Patrick Stewart murió: Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman y el universo de “Star Trek” se despide del capitán ‘Picard’

Los actores Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman y Seth MacFarlane, así como la familia de “Star Trek” y multitud de seguidores lloran la pérdida de Patrick Stewart, el legendario capitán ‘Jean-Luc Picard’ de la mítica serie y el ‘Professor X’ en “X-Men”, que ha fallecido a los 86 años tras una breve batalla contra el Alzheimer y la demencia.

Ian McKellen, que tenía una larga amistad con Stewart desde hacía medio siglo, ha publicado un extenso tributo del actor en la red social de X: “Era una persona que no ocultaba sus sentimientos, lo que lo convertía en alguien en quien confiar, a quien admirar y, en mi caso, a quien amar”.

Ambos actores se conocieron en trabajando en Londres en la Royal Shakespeare Company hace media década e hicieron gala de su amistad a lo largo de los años en entrevistas y alfombras rojas, con abrazos, besos y bromas, que los medios calificaron como todo ‘bromance’.

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

— Ian McKellen (@IanMcKellen) October 30, 2026

Actores como Hugh Jackman, Minnie Driver, Lea Thomson y otros actores de la familia “Star Trek” han compartido en Instagram y otras redes sociales su pésame por la pérdida del actor.

Hugh Jackman lamentó en Instagram: “Hoy hemos perdido a uno de los grandes del teatro y la pantalla. Y, en mi opinión, a un amigo y un hombre extraordinario. Aprendí muchísimo de él. Te echaré de menos, Patrick Stewart, todos los días de mi vida”.

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