Summary
- Patrick Stewart has portrayed two iconic heroes, Jean-Luc Picard and Professor X, and both characters have complex timelines and varying deaths and rebirths.
- In Star Trek, Jean-Luc Picard dies of apparent Irumodic Syndrome but is resurrected in a synthetic android body, while Professor X dies multiple times in different timelines.
- It is uncertain if Patrick Stewart will reprise his roles as Picard or Xavier, but he is open to the possibility, while the X-Men franchise is expected to be rebooted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Patrick Stewart plays two iconic heroes, Star Trek's Admiral Jean-Luc Picard and X-Men's Professor X, but which one of them lives longer? The answer is complicated. Stewart began playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, which premiered in 1987. Stewart became as a household name as Picard after 7 seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation and 4 TNG movies. Sir Patrick then reprised Jean-Luc almost 20 years later for 3 seasons of Star Trek: Picard.
In between 1998's Star Trek: Insurrection and 2002's Star Trek: Nemesis, Patrick Stewart joined Fox's X-Men movie as Professor Charles Xavier. X-Men became Stewart's second franchise after his run in the Star Trek: The Next Generation movies ended. Stewart reprised Professor X in 2003's X2: X-Men United, 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand, 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past, and 2017's Logan, along with a cameo in the end-credits scenes of 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine and 2013's The Wolverine. Stewart returned as an alternate reality Professor X in 2022's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
