Now, though, it's been confirmed that Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen will return as Professor X and Magneto in Avengers: Doomsday next year. While the former isn't overly shocking - he ...

Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen defined the first X-Men movies that 20th Century Fox produced. Their respective performances as Professor Charles Xavier and Magneto held together the moral ...

That includes Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen as Magneto, James Marsden as Cyclops and Rebecca Romijn as Mystique. All four actors debuted as their comic book characters in 2000 ...

McKellen, of course, memorably played Magneto in all three installments of the original X-Men movie trilogy released from 2000-2006. He later reprised the role for a post-credits cameo in The ...