Magneto — X-Men: Days of Future Past Character Profile

About Magneto

Powerful mutant master of magnetism and frequent X-Men adversary.

Magneto — Character Profile

Alignment

Anti-hero

Species

Enhanced_human

Abilities

Magnetism control, Metal manipulation, Strategic leadership

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

Affiliations

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

Quick Facts about Magneto

Occupation

superhero, leader, terrorist

Magneto's Known Relations

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

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) — character page
• Dark Phoenix (2019) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Ian McKellen

Appears in

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Magneto — Conflict Arch Enemy — Raven / Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence)

  Their ideological clash over mutant survival leads to direct physical confrontation.

• Magneto — Conflict Rival — Charles Xavier (James McAvoy)

  Long-standing ideological rivals clash over the future of mutants and humans.

• Magneto — Conflict Adversary — Logan / Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)

  Magneto's ruthless tactics temporarily turn him against Logan during the climax.

• Magneto — Conflict Opponent — Hank / Beast (Nicholas Hoult)

  McCoy directly opposes Magneto's violent methods during the mansion skirmish.

Explore the full interactive character relationship map of X-Men: Days of Future Past

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• Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender)
• Professor X (Patrick Stewart)
• Dr. Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage)
• Raven / Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence)
• Hank / Beast (Nicholas Hoult)
• Storm (Halle Berry)
• Blink (Fan Bingbing)
• Peter / Quicksilver (Evan Peters)
• Bobby / Iceman (Shawn Ashmore)
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