Actor and playwright, born in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, N England, UK. He trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, then worked in various repertory companies, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966. He has performed a wide range of theatre, film, and television roles, but is best known for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the follow-up series of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). Later films include Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and X-Men (2000; sequels 2003, 2006). Later stage roles include Othello (1997) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2001).
For the American soldier, see Patrick Stewart (soldier). Patrick Stewart|
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Patrick Stewart, OBE, (born July 13, 1940) is an English film, television, and stage actor and Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield.
In 1987, after doing a Shakespeare Seminar at UCSB, Stewart went to Los Angeles to star as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994). From 1994 he also portrayed Picard in the movie spin-offs Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
Stewart has said that his life was substantially changed by Star Trek, and he has been quoted as saying:
| It was almost entirely a blessing. |
He has also said he is very proud of his work on Star Trek: TNG, for its social message and educational impact on young viewers. On being questioned about the significance of his role compared to his distinguished Shakespearean career, Stewart has said:
| One day, out of irritation, I said, you know all of those years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, all those years of playing kings and princes and speaking blank verse, and bestriding the landscape of England was nothing but a preparation for sitting in the captain's chair of the Enterprise. |
The accolades he has received include "Sexiest Man on Television" (TV Guide, 1992), which he considered an unusual distinction considering his age and his baldness.
Stewart had said after the failure of Star Trek: Nemesis another Star Trek: Next Generation film would be unlikely.
Stewart was at one time considered for the role of Willy Wonka in the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to which he (like many other Hollywood actors) had great interest in playing. He is also heard as the voice of the Magic Mirror in Disneyland's live show, Snow White - An Enchanting Musical.
He also was a voice actor on several animated films, including The Prince of Egypt, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Chicken Little, The Pagemaster, as well as the English dubbings of the Japanese anime films Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki and Steamboy.
He loaned his voice to a number of Activision produced computer games, including Star Trek: Armada, Armada II, Bridge Commander, and Elite Force II, all reprising his role as Captain Picard.
Bethesda Softworks have announced that Stewart will be reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard for the forthcoming Star Trek: Legacy PC and Xbox 360 video game along with the four other Star Trek television captains.
In addition to voicing his characters from Star Trek and X-Men in several related computer and video games, Stewart also worked as a voice actor on games unrelated to both franchises, such as Lands of Lore, Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 2007 | Magneto | Professor Charles Xavier | Announced |
| 2006 | The Water Warriors | Filming | |
| Marvel: Ultimate Alliance | Professor Charles Xavier (voice) | Video Game | |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Professor Charles Xavier | ||
| X-Men: The Official Game | Professor Charles Xavier (voice) | Video Game | |
| Bambi II | The Great Prince/Stag (voice) | ||
| 2005 | Chicken Little | Mr. Woolensworth (voice) | |
| The Game of Their Lives | Older Dent McSkimming | ||
| X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse | Professor Charles Xavier (voice) | Video Game | |
| 2004 | Steamboy | Dr. Lloyd Steam | |
| Boo, Zino & The Snurks | Albert Drollinger | ||
| X-Men Legends | Professor Charles Xavier (voice) | Video Game | |
| 2003 | X2 | Professor Charles Xavier | |
| 2002 | Star Trek: Nemesis | Captain Jean-Luc Picard | |
| Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | King Goobot (voice) | ||
| 2000 | X-Men | Professor Charles Xavier | |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Pharaoh Seti I (voice) | |
| Star Trek: Insurrection | Captain Jean-Luc Picard | ||
| Safe House | Mace Sowell | ||
| Dad Savage | Dad Savage | ||
| Star Trek the Experience: The Klingon Encounter | Captain Jean-Luc Picard (voice) | ||
| 1997 | Masterminds | Rafe Bentley | |
| Conspiracy Theory | Dr. Jonas | ||
| 1996 | Star Trek: First Contact | Captain Jean-Luc Picard | |
| 1995 | Let It Be Me | John | |
| Jeffrey | Sterling | ||
| 1994 | The Pagemaster | Adventure (voice) | |
| Star Trek: Generations | Captain Jean-Luc Picard | ||
| Gunmen | Loomis | ||
| 1993 | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | King Richard | |
| 1991 | L.A. Story | Mr. Perdue/Maitre D' at L'Idiot | |
| 1986 | Lady Jane | Henry Grey/Duke of Suffolk | |
| 1985 | Walls of Glass | ||
| The Doctor and the Devils | Professor Macklin | ||
| Code Name: Emerald | Colonel Peters | ||
| Wild Geese II | Russian General | ||
| Lifeforce | Dr. Armstrong | ||
| 1984 | Dune | Gurney Halleck | |
| Warriors of the Wind | Lord Yupa (voice) | ||
| Uindii | Mr. Duffner | ||
| 1982 | The Plague Dogs | Major (voice) | |
| 1981 | Excalibur | Leondegrance | |
| 1980 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Wilkins | |
| 1975 | Hennessy | Tilney | |
| Heda | Ejlert Løvborg |
Theatrical performances
1997 – The Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, DC), Stewart in a "photo negative" production of Othello with an otherwise all-black cast.
2006 – Plays Prospero in The Tempest at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and Mark Anthony in Anthony and Cleopatra at the Swan Theatre, for the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of the cycle performing all Shakespeare's works in a year
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