Remember when Avengers: Infinity War came out and promised to unite every hero in the McU. and then it didn't feature Hawkeye? You know, one of the founding members of the Avengers? Some were pretty annoyed about this at the time but his absence was later corrected in Avengers: Endgame, which opened with a tragic sequence that revealed Clint Barton's family were dusted in the Snap.. For over a year, fans have wondered what the heck is going on with Hawkeye. The character did not appear in Avengers: Infinity War, much to the chagrin of many Marvel fans. But actor Jeremy Renner.
The official explanation was that he was under house arrest after the events of Civil War by order of the government, while also choosing to "retire" from being a part of the Avengers to be more present in his family's lives. It's mentioned in the Hawkeye page you've tagged under this post, as well as the Avengers: Infinity War page we have here on the wiki.. Avengers: Infinity War may be a major success for Marvel Studios, but fans will always remember the one big stain on the film: there was no Hawkeye! Jeremy Renner's Clint Barton / Hawkeye was.