Sir Patrick Stewart
The first of the four British actors we saw in a comic book film, who portrayed everyone's favorite role any actor brought to the X-Men franchise, Professor Charles Xavier. Sir Patrick Stewart embodied the role of this man. He made us believe that when Stan and Jack created the X-Men, they made this role for him. I could NEVER imagine better than this man playing Prof. X. I bow down to you, sir. When Patrick dies he will be known for two things in the CBM/Sci-Fi universe Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier.
Sir Ian Mckellen
Sir McKellen was second to be seen in "X-Men." He showed us Magneto in real life. His Magneto was flawless, the real thing, he is the master of Magnetism. McKellen will always be Magneto. Although they stripped him of his powers in "X-3," he got them back. We all thought we'd get to see more of Mckellen, yet, no 'X-4' happened. Sir Mckellen, I also bow to you and I say you will always be Magneto 'X-4' or not.
Sir Michael Caine
To be a billionaire, vigilante superhero's butler sounds hard, right? Not to Michael. A great actor who has been in hundreds of movies, Sir Caine brought a much more flawless Alfred than Gough's Alfred. His relationship with Christian Bale seemed real. Alfred, I tip my hat to you, you can keep a secret and you're a great father figure.
Sir Anthony Hopkins
So far the only footage we have of 'Dr. Lecter' as Odin is the "Thor" SDCC footage. Let me say: AWESOME. Odin could not have been better cast. Sir Hopkins will bring us Odin on screen and I cannot wait.
These elder men show these young buck CBM actors how to bring it to a CBM. Let's give them their credit and acknowledge they're the greatest.