Robert Redford portrayed Alexander Pierce in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Trivia
- One of Robert Redford's main influences to accept his role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier was that his grandchildren are fans of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he wanted them to see him in one.
- Robert Redford paid tribute to his long-time friend Paul Newman featuring a bottle of Newman's Own Pasta Sauce in the refrigerator of his character Alexander Pierce.
- Redford previously directed and acted with Scarlett Johansson in The Horse Whisperer.
- In the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode Afterlife, Lance Hunter compares himself and Phil Coulson to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Redford portrayed the Sundance Kid in the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.