Hank / Beast — X-Men: First Class Character Profile

About Hank / Beast

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

Hank / Beast — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Superhuman agility, Genius intellect, Combat

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

Affiliations

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

Quick Facts about Hank / Beast

Occupation

superhero, university teacher, biochemist

First Appearance

X-Men #1

Hank / 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 / 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)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) — character page
• X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) — character page
• Deadpool 2 (2018) — character page
• Dark Phoenix (2019) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Nicholas Hoult

Appears in

X-Men: First Class (2011)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Hank / Beast — Professional Team Leaders — Charles Xavier (James McAvoy)

  Charles directs Hank's scientific contribution to the emerging mutant team.

  Charles meets Hank at Division X and uses Hank's mutant-locating device, Cerebro, to recruit other mutants.

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