Religion and Characters in
X2 (2003)
by Zak Penn, David Hayter, Bryan Singer, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris

73 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (lead character)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
Phoenix (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	X-Men; X-Factor  The Twelve (mutants)		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; X-Factor; The Twelve (mutants); Secret Defenders		1,752
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	X-Men; Morlocks  The Twelve (mutants); X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Lady Liberators; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	X-Men; Excalibur  X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Neyaphem [Germany]		3,788
Rogue (Anna Marie)	Southern Baptist	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		3,526
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Acolytes; The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy [Foe of: X-Men (arch-enemy)]		916
Mystique (Raven Darkholme)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force  X-Factor; X-Corps; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad; X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Marauders; Dark X-Men		451
Pyro (St. John Allerdyce)	Catholic (lapsed); mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force		194
Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama)		Reavers; Thunderbolts [Japan]		138
William Stryker	Evangelical Protestant preacher; anti-mutant; Stryker Crusade (leader); Purifiers (founder)	Purifiers (founder)		44
Madeline Drake	Jewish	[mother of Iceman]		13
William Drake	Catholic	[father of Iceman]		16
Alicia Vargas	indeterminate	Secret Service [shot Nightcrawler when he attacked U.S. President]	, etc.	3
President McKenna	Christian (denomination unknown)	[U.S. President]	, etc.	3
Mitchell Laurio	indeterminate	[guard]		3
Jason Stryker		[Stryker's mutant son; used to mind-control mutants]		4
Ronny Drake	Jewish Catholic	[Iceman's brother]		3
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (cameo)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Defenders; Avengers; X-Factor; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club		5,233
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (cameo)	Communist atheist (former)	X-Men; Acolytes  Excalibur; Weapon X (Exiles) [Russia; USSR]		4,122
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) (cameo)	Jewish	X-Men; Excalibur  S.H.I.E.L.D.; Exiles		3,128
Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	X-Men; Generation X  X-Corps; X-Ternals; X-People (founder); New Warriors		570
Artie Maddicks (cameo)		X-Terminators; Generation X  Daydreamers		96
Siryn (Theresa Cassidy) (cameo)	Catholic	X-Men; Fallen Angels  X-Force; X-Corporation; X-Factor Investigations [Ireland]		162
Black King (Sebastian Shaw) (cameo)		Council of the Chosen; Hellfire Club Inner Circle		122
unnamed doctor (cameo)	indeterminate	Weapon X (staff) [part of team that gave Wolverine adamantium bones]		3
President's Secretary (cameo)	indeterminate	[secretary]		3
White House Checkpoint Agent (cameo)	indeterminate	Secret Service		3
Lead White House Agent (Sid Walters) (cameo)	indeterminate	Secret Service	, etc.	3
Oval Office Agent Fabrizio (cameo)	indeterminate	Secret Service		3
Oval Office Agent Cartwright (cameo)	indeterminate	Secret Service		3
unnamed special ops agent (cameo)	indeterminate	Secret Service		3
unnamed teenager (cameo)	indeterminate	[student]		3
unnamed teenager (cameo)	indeterminate	[student]		3
unnamed janitor (cameo)	indeterminate	[impersonated by Mystique]		3
Jones (cameo)	indeterminate	Weapon X [part of team that gave Wolverine adamantium bones]		4
Lyman (cameo)	indeterminate	Weapon X		3
unnamed plastic prison guard (cameo)	indeterminate			3
unnamed cop (cameo)	indeterminate			3
unnamed lead cop (cameo)	indeterminate			3
unnamed cop (cameo)	indeterminate			3
Little Girl 143 (cameo)	indeterminate			3
Wilkins (cameo)	indeterminate	Weapon X		3
Smith (cameo)	indeterminate	Weapon X		3
unnamed soldier (cameo)	indeterminate	Weapon X		3
unnamed soldier (cameo)	indeterminate	Weapon X		3
unnamed soldier (cameo)	indeterminate	Weapon X		3
unnamed soldier (cameo)	indeterminate	Weapon X		3
unnamed soldier (cameo)	indeterminate	Weapon X		3
unnamed captured mutant student (cameo)	indeterminate	Xavier Institute		3
unnamed captured mutant student (cameo)	indeterminate	Xavier Institute		3
unnamed captured mutant student (cameo)	indeterminate	Xavier Institute		3
unnamed mutant student (cameo)	indeterminate	Xavier Institute		3
unnamed mutant student (cameo)	indeterminate	Xavier Institute		3
unnamed mutant student (cameo)	indeterminate	Xavier Institute		3
unnamed mutant student (cameo)	indeterminate	Xavier Institute		3
Abrahams (cameo)	indeterminate	[politician]		3
unnamed cameraman (cameo)	indeterminate	[camera operator]		3
unnamed F-16 fighter pilot (cameo)	indeterminate	U.S. Air Force		3
unnamed news reporter (cameo)	indeterminate	[reporter]		3
unnamed news reporter (cameo)	indeterminate	[reporter]		3
unnamed news reporter (cameo)	indeterminate	[reporter]		3
unnamed news reporter (cameo)	indeterminate	[reporter]		3
unnamed news reporter (cameo)	indeterminate	[reporter]		3
unnamed girl eating ice cream (cameo)	indeterminate	[girl eating ice cream in museum Xavier students visited]		3
unnamed TV host (cameo)	indeterminate	[TV host]		3
unnamed soldier (cameo)	indeterminate	Weapon X		3
unnamed guard (cameo)	indeterminate	[guard]		3
unnamed police officer (cameo)	indeterminate	[police]		3
unnamed security officer (cameo)	indeterminate	[guard]		3
Senator Robert Kelly (someone disguised as)	anti-mutant activist; (AoA) mutant-human peace activist	Project: Wideawake		84

The feature film "X2" is also known as "X-Men 2."

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