Captain America is a 1990 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. It is directed by Albert Pyun and written by Stephen Tolkin, from a story by Tolkin and Larry Block. It stars Matt Damon in the title role and Ralph Fiennes as his arch-nemesis the Red Skull, with Tom Selleck, Ned Beatty, Paul Newman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Christopher Lloyd and Wallace Shawn. The film was produced by Menahem Golan for the now-defunct Paramount Pictures.