Sir Patrick Stewart, the actor who played Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films and voiced Emperor Uriel Septim VII in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, has died at age 86. According to a statement shared on Instagram and by his spokesperson, Stewart died Wednesday, October 28, at his home in Los Angeles after “a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia,” in the care of his wife, Sunny.
For comic book fans, Stewart was the face of Professor X for more than two decades. He led the mutant school in the X-Men film series and returned for a final, widely praised turn opposite Hugh Jackman in Logan. Marvel Studios released a statement honoring him, and Hugh Jackman, who played Wolverine alongside him for years, posted a tribute on Instagram.
For gamers, Stewart gave voice to Emperor Uriel Septim VII in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion from Bethesda Game Studios, a credit listed on IMDb.
Born in Yorkshire, England, in 1940, Stewart built his career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company before reaching a global audience as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, a role he revisited in Star Trek: Picard. William Shatner remembered him in a post on X. Stewart was knighted in 2010.
He is survived by his wife, Sunny, and his children, Daniel and Sophie.
