dr. Henry âHankâ McCoy, aka the X-Menâs Beast, and was last seen in The Marvels post-credit scene
- Lewis Pullman who is playing Robert Reynolds, aka The Sentry, in Thunderbolts
- Danny Ramirez who plays Joaquin Torres aka Falcon
- Joseph Quinn who plays Johnny Storm, aka Human Torch, in Fantastic Four
- David Harbour who plays Red Guardian and next appears in Thunderbolts
- Winston Duke who plays MâBaku from the Black Panther movies
- Hannah John-Kamen who plays Ghost and next appears in Thunderbolts
- Tom Hiddleston returns as Loki
- Patrick Stewart who played Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, in the X-Men movies
- Ian McKellen who played Magneto in the X-Men movies
- Alan Cumming who played Nightcrawler in the X-Men movies
- Rebecca Romijn is back who played Mystique from the X-Men movies
- James Marsden who played Cyclops in the X-Men movies
- Channing Tatum who played Gambit in Deadpool & Wolverine
- Pedro Pascal who plays Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic, in Fantastic Four
- Robert Downey Jr. who is playing Doctor Doom
