Charles Xavier / Professor X — Dark Phoenix Character Profile

About Charles Xavier / Professor X

Powerful telepathic mutant, founder of the X-Men and Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.

Charles Xavier / Professor X — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Enhanced_human

Abilities

Telepathy, Mind control, Astral projection, Leadership, Genius intellect

• Strength: 3/10
• Intelligence: 10/10
• Charisma: 9/10
• Morality: 9/10
• Influence: 10/10

Affiliations

• Earth-10005
• Earth-17315
• Revised X-Men film series timeline

Quick Facts about Charles Xavier / Professor X

Full Name

Charles Francis Xavier

Education

University of Oxford

Occupation

scientist, professor, superhero

Nationality

[[British people

Charles Xavier / Professor X's Known Relations

• Jean Grey — Student
• Ororo Munroe — Student
• Magneto — Enemy

Charles Xavier / Professor X appears in 12 titles

• X-Men (2000) — character page
• X2 (2003) — character page
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) — character page
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) — character page
• X-Men: First Class (2011) — character page
• The Wolverine (2013) — character page
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) — character page
• X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) — character page
• Logan (2017) — character page
• Deadpool 2 (2018) — character page
• Dark Phoenix (2019)
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

James McAvoy

Appears in

Dark Phoenix (2019)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Charles Xavier / Professor X — Professional Mentor — Jean Grey / Dark Phoenix (Sophie Turner)

  Charles serves as Jean's mentor and trains her to manage her powers.

  Charles Xavier brings Jean to his School for Gifted Youngsters and promises to teach her to control her mutant abilities.

• Charles Xavier / Professor X — Professional Colleague — Hank McCoy / Beast (Nicholas Hoult)

  They are senior colleagues whose professional relationship is damaged by Raven's death.

  Hank works at Xavier's school and later takes Xavier's place as dean after Xavier retires.

• Charles Xavier / Professor X — Power Team Leader — Scott Summers / Cyclops (Tye Sheridan)

  Xavier is Scott's mentor and institutional leader.

  Xavier leads the school and the X-Men, while Scott operates as an X-Man who follows the group's mission to save Jean.

• Charles Xavier / Professor X — Professional Team Leader — Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee)

  Kurt serves on the team founded and led by Xavier.

  Kurt is among the X-Men who respond to Xavier's ongoing crisis involving Jean and later fights beside him against the D'Bari.

• Charles Xavier / Professor X — Professional Team Leader — Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver (Evan Peters)

  Peter is a field member of Xavier's X-Men.

  Peter participates in the X-Men's response to Jean's uncontrolled powers under the leadership of Xavier's team.

• Charles Xavier / Professor X — Conflict Enemy — Vuk (Jessica Chastain)

  Xavier opposes Vuk's attempt to weaponize Jean's power.

  Xavier fights alongside the mutants against Vuk and the D'Bari forces during the train attack.

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• Scott Summers / Cyclops (Tye Sheridan)
• Dr. John Grey (Scott Shepherd)
• Erik Lensherr / Magneto (Michael Fassbender)
• Jones (Ato Essandoh)
• Hospital Doctor (Todd Hallowell)
• Hospital Doctor (Josh McLaglen)
• Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver (Evan Peters)
• Alison Blaire / Dazzler (Halston Sage)
• President of the United States (Brian d'Arcy James)
• Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee)