Patrick Stewart, the actor behind Star Trek's Jean-Luc Picard and X-Men's Professor Charles Xavier, has died at the age of 86.
His death was confirmed in a statement shared on his official X (formerly Twitter) account on October 29th. According to the statement, Stewart died "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 described him as "a son of Mirfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire" who went from the Royal Shakespeare Company to a career "spanning six decades on Broadway, the silver screen and television." It also pointed to his charity work for human rights, survivors of domestic violence, refugees, veterans' mental health and animal welfare. In lieu of flowers, the family asked for donations to the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Fund and the Alzheimer's Foundation of America's caregiver resources.
Tributes from Marvel
Marvel Studios paid tribute on X shortly after the news broke. In its statement, the studio said Stewart brought Charles Xavier to life "with extraordinary grace, intelligence, and humanity, defining the character for generations of fans." He first played the role in 2000's X-Men and returned to it across the series, including 2017's Logan.
The family's statement closed with a line from his memoir, Making It So: "In the end, he feels the call of home, as do I."
Patrick Stewart in video games
Stewart's voice also reached millions of players. He voiced Emperor Uriel Septim VII in Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in 2006. His original recordings were carried over into The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered in 2025.
He also played Zobek in Konami and MercurySteam's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and its 2014 sequel, and voiced Professor Xavier in several X-Men games, including X-Men Legends. As Picard, he lent his voice to a run of Star Trek games, from A Final Unity in 1995 to Star Trek: Legacy in 2006.
