Image Credit: Tommy Garcia Image via Patrick Stewart's X/Twitter account
The official X/Twitter account for actor Sirannounced on Thursday that he died at his home in Los Angeles on October 28 following his battle with Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia. He was 86.
Stewart was born in Mirfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire on July 13, 1940.
Stewart had many roles, but he was perhaps best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and later Star Trek: Picard . He played Professor Charles Xavier in Fox's X-Men films, as well as in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He will appear again in Marvel's upcoming Avengers: Doomsday movie on December 18.
His roles also include Avery Bullock in American Dad , Captain Ahab in Moby Dick , Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol , King Henry II in The Lion in Winter , Sir Ritchfield in The Sheep Detectives , Poop in The Emoji Movie , and Adventure in The Pagemaster . He also had numerous stage roles on Broadway. He won and was nominated for multiple awards throughout his life. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2010.
Stewart also played Lord Yupa in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Lloyd Steam in Steamboy . He voiced Zobek in the Castlevania : Lords of Shadow game.