Avengers: Doomsday will be Patrick Stewart’s final film

Marvel Studios has confirmed that the actor’s appearance in the Russo brothers’ upcoming film will be his last on screen. He will return for the final time to the role of Professor Charles Xavier, whom he has played since 2000 in the X-Men saga.

Patrick Stewart will therefore say goodbye to the cinema as a mutant.

Died at 86, the British actor will appear one last time on screen in Avengers: Doomsdayexpected in theaters on December 16, 2026 in France.

Marvel Studios confirmed the news in a message (via Variety) paying tribute to the man who played Professor Charles Xavier for more than 25 years.

“Patrick Stewart made his debut as Professor“

With this new film by the Russo brothers, Stewart will therefore return to the character of Charles Xavier for a ninth time in the cinema. After the first X-Menreleased in 2000, he reprized the role in X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Wolverine: Battle of the Undying (2013), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and Logan (2017). He also made an appearance in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), under an alternative version of Professor X.

“I will always be an actor”

In one of his last interviews, given to TV Insider last July, Patrick Stewart reversed his decision to reprise the role of Charles Xavier in Avengers: Doomsdayconfident that he has no intention of retiring. Never. His wish was granted:

“As any actor my age can tell you, available roles become fewer and fewer as the years go by. That said, I continue to receive interesting proposals and I like to be stimulated by new projects. I can’t imagine officially retiring one day. I will always and forever be an actor.”