Across the multiple timelines, themovies of the X-Menfranchise introduced a handful of surprisingly old mutant characters.

She returned for the apocalyptic prelude toDays of Future Pastand was shown battling against Bolivar Trasks Sentinels.

A younger version of Storm appeared in the prequel timeline, making her debut inX-Men: Apocalypse.

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Played in the original trilogy by Rebecca Romijn, Mystique was at her oldest inX-Men: The Last Stand.

X-Men: First Classintroduces Mystique as a child of approximately 10 years old in a scene set in 1944.

Even so,her apparent age of 73 makes her one of the oldest X-Men movie characters.

Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and Tyler Mane’s Sabretooth from the MCU.

Hoults version of the character is first introduced inX-Men: First Class, which is set in 1962.

Shockingly, Wolverine and Sabretooth have a closer relationship in the film franchise than originally thought.

Even the comics knew this already.

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X-Men Origins: Wolverines opening sequence establishes that Sabretooth would have been born around 1835.

Considering his abilities, its no surprise that hes also one of the oldest X-Men characters in live-action.

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