Professor charles xavier

The character is depicted as the founder and occasional leader of the X-Men. Xavier is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants , who are born with superhuman abilities.

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He is an exceptionally powerful telepath , who can read and control the minds of others. To both shelter and train mutants from around the world, he runs a private school in the X-Mansion in Salem Center , located in Westchester County, New York. However, he later abandons his dream in favor of establishing a mutant nation in Krakoa. Throughout much of the character's history, Xavier has been depicted with paraplegia and uses a wheelchair.

One of the world's most powerful mutant telepaths, Xavier is a scientific genius and a leading authority in genetics. He has devised Cerebro and other equipment to enhance psionic powers and detect and track people with the mutant gene. Xavier's pacifist and assimilationist ideology and actions have often been contrasted with that of Magneto , a mutant leader initially characterized as a supervillain and later as a complex antihero with whom Xavier has a complicated relationship.

Patrick Stewart portrayed the character in the first three films in the 20th Century Fox X-Men film series and in various video games, and James McAvoy portrayed a younger version of the character in the prequel X-Men: First Class. Stewart would reprise the role in the film Logan , while McAvoy would further appear as his younger iteration of the character in X-Men: Apocalypse , Deadpool 2 , and Dark Phoenix Harry Lloyd portrayed the character in the third season of the television series Legion.

Stewart returned to the role again, portraying an alternate version of the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Xavier's goals are to promote the peaceful affirmation of mutant rights, to mediate the co-existence of mutants and humans, to protect mutants from violent humans, and to protect society from antagonistic mutants, including his old friend, Magneto.

To achieve these aims, he founded Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters later named the Xavier Institute to teach mutants to explore and control their powers. Xavier's students consider him a visionary and often refer to their mission as "Xavier's dream". He is highly regarded by others in the Marvel Universe , respected by various governments, and trusted by several other superhero teams, including the Avengers and the Fantastic Four.