---
name: "Christopher Markus"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-markus"
fi1m_id: "christopher-markus"
imdb_id: "nm1321655"
tmdb_id: 5551
wikidata_id: "Q5112818"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-06T04:18:51.302067+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Christopher Markus

## Identity

Christopher Markus

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-markus
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-markus
- **IMDb ID:** nm1321655
- **TMDB ID:** 5551
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5112818
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Markus, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5112818, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1321655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5551

Writer. Born 2 January 1970 in Buffalo, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 January 1970, Buffalo, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2005–2019
- **Also known as:** کریستوفر مارکوس
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 1 acting, 8 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Stephen McFeely](https://film.one/person/stephen-mcfeely.md), [Kevin Feige](https://film.one/person/kevin-feige.md), [Chris Evans](https://film.one/person/chris-evans.md), [Anthony Russo](https://film.one/person/anthony-russo.md), [Joe Russo](https://film.one/person/joe-russo.md), [Andrew Adamson](https://film.one/person/andrew-adamson.md), [Anna Popplewell](https://film.one/person/anna-popplewell.md), [Chris Hemsworth](https://film.one/person/chris-hemsworth.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as writer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 58 (1), 2010s 68 (8)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 65 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 7, Action 6, Science Fiction 4, Fantasy 3, Family 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7,945m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Markus, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5112818, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1321655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5551

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Avengers: Endgame*](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md) (79), [*Avengers: Infinity War*](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md) (77), [*Captain America: The Winter Soldier*](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md) (77), [*Captain America: Civil War*](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md) (74), [*Captain America: The First Avenger*](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-first-avenger.md) (64), [*Thor: The Dark World*](https://film.one/film/thor-the-dark-world.md) (58), [*The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian*](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.md) (58), [*The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader.md) (56)
- **Apple TV:** [*Pain & Gain*](https://film.one/film/pain-and-gain.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Christopher Markus is an American screenwriter and producer. He has worked extensively with Stephen McFeely since the 1990s.

Markus was born on 16 October 1969 in Buffalo, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree in creative writing from Rutgers University in 1991 and a master's degree from the University of California, Davis, where he met McFeely.

The pair wrote the screenplays for *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (2005), *Prince Caspian* (2008) and *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010), as well as several Marvel Cinematic Universe films including *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011), *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018) and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019). They created the ABC series *Agent Carter* (2015–2016) and received a Primetime Emmy Award for the screenplay of *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* (2004).

*Sources: nytimes.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

### Performed in (1)

- *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), Fi1m 77, as SHIELD Interrogator #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md)

### Wrote (8) — the average rests on these

- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Fi1m 79, Screenplay, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md)
- *Pain & Gain* (2013), Fi1m 56, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/pain-and-gain.md)
- *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), Fi1m 58, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/thor-the-dark-world.md)
- *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-first-avenger.md)
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010), Fi1m 56, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader.md)
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* (2008), Fi1m 58, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Electric State* (2025), Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Extraction 2* (2023), Executive Producer
- *The Gray Man* (2022), Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Russo Bros. Pizza Film School* (2020), series, Actor
- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Screenplay, Co-Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md)
- *Marvel's Agent Carter* (2015), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), as SHIELD Interrogator #1 · Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md)
- *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/thor-the-dark-world.md)
- *Pain & Gain* (2013), Screenplay — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/pain-and-gain.md)
- *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-first-avenger.md)
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010), Screenplay — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader.md)
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* (2008), Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.md)
- *You Kill Me* (2007), Screenplay
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (2005), Screenplay
- *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* (2004), Screenplay
- *G vs E* (1999), series, Teleplay
- *Nemesis*, series, Writer
- *Untitled Cambridge Antalytica Project*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Christopher Markus](https://film.one/media/person/93238/gallery-c1b6b7f9bde1.jpg) Christopher Markus — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christopher_Markus_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Christopher_Markus_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Christopher Markus (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/93238/gallery-f128eabf571f.jpg) Christopher Markus (2018) — Horace Austin https://twitter.com/horace_austin?lang=en, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Christopher_Markus.jpg/1280px-Christopher_Markus.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Writing Avengers: Endgame", at the San Diego Convention Cent](https://film.one/media/person/93238/gallery-4d23ca3cf5cf.jpg) Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Writing Avengers: Endgame", at the San Diego Convention Cent — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Christopher_Markus_%26_Stephen_McFeely_%2848385353186%29.jpg/1280px-Christopher_Markus_%26_Stephen_McFeely_%2848385353186%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Writing Avengers: Endgame", at the San Diego Convention Cent](https://film.one/media/person/93238/gallery-65c8a5371746.jpg) Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Writing Avengers: Endgame", at the San Diego Convention Cent — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Christopher_Markus_%26_Stephen_McFeely_%2848385355446%29.jpg/1280px-Christopher_Markus_%26_Stephen_McFeely_%2848385355446%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Christopher Markus speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Writing Avengers: Endgame", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Cal](https://film.one/media/person/93238/gallery-75ff7a7c8460.jpg) Christopher Markus speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Writing Avengers: Endgame", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Cal — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Christopher_Markus_%2848385356691%29.jpg/1280px-Christopher_Markus_%2848385356691%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Christopher Markus speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Writing Avengers: Endgame", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Cal](https://film.one/media/person/93238/gallery-22cc6c1816e3.jpg) Christopher Markus speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Writing Avengers: Endgame", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Cal — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Christopher_Markus_%2848385504967%29.jpg/1280px-Christopher_Markus_%2848385504967%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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