X-Men (1990)
by mcinerneythomas230 | created - 24 Aug 2014 | updated - 24 Aug 2014 | PublicWhat if X-Men was made 10 years earlier?
1. Mel Gibson
Actor | Braveheart
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York, USA, as the sixth of eleven children of Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Anne Patricia (Reilly) Gibson (who died in December of 1990). His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is ...
Logan/Wolverine
2. Sean Connery
Actor | The Rock
The tall, handsome and muscular Scottish actor Sean Connery is best known as the original actor to portray James Bond in the hugely successful movie franchise, starring in seven films between 1962 and 1983. Some believed that such a career-defining role might leave him unable to escape it, but he ...
Professor Charles Xavier
3. Christopher Plummer
Actor | Beginners
Legendary actor Christopher Plummer, perhaps Canada's greatest thespian, delivered outstanding performances as Sherlock Holmes in Murder by Decree (1979), the chilling villain in The Silent Partner (1978), the iconoclastic Mike Wallace in The Insider (1999), the empathetic psychiatrist in A ...
Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
4. Nicole Kidman
Actress | Moulin Rouge!
Elegant Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, while her Australian parents were there on educational visas.
Kidman is the daughter of Janelle Ann (Glenny), a nursing instructor, and Antony David Kidman, a biochemist and clinical ...
Dr. Jean Grey
5. Tom Cruise
Actor | Top Gun
In 1976, if you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be Tom Cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. ...
Scott Summers/Cyclops
6. Rae Dawn Chong
Actress | Commando
Rae Dawn Chong was born February 28, 1961 in Edmonton, Canada. After a few film and television spots, Rae Dawn earned a Genie for her performance in Jean-Jacques Annaud's prehistoric-drama Quest for Fire (1981). She played the young, Ivaka prisoner, Ika. Other notables roles include Harpo's ...
Ororo Munroe/Storm
7. Winona Ryder
Actress | Little Women
Winona Ryder was born Winona Laura Horowitz in Olmsted County, Minnesota, and was named after a nearby town, Winona, Minnesota. She is the daughter of Cynthia (Istas), an author and video producer, and Michael Horowitz, a publisher and bookseller. Her father's family is Ukrainian Jewish and ...
Marie/Rogue
8. Daryl Hannah
Actress | Wall Street
Daryl Christine Hannah was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She is the daughter of Susan Jeanne (Metzger), a schoolteacher and later a producer, and Donald Christian Hannah, who owned a tugboat/barge company. Her stepfather was music journalist/promoter Jerrold Wexler. Her siblings are Page ...
Mystique
9. Alexander Godunov
Actor | Die Hard
He was born on Sakhalin Island at the far eastern end of the former Soviet Union and began studying dance at age 9 in the Riga State Ballet School. He later said his mother put him there to prevent his becoming "a hooligan". One of his classmates and friends at the school was Mikhail Baryshnikov. ...
Sabretooth
10. Robert Duvall
Actor | The Apostle
Veteran actor and director Robert Selden Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, in San Diego, CA, to Mildred Virginia (Hart), an amateur actress, and William Howard Duvall, a career military officer who later became an admiral. Duvall majored in drama at Principia College (Elsah, IL), then served a ...
Senator Robert Kelly
11. Mark Dacascos
Actor | Le pacte des loups
Mark Dacascos is an actor, director, martial artist, and television personality. Whether seen on the big screen or small, playing the good guy or the bad, Mark has been making audience stand up and take notice for many years.
This May, Mark will be seen in highly anticipated film John Wick: Chapter ...
Ray Park/Toad
12. Emilio Estevez
Actor | The Way
Emilio Estevez was born on May 12, 1962, in New York City. He is the eldest son of actor Martin Sheen, who at the time was just breaking into the business. His mother, Janet Sheen (née Templeton), was a former New York art student who had met Emilio's father right after he had moved to Manhattan. ...
Bobby Drake/Iceman
13. James Cameron
Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water
James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...
Writer/Producer/Director
14. William Wisher
Writer | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
William Wisher is known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), The Terminator (1984) and Judge Dredd (1995).
Co-Writer
15. Mali Finn
Casting_director | L.A. Confidential
Mali Finn was born on March 8, 1938 in Danville, Illinois, USA. She was a casting director, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), Avatar (2009) and Titanic (1997). She was married to Don Finn. She died on November 28, 2007 in Sonoma, California, USA.
Casting
16. Jerry Goldsmith
Composer | L.A. Confidential
Born on February 10, 1929, Jerry Goldsmith studied piano with Jakob Gimpel and composition, theory, and counterpoint with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He also attended classes in film composition given by Miklós Rózsa at the Univeristy of Southern California. In 1950, he was employed as a clerk ...
Composer/Conductor
17. Marlene Stewart
Costume_designer | JFK
Marlene Stewart has had a long and presitigious career in the entertainment industry, lending her services to many hit pictures. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Stewart relocated to California to study at the University of California at Berkeley. She moved to Europe, before once again relocating to ...
Costume Designer
18. Mark Goldblatt
Editor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Mark Goldblatt is known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and True Lies (1994).
Film Editor
19. Joseph C. Nemec III
Production_designer | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Joseph C. Nemec III was born on November 7, 1948 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Twister (1996) and Riddick (2013). He was previously married to Janis Lynne Collier.
Production Designer
20. Adam Greenberg
Cinematographer | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Adam Greenberg was born on April 11, 1937 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Ghost (1990) and The Terminator (1984).
Director of Photography
21. Dennis Muren
Visual_effects | Jurassic Park
Dennis Muren is the Senior Visual Effects Supervisor and Creative Director of Industrial Light & Magic. A recipient of nine Oscars for Best Achievement in Visual Effects and a Technical Achievement Academy Award®, Muren is actively involved in the evolution of the company, as well as the design and...
Visual Effects Supervisor
22. Stephanie Austin
Producer | True Lies
Stephanie Austin is known for True Lies (1994), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996).
Co-Producer
23. Avi Arad
Producer | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Avi Arad is an Israeli film producer and CEO of Marvel Entertainment. He produced dozens of Marvel films including the X-Men original trilogy, Daredevil, Hulk, Elektra, the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, Blade: Trinity, The Punisher, Ghost Rider and the Tim Story Fantastic Four film series. He now ...
Co-Producer
24. Stan Lee
Producer | Spider-Man: Homecoming
Stan Lee was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics.
Stan was born in New York City, to Celia (Solomon) and Jack Lieber, a dress cutter. His parents were Romanian Jewish immigrants. Lee co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, ...
Executive Producer
25. Gale Anne Hurd
Producer | The Terminator
Gale Anne Hurd was born on October 25, 1955 in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Stanford University, she joined New World Pictures as executive assistant to Roger Corman, the company president. She worked her way up through various administrative positions and eventually became ...
Executive Producer
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