Hank McCoy / Beast — Dark Phoenix Character Profile

About Hank McCoy / Beast

Mutant with superhuman strength and agility, blue fur, genius intellect.

Hank McCoy / Beast — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Enhanced_human

Abilities

Superhuman strength, Agility, Genius intellect, Scientific expertise, Acrobatics

• Strength: 8/10
• Intelligence: 10/10
• Charisma: 6/10
• Morality: 9/10
• Influence: 7/10

Affiliations

• X-Men
• Avengers
• Defenders
• X-Factor
• S.W.O.R.D.
• X-Terminators
• Earth-616

Quick Facts about Hank McCoy / Beast

Occupation

superhero, university teacher, biochemist

First Appearance

X-Men #1

Hank McCoy / Beast's Known Relations

• Norton McCoy — Father
• Edna McCoy — Mother
• Abigail Brand — Unmarried partner
• Professor X — Student of
• X-Men — Member of
• Avengers — Member of
• Defenders — Member of
• X-Factor — Member of
• S.W.O.R.D. — Member of
• X-Terminators — Member of
• Dark Beast — Enemy

Hank McCoy / Beast appears in 8 titles

• X-Men (1992) — character page
• X2 (2003) — character page
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) — character page
• X-Men: First Class (2011) — character page
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) — character page
• X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) — character page
• Deadpool 2 (2018) — character page
• Dark Phoenix (2019)

Character Facts

Played by

Nicholas Hoult

Appears in

Dark Phoenix (2019)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Hank McCoy / Beast — Conflict Former Ally Turned Enemy — Jean Grey / Dark Phoenix (Sophie Turner)

  Hank's grief over Raven's death drives him to temporarily oppose Jean.

• Hank McCoy / Beast — Professional Mentor — Charles Xavier / Professor X (James McAvoy)

  Xavier maintains a mentor-student dynamic despite Hank's temporary defection.

• Hank McCoy / Beast — Alliance Former Colleagues — Scott Summers / Cyclops (Tye Sheridan)

  Scott bridges the gap between Hank and the main X-Men team.

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