First introduced in this summer's Iron Man 2, Howard Stark is an essential figure to the Marvel multiverse spanning the Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America films.

This week Superherohype.com announced that Dominic Cooper will be playing a younger version of Tony Stark's father in the upcoming Captain America film, which takes place in WWII thirty years before his appearance in Iron Man 2. Despite this announcement, we have yet to hear a confirmation from Paramount or Marvel.

The First Avenger: Captain America is due for release July 22, 2010.