Nightcrawler
Kurt Wagner teleports in a puff of smoke and is usually the gentlest person in the room he lands in. Alan Cumming played him in X2 and Kodi Smit-McPhee in the later films.
All Appearances
X2: X-Men United
The best of the original trilogy. Stryker's war on mutants unites X-Men and Brotherhood. Jean Grey's sacrifice at the end sets up The Last Stand.
2h 14m
X-Men: Apocalypse
The young X-Men face En Sabah Nur — the first mutant — in 1983. Part of the rebooted timeline after Days of Future Past.
2h 24m
Dark Phoenix
Jean Grey's Phoenix arc in 1992 — the last Fox X-Men film before Deadpool & Wolverine.
1h 54m
AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
Everything leads here.
2h 30mFrequently Asked Questions
How many MCU titles does Nightcrawler appear in?
Nightcrawler appears in 4 titles — 4 movies and 0 TV series — totalling 9 hours: X2: X-Men United, X-Men: Apocalypse, Dark Phoenix, AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY.
What order should I watch Nightcrawler movies?
Follow the story order shown above, which tracks the in-universe timeline. Start with X2: X-Men United and end with AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY for the best narrative experience.
Which Nightcrawler titles are essential to the MCU?
1 of Nightcrawler's appearances is marked essential: AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY.
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