SIR PATRICK STEWART (1940-2026)
Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end. You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love.
We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago but we weren’t in the same productions. My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in 'Star Trek'. “But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk—getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?”. Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did for not just his devoted Trekkies but film and theatre audiences, who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes ('X-Men' of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in London’s West End and on Broadway.
America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin. But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire.
His farewell performance in 'Avengers: Doomsday' is yet to be seen.
Ian McKellen 29 October 2026
Photo: University of Huddersfield
🚨LUTO! Sir Patrick Stewart faleceu ontem aos 86 anos.
O lendário ator deu vida ao Professor Charles Xavier nos X-Men e suas últimas atuações será em 'AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY' e 'SECRET WARS'.
Patrick usou sua voz e sua influência para apoiar a comunidade LGBTQIA+ e ensinou ao mundo tanto em sua vida real quanto fictícia a como vencer a intolerância, demonstrou esperança e lutou pela diversidade e igualdade.
Descanse em paz, Sir Patrick Stewart 🖤
Feels like I’m getting bunch of feedbacks from Brazil lately.
Do I have any fans in Brazil?
Been to Argentina once (convention I attended was delayed 6 hrs it was a disaster, the fans were great tho) that’s my once and only South American experience.
I’d love to be there one day!
relaxa eduardo eu tbm não vi mais meu pai depois que ele foi entubado, inclusive não tive nem oportunidade de ver o corpo dele depois que ele faleceu, tudo isso enquanto seu pai tava passeando de jetski, caçoando de vítimas da covid e negando vacina, acho que você sobrevive