Here's Who Played The Best Professor X

There are specific roles that seem tailor-made for certain actors, especially when it comes to comic book adaptations. Over the on r/movies subreddit, u/jadamsmash created a post in 2016 stating that they believed Patrick Stewart was the quintessential Professor X. "Patrick Stewart IS professor X. He looks exactly like him," they said. "He has that stoic look, the wisdom, the accent, the class, the commanding presence, and everything. I can't think of a character/actor match as good in nearly any medium."

The post has over 20 thousand upvotes on Reddit, so it's clear that this isn't an isolated opinion. Stewart played the role several times throughout Fox's "X-Men" franchise, culminating in "Logan." In fact, his portrayal of the character was so spot-on that, according to an interview that the actor did in 2020 with Digital Spy, Stewart had conversations with Disney Studios president Kevin Feige about potentially returning as the character. Of course, he also said it wouldn't happen because he was happy with how "Logan" wrapped the story up, but even having discussions with Feige is a testament to how beloved Stewart's Professor X is.