Patrick Stewart: Star Trek's Captain Picard and X-Men's Professor X Dies

Sir Patrick Stewart was an English actor. Born on July 13, 1940, in Mirfield, Yorkshire, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966 and appeared in more than 60 of its productions before moving to television and film.

He became a global star as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, a role he repeated in the films and in Star Trek: Picard. He also played Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films. He won two Laurence Olivier Awards, a Grammy Award for narrating Peter and the Wolf, and was made a Knight Bachelor in 2010 for services to drama.

His family said he died at his home in Los Angeles on October 28, 2026, at age 86, after a brief illness with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. His wife, Sunny, was with him.

Achievements: Two Olivier Awards, Grammy Award, Knight Bachelor (2010).

Birth: July 13, 1940 - Mirfield, Yorkshire, England.

Profession: Actor.

Interesting Facts: He voiced Avery Bullock on American Dad! and was an activist for human rights and domestic violence survivors.