Roberto DaCosta - also known as "Sunspot" - is a character from Marvel Comics' X-Men series. He is a young mutant of Brazilian descent who possesses the ability to absorb and channel solar energy. With this power, he can turn his whole body into a living inferno and project blasts of solar fire. He also possesses the power of flight.
Sunspot appears in X-Men: Days of Future Past where he is portrayed by Adan Canto.
X-Men: Days of Future Past[]
Sunspot is a member of the Free Mutants, a group of mutant rebels - including former X-Men - that resist the oppression of the Sentinels: mutant-hunting robots that have exterminated most of the Earth's mutant population. Early in the film, he and his fellow mutants are attacked by a squad of Sentinels and Sunspot is killed in battle. However, this event is erased from history when Shadowcat projects Bishop's consciousness back in time by three days, allowing him to warn his friends and prevent the fight from ever occurring.
Towards the end of the film, the Sentinels attack a monastery in China where the Free Mutants are based. During this fight, Sunspot is killed when he is impaled by a clawed Sentinel, but thanks to Shadowcat chronoskimming Wolverine's consciousness back in time to 1973, he prevents the creation of the Sentinels and saves the future.