Patrick Stewart
English actor (1940 to 2026)
Sir Patrick Stewart (13 July 1940 to 28 October 2026) was an English actor from Mirfield, West Yorkshire, whose career ran from the Royal Shakespeare Company to Star Trek, X-Men and Broadway. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, spent years as an RSC company actor and won Olivier Awards in 1979, for Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra, and in 2009, for Claudius opposite David Tennant's Hamlet. In 1987 he became Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, a role he played across seven seasons, four films and three seasons of Star Trek: Picard. From 2000 he played Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, ending with Logan in 2017. He was knighted in 2010 for services to drama and died at his home in Los Angeles at 86.
Patrick Stewart appears in 39 films and 6 TV series in The Rerun, from 1975 to 2026. Most of that work is in action, comedy and drama. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Seth MacFarlane (9), Ian McKellen (6), Brent Spiner (6), Famke Janssen (5), Marina Sirtis (5).
In memoriam: Sir Patrick Stewart died on 28 October 2026, aged 86. Read Jeff Cameron’s tribute to his career.
Known for
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 to 1994), Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Seven seasons that made a Shakespearean actor a household name.
- Star Trek Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Picard on the big screen, followed by Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
- Star Trek: Picard (2020 to 2023), Jean-Luc Picard. Three seasons and a farewell with the Next Generation crew.
- X-Men (2000), Professor Charles Xavier, opposite Ian McKellen’s Magneto. He returned in X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).
- Logan (2017), an ailing Charles Xavier cared for by Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine.
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), a Charles Xavier from another universe.
- Avengers: Doomsday (2026), listed by Marvel in the cast of the film due on 18 December 2026.
- Dune (1984), Gurney Halleck in David Lynch’s film.
- I, Claudius (1976), Sejanus; and Karla in the BBC’s John le Carré adaptations Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) and Smiley’s People (1982).
- American Dad! (from 2005), the voice of CIA deputy director Avery Bullock.
Shows
Movies
Avengers: Doomsday
The Sheep Detectives
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Charlie’s Angels
The Kid Who Would Be King
The Emoji Movie
Logan
Ted 2
Green Room
A Million Ways to Die in the West
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The Wolverine
Ted
Gnomeo & Juliet
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
TMNT
Bambi II
X-Men: The Last Stand
Chicken Little
X2
The Lion in Winter
Star Trek: Nemesis
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
X-Men
A Christmas Carol
The Prince of Egypt
Star Trek: Insurrection
Conspiracy Theory
Star Trek: First Contact
Jeffrey
Star Trek Generations
The Pagemaster
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
L.A. Story
Lady Jane
Lifeforce
Dune
Excalibur
Hedda
In the news
Television
Paramount+ · CA US UK AU · Star Trek: The Next Generation and Picard streaming
Patrick Stewart Dies at 86: A Life Remembered
Sir Patrick Stewart, Star Trek's Jean-Luc Picard and X-Men's Professor X, has died at 86. His life, from Mirfield and the RSC to the Enterprise and Broadway.
Jeff Cameron · 8 min read
The Guide
Paramount+ and others · CA US UK AU NZ · Evergreen
Every Star Trek Series, in Order
Twelve series across 60 years, listed by premiere date, with where each one streams in Canada, the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Jeff Cameron · 4 min read
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Patrick Stewart been in?
- Patrick Stewart appears in Avengers: Doomsday (2026), The Sheep Detectives (2026), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Star Trek: Picard (2020), Charlie’s Angels (2019), The Kid Who Would Be King (2019), The Emoji Movie (2017), Logan (2017), Blunt Talk (2015), Ted 2 (2015), Green Room (2015) and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) on The Remote.
- When was Patrick Stewart born?
- Patrick Stewart was born on 13 July 1940.
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