Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie)

Character Analysis

We don't get much Falcon in this one. He very helpfully explains that for us in this exchange with Captain America at the Avenger's victory party:

Captain America: If I had known it was gonna be a firefight, I absolutely would have called you.
Falcon: I'm not actually sorry. I'm just trying to sound tough. I'm very happy chasing cold leads on our missing person's case.

This is related to off-screen action in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but it's not elaborated here. Falcon doesn't come back until the final moments of the film, when we see him take his place in the new Avengers line up. We wonder how that missing person case turned out…