The upcoming Avengers: Doomsday is set to feature a massive cast, and will reportedly also be the last role for one legendary actor announced to star in the movie.
What actor might retire after being in Avengers: Doomsday?
During a recent episode of his YouTube show, Kristian Harloff noted that Avengers: Doomsday won’t just be the final MCU performance for actor Patrick Stewart gives, but his final role period. According to Harloff, Stewart’s appearance in Doomsday as Charles Xavier will be his last acting credit before the star retires.
While the news remains nothing but a rumor as of now, it would make some sense. Stewart, 85, hasn’t done much acting work in the last few years. His last role, coincidentally, came in 2022’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which saw the star reprise his role as Professor Xavier in an alternate Earth. Alongside his upcoming role in Doomsday, Stewart is also set to star in the mystery comedy The Sheep Detectives, which is set for release in May 2026.
Alongside Stewart, the cast for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday is going to be massive regardless. So far, several major stars from the MCU have been confirmed to be in the movie, including Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby’s Invisible Woman/Sue Storm, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Letitia Wright’s Shuri/Black Panther, and Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man.
More names for the upcoming movie include Wyatt Russell’s U.S. Agent/John Walker, Tenoch Huerta’s Namor, Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s The Thing/Ben Grimm, Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Kelsey Grammer’s Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast, Lewis Pullman’s Bob/Sentry, Danny Ramirez’s Joaquin Torres/Falcon, Joseph Quinn’s Johnny Storm/Human Torch, David Harbour’s Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Winston Duke‘s M’Baku, Hannah John-Kamen‘s Ava Starr/Ghost, and Tom Hiddleston‘s Loki.
Several X-Men characters are also coming back for the upcoming movie, including Patrick Stewart‘s Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen‘s Magneto, Alan Cumming‘s Nightcrawler, Rebecca Romijn‘s Mystique, James Marsden‘s Cyclops, and Channing Tatum‘s Gambit.
Avengers: Doomsday is set to release on December 18, 2026.
