Patrick Stewart Played a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villain in a Forgotten Movie Co-Starring Chris Evans

Patrick Stewart, the classically trained actor best known as Star Trek's Captain Picard and X-Men's Professor X, rarely played villains. But in the largely forgotten 2007 animated film TMNT, he voiced the stone-cold antagonist Max Winters—a role that paired him with future Captain America star Chris Evans, who voiced Casey Jones. The movie, a CGI sequel to the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy, flew under the radar despite its star power. Stewart's Winters is a 3,000-year-old warrior who once unleashed monsters on the world and now seeks redemption, but his plan threatens the Turtles and New York City. For fans of Stewart's authoritative voice and rare dark turns, TMNT offers a curious footnote in his career—and for Evans, an early action-hero credit years before the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film's obscurity makes it a hidden gem for animation buffs and superhero completists. As both actors' legacies have since exploded, this oddball collaboration is worth a second look.