History Characters / Legion2017

* CoolGuns: Wields a Thompson submachine gun while helping David escape Division 3 in the pilot, and continues to use it throughout the series. [[spoiler: The Eye steals it from him and fires it at David and Syd in "Chapter 5", setting up the main problems of the next two episodes.]]

A troubled man currently being treated for [[TheMentallyDisturbed schizophrenia]] at one of the many mental hospitals in his lifetime. When he meets the girl of his dreams, David learns he may not be schizophrenic at all -- but rather, a powerful [[Franchise/XMen mutant]].

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/DanStevens

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/RachelKeller

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/JeanSmart

-> '''Played by:''' Jeremie Harris

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/AmberMidthunder

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/BillIrwin

-> '''Played by:''' Brad Mann

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/JemaineClement

-> '''Played by:''' Marc Oka

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/MackenzieGray

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/HamishLinklater

-> '''Played by:''' David Selby

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/AubreyPlaza

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/KatieAselton

-> '''Played by:''' David Ferry

-> '''Played by:''' Scott Lawrence

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/StephanieCorneliussen

-> '''Played by:''' Navid Negahban, Quinton Bosclair (The Devil with Yellow Eyes), Creator/AubreyPlaza (Lenny form), Creator/KirbyMorrow (Benny form), Devyn Dalton ("Angry Boy" form)

-> '''Played by:''' Lauren Tsai

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/HarryLloyd (young)

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/JasonMantzoukas

* WeakButSkilled: In comparison to both [[SuperpowerLottery Faruk and David]], which speaks volumes about how insanely powerful both Faruk and David are if ''Charles Xavier'' is the weak one in the equation. He might not have thier wide range of powers or thier sheer psychic might, but he's a ''much'' more polished telepath and rather [[CurbStompBattle handily]] deals with both of them by being just that much better at using what he has in much more creative ways.

* WeakButSkilled: In comparison to both [[SuperpowerLottery Faruk and David]], which speaks volumes about how powerful both Faruk and David are if ''Charles Xavier'' in the weak one in the equation. He might not have thier wide range of powers or thier sheer psychic might, but he's a ''much'' more polished telepath and rather [[CurbStompBattle handily]] deals with both of them by being just that much better at using what he has in much more creative ways.

* WeakButSkilled: In comparison to both [[SuperpowerLottery Faruk and David]], which speaks volumes about how powerful both Faruk and David if ''Charles Xavier'' in the weak one in the equation. He might not have thier wide range of powers or thier sheer psychic might, but he's a ''much'' more polished telepath and rather [[CurbStompBattle handily]] deals with both of them by being just that much better at using what he has in much more creative ways.

* WeakButSkilled: In comparison to both [[SuperpowerLottery Faruk and David]], which speaks volumes about how powerful both Faruk and David if ''Charles Xavier'' in the weak one in the equation. He might not have thier wide range of powers or thier sheer psychic might, but he's a ''much'' more polished telepath and rather [[CurbStompBattle handily]] deals with both of them by being just that much better at using what he has is much more creative ways.

* WeakButSkilled: In comparison to both [[SuperpowerLottery Faruk and David]], which speaks volumes about how powerful both Faruk and David if ''Charles Xavier'' in the weak one in the equation He might not have thier wide range of powers or thier sheer psychic might, but he's a ''much'' more polished telepath and rather [[CurbStompBattle handily]] deals with both of them by being just that much better at using what he has is much more creative ways.

* AmbiguousDisorder: She divulges to Syd that a "sickness" runs in her family, and she inherited it from her mother and grandmother. It's a form of insanity, but the show never explains exactly which mental disorder it is.

* CreepyLongFingers: As the Devil with Yellow Eyes, his arms and fingers are ''massively'' long and thin, almost skeletal, which, combined with his grotesquely obese body, looks even more surreal and [[UncannyValley unsettling]]. Even his fingernails are disgustingly long.

** [[spoiler:Season 3: In the series finale, Farouk convinces his past self to abandon his vendetta against David and Charles and forms a truce with them to grant David a normal childhood while he escapes with no repercussions for his actions.]]

!![[Characters/MarvelComicsLegion David Haller]]

* PlayingGertrude: Creator/HarryLloyd portrays the biological father of Creator/DanStevens' character, and he's one year ''younger'' than Stevens. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that David travels back in time to meet his parents when David was only a baby.

* PlayingGertrude: Creator/StephanieCorneliussen portrays the biological mother of Creator/DanStevens' character, and she's 4.5 years ''younger'' than Stevens. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that David travels back in time to meet his parents when David was only a baby.

* SharpDressedMan: He's Mr. Fancy-Pants because he follows the fashion trends of upper-class Englishmen in the 1950s, so he's often dressed in chic suits from the era that highlight his elegant frame, and he appears quite dashing in them.

* KnifeNut: Spends almost every scene he's in in the pilot carving figurines.

* NiceHat: Ptonomy wears a Ivy Cap complete with his dressed of style clothing, indicating that he has a higher form of education.

* NiceHat: He seems to have a different-coloured trilby (a hat that was popular among rich British men) for every suit that he owns. He dons a black trilby when he exits the mental hospital, a grey one when he travels to Morocco, and a beige one when he reconciles with Gabrielle.

* SinglePowerSuperheroes: He has {{Telepathy}} and nothing more, unlike the SuperpowerLottery winners Farouk and David. However, in the astral plane, Charles is stronger than either them because he triumphs over the Shadow King in a psychic duel, and David is unable to stop Charles from "pulling" him into a BlankWhiteVoid, away from Past Farouk (whom David was on the verge of murdering) despite activating his power (as demonstrated by David's glowing fingers). Charles is such a talented telepath that even though he's a novice to the astral plane, neither Farouk nor David can gain the upper-hand on him in a MentalWorld despite their ComboPlatterPowers.

* GreaterScopeParagon: He was the one to defeat the Shadow King three decades ago, to the point where the latter is still in a weakened state even after feeding off of David's abilities for 30 years. In the series finale, it's hinted that Professor X will open that [[SuperheroSchool school]] he's so famous for...

** The Devil with Yellow Eyes is a much more faithful to the comics look.

* NiceHat: He seems to have a different-coloured trilby (a hat that was popular among rich British men) for every suit that he owns. He dons a black trilby when he exits the mental hospital, a grey one when he travels to Morocco, and a white one when he reconciles with Gabrielle.