Patrick Stewartscreen performancePatrick Stewart plays Professor X in X-Men: Days of Future Past; compare that performance with the other portrayals on this page.
1 linked movie guide in this sequence
FILM POSTER · X-Men: Days of Future PastX-Men Collection
Professor X
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Professor X appears in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), portrayed by Patrick Stewart. This page focuses on that specific screen performance and the movie around it. This guide also includes James McAvoy portraying Professor X in Dark Phoenix.
Guide sequence · 2 films · 2014–2019 · 2 performersSee watch orderWATCH ORDER
Professor X film sequence
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Guide sequence · 2 films · 2014–2019Main sequence runtime: 4h 6m
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- 01Start hereX-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 · 2h 12m
Portrayed by Patrick Stewart · screen performanceMovie guideMoviHero score88/100WORTH IT - 02
MoviHero score76/100WORTH IT
THE PERFORMANCES
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Patrick Stewartscreen performance
James McAvoyscreen performanceJames McAvoy plays Professor X in Dark Phoenix; compare that performance with the other portrayals on this page.
1 linked movie guide in this sequenceWHY THE CHARACTER WORKS
What defines Professor X
Patrick Stewart’s performance in X-Men: Days of Future Past is the center of this character page. With only one film in the current screen path, the useful comparison is between the character, the performer and the role that film asks them to play—not an invented larger timeline.
WHO TO EXPLORE NEXT
Characters connected on screen
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Beast
Professor X and Beast both appear in X-Men: Days of Future Past.
See X-Men: Days of Future PastMystique
Professor X and Mystique both appear in X-Men: Days of Future Past.
See X-Men: Days of Future PastMagneto
Professor X and Magneto both appear in X-Men: Days of Future Past.
See X-Men: Days of Future PastRogue
Professor X and Rogue both appear in X-Men: Days of Future Past.
See X-Men: Days of Future PastBeast
Professor X and Beast both appear in Dark Phoenix.
See Dark PhoenixMystique
Professor X and Mystique both appear in Dark Phoenix.
See Dark PhoenixCyclops
Professor X and Cyclops both appear in Dark Phoenix.
See Dark Phoenix