X-Men (TV Series) - Characters - Principal Cast

Principal Cast

• George Buza as Beast/Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy - At the start of the first season, Beast is arrested for the X-Men's raid on the Mutant Control Agency's building. Rather than be broken out by his fellow X-Men, Beast insists on having his day in court to prove mutants are not out-of-control or above the law. However, after his life is saved by the X-Men, Robert Kelly has a change of heart about mutants – his first acts being arranging Beast's bail and pardon. Upon rejoining the team full-time in the second season, Beast takes part in many adventures. One such episode, "Beauty & the Beast" (which detailed Beast and a normal human's mutual romantic interest), won particular acclaim. Buza also voiced Beast in "The Mutant Agenda"/"Mutant's Revenge" two-parter, a crossover with the Spider-Man animated series. He offers Spider-Man advice in seeking a cure for his mutagenic disease and becomes entangled in the Brand Corporation's plot to eradicate mutants. This two-parter establishes that Beast was initially resentful of his mutancy and sought to cure himself, but his efforts led to his blue fur form.
• Alyson Court as Jubilee/Jubilation Lee - Jubilee was close to many X-Men, including Gambit, as he helped to save her from the Sentinels in the pilot "Night of the Sentinels". She also had a very close relationship with Wolverine who was still shown to dote on her in his own gruff way; in one episode, Logan was even shown teaching Jubilee how to drive. In the final episodes of the series, her appearance was redesigned without explanation to her Generation X look. She also guest starred in Spider-Man: The Animated Series in the 1990s in the fourth and fifth episodes of Season 2, along with the rest of the X-Men.
• Tony Daniels as Gambit/Remy LeBeau (1997)
• Catherine Disher as Jean Grey/Phoenix - As in the comics, Jean Grey was in a relationship with Cyclops, eventually marrying him while being the target of Wolverine's unrequited affection. For the most part she was a warm, friendly person who when necessary stepped in and played peace maker between Cyclops and Wolverine. As far as her relationship with Cyclops was concerned, they were very happy and content with each other, in stark contrast to Gambit and Rogue, who were often fighting and bickering. The entire saga of the Phoenix is retold and adapted in the third season of the X-Men animated series, subdivided into the five-part "Phoenix Saga," in which Jean acquires the power of the Phoenix and the battle for the M'Kraan Crystal occurs, and the "Dark Phoenix Saga", showcasing the battle with the Hellfire Club, the Phoenix's transformation into Dark Phoenix, and the battle to decide her fate. These particular episodes are as close as the cartoon came to directly duplicating the comic book storylines - the "Dark Phoenix Saga" is so accurate to the original stories that the episodes have the additional credit, "Based on stories by Chris Claremont." She also appears in Spider-Man: The Animated Series in the 1990s in first the fourth and fifth episodes of Season 2, along with the rest of the X-Men.
• Cathal J. Dodd as Wolverine/Logan - Wolverine is nearly taken straight from the comics. Though he never kills his opponents, it has been implied several times that he would if the other X-Men were not there to hold him back. He dons the classic yellow and blue costume from the comics. Wolverine is also in love with Jean Grey, who is Cyclops's girlfriend for most of the series. This and Cyclops's decision to leave Morph and Beast behind following an attack from the Sentinels led to Wolverine feeling a great resentment for the X-Men leader. Wolverine remembers very little about his past. One difference from the comic version is that Wolverine actually sees the claws when they first come out his hands. He used the aliases "Logan" and "John Logan" in the series.
• Iona Morris as Storm/Ororo Munroe (1992-1993) - Morris originally voiced Storm for the first season and the first 7 episodes of Season 2, and then Alison Sealy-Smith for the rest of the series and the final version of the Season 1 episodes replacing Morris as the voice of Storm.
• Chris Potter as Gambit (1992–1996) - For much of the series, Gambit is insecure about whether the X-Men trust him, despite being loyal to the team throughout the series. In Slave Island, when Gambit, Jubilee and Storm were captured by Sentinels, he pretends to abandon the captured mutants, but only to escape and return to rescue them. One particular episode (Days of the Future's Past) features the time traveler Bishop accuses Gambit of betraying the X-Men by assassinating Senator Robert Kelly. The traitor is revealed to be the shapeshifting Mystique disguised as Gambit. One episode explored Gambit's past as a member of the Guild of Thieves, and his romantic relationship with Bella Donna. Throughout most of the series, Gambit maintains a flirtatious relationship with Rogue, eventually telling her that he loves her in the episode "Reunion, Part 2" though nothing more seemed to come from this. Other episodes which featured Gambit include the "Sanctuary" series, which involve Professor X, Beast and Gambit going to Asteroid M to speak with Magneto. On the asteroid, the X-Men were blamed for the murder of Magneto and chased off the asteroid. Gambit stayed behind to give the others a chance to escape. He was later rescued by the X-Men. He also guest starred in Spider-Man in the 1990s in the fourth and fifth episodes of the second season, along with the rest of the X-Men.
• Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm (1993–1997) - Storm has served as second-in-command of the team and also has many episodes dedicated to her like "Storm Front" where she called upon by Arkon to save an entire planet. In Season 2, The Shadow King lures Storm home to Mt. Kilimanjaro by 'possessing' her young spiritual son Mjnari, so Rogue and Storm travel to Africa to stop the Shadow King. After a brief fight Mjnari lures Shadow King back into the Astral Plain and The Shadow King is again trapped there. Storm also recurs her own episodes in "Savage Land Pt. 1 and 2", where Sauron captures Storm for her powers. During the series, she shows no love interest in Forge, however she does for Wolverine in an alternate reality episode entitled "One Man's Worth". She is also claustrophobic.
• Cedric Smith as Professor X, Red Skull - Professor X appears in 20 episodes as a core member of the regular character lineup. In this series he uses a hovering wheelchair similar to that provided by Lilandra in the comics. Cedric Smith also voiced the role in two episodes of Spider-Man featuring the X-Men. Spider-Man tries to get help from Professor X to find out what he is mutating into only to learn that Professor X does not have the ability to know.

Red Skull appears in a flashback in the "Old Soldiers" episode.

• Norm Spencer as Cyclops/Scott Summers - Cyclops wears his then current costume designed by Jim Lee. In this version, Scott was the established team leader and was in a relationship with Jean Grey from the beginning of the series, acting more or less as his mainstream counterpart would. Throughout the series, Scott also discovered that his father was the space-pirate Corsair. During a battle with the government team known as X-Factor, Scott had to fight his brother Alex. Neither of the two seemed aware that they were brothers, and their powers seemed to have no effect on each other. When the series ended, Scott and Alex never had the chance to discover they are related. In the series, it was also revealed that he was one of the original X-Men members along with Beast, Jean, and Iceman. In the final episode of the show, a dying Charles Xavier tells him, "Scott, were I your father, I would tell you, 'no true a son could ever be.' I am proud." He also guest starred in Spider-Man: The Animated Series in the 1990s in "The Mutant Agenda/Mutant's Revenge", along with the rest of the X-Men, when Spider-Man sought Professor X's help in curing his recent mutation crisis.
• Lenore Zann as Rogue - In this series, Rogue had her absorption powers, Ms. Marvel powers, and a copy of Ms. Marvel's psyche trapped inside her own. She is somewhat liberal in her use of her powers, but it is sometimes shown how the psyches affect her mind, such as when she absorbed the powers/minds of particularly dark or evil characters, like Archangel while he was a Horseman or the Juggernaut. Rogue has a love-hate relationship with Gambit throughout most of the series, similar to the comics, even referring to herself as Mrs. LeBeau in "Hidden Agenda". However, Rogue also displays a more flirtatious attitude towards numerous other characters, such as Cyclops, Archangel, Colossus, and during the X-Men's appearance on Spider-Man: The Animated Series, she flirted with Spider-Man. During the series, Rogue is one of the characters affected by the news of the 'cure', which Apocalypse and Mystique used to make mutants into slaves. She is also revisited by Cody, her first boyfriend, and almost runs away with him. However, Rogue discovers that he was part of a plot for her to become the new ruler of the Brood, or "the Colony". Rogue was voiced by Lenore Zann. This particular version of Rogue also appeared in the Animated Series' two tie in comics: X-Men Adventures and The Adventures of the X-Men, with the former being based on the animated series and the latter including the same characters but with original storylines. Rogue appeared to be a regular in the first three volumes of this series, but appeared only in the final issue of The Adventures of the X-Men.