Marvel Stars and Their Pets: Tom Holland, Chris Evans and More Love Their Dogs, Cats and Beyond

While many of the Marvel Cinematic Universe stars are supported by super-powered sidekicks onscreen, it’s all about their four-legged companions when the cameras stop rolling.

Chris Evans, who’s best known for his role as Captain America across the franchise, frequently gushes about his bond with his dog, Dodger.

“It’s a far more embarrassing story that I now get to explain every time someone asks,” the Massachusetts native revealed about how he named the canine during an October 2020 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “There’s a movie called Oliver & Company, it’s a Disney movie, an animated movie, that I grew up watching. Billy Joel is the voice of Dodger and when I first saw him in the shelter, I said, ‘He looks like Dodger from Oliver & Company. And after I decided I was taking him home with me, I went through the process of thinking of other names, and I just couldn’t get off Dodger. So, I said, ‘Well, I am not going to overthink this one.’”

Evans, who initially met his pup while filming 2017’s Gifted, didn’t waste much time before tattooing Dodger’s name on his chest — ink he’ll “never” regret. He told Jimmy Kimmel at the time, “That’s probably the purest relationship I have!”

The Knives Out actor is not the only MCU star to embrace pet parenthood. Meet the sweet pets of the MCU stars: