Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto — X-Men: Apocalypse Character Profile

About Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

Master of magnetism and leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants.

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto — Character Profile

Alignment

Anti-hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Magnetism manipulation, Force field generation, Flight, Metal control, Tactical genius

• Strength: 6/10
• Intelligence: 8.5/10
• Charisma: 8/10
• Morality: 4/10
• Influence: 9/10

Affiliations

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

Quick Facts about Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

Occupation

superhero, leader, terrorist

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto's Known Relations

• Peter Maximoff — Child
• Mystique — Unmarried partner
• Charles Xavier — Enemy

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto appears in 8 titles

• X-Men (2000) — character page
• X2 (2003) — character page
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) — 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)
• Dark Phoenix (2019) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Michael Fassbender

Appears in

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto — Family Father — Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver (Evan Peters)

  Biological father and son who reunite during the climax.

• Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto — Power Manipulator — En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac)

  Apocalypse exploits Lehnsherr's trauma to recruit him into his army.

• Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto — Narrative Former Friend — Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy)

  Once close allies whose bond is tested by Apocalypse's interference.

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More characters from X-Men: Apocalypse

• Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy)
• Raven / Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence)
• Hank McCoy / Beast (Nicholas Hoult)
• Alex Summers / Havok (Lucas Till)
• En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac)
• Psylocke (Olivia Munn)
• Col. William Stryker (Josh Helman)
• Ororo Munroe / Storm (Alexandra Shipp)
• Horseman - Death (Monique Ganderton)
• Moira MacTaggert (Rose Byrne)
• Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee)
• Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver (Evan Peters)