The MCU cast can't be beat... including at awards shows. We're so invested in these characters, it's sometimes easy to forget a number of them won Oscars for other roles.

Here are all the Oscar winners, in order of their appearance in the franchise, beginning with "Iron Man" in 2008.

1. Jeff Bridges, Obadiah Stane

Sure, he's best known as The Dude in "Crazy Heart."

2. Gwyneth Paltrow, Pepper Potts

As Pepper Potts, Paltrow went from irreplaceable right-hand woman to a fierce fighter in her own right. And if she hadn't saved Tony's first arc reactor (against his wishes), there would have been exactly one Iron Man movie. And the universe would pretty much be dust. Paltrow won Best Actress for 1998's "Shakespeare in Love."

3. Sam Rockwell, Justin Hammer

Before he nabbed an Oscar for "Charlie's Angels," tbh.

4. Anthony Hopkins, Odin

The "Chris Hemsworth) to Earth.

5. Natalie Portman, Jane Foster

Astrophysicist Jane Foster never expected her years of study to lead her to an incredibly handsome demigod, but there you go. Hurrah for science. She bowed out of the franchise after "Black Swan."

6. Tommy Lee Jones, Col. Chester Phillips

In "The Fugitive."

7. Ben Kingsley, The Mandarin/Trevor Slattery

Sir Ben Kingsley, who won a Best Actor Academy Award for "Iron Man 3." But there's a twist! He's really a washed-up actor hired to play the part. Kingsley plays both characters to perfection.

8. Benicio del Toro, The Collector

The Collector first pops up in an end-credits scene of "Traffic" (2000).

9. Robert Redford, Alexander Pierce

Since "Ordinary People" (1980) and an Honorary Oscar in 2002.

10. Michael Douglas, Hank Pym

We wouldn't have Ant-Man without the "Wall Street" Oscar winner's character, who finds a way to shrink (and supersize) people and objects.

11. William Hurt, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross

Taking over the role first played by Kiss of the Spider Woman." (Which, we hardly need point out, has absolutely nothing to do with Spider-Man).

12. Tilda Swinton, The Ancient One

The Doctor Strange character, a Tibetan man in the comics, was reworked to be an androgynous Celtic woman (a decision not without controversy). Swinton's previously played Archangel Gabriel (in "Michael Clayton."

13. Marisa Tomei, Aunt May

Tomei (who won her Oscar for "Robert Downey Jr.

14. Jennifer Connelly, Karen

You may not be aware that was Jennifer Connelly as Karen, the voice of Peter Parker's suit A.I. in "A Beautiful Mind."

15. Cate Blanchett, Hela

The double Oscar winner clearly had a blast playing wicked Hela, who wreaks untold havoc on Asgard in "Thor: Ragnarok." All hail Goth Queen Blanchett!

16. Matt Damon, Actor playing Loki

The "Good Will Hunting" star (who collected an Oscar for cowriting the film), had a hilarious cameo in "Thor: Ragnarok" as an actor reenacting the tragic death of Loki. (Who isn't really dead after all, of course.)

17. Lupita Nyong'o, Nakia

Nakia is not only T'Challa's freeze-inducing love interest in "12 Years a Slave," in action.

18. Forest Whitaker, Zuri

The "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.")

19. Brie Larson, Captain Marvel

Larson went from playing an abducted and imprisoned woman in "Captain Marvel," she saves a whole lot more.