X-Men (film series)/Characters

Wolverine/Logan/James Howlett
""I'm the best there is at what I do, and what I do best isn't very nice. I'm the Wolverine.""

"Portrayed by Hugh Jackman."


 * Adaptational Attractiveness: He's considerably taller and better looking than in the comics.
 * The Atoner
 * Badass
 * Badass Beard
 * The Berserker
 * Cain and Abel: With Sabretooth.
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Healing Factor
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Mysterious Past
 * Older Than They Look
 * Wolverine Claws: Obviously.

Professor Charles Xavier/Professor X
""Mutation: it is the key to our evolution. It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, and normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward.""

"Portrayed by Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy."


 * Badass Bookworm
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Break the Cutie: In First Class. He starts out highly idealistic and arguably naive, and while he doesn't lose his ideals, he gets blindsided by reality and becomes a lot more cautious by the end of the movie.
 * Chivalrous Pervert: In First Class.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Genius Cripple
 * : In The Last Stand.
 * Guile Hero
 * Handicapped Badass
 * Hollywood Nerd: Averted in First Class. he's attractive, and the first thing we see him using his telepathy for is picking up chicks.
 * Hot Scientist: In First Class.
 * Patrick Stewart Speech: Given who plays him, not surprising.
 * Team Dad

Dr Henry ‘Hank’ McCoy/Beast
""Not all of us can fit in so easily. You don't shed on the furniture.""

"Portrayed by Kelsey Grammer and Nicholas Hoult"


 * Adorkable
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Gentle Giant
 * Karmic Transformation: Tries to develop a "cure" for his relatively minor physical mutation in First Class, which instead supercharges it, turning him blue and hairy.
 * The Smart Guy
 * You Gotta Have Blue Fur

Jean Grey/Phoenix
""Ladies and gentlemen, we are now seeing the beginnings of another stage of human evolution.""

"Portrayed by Famke Janssen."


 * Action Girl
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Death-Activated Superpower
 * Heroes Want Redheads
 * Fiery Redhead -> Evil Redhead
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Super-Powered Evil Side

Scott Summers/Cyclops
""It must burn you up that a boy like me saved your life, huh? Gotta be careful. I might not be there next time. Oh, and Logan - stay away from my girl.""

"Portrayed by James Marsden and Tim Pocock."


 * Cool Shades
 * Eye Beams
 * Sunglasses at Night
 * Unlucky Everydude
 * Unlucky Everydude

Ororo Munroe/Storm
""Since when did we become a disease?""

"Portrayed by Halle Berry"


 * Action Girl
 * Blow You Away
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom
 * Shock and Awe
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl

Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler
""My name is Kurt Wagner, but in the Munich circus I was known as the Incredible Nightcrawler.""

"Portrayed by Alan Cumming."


 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Nice Guy
 * Put on a Bus: He didn't appear in The Last Stand, with no explanation given. (The in-universe explanation appears in X-Men: The Official Game where Nightcrawler leaves due to the X-Men's missions clashing with his peaceful nature; The real life one was Alan Cumming refusing to return without Bryan Singer.)
 * Real Men Love Jesus
 * Teleport Spam
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Marie/Rogue
""The first boy I ever kissed ended up in a coma for three weeks. I can still feel him inside my head.""

"Portrayed by Anna Paquin"


 * Blessed with Suck
 * Can't Have Sex Ever
 * Damsel in Distress: In the first movie.
 * I Just Want to Be Normal
 * The Runaway: In the first movie.
 * Took a Level in Badass: In X2.
 * Vampiric Draining

Bobby Drake/Iceman
""Have you ever wanted to be with someone so badly, but you can't?""

"Portrayed by Shawn Ashmore."


 * An Ice Person
 * Nice Guy

Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat
"Portrayed by Ellen Page, Sumela Kay and Katie Stuart"


 * Deadly Dodging
 * Intangible Woman
 * Pint-Sized Powerhouse

Peter Rasputin/Colossus
"Portrayed by Daniel Cudmore"


 * The Big Guy
 * Made of Iron
 * The Quiet One: He has only one line in X-3, despite his larger role.
 * Super Strength

Sean Cassidy/Banshee
"Portrayed by Caleb Landry Jones."


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Make Me Wanna Shout
 * Not Quite Flight

Alexander Summers/Havok
"Portrayed by Lucas Till."


 * The Big Guy
 * Chest Blaster

Armando Muñoz/Darwin
""Well, Darwin's already a nickname... and it fits: "adapt to survive" and all...""

"Portrayed by Edi Gathegi."


 * Adaptive Ability
 * Adaptational Attractiveness: In the comics, he had bulging eyes, slits for a nose, and reptilian grey skin. In the movie, he looks like a normal human.
 * Race Lift: Hispanic in the comics (though his grey skin made it hard to tell), African-American in the movie.
 * Race Lift: Hispanic in the comics (though his grey skin made it hard to tell), African-American in the movie.
 * Race Lift: Hispanic in the comics (though his grey skin made it hard to tell), African-American in the movie.

Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
""There is no land of tolerance. There is no peace. Women and children, whole families, destroyed simply because they were born different. Well, after tonight, the world's powerful will be just like us...Our cause will be theirs.""

"Portrayed by Ian McKellen, Brett Morris, Bill Milner and Michael Fassbender."


 * Affably Evil
 * Anti-Villain
 * Badass
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Big Bad
 * Cool Helmet
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Enemy Mine: In X2.
 * Evil Genius
 * Friendly Enemy: To Charles Xavier.
 * Knight Templar
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Not So Different: From the very people he hates(the Nazi's, Shaw, etc.)
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Against the Nazi's and Sebastian Shaw in particular during First Class.
 * Start of Darkness / Villain Protagonist: In First Class.
 * Visionary Villain
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Wicked Cultured
 * Worthy Opponent

Raven Darkholme/Mystique
""You know, people like you are the reason I was afraid to go to school as a child.""

"Portrayed by Rebecca Romjin, Jennifer Lawrence and Morgan Lily."


 * Barbie Doll Anatomy
 * Badass Abnormal
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: She wasn't too fond of seeing Charles hit on other women in a pub in First Class.
 * Cute Monster Girl: As a kid, at the start of First Class.
 * The Dragon: To Magneto.
 * Enemy Mine: In X2.
 * Evil Redhead
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Face Heel Turn: In First Class.
 * Femme Fatale
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Full-Frontal Assault
 * Made of Iron
 * Marquee Alter Ego
 * Monster Modesty
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Shapshifting Seductress
 * Start of Darkness: In First Class.
 * Yellow Eyes

John Allerdyce/Pyro
""You know all those dangerous mutants you hear about in the news? I'm the worst one.""

"Portrayed by Aaron Stanford"


 * Arch Enemy: To Bobby.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * The Dragon: To Magneto in the third film.
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Playing with Fire

Victor Creed/Sabretooth
"Portrayed by Tyler Mane and Liev Schreiber."


 * Arch Enemy: To Wolverine.
 * Ax Crazy
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Big Brother Instinct
 * Cain and Abel
 * The Brute: To Magneto in X-Men.
 * Evil Counterpart: To Wolverine.
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Psycho for Hire
 * Scarily Competent Tracker

Mortimer Toynbee/Toad
"Portrayed by Ray Park."


 * Adaptational Badass
 * Actor Allusion: In one scene, he spins a staff around much like Darth Maul.
 * Deadpan Snarker: “Weren’t you meant to bring someone back with you?”
 * Evil Brit
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Overly Long Tongue

Cain Marko/Juggernaut
""Don't you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!""

"Portrayed by Vinnie Jones."


 * Badass Boast: You know what's coming. "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!
 * The Brute
 * Evil Brit
 * The Juggernaut

Callisto
"Portrayed by Dania Ramirez."


 * Super Senses

Maxwell Jordan/Quill
"Portrayed by Ken Leung."

James ‘Jamie’ Madrox/Multiple Man
"Portrayed by Eric Dane."


 * Me's a Crowd
 * Two Scene Wonder

Col. William Stryker
"I was pilotin' Black Ops missions in the jungles of North Vietnam while you were suckin' on your mama's tit at Woodstock, Kelly. Don't lecture me about war. This already is a war."

"Portrayed by Brian Cox and Danny Huston."


 * Big Bad: In X2 and Wolverine: Origins.
 * Fantastic Racism: Tries to murder all mutants.
 * General Ripper
 * Smug Snake

Yuriko Oyama/Lady Deathstrike
"Portrayed by Kelly Hu."


 * Brainwashing: Mind-controlled by Stryker.
 * Dark Action Girl
 * The Dragon: To Stryker.
 * Distaff Counterpart / Evil Counterpart: To Wolverine, having an adamantium skeleton like he does, and showing what he could have been if he hadn't escaped from Stryker.
 * Healing Factor
 * Wolverine Claws
 * Wolverine Claws

Wade Wilson/Deadpool
"Portrayed by Ryan Reynolds and Scott Adkins."


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Dual-Wielding
 * Katanas Are Just Better

John Wraith/Kestrel
"Portrayed by Will.i.am."


 * Black Best Friend
 * Teleporters and Transporters

Agent Zero
"Portrayed by Daniel Henney."


 * Cold Sniper
 * The Dragon
 * Guns Akimbo
 * The Gunslinger
 * Improbable Aiming Skills

Frederick J. Dukes/Blob
"Portrayed by Kevin Durand."


 * Berserk Button: Don't call him Blob.
 * The Big Guy
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Stout Strength

Kayla Silverfox
"Portrayed by Lyn Collins."


 * The Chick

Chris Bradley/Bolt
"Portrayed by Dominic Monaghan."


 * Shock and Awe

Jason Stryker/Mutant 143
"Portrayed by Michael Reid McKay and Keely Purvis"


 * Evil Cripple
 * Master of Illusion
 * Mismatched Eyes: One blue and one green.

Sebastian Shaw
"Portrayed by Kevin Bacon."


 * A Nazi by Any Other Name: Justified, as he was a former Nazi Scientist.
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Caused the Cuban Missile Crisis.
 * Big Bad: of First Class
 * Energy Absorption: Any energy, even bullets, is something he can fully absorb into his body, and it is implied that this is how he was able to retain a youthful body. However, retaining his youth is literally the least he can do with it, as he is capable of sending the energy right at someone or something. His absorption skills are potent enough to also absorb the entire explosive output equivalent to that of a nuclear bomb.
 * Evil Mentor: To Erik.
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * Mad Scientist: As Klaus Schmidt.
 * Manipulative Bastard: Attempted. He tries to manipulate the superpowers into increasingly aggressive actions (missiles in Turkey and Cuba), but generally has to resort to outright threats to get military personnel on both the US and Soviet sides to do what he wants.
 * Man of Wealth and Taste
 * Playing Both Sides: Plays at "advising" both US and Soviet officials.

Emma Frost
"Portrayed by January Jones."


 * Blondes Are Evil
 * The Dragon: To Sebastian Shaw.
 * Femme Fatale
 * Lady Macbeth
 * Light Is Not Good: Typically dresses in white, but she has no discernible morals.
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Psychic Powers
 * Stripperiffic

Azazel
"Portrayed by Jason Flemyng."


 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Blue Eyes
 * Icy Blue Eyes
 * Bright Is Not Good: His skin is of a vivid red.
 * Combat Pragmatist
 * Dark Is Evil: He's always dressed in black.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a scar that crosses his left eye.
 * Master Swordsman
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast
 * Obviously Evil
 * Red and Black and Evil All Over
 * Teleport Spam

Angel Salvadore/Angel
"Portrayed by Zoe Kravitz."


 * Chekhov's Gunman: Sharp-eyed viewers might notice her in the first strip club scene as the only black stripper there.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Sort of. When she defected and witnessed Shaw's brutal murder of Darwin, she was briefly shown to be shocked and somewhat disturbed at what he did.
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: She was sick and tired of the CIA grunts mocking her and her teammates for her being a mutant (enough to say that even men gawking at her in her former job at a strip club was actually better than this), so she figured that she might as well defect to the Hellfire Club, since at least they had some respect for her mutant abilities.
 * Stripperiffic: Her outfit. Justified, as she used to work as a stripper prior to joining the X-men, and she needs her back open to use her wings.
 * Winged Humanoid: Her most obvious mutation is insectoid wings, though she's able to disguise them as tattoos.

Janos Quested/Riptide
"Portrayed by Alex Gonzalez."


 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Blow You Away
 * The Quiet One

Moira McTaggart
"Portrayed by Olivia Williams & Rose Byrne."


 * Badass Normal
 * Dirty Harriet: Poses as a call girl to infiltrate a Hellfire Club meeting.
 * Race Lift: She's Scottish in the comics but American in First Class What makes this weird is that she was Scottish in The Last Stand.

Senator Robert Kelly
"Portrayed by Bruce Davison."


 * Fantastic Racism: Generally makes McCarthy-like statements about mutants, and voices the desire to imprison all of them.

The Man in Black
"Portrayed by Oliver Platt"


 * Mauve Shirt
 * No Name Given