Kurt Wagner

Nightcrawler is a mutant who can teleport himself to wherever he wants as long as he knows where he is going.

Character traits
Real Name: Kurt Wagner

Current Alias: Nightcrawler

Alignment: Good

Affiliation: The Munich Circus, X-Men

Relatives: Mystique (mother, though left ambiguous)

Base of Operations: Cathedral

Place of Birth: Germany

Biography
So far, the character has only appeared in X2: X-Men United, played by Alan Cumming. His scenes with Mystique leaves it ambiguous as to whether or not she is his mother. He is much more of a tragic character than a prankster.

His bamf is a dark navy blue flash of smoke, as opposed to the bright reddish-purple as it appears in the comics.

Nightcrawler has blue flesh instead of blue fur. His skin is also decorated by "angelic symbols" which reflects his faith and Catholicism. It is self-inflicted.

In the film, Nightcrawler is brainwashed by William Stryker in order to attempt an assassination on the President of the United States.

The opening scenes of the movie are almost a showcase of Nightcrawler's powers, and he takes part in much of the action throughout the film, but is never officially initiated into the X-Men, and did not appear in X-Men: The Last Stand.

Relationships
In the film, Kurt has chemistry with Storm. It was alluded to that Kurt may have some connection with Mystique.

Trivia

 * X-Men 2 is Nightcrawler's only live action appearance so far.
 * Unknown actor Kameron Young has auditioned for the role of a young Nightcrawler in X-Men: First Class.
 * In X-Men: The Official Game which fills in the gap between X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand, Nightcrawler tells Xavier he does not want to be an X-Man, for their lives are too violent and he is a peaceful man.