Patrick Stewart

TV Actor

Patrick Stewart was born in Mirfield, Kirklees, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom on July 13th, 1940 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 83, Patrick Stewart biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Old Baldy, Beef Stew
Date of Birth
July 13, 1940
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Mirfield, Kirklees, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Age
83 years old
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Networth
$70 Million
Profession
Actor, Director, Film Actor, Stage Actor, Television Actor, University Teacher, Voice Actor
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Patrick Stewart Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 83 years old, Patrick Stewart has this physical status:

Height
178cm
Weight
73kg
Hair Color
Bald
Eye Color
Green
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Patrick Stewart Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Agnostic Atheism
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Crowlees Church of England Junior and Infants, School, Mirfield Secondary Modern School, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Patrick Stewart Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Sheila Falconer (m. 1966; div. 1990)​, Wendy Neuss ​(m. 2000; div. 2003)​, Sunny Ozell ​(m. 2013)
Children
2
Dating / Affair
Sheila Falconer (1965, Wendy Neuss (1994, Lisa Dillon, Meredith Baer, Sunny Ozell (2008-Present)
Parents
Alfred Stewart, Gladys Stewart
Siblings
Geoffrey Stewart (Older Brother) (Actor), Trevor Stewart (Older Brother) (Film Editor)
Other Family
William Albert Stewart (Paternal Grandfather), Emily Clara Larkins (Paternal Grandmother), Freedom Barrowclough (Maternal Grandfather), Mary Anne Hirst (Maternal Grandmother)
Patrick Stewart Career

Acting career

Stewart's first professional stage appearance was in Bristol on 19 May 1959, when he was directed by John Hale, as Cutpurse (a thief among the audience for the play-within-a-play). Stewart became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966 and spent with them until 1982. In 1967, he was an associate artist of the company. He performed with actors including Ben Kingsley and Ian Richardson. He made his first TV appearance on Coronation Street as a firefighter in January 1967. In 1969, he appeared in a television cameo role as Horatio, opposite Ian Richardson's Hamlet, in a performance of Sir Kenneth Clark's Civilisation television series episode six. Snout made his Broadway debut in Peter Brook's legendary production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in Peter Brook's legendary production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, then moved to the Royal National Theatre in the early 1980s.

Stewart appeared in several major television series over the years before being recognized as a household name. In the Fall of Eagles, Vladimir Lenin appeared; Sejanus in I, Claudius; Karla in Tinker Soldier Spy and Smiley's People; Claudius in a 1980 BBC adaptation of Hamlet. In the 1975 BBC version of Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South, he even took the romantic male lead. In 1981, he took the lead, as a psychiatric consultant Dr. Edward Roebuck, in BBC's Maybury. He continued to appear in films, such as King Leondegrance in John Boorman's Excalibur (1981), Gurney Halleck in David Lynch's Dune (1984) and Dr. Armstrong in Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (1985).

When asked Doctor Who actress Lalla Ward whether she would work in science fiction or on television, Stewart preferred classical theatre over other genres. When Robert H. Justman saw him during a literary reading at UCLA in 1987, he decided to work in Hollywood on a revival of Star Trek. Stewart had no idea about Star Trek's cultural influence or its iconic place in American history. He was reluctant to sign the six-year deal, but did so because he, his broker, and others with whom Stewart consulted assured that the show would quickly fall apart, and that after earning some money, he would return to his London stage career. When he was in Hollywood, he took the hewes word to distinguish himself from another Patrick Stewart who was still a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

The Los Angeles Times named Stewart "unknown British Shakespearean actor" when he was selected for the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994). He was also living out of his suitcase because of his skepticism that the show would be a hit, but he was not prepared for the long hours of television production that started at 4:45 a.m. on each day. When he was expected to memorize and recite technobabble, he had trouble fitting in with his less-disciplined coworkers. He eventually came to a better understanding of the cultural gaps between the stage and television, and his new scientific term, "spacetime continuum." He stayed close friends with his fellow Star Trek actors and became their advocate for the producers when necessary. Because some imitated Stewart's professionalism and dedication to acting, Marina Sirtis credited him with "at least half, if not more" of the show's success.

Stewart became wealthy as a result of the show's success. Stewart calculated that he earned more during the break than from ten weeks of Woolf in London in 1992, during a post-production break. Picard portrayed Picard in the films Star Trek Generations (1994), First Contact (1994), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), a 1995 Screen Actor in a Drama Series.

"It changed everything [for me] when asked in 2011 for the highlight of his career." He has also expressed admiration for his contribution to Star Trek: The Next Generation's social media and educational impact on young viewers. "The fact is all of those years in Royal Shakespeare Company—playing all those kings, emperors, princes, and tragic heroes—weren't much preparation for being in the captain's chair of the Enterprise, as he inquired into his role's worth compared to his distinguished Shakespearean career." The readers of TV Guide in 1992 selected him with Cindy Crawford, whom he had never met as the television's "most bodacious" man and woman. Gene Roddenberry's reaction to a reporter who said, "Surely they would have cured baldness by the 24th century," Roddenberry said, "They wouldn't care" in a 24-century interview.

CBS and Stewart jointly announced on August 4, 2018 that Jean-Luc Picard would reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series. Stewart and the show's creators, according to a prepared statement, would "endeavour to bring a new, unexpected, and timely story to life once more."

The Star Trek's success: The Next Generation television and film franchises typecast Stewart as Picard, and finding other roles became difficult. Due to his lengthy absence, he was able to return to the stage a little late. "No, no," He said, he would never have joined The Next Generation if he had known it would air for seven years: "No, no." No. And looking back now, it's still scary to think that so much of my life was entirely dedicated to Star Trek rather than anything else."

However, he played a key role in the big-budget X-Men film series as Professor Charles Xavier, the team's founder and mentor, in a few ways similar to Picard. He was initially reluctant to commit to another film franchise, but director Bryan Singer's persistence persuaded him not to continue working with him. Stewart has appeared in seven feature films (X-Men, X2-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Wolverine, The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Days of Future Past and Logan), and in several video games (X-Men Legends, X-Men Legends II, and X-Men Legends II, After Logan, Stewart revealed that he would not be leaving the X-Men film franchise.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange in 2022, Stewart portrayed Professor Xavier of Earth-838.

Stewart appeared in The Captains, a 2011 documentary starring William Shatner (who appeared on Star Trek Captain James Kirk) – Shatner also wrote and directed the film. Shatner interviews actors who have played captains within the Star Trek franchise in the film. Shatner's interviews with Stewart at his home in Oxfordshire, as well as at a Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada; Stewart discusses his fears and personal missteps during his tenure as a Starfleet captain, as well as the numerous triumphs he believes came with his role as Picard. He narrated Connected Universe, a crowdfunded documentary film directed by Malcolm Carter focusing on Nassim Haramein's self-styled physicist theories.

Stewart's other film and television appearances include the flamboyantly gay Sterling in the 1995 film Jeffrey and King Henry II, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination and an Emmy Award nomination for executive-producing the film. He portrayed Captain Ahab in the 1998 made-for-television film adaptation of Moby Dick, earning an Emmy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his work. In the 1998 film Safe House, he appeared. He appeared in a 1999 television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, winning a Screen Actor Guild Award nomination for his role.

Stewart appeared on the program in late 2003 as a gay Seattle socialite and opera singer who mistook Frasier for a potential lover in NBC's Frasier's 11th and final season. He appeared in Series 2 (Episode 09) of Top Gear in a Reasonably Priced Car segment in July 2003, a time of 1:50 in the Liana. In 2005, he appeared as Professor Ian Hood in an ITV thriller 4-episode series Eleventh Hour, directed by Stephen Gallagher. On January 19, 2006, the first episode was broadcast on January 19th. He appeared in a two-part version of The Mysterious Island in 2005. In Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's television series Extras, Stewart appeared as a nudity-obsessed caricature of himself. In the 2019 action comedy film Charlie's Angels, he played John Bosley.

He also appeared in animated films The Prince of Egypt, Jimmy Neutron, Chicken Little, The Pagemaster, The Emoji Movie, Hayao Miyazaki's English dubbings of the Japanese anime films Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and Steamboy by Katsuhiro Otomo. In 1999, he supported his hometown town of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, by lending his voice to a series of videos. In a made-for-TV film version of George Orwell's Animal Farm, he played the pig Napoleon, and guest appeared in "Homer the Great" as Number One. Stewart planned a narration for Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas' prologue and epilogue, but the final film used another actor (the original narration appears only on the first version of the film's soundtrack). Avery Bullock, a recurring character in CIA deputy director Avery Bullock, lends his name and appearance in the animated film American Dad! He has appeared on Family Guy in various roles. In Seth MacFarlane's 2012 film directorial debut, Ted, Stewart appears as narrator. In Disney's direct-to-video sequel Bambi II, Stewart portrayed Bambi's father, the Great Prince of the Forest, in 2006.

Stewart soon discovered that he did not like being on the stage after The Next Generation began. Despite being involved with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the series's lengthy filming process had barred him from appearing in most other performances, leaving a "gaping hole" on his resume as a Shakespearean actor, causing him to miss opportunities to play such prominent roles as Hamlet, Romeo, and Richard III. Rather, Stewart began writing one-man shows that he worked in California universities and acting schools. Due to its limited performance schedule, one of these — a recreation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" in which he portrayed all 40-plus characters — became a favorite for him as an actor as well.

Stewart appeared on Broadway in 1991, receiving a nomination for Outstanding One-Person Show of the year. He appeared in second and fourth Broadway performances in 1992 and 1994, as well as the 1996 revival in Los Angeles. In 2001, Stewart returned to Broadway, with all proceeds going to charity – and the show of 28 December's earnings going to the Actors Fund of America's 11 September campaign. In December 2005, a 23-day run in London's West End began. Stewart has been given the Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance in 1992 and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment for Solo Performance in 1994. He was also the co-producer of the show, through the company he founded: Camm Lane Productions, a remark on his birthplace in Mirfield's Camm Lane.

Pro Pro Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest played on Broadway in 1995, a part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Complete Works Festival in Rupert Goold's 2006 production of The Tempest. In 1997, he appeared in Othello with the Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.) in a "photo negative" production of a white Othello with an otherwise all-black cast. Stewart had wanted to play the title role since the age of 14, but director Jude Kelly and crew changed the script so Othello became a commentary on a white man's participation in a black culture.

He appeared in Antony and Cleopatra at the Novello Theatre in London in 2007 to rave reviews. Stewart also spoke to the Durham Union Society during this period about his experience in film and theatre. Some people said he was too old for the role when he first appeared in the West End in 2007, but one critic called Stewart "one of our finest Shakespearean actors" when he first appeared. In January 2007, he was appointed as the next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre based at St Catherine's College, Oxford. Stewart appeared in Hamlet alongside David Tennant in 2008. For the role, he received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor. After Tennant's back injury and subsequent absence from four weeks of Hamlet barred him from being eligible for an Olivier nomination, he dedicated his award "in part" to Tennant and Tennant's understudy Edward Bennett.

In Waiting for Godot, Stewart appeared alongside Ian McKellen as the lead pair of Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo). Stewart had only appeared on stage with McKellen before, but the two had developed a close bond while waiting for a close friendship while filming the X-Men films. Stewart said participating in this performance fulfilled a 50-year ambition, having seen Peter O'Toole appear in it at the Bristol Old Vic when Stewart was just 17. Reviewers said that his interpretation accurately represented the work's balance between humour and sadness.

Stewart has appeared in more than 60 productions, making him a regular actor in roles by the Royal Shakespeare Company. He first appeared in 1966 in The Investigation, and in the years that followed he became a key member of the organization, taking on three or four major roles per season.

Stewart has lent his voice to a variety of projects, thanks to his strong and authoritative voice. He has narrated recordings of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (winning a Grammy), Vivaldi's The Last Battle (conclusion of the series The Chronicles of Narnia), Rick Wakeman's Return to the Earth's Centre of the Earth), and numerous television programs such as High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman. Stewart provided the narration for Nine Worlds, an astronomical tour of the Solar System, and nature documentaries such as The Secret of Life on Earth and Mountain Gorilla. In Disneyland's live show, Snow White – An Enchanting Musical, he is also seen as the voice of the Magic Mirror. He was also the narrator of Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real, an American film. He is the narrator of two fulldome video shows produced and distributed by Loch Ness Productions, called MarsQuest and The Voyager Encounters.

He lent his voice to the Activision-produced Star Trek computer games Star Trek: Armada II, Star Trek: Invasion, Bridge Commander, and Elite Force II, all reprising Picard's role as Picard. Stewart reprised his role as Picard in Star Trek: Legacy for both PC and Xbox 360, as well as four other "major" Starfleet captains from the various Star Trek series.

Stewart performed his characters from Star Trek and X-Men in many related computer and video games, including Master of Chaos and Lords of Lore, for which he received a Spike TV Video Game Award in 2006 for his role as Emperor Uriel Septim. He has also contributed to several editions of the Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia.

His voice talents were also featured in a variety of commercials, including the relaunch of TSB Bank, Domestos bleach, and Moneysupermarket.com, an Shell fuel commercial and an American advertisement for the prescription drug Crestor. For the PAL version of Final Fantasy XII, he appeared in UK and Australian television advertisements.

In 1996, Stewart starred in Pontiac and Porsche gold commercials, as well as Goodyear Assurance Tyres in 2004. He has also done voice-overs for RCA televisions. In March 2007, he appeared in TMNT as Max Winters. He was also the voice of television advertisements for Currys and Stella Artois beer in 2008. He can be seen on national Car Rental television shows as of now.

For the game's introduction cinematic and trailer, he narrated the story of The Sims Medieval, a graphic novel by Electronic Arts. He also wrote the story plaques and trailer for the MMOG LEGO Universe, as well as the narrator of My Memory Of Us.

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