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Arnim ZolaCharacter guide · Toby Jones

HYDRA’s machinery has a human architect.

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Behind the name

Meet Arnim Zola

Toby Jones plays Arnim Zola, a HYDRA scientist introduced in Captain America: The First Avenger. D23’s account of Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes traces Zola’s role from wartime research to the later Winter Soldier story. He connects the films’ physical threats with a quieter question about who designs the systems behind them.

Official source · D23 ↗

Follow the machinery behind the uniform

Watch how Zola describes his work and how the people around him respond. His scenes give scientific expertise a political setting: a technical explanation can sound detached even when its consequences are personal. Carry that contrast from the wartime film into The Winter Soldier.

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Where to start

Begin with The First Avenger, then watch The Winter Soldier. Agent Carter adds a brief catalog appearance; What If…? explores an animated alternative rather than the next chapter of the same biography.

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Catalog appearances

4 entries · release order

These are the existing catalog records, including supporting roles, cameos and other formats. This list is not a required watch order or proof that every appearance shares one continuity. Future entries may change.

2011

  1. Captain America: The First Avenger

    July 22, 2011

2014

  1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

    March 20, 2014

2015

  1. Marvel's Agent Carter, Season 1

    January 6, 2015 · Supporting

2021

  1. What If...?, Season 1

    August 11, 2021 · Supporting

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About this profile

Profile information checked 2026-11-08. Viewing suggestions are editorial guidance. Appearance records and identity labels come from the existing catalog.

D23 · Official Zola casting and Captain America background ↗

TMDB · Toby Jones portrait ↗

Background artwork: Captain America: The First Avenger. The portrait shows the performer.

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