Editing Patrick Stewart (section)

====''X-Men'' film series====
The success of the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' TV and film franchises [[typecasting (acting)|typecast]] Stewart as Picard and obtaining other roles became difficult.{{r|appleyard20071104}}<ref name="portsmouth20100413">{{cite news |url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/what-s-on/patrick-stewart-can-t-wait-for-chichester-role-1-1249400 |title=Patrick Stewart can't wait for Chichester role |work=Portsmouth News |date=13 April 2010 |access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref> He also found returning to the stage difficult because of his long absence.{{r|appleyard20071104}} He commented that he would never have joined ''The Next Generation'' had he known that it would air for seven years: "No, no. NO. And looking back now it still frightens me a little bit to think that so much of my life was totally devoted to Star Trek and almost nothing else."{{r|bbcstewart}}

[[File:World Premiere Logan Berlinale 2017 21.jpg|thumb|Stewart with co-star [[Hugh Jackman]] at the 2017 world premiere of ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]'']]
However, in the late 1990s he accepted a key role in the big-budget [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' film series]], as [[Charles Xavier (film series character)|Professor Charles Xavier]], founder and mentor of the superhero team, a role similar in many ways to Picard.<ref name="appleyard20071104" /> He was initially reluctant to sign on to another movie franchise, but his interest in working with director [[Bryan Singer]] persuaded him.<ref name="appleyard20071104" /> In addition, Stewart was joined by Ian McKellen, who had by then conceded that his friend had made a prudent choice performing in popular screen science fiction, who played Xavier's friend and ideological nemesis, the [[supervillain]] [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]]. Stewart has played the role in seven feature films (''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'', ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'', ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'', ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'', ''[[The Wolverine (film)|The Wolverine]]'', ''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]'' and ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]'') and voiced the role in several video games (''[[X-Men Legends]]'', ''[[X-Men Legends II]]'', and ''[[X-Men: Next Dimension]]''). Stewart announced that he would be leaving the ''X-Men'' film franchise after ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Collis |first1=Clark |title=Patrick Stewart says he's retiring from X-Men franchise: 'I'm done' |url=http://comicbook.com/2017/02/24/patrick-stewart-retiring-x-men-movies-xavier/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>

In 2022, Stewart portrayed Professor Xavier of Earth-838 in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] film ''[[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness]].''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abdulbaki |first1=Mae |title=Doctor Strange's Illuminati Members Explained: New Origins, Actors & Powers |url=https://screenrant.com/doctor-strange-multiverse-madness-illuminati-identity-powers-2/ |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=Screen Rant |date=5 May 2022 }}</ref> He is reprising his role in the upcoming film ''[[Avengers: Doomsday]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=26 March 2025 |title=Marvel Confirming 'Avengers: Doomsday' Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Paul Rudd, Letitia Wright, Sebastian Stan, Vanessa Kirby & More…. |url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/avengers-doomsday-cast-1236351122/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326161401/https://deadline.com/2025/03/avengers-doomsday-cast-1236351122/ |archive-date=26 March 2025 |access-date=26 March 2025 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>