Actors have a long history of playing superheroes. As time goes on, superheroes tend to get recast on a frequent basis. However, there are cases where an actor plays a superhero for an extended amount of time. There are even times when an actor comes back to a superhero role after years of being absent.
When it comes to the various superhero actors of the Marvel universe, who has played a Marvel superhero the longest? At this current period of time, that honor belongs to Patrick Stewart, the first actor to play Professor X in live action.
Professor Charles Xavier, better known as Professor X, is the founder and mentor of the X-Men. In the X-Men universe, mutants are treated with prejudice for their mutant abilities. Because of this, the cynical Magneto wants to defeat all of the humans. Professor X is a meer optimistic person, so he works hard to make mutants and humans get along. Professor X is one of the wisest and most compelling heroes in the Marvel universe. Patrick Stewart was perfectly cast as the character.
1. X-Men (2000): This was Patrick Stewart's first time playing the role. Just about everybody agreed that the film brought a lot of genuine emotion and dignity to the genre of comics films.
2. X2: X-Men United (2003)
3. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006): This was the last film in the original X-Men trilogy, so it might have seemed like the last time that Patrick Stewart would play the role. Thankfully, his X-Men career was far from over.
4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009): Patrick Stewart's Professor X has a cameo appearance in the film.
In 2011, James McAvoy played a younger version of Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class. Because of that, it seemed like Patrick Stewart's time as Xavier was over. Once again, that turned out to not be the case.
5. The Wolverine (2013): Patrick Stewart's Professor X has a cameo appearance in the film.
6. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014): This film was a time travel story that featured both the original cast and the cast that was introduced in First Class. Both James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart played Charles Xavier. They even shared a scene in the film.
7. Logan (2017): This was film was made to serve as a finale for Hugh Jackman's Wolverine and Patrick Stewart's Professor X. Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart had been involved with the X-Men series for seventeen years, so it seemed like it was time for their X-Men careers to end. However, yet again, Patrick Stewart's time as Professor X wasn't over.
8. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022): fans got very excited when they heard Patrick Stewart's voice in one of the trailers for the film. Thanks to this film exploring the multiverse, Patrick Stewart got to return to his beloved X-Men role.
Overall, Patrick Stewart's time as Professor X lasted over two decades. I'm very thankful that he got to play the character for so long. It's interesting to imagine that it seemed like Patrick Stewart's time as Professor X was over in 2006. He ended up playing the role for another fifteen years. James McAvoy was perfectly cast as the younger Professor X, while Patrick Stewart was perfectly cast as the traditional Professor X. I'm grateful that the casting department knocked it out of the part when it came to Professor X. My hope is that the volgende actor to play the role takes inspiration from Patrick Stewart's brilliant performance.
When it comes to the various superhero actors of the Marvel universe, who has played a Marvel superhero the longest? At this current period of time, that honor belongs to Patrick Stewart, the first actor to play Professor X in live action.
Professor Charles Xavier, better known as Professor X, is the founder and mentor of the X-Men. In the X-Men universe, mutants are treated with prejudice for their mutant abilities. Because of this, the cynical Magneto wants to defeat all of the humans. Professor X is a meer optimistic person, so he works hard to make mutants and humans get along. Professor X is one of the wisest and most compelling heroes in the Marvel universe. Patrick Stewart was perfectly cast as the character.
1. X-Men (2000): This was Patrick Stewart's first time playing the role. Just about everybody agreed that the film brought a lot of genuine emotion and dignity to the genre of comics films.
2. X2: X-Men United (2003)
3. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006): This was the last film in the original X-Men trilogy, so it might have seemed like the last time that Patrick Stewart would play the role. Thankfully, his X-Men career was far from over.
4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009): Patrick Stewart's Professor X has a cameo appearance in the film.
In 2011, James McAvoy played a younger version of Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class. Because of that, it seemed like Patrick Stewart's time as Xavier was over. Once again, that turned out to not be the case.
5. The Wolverine (2013): Patrick Stewart's Professor X has a cameo appearance in the film.
6. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014): This film was a time travel story that featured both the original cast and the cast that was introduced in First Class. Both James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart played Charles Xavier. They even shared a scene in the film.
7. Logan (2017): This was film was made to serve as a finale for Hugh Jackman's Wolverine and Patrick Stewart's Professor X. Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart had been involved with the X-Men series for seventeen years, so it seemed like it was time for their X-Men careers to end. However, yet again, Patrick Stewart's time as Professor X wasn't over.
8. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022): fans got very excited when they heard Patrick Stewart's voice in one of the trailers for the film. Thanks to this film exploring the multiverse, Patrick Stewart got to return to his beloved X-Men role.
Overall, Patrick Stewart's time as Professor X lasted over two decades. I'm very thankful that he got to play the character for so long. It's interesting to imagine that it seemed like Patrick Stewart's time as Professor X was over in 2006. He ended up playing the role for another fifteen years. James McAvoy was perfectly cast as the younger Professor X, while Patrick Stewart was perfectly cast as the traditional Professor X. I'm grateful that the casting department knocked it out of the part when it came to Professor X. My hope is that the volgende actor to play the role takes inspiration from Patrick Stewart's brilliant performance.