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Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

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Patrick Stewart is a British actor born in 1940 who has had a long career in performance. He is known for his work in theater and film, making him a notable figure in entertainment.

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Born: 1940-07-13
Works: 14

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The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments
Negotiating Sales for Busies
Web Servers in Your Pocket
Making It So
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Acting · Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK

An English film, television and stage actor. He has had a distinguished career in theatre and television for around half a century. He is most widely known for his television and film roles, as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films. Stewart was born in Mirfield near Dewsbury in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, the son of…

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Avengers: Doomsday — Professor Charles Xavier2026
The Sheep Detectives — Sir Ritchfield (voice)2026
Bait — Pig Head (voice)2026
Secrets of the Neanderthals — Narrator (voice)2024
Butterfly in the Sky — Self (archive footage)2024
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event — Admiral Jean-Luc Picard

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Sir Patrick Stewart (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor. With a career spanning over seven decades of stage and screen, he has received various accolades, including two Olivier Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for a Tony Award, three Golden Globe Awards, four Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama in 2010.

In 1966, Stewart became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his Broadway theatre debut in 1971 in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 1979, he received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Antony and Cleopatra in the West End. His first television role was in Coronation Street in 1967. His first major screen roles were in Fall of Eagles (1974), I, Claudius (1976) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979). In 2008 he reprised his role as King Claudius in Hamlet and received his second Olivier Award and his first Tony Award nomination for respectively the West End and Broadway theatre productions.