Sir Patrick Stewart, the star of Star Trek: The Next Generation and known for playing Professor X in the X-Men movies, died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles, following a battle with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia. He was 86.
Sir Patrick Stewart
A statement from his rep confirmed the news.
“We announce with great sorrow the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart yesterday at his home in Los Angeles, in the loving care of his beloved wife Sunny, following a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia,” the statement reads. “He has been held in the warm embrace of family and friends, surrounded by live music, prayer, tears, laughter, and the kind of profound emotion that only he could inspire after a lifetime of devotion to us all. We will forever cherish the peaceful ease and reflection on his face, an enduring reminder of his invincible grace.”
Sir Patrick Stewart was born on July 13, 1940, in Mirfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The distinguished stage and screen actor and New York Times best-selling author whose career spanned nearly six decades, was a three-time Olivier Award winner and a Tony Award nominee for his stage work. He received multiple Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Awards nominations for his work across television and film.
For seven seasons on the television show Star Trek: The Next Generation and several film installments, beginning with Star Trek Generations in 1994, Stewart played the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. He later reprised the role in the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard, for which he won a Critics Choice Super Award for Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series. The series concluded its third and final season in April 2023.
Stewart was also known for playing Professor Charles Xavier (Professor X) in the X-Men franchise, playing the role in seven feature films (X-Men, X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Logan) and voiced the role in several video games. In 2022, Stewart portrayed an alternate Xavier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
He is set to reprise his role as the original Professor X in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday film, releasing in theaters on December 18, 2026.
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