20 Best Movie Performances Of 2017

9. Patrick Stewart - Logan

Logan Trailer Professor X
20th Century Fox

It's a travesty that, despite being one of the world's most celebrated living actors, Patrick Stewart's movie work has never garnered him significant awards attention, though that should absolutely change following his career-best performance as Charles Xavier in Logan.

Playing an old, broken-down, Alzheimer's-afflicted iteration of the comic book icon, Stewart gets far more to work with than ever before, playing superbly off both Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen, right up to him being unceremoniously killed off at the end of the second act.

Stewart's turn is alternately hilarious and poignant, with Stewart making the absolute most of the material and his final performance as the character. What a way to go out.

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