James "Jimmy" Howlett, also known as Logan or by his codename, The Wolverine, is a fictional character originating as the primary protagonist of 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series, and appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise produced by Marvel Studios. He is portrayed by Hugh Jackman and based on the Marvel Comics character Wolverine, created by Roy Thomas, Len Wein and John Romita Sr. Logan has been the central figure of the film series, having appeared in nine films since his introduction in X-Men (2000). The character and Jackman's performance have been credited with helping to cement the series as a multi-billion-dollar franchise, with Logan's appearance often being considered the face of the X-Men. For his portrayal of Logan, Jackman held the Guinness World Record of the "longest career as a live-action Marvel character," alongside Patrick Stewart, until this was later surpassed by Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe who reprised their roles of Peter Parker / Spider-Man and Norman Osborn / Green Goblin from Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy in the MCU film Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021, though Stewart alone would retake the title later in 2022 following his appearance in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Jackman is set to return to reprise the role in Deadpool 3 (2024), produced by Marvel Studios and set in the MCU, surpassing Stewart yet again. Fictional character biography Early life James Howlett was born in 1832, Canada, where his mutant powers are awakened at the age of 13 where he stabs his family's groundskeeper for killing his father, fleeing after discovering the groundskeeper was in fact his biological father and seeing the revulsion in his mother's eyes at James killing him. With his half-brother Victor Creed, Howlett spends the next century fighting in numerous wars including the Second World War, in which while held in a Japanese POW camp in 1945 he saves the life of Japanese officer Ichirō Yashida from the bombing of Nagasaki. In 1962, Howlett is approached by Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr, who are recruiting mutants. Howlett instead tells Xavier and Lehnsherr to "Go fuck yoursel[ves]". Original timeline Team X and Becoming the Wolverine After the Vietnam War, he becomes a member of a black-ops strike team "Team X", led by Colonel William Stryker, after he protects Victor for killing a superior officer who had tried to stop him killing a villager, before