How Avengers Started Their Acting Careers

THEN AND NOW: The ‘Avengers’ stars before they were famous.

Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark)

Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/Black Panther)

Chris Evans (Captain America)

Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow)

Josh Brolan (Thanos)

Dave Bautista (Drax)

Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury)

Danai Gurira (Okoye)

Don Cheadle (James “Rhodey” Rhodes/War Machine)

Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/Falcon)

Chris Hemsworth (Thor)

Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts)

Tom Hiddleston (Loki)

Vin Diesel (Voice of teenage Groot)

Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier )

Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch)

Paul Bettany (Vision)

Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange)

Bradley Cooper (Voice of Rocket)

Tom Holland (Peter Parker/Spider-Man)

Chris Pratt (Peter Quill/Star-Lord)

Zoe Saldana (Gamora)

Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner aka The Hulk)