Professor X
Charles Xavier founded the school and the team, and spent his life arguing that mutants and humans could share a world. Patrick Stewart played him across the original Fox films and James McAvoy played him young, and both versions run through the same story.
All Appearances
X-Men: First Class
Xavier and Magneto's origin — their friendship, split, and divergent ideologies. Both confirmed for Doomsday with the original actors.
2h 12m
X-Men
The original X-Men film — Xavier's school, Magneto's Brotherhood, and the first clash. Introduces the full Fox cast confirmed returning for Doomsday.
1h 44m
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: The Last Stand
Jean Grey returns as the Phoenix. Xavier is killed. Magneto loses his powers. The entire Fox cast confirmed returning for Doomsday — Days of Future Past retcons this timeline.
1h 44m
The Wolverine
Logan in Japan mourning Jean Grey. Its post-credits scene sets up Days of Future Past.
2h 6m
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Wolverine rewrites the X-Men timeline — erasing the dark future and restoring all the characters who died. Critical for understanding which version of the X-Men exists going into Doomsday.
2h 11m
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
Logan
Set in 2029 — almost all mutants are gone. Logan dies protecting the next generation. His failure and sacrifice are the emotional core of Deadpool & Wolverine.
2h 17m
AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
Everything leads here.
2h 30mFrequently Asked Questions
How many MCU titles does Professor X appear in?
Professor X appears in 10 titles — 10 movies and 0 TV series — totalling 21.3 hours: X-Men: First Class, X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, Dark Phoenix, Logan, AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY.
What order should I watch Professor X movies?
Follow the story order shown above, which tracks the in-universe timeline. Start with X-Men: First Class and end with AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY for the best narrative experience.
Which Professor X titles are essential to the MCU?
1 of Professor X's appearances is marked essential: AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY.
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