Magneto (film character)

Erik Lehnsherr
Magneto
X-Men film series character
First appearanceX-Men (2000)
Last appearanceDark Phoenix (2019)
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In-universe information
Full nameErik Lehnsherr
AliasHenryk Gurzsky
SpeciesHuman mutant
Occupation
  • Government agent
  • Terrorist
  • Steel mill worker
  • President of Genosha
Affiliation
Family
SpouseMagda Gurzsky
Children
RelativesDawn Dane (granddaughter)
ReligionJudaism
NationalityGerman Jew-American
Auschwitz number214782

Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, also known as Magneto, is a character primarily portrayed by Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender in 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, he has appeared in eight installments of the franchise. McKellen played Magneto in the original trilogy films X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), in addition to making a cameo in The Wolverine (2013); while Fassbender portrayed a younger version of the character in the prequel films X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), and Dark Phoenix (2019). Both actors' iterations appeared in different time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).

As in the comics, Magneto is depicted as a powerful mutant, a subspecies of humans born with superhuman abilities, who can manipulate and generate magnetic fields. He is a Holocaust survivor who regards mutants as being superior to humans, and seeks to enable them to replace mankind as the dominant species on the planet.
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