Magneto (film character)

Erik Lehnsherr Magneto
X-Men character
Michael Fassbender (left) and Ian McKellen (right) as Magneto in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
First appearance	X-Men (2000)
Last appearance	Dark Phoenix (2019)
Based on	Magneto by Stan Lee     Jack Kirby
Adapted by	Bryan Singer Tom DeSanto
Portrayed by	Ian McKellen[a] Michael Fassbender[b] Other: Brett Morris[c] Bill Milner[d]
In-universe information
Full name	Erik Lehnsherr
Alias	Henryk Gurzsky
Species	Human mutant
Occupation	Government agent Terrorist Steel mill worker President of Genosha
Affiliation	Brotherhood of Mutants X-Men Horsemen of Apocalypse
Family	Edie Lehnsherr (mother) Jakob Lehnsherr (father)
Spouse	Magda Gurzsky (wife)
Children	Peter Maximoff (son) Nina Gurzsky (daughter) Lorna Dane (daughter)
Relatives	Dawn Dane (granddaughter)
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	German Jew-American
Auschwitz number	214782

Erik 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 fictional 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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