William Stryker — X2 Character Profile

About William Stryker

Human military leader who hunts mutants, creator of Weapon X program.

William Stryker — Character Profile

Alignment

Villain

Species

Human

Abilities

Military strategy, Weapon development, Interrogation, Political manipulation, Resource management

• Strength: 4/10
• Intelligence: 8/10
• Charisma: 6/10
• Morality: 1.5/10
• Influence: 8.5/10

Affiliations

• Purifiers
• Weapon X
• Earth-616

Quick Facts about William Stryker

Occupation

priest, aircraft pilot, soldier

William Stryker's Known Relations

• Jason Stryker — Child
• Purifiers — Member of
• Weapon X — Member of
• X-Men — Enemy
• Wolverine — Enemy
• Elixir — Enemy
• Magneto — Enemy
• mutant — Enemy
• Deadpool — Enemy
• Icarus — Enemy

William Stryker appears in 4 titles

• X2 (2003)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) — character page
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) — character page
• X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Brian Cox

Appears in

X2 (2003)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• William Stryker — Conflict Arch Enemy — Logan / Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)

  Primary antagonist responsible for Logan's past trauma.

• William Stryker — Conflict Hostage — Scott Summers / Cyclops (James Marsden)

  Captured enemy used for psychological and tactical advantage.

• William Stryker — Conflict Arch Enemy — Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto (Ian McKellen)

  Ideological and physical adversaries with mutual destruction goals.

• William Stryker — Conflict Target — Jean Grey (Famke Janssen)

  Primary mutant target of Stryker's extermination program.

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