Alexander Pierce

Alexander Pierce was the head of the World Security Council and a former leader within S.H.I.E.L.D. until it was revealed that he was the mastermind leading HYDRA from within the government organisation.

Alexander Pierce was the Secretary of S.H.I.E.L.D, and also a councilman on the World Security Council. He was still frequently addressed as "Secretary Pierce", presumably out of respect for his former status as Secretary of Defense. He shares a friendship with Nick Fury, who he knew for years. However, in reality Pierce was HYDRA's top agent inside of S.H.I.E.L.D., he is shown to be a ruthless master strategist, swiftly eliminating anyone who dares to get in the way of HYRDA, while maintaining total secrecy. Regarding his relationship with Bucky Barnes, Pierce was shown to be abusive and manipulative toward him. Furthermore, it is implied that he lied to him on numerous occasions, such as when Bucky inquired about Steve.

Publication Information

Captain America : Alexander Pierce
Version : Captain America
Alter Ego : Mr. Secretary
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Type :
- Former Leader S.H.I.E.L.D. agent
- Head of World Security Council
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Affiliation : World Security Council
Gender : Male
Origin : United State
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First Appeareance : Captain America : The Winter Soldier
Last Appeareance :
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Potrayer : Robert Redford
Main View : Full Movies

The Things We Bury

In 1989 he ordered the release of Werner Reinhardt, an old HYDRA General who was sentenced to life imprisonment by Peggy Carter in 1945. Reinhardt was released from the Rat prison and moved by HYDRA's moles in S.H.I.E.L.D. to his old fortress in Austria.

Captain America : The Winter Soldier

Secretary Alexander Pierce was meeting with the World Security Council via holograms at the Triskelion over the matter of the hijacking of the Lemurian Star. Fury interrupted and informed Pierce that they needed to delay Project Insight. Pierce approved, but on the condition that Fury have Iron Man stop by his niece's birthday. Later, after an attack on Fury and his apparent death, Steve Rogers was brought in to speak with Pierce, who asked Steve why Fury was in his apartment, hoping to find clues to who killed him. They suspect Georges Batroc, leader of the hijacking, after he was found the previous night in a safe house. Pierce insinuated that Fury hired the pirates to infiltrate the ship so that he can acquire classified information, and was then killed after the deal went wrong. Steve denied this claim and only said that Fury told him not to trust anybody.

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