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The first season of X-Men: Red Team, an American superhero drama television series based on Marvel Comics' series X-Men Red, was released by Disney+ between August 30 and November 1, 2023, comprising 10 episodes. The season follows a resurrected Jean Grey as she attempts to categorize mutants as part of the United Nations and forms a team of mutants to confront the mind-controller Cassandra Nova. The ensemble cast consists of Jessica Rothe, Ella Balinska, Anna Diop, Storm Reid, Simone Ashley, Stephan James, Tristan Lake Leabu, Alexander Dreymon, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Carey Mulligan.

Main

 * Jessica Rothe as Jean Grey
 * Ella Balinska as Laura Kinney / X-23
 * Anna Diop as Ororo Monroe / Storm
 * Storm Reid as Gabrielle Kinney / Honey Badger
 * Simone Ashley as A|Shilpa Khatri / Trinary
 * Stephan James as Nezhno Abidemi / Gentle
 * Tristan Lake Leabu as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
 * Kingsley Ben-Adir as Namor McKenzie
 * Channing Tatum as Remy LeBeau / Gambit
 * Carey Mulligan as Cassandra Nova

Recurring

 * Omari Hardwick as King T'Challa / Black Panther, the king of Wakanda and Grey and Monroe's close friend
 * Harry Lloyd as Charles Xavier, a pacifist telepath and founder of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning
 * Booboo Stewart as Jamie Carlson / Teen Abomination, sent by Cassandra to attack the Red Team in Atlantis

Guest

 * Lily Allen as Patricia Marbury, a British United Nations ambassador killed by Cassandra to incriminate Jean Grey
 * Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Dr. Sarah Kinney, Laura's surrogate mother and responsible for her creation
 * Roark Critchlow as Dr. Martin Sutter, head of the Facility top-secret program
 * Luke Hemsworth as Robert Chandler, creator of Trigger 42
 * Julian Morris as Dr. Zander Rice, Sutter's protégé
 * Dante Brown as 13-years-old Nezhno Abidemi
 * Simona Brown as Abidemi's mother, a Wakandan warrior
 * Tom Wlaschiha as Abidemi's Russian father
 * Eli Goree as Q'Lako, Abidemi's mother's friend, who mocked her son
 * Mohan Kapur as Miko Khatri, Shilpa's traitor father
 * Jeremy Bobb as David Bushell, an ordinary citizen who, under Cassandra's control, kills a mutant named Cara
 * Erin Moriarty as Cara Beckham, a mutant killed by David Bushell
 * Karla Souza as Fen, an Atlantean princess
 * Fawad Khan as Leonard McKenzie, a sailor sent to the Antarctic Ocean to retrieve Vibranium
 * Zahn McClarnon as Thakorr, former emperor of Atlantis and Fen's father
 * Jonathan Groff as Steve Rogers / Captain America, a physically-enhanced World War II veteran
 * Ana de Armas as Raven Darkhölme / Mystique, a charming mutant with shape-shifting abilities and Wagner's mother
 * Ben Foster as Azazel, a powerful mutant with demonic appearance and Wagner's father
 * Petr Kotlár as Stephan Szardos, Margali's biological older son
 * Edyta Górniak as Margali Szardos, a Romani fortune teller and member of Getmann's circus who adopts Wagner
 * Ever Anderson as Jimaine Szardos, Margali's biological younger daughter
 * Viggo Mortensen as Max Getmann, a ruthless and violent circus owner who profits off mutants
 * Kurt Russell as Jean-Luc LeBeau, leader of the Thieves Guild and Remy's adoptive father
 * Jay Baruchel as Todd Tolansky / Toad, a mutant with prehensile tongue, a slimy substance that he spits onto others, and enhanced agility
 * Chad Lowe as Dr. Brian Xavier, Charles and Cassandra's father, Sharon's husband
 * Laura Leighton as Sharon Xavier, Charles and Cassandra's mother, Brian's wife
 * Jackson Robert Scott as young Charles Xavier
 * A|Raegan Revord as young Cassandra Nova
 * Maya Hawke as Rachel Summers, Jean and Scott's daughter from an alternate timeline
 * Leah Harvey as Shuri, T'Challa genius sister
 * Aidan Gillen as Doctor Strange, the Master of Mystic Arts, who helps the Red Team
 * Alden Ehrenreich as Scott Summers / Cyclops, Grey's husband
 * Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, a version of the character previously featured in 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series

Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 96% approval rating with an average rating of 8/10, based on 327 reviews. The critical consensus reads, "A delightful distraction from previous Marvel Comics adaptations, X-Men: Red Team presents dephtful characters with a powerhouse storytelling." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 87 out of 100 based on 50 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".