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| name               = Patrick Stewart
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| birth_place        = [[Mirfield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England
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| years_active       = 1959–present
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| works = [[Patrick Stewart on stage and screen|Full list]]
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'''Sir Patrick Stewart''' (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor. With a career spanning over seven decades of [[Patrick Stewart on stage and screen|stage and screen]], he has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Patrick Stewart|various accolades]], including two [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Olivier Awards]] and a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]], as well as nominations for a [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]], three [[Golden Globe Awards]], four [[Emmy Awards]], and three [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]. He was [[Knight Bachelor|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|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 theatre|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 (TV series)|I, Claudius]]'' (1976) and ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV series)|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.

Stewart gained international stardom for his leading role as Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (1987–1994), a role he reprised in a [[List of Star Trek films#The Next Generation films|series of films]] and ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]'' (2020–2023). He starred as [[Captain Ahab]] in the [[USA Network]] miniseries ''[[Moby Dick (1998 miniseries)|Moby Dick]]'' (1998), [[Ebenezer Scrooge]] in [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] television film ''[[A Christmas Carol (1999 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1999) and [[Henry II of England|King Henry II]] in the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] film ''[[The Lion in Winter (2003 film)|The Lion in Winter]]'' (2003). He was [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series|Primetime Emmy Award]]-nominated for his comedic roles in the [[NBC]] sitcoms ''[[Frasier]]'' (2003) and [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]'' (2005). He also starred as the lead of the [[Starz]] comedy series ''[[Blunt Talk]]'' (2015–2016). He voices CIA executive [[Avery Bullock]] on ''[[American Dad!]]'' (2005–present).

On film, he gained stardom portraying [[Charles Xavier (film character)|Professor Charles Xavier]] in the [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' film series]] from 2000 to 2017, reprising the role in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]. He also acted in ''[[Hedda (1975 film)|Hedda]]'' (1975), ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]'' (1981), ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'' (1984), ''[[L.A. Story]]'' (1991), ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'' (1993), ''[[Jeffrey (1995 film)|Jeffrey]]'' (1995) and ''[[The Kid Who Would Be King]]'' (2019). He has also voiced roles in ''[[The Pagemaster]]'' (1994), ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' (1998), ''[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'' (2001), ''[[Chicken Little (2005 film)|Chicken Little]]'' (2005), ''[[Gnomeo & Juliet]]'' (2011), and ''[[Ted (film)|Ted]]'' (2012). 
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==Early life and education ==
Patrick Stewart<ref>Named after his father's army sobriquet. ''Making It So'', p.&nbsp;4.</ref> was born in [[Mirfield]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] on 13 July 1940,<ref>{{cite news|date=13 July 2010|title=Mirfield's Sir Patrick at 70 |publisher=BBC |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bradford/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8815000/8815255.stm|access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref> the son of Gladys (née Barrowclough), a weaver and textile worker, and Alfred Stewart (1905–1980), a [[regimental sergeant major]] in the [[British Army]] [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] during the [[Second World War]] who later worked as a general labourer and postman.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1435150/Family-detective.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1435150/Family-detective.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Family detective |first=Nick |last=Barratt |newspaper=The Telegraph|date=12 January 2007 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> He has two older brothers named Geoffrey (born 1925) and Trevor (born 1935).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/local/more-local-news/mirfield-star-sir-patrick-stewart-delves-into-family-history-1-4886856|title=Mirfield star Sir Patrick Stewart delves into family history|date=2 September 2012|newspaper=Dewsbury Reporter|access-date=3 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731142537/http://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/local/more-local-news/mirfield-star-sir-patrick-stewart-delves-into-family-history-1-4886856|archive-date=31 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2012/who-do-you-think-you-are/patrick-stewart-36/ |title=Patrick Stewart Featured Article |date=29 August 2012 |website=TheGenealogist.co.uk |access-date=15 January 2014}}</ref><ref>Patrick Stewart – Who Do You Think You Are (UK) S09E03. Accessed 19 January 2015.</ref> He spent much of his childhood in a poor household in Mirfield, where he experienced [[domestic violence]] at the hands of his father.<ref name="back on stage">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/4534792.stm |title=Patrick Stewart – back on stage |work=BBC News |date=16 December 2005 |publisher=BBC |access-date=20 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Patrick |date=27 November 2009 |title=Patrick Stewart: the legacy of domestic violence |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/nov/27/patrick-stewart-domestic-violence |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228022358/http://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/nov/27/patrick-stewart-domestic-violence |archive-date=28 December 2013 |access-date=8 March 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> As a result of wartime service during the [[Dunkirk evacuation]], his father suffered from [[combat fatigue]], which is now known as [[post-traumatic stress disorder|PTSD]]. Stewart said in 2008, "My father was a very potent individual, a very powerful man, who got what he wanted. It was said that when he strode onto the parade ground, birds stopped singing. It was many, many years before I realised how my father inserted himself into my work. I've grown a moustache for ''[[Macbeth]]''. My father didn't have one, but when I looked in the mirror just before I went on stage I saw my father's face staring straight back at me."<ref name="Twenty Questions">{{cite journal |year=2008 |title=Twenty Questions |journal=[[American Theatre (magazine)|American Theatre]] |issn=8750-3255 |volume=25 |issue=3 |page=96}}</ref>

Stewart attended Crowlees Junior and Infant School, a [[Church of England]]–affiliated school in Mirfield.<ref>Jenny Parkin, [http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_method=full%26objectid=13742141%26siteid=50060-name_page.html "Heartfelt hello from an old pal... Hollywood star Patrick calls after message"], in ''[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]]'', 19 December 2003</ref> He later attributed his acting career to his English teacher there, Cecil Dormand, who "put a copy of Shakespeare in [Stewart's] hand" and told him to get up and perform.<ref name="BBC News – Star Trek star Patrick Stewart knighted at Palace">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10217872 |title=BBC News – Star Trek star Patrick Stewart knighted at Palace |work=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=2 June 2010 |date=2 June 2010}}</ref> He entered Mirfield Secondary Modern School in 1951, aged 11, and continued to study drama there.<ref name=mirmem>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirfieldmemories.co.uk/patrick_stewart.htm |title=Sir Patrick Stewart (Son of Mirfield) |website=Mirfield Memories}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/sir-patrick-stewart-relives-star-9647274 |title=Sir Patrick Stewart relives Star Trek days as he steps down as University of Huddersfield Chancellor |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=13 July 2015}}</ref> Around the same time, he met and befriended fellow actor [[Brian Blessed]] on a drama course in [[Mytholmroyd]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirfieldmemories.co.uk/patrick_stewart.htm |title=Patrick Stewart |website=www.mirfieldmemories.co.uk |access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref> At the age of 15, he left school and increased his participation in local theatre. He supported himself with work as a newspaper reporter and obituary writer for the local newspaper,<ref name=stfc>{{cite video |people=[[Jonathan Frakes|Frakes, Jonathan]] |year=2005 |title=Star Trek: First Contact Special Edition DVD commentary |medium=DVD |publisher=Paramount Pictures}}</ref> Stewart left after one year when his boss gave him an ultimatum to choose acting or journalism.<ref name="thepsn">{{cite web |url=http://www.thepsn.org/psn/biography.asp |title=Patrick Stewart Biography |access-date=14 January 2008 |year=2007 |work=The Patrick Stewart Network |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111093439/http://www.thepsn.org/psn/biography.asp |archive-date=11 January 2008}}</ref> According to one of his brothers, Stewart would attend theatre rehearsals when he was supposed to be in work and then invent the stories he was reporting on, or persuade other reporters to cover for him. Stewart got a job in a furniture store, that not only allowed him to attend rehearsals with little scheduling conflict, but he also found that his thespian talent was applicable, resulting him in becoming productive in sales while practising his acting technique by tailoring his sales pitch for each customer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKittrick |first1=Chris |title=Patrick Stewart on His Early Career Struggles and What He Learned About Acting from Working at a Furniture Store |url=https://www.dailyactor.com/film/patrick-stewart-early-career-struggles/ |website=Daily Actor |date=21 November 2013 |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> He also trained in [[boxing]].<ref name=stfc /> He has said that acting served as a means of self-expression in his youth.{{r|ind20030630}} Stewart and Blessed later received grants to attend the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigissue.com/features/letter-to-my-younger-self/5961/brian-blessed-interview-the-queen-wanted-me-to-shout-gordons |title=Brian Blessed interview: "The Queen wanted me to shout 'Gordon's Alive!'" |access-date=22 July 2016 |archive-date=30 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630202952/http://www.bigissue.com/features/letter-to-my-younger-self/5961/brian-blessed-interview-the-queen-wanted-me-to-shout-gordons |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stewart was the first person who was neither a graduate of Oxford nor Cambridge to receive a grant from West Riding Council.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stewart|first=Patrick|title=Making It So: A Memoir|year=2023|location=London|publisher=Gallery Books|page=107}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early acting career (1959–1987)===
Stewart's first professional stage appearance was on 19 May 1959 at the Theatre Royal, Bristol (for the [[Bristol Old Vic|Bristol Old Vic Company]]), playing Cutpurse (a thief among the audience for the [[metatheatre|play-within-a-play]]) in ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'', directed by John Hale.<ref>{{cite news |last1=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Large-scale 'Cyrano' at Bristol Old Vic |date=28 May 1959|work=[[The Stage]] |page=17}}</ref> Following a period with [[Manchester Central Library|Manchester's Library Theatre]], Stewart became a member of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in 1966, remaining with them until 1982.<ref name=sbt/> He was an associate artist of the company in 1967.<ref name=ghost>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsc.org.uk/whatson/7514.aspx |title=Patrick plays the Ghost and Claudius in Hamlet |website=Royal Shakespeare Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409080926/http://www.rsc.org.uk/whatson/7514.aspx |archive-date=9 April 2010 |access-date=2 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He appeared with actors such as [[Ben Kingsley]] and [[Ian Richardson]]. In January 1967, he made his debut TV appearance on ''[[Coronation Street]]'' as a fire officer. In 1969, he had a brief TV cameo role as [[Horatio (Hamlet)|Horatio]], opposite Ian Richardson's [[Hamlet]], in a performance of the gravedigger scene as part of episode six of Sir [[Kenneth Clark]]'s ''[[Civilisation (TV series)|Civilisation]]'' television series.<ref>{{cite video |people=Kenneth Clark |title=Civilisation |medium=Television production |publisher=BBC |location=London, UK. |year=1969}}</ref> During the early 1970s, [[University of California, Santa Barbara|UCSB]] professor Homer Swander recruited him to help teach American university students about Shakespeare, which led to his breakthrough into Hollywood.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Patrick |title=Homer Swander obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/06/homer-swander-obituary |access-date=24 September 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=6 March 2018}}</ref> He made his Broadway debut as [[Tom Snout|Snout]] in [[Peter Brook]]'s [[RSC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1970)|legendary 1970 production]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Bennett |first=Susan |title=Performing nostalgia: shifting Shakespeare and the contemporary past |publisher=Routledge |location=London |year=1996 |page=[https://archive.org/details/performingnostal0000benn/page/18 18] |isbn=978-0-415-07326-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/performingnostal0000benn/page/18 }}</ref> of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]],'' then moved to the [[Royal National Theatre]] in the early 1980s.

Over the years, Stewart took roles in many major television series without ever becoming a household name. He appeared as [[Vladimir Lenin]] in ''[[Fall of Eagles]]''; [[Sejanus]] in ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]'';<ref name="TNGComp18">{{cite book |last1=Nemecek |first1=Larry |editor1-first=Dave |editor1-last=Stern |title=The Star Trek The Next Generation Companion |year=1992 |publisher=Pocket Books |location=New York|isbn=978-0-671-79460-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/startreknextgene00neme/page/18 18] |chapter=Rebirth |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/startreknextgene00neme/page/18 }}</ref> [[Karla (character)|Karla]] in ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (miniseries)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]'' and ''[[Smiley's People (miniseries)|Smiley's People]]''; [[King Claudius|Claudius]] in a 1980 BBC adaptation of ''[[Hamlet]]''. He took the romantic male lead in the 1975 [[BBC]] adaptation of [[Elizabeth Gaskell]]'s ''[[North and South (1854 novel)|North and South]]''. He also took the lead, as psychiatric consultant Dr Edward Roebuck, in BBC's ''Maybury'' in 1981. He continued to play minor roles in films, such as [[Leondegrance|King Leondegrance]] in [[John Boorman]]'s ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]'' (1981),<ref name="TNGComp18" /> the character [[Gurney Halleck]] in [[David Lynch]]'s ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'' (1984),<ref name="TNGComp18" /> Dr. Armstrong in [[Tobe Hooper]]'s ''[[Lifeforce (film)|Lifeforce]]'' (1985) and [[Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk|Henry Grey]] in ''[[Lady Jane (1986 film)|Lady Jane]]'' (1986), the story of English Queen [[Lady Jane Grey]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robison |first1=William B. |last2=Parrill |first2=Sue |author2-link=Sue Parrill |title=The Tudors on Film and Television |date=2013 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, NC |isbn=978-0-7864-5891-2 |page=130}}</ref>

Stewart preferred classical theatre to other genres, asking ''[[Doctor Who]]'' actress [[Lalla Ward]] why she would work in science fiction or on television.<ref name="bbcward">{{cite interview |title=Lalla Ward |access-date=1 April 2016 |last=Ward |first=Lalla |subject-link=Lalla Ward |interviewer=McGann, Paul |work=K9 & Co. |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/webcasts/shada/interviews/ward/index.html}}</ref> In 1987, he nonetheless agreed to work in Hollywood on a revival of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'', after [[Robert H. Justman]] saw him while attending a literary reading at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]].{{r|brady19920405}}<ref name="bbcjustman">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/justman/printpage.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021128164745/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/justman/printpage.html |archive-date=28 November 2002 |title=Robert Justman – Co-Producer Co-Creator of Star Trek |publisher=BBC |access-date=7 May 2011}}</ref> Stewart knew nothing about the [[cultural influence of Star Trek]] or its iconic status in American culture. He was reluctant to sign the standard contract of six years, but did so as he, his agent, and others with whom Stewart consulted, all believed the new show would quickly fail, and that he would return to his London stage career after making some money.{{r|lyall20080127}}<ref name="appleyard20071104">{{cite news |publisher=News Corp. |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article2785374.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511195800/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article2785374.ece |archive-date=11 May 2008 |title=Patrick Stewart: Keep on Trekkin' |work=The Sunday Times |date=4 November 2007 |access-date=27 April 2011 |last=Appleyard |first=Bryan |location=London}}</ref>{{r|bbcstewart}}{{r|day20121226}} Regardless, Stewart's trusted colleague, [[Ian McKellen]], was particularly vocal in advising Stewart not to throw away his theatrical career for this foray into television, which Stewart had to disregard considering the opportunity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title=Ian McKellen Told Patrick Stewart to Reject 'Star Trek' Offer and Stay in Theater, Admitted Later He Was Wrong: 'You Can't Throw That Away to Do TV. No!' |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/ian-mckellen-patrick-stewart-reject-star-trek-stay-in-theater-1235743624/ |website=Variety.com |date=3 October 2023 |publisher=Variety |access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref> While in Hollywood, he spent 18 months using the professional name "Patrick Hewes Stewart" while negotiating the rights to his original name from an American actor who had already registered it with the [[Screen Actors Guild]].<ref name="var12">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/features/thomas-middleditch-patrick-stewart-silicon-valley-blunt-talk-1201794682/ |title=Thomas Middleditch and Patrick Stewart on Doing Standup, Nicknames and Crazy Fan Encounters |first=Debra |last=Birnbaum |date=14 June 2016|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

===Film and TV career (1987–present)===
====''Star Trek: The Next Generation''====
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[[File:Brent Spiner and Patrick Stewart.jpg|thumb|Stewart with ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek]]'' co-star [[Brent Spiner]] in 2010]]

When Stewart was picked for the role of Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (1987–1994), the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called him an "unknown British Shakespearean actor". Still living out of his suitcase because of his scepticism that the show would succeed,<ref name="day20121226">{{cite news |url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/12/26/patrick-stewart-next-generation-x-men-and-hollywood-history/ |title=Patrick Stewart: 'Next Generation,' 'X-Men' and Hollywood history |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=4 November 2019|last=Day |first=Patrick Kevin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201220119/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/12/26/patrick-stewart-next-generation-x-men-and-hollywood-history/ |archive-date=1 February 2013 }}</ref> he was unprepared for the long schedule of television production<ref name="bbcstewart">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/stewart/printpage.html |title=Patrick Stewart – Jean Luc Picard, Captain of the Enterprise |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926232634/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/stewart/printpage.html |archive-date=26 September 2013}}</ref> that began at 4:45 am each day.{{r|brady19920405}} He initially experienced difficulty fitting in with his less-disciplined castmates. In interviews, he recalled with embarrassment a time when he scolded the main cast for being unprofessional in his opinion, by saying "We're not here... to have fun!"<ref>{{cite web |last1=McMillan |first1=Graeme |title=Patrick Stewart's rocky start on Star Trek: The Next Generation: "We are not here to have fun" |url=https://www.thepopverse.com/patrick-stewart-star-trek-the-next-generation-not-here-to-have-fun |website=Popverse |date=3 October 2023 |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>{{r|lyall20080127}} Furthermore, Stewart has stated that his "spirits used to sink" whenever he was required to memorise and recite [[technobabble]].{{r|bbcstewart}} He eventually came to better understand the cultural differences between the stage and television and relaxed to a degree at work,{{r|lyall20080127}} and his favourite technical line became "[[spacetime continuum]]".{{r|bbcstewart}}

Stewart remained close friends with his fellow ''Star Trek'' actors{{r|lyall20080127}} and became their advocate with the producers when necessary.{{r|day20121226}} [[Marina Sirtis]] credited Stewart with "at least 50%, if not more" of the show's success because others imitated his professionalism and dedication to acting.<ref name="sirtis">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/sirtis/printpage.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011115191259/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/sirtis/printpage.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 November 2001 |title=Marina Sirtis – Star Trek: The Next Generation's empathetic Counsellor |publisher=BBC |access-date=7 May 2011}}</ref> [[Jonathan Frakes]] said that, with some shows he'd been on, there were actors who showed up without having read the script, but Stewart had "set such a high bar for preparation. We all came to work in the morning completely prepared. We knew our lines and had broken down the script".<ref name="marsh20190124">{{cite web |last=Marsh |first=Calum |date=24 January 2019 |title=Star Trek Legend Jonathan Frakes on Life As an Actor's Director |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/01/star-trek-jonathan-frakes-director-interview.html |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=Vulture }}</ref>

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It really wasn't until the first season ended [when] I went to my first ''Star Trek'' convention ... [I] had expected that I would be standing in front of a few hundred people and found that there were two and a half thousand people and that they already knew more about me than I could ever possibly have believed. |source =Stewart, on when he realised he had become famous{{r|bbcstewart}} }}

Stewart unexpectedly became wealthy because of the show's success.{{r|appleyard20071104}} In 1992, during a break in filming, Stewart calculated that he earned more during that break than from ten weeks of ''Woolf'' in London.<ref name="brady19920405">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UlhPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5604%2C1577738 |title=In Step With: Patrick Stewart |work=Parade |date=5 April 1992 |access-date=28 April 2011 |last=Brady |first=James |page=21}}</ref> From 1994 to 2002, he also portrayed Picard in the films ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' (1994), ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' (1996), ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]'' (1998) and ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' (2002); and in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''{{'}}s pilot episode "[[Emissary (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Emissary]]", and received a 1995 [[Screen Actors Guild]] Award nomination for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series".

When asked in 2011 for the highlight of his career, he chose ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', because "it changed everything [for me]."<ref name="bbcfiveminutes">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-13160867 |title=Five Minutes With: Patrick Stewart |work=BBC |date=23 April 2011 |access-date=2 June 2011 |page=1}}</ref> He has also said he is very proud of his work on ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' for its social messages and educational impact on young viewers. When questioned about his role's significance compared to his distinguished Shakespearean career, he said, "The fact is all of those years in Royal Shakespeare Company—playing all those kings, emperors, princes and tragic heroes—were nothing but preparation for sitting in the captain's chair of the Enterprise."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/S/Stewart_Patrick/1997/08/17/pf-761995.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709150749/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/S/Stewart_Patrick/1997/08/17/pf-761995.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=9 July 2012 |title=Patrick Stewart at the controls |access-date=14 January 2008 |first=Tyler |last=McLeod |date=17 August 1997 |work=CANOE}}</ref> The accolades he has received include the readers of ''TV Guide'' in 1992 choosing him with [[Cindy Crawford]], of whom he had never heard, as television's "most bodacious" man and woman.<ref name="dn19920713">{{cite news |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/236846/BOLD-BALD-ACTOR-VOTED-TVS-MOST-BODACIOUS-MAN.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125212224/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/236846/BOLD-BALD-ACTOR-VOTED-TVS-MOST-BODACIOUS-MAN.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 November 2011 |title=Bold, Bald Actor Voted TV's Most Bodacious Man |work=Deseret News |date=13 July 1992 |access-date=7 May 2011 |location=Salt Lake City, Utah}}</ref><ref name="bbcfrakes">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/frakes/printpage.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011115185829/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/frakes/printpage.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 November 2001 |title=Jonathan Frakes – The Next Generation's Number One, Will Riker, and Trek director |publisher=BBC |access-date=7 May 2011}}</ref><ref name=ind20030630>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/patrick-stewart-the-spirit-of-enterprise-542354.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812055703/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/patrick-stewart-the-spirit-of-enterprise-542354.html |archive-date=12 August 2011 |work=The Independent |location=London |title=Patrick Stewart: The spirit of Enterprise |date=30 June 2003 |access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref> In an interview with [[Michael Parkinson]], he expressed gratitude for [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s response to a reporter who said, "Surely they would have cured baldness by the 24th century," to which Roddenberry replied, "In the 24th century, they wouldn't care."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17880 |title=mental_floss Blog " 3 Bald encounters on the set of Star Trek |work=Mentalfloss.com |date=25 August 2008 |access-date=2 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728173103/http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17880 |archive-date=28 July 2009}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/pXOK-ZVJMaU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080907142702/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU |title=at 0:34 |website=Youtube |date=19 July 2007 |access-date=2 May 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

{{quote box|align=right|salign=right|style=width:40%|"It came to a point where I had no idea where Picard began and I ended. We completely overlapped. His voice became my voice, and there were other elements of him that became me" ... No director in Hollywood wanted to cast this grand, deep-voiced, bald English guy because everybody knew he was Picard and couldn't possibly be anybody else. In the event, he effectively reprised the part as Professor Charles Xavier – a grand, deep-voiced, bald English guy – in the ''X-Men'' films.|source=– Interview, ''[[The Times]]''{{r|appleyard20071104}}}}

{{main|Star Trek: Picard}}
On 4 August 2018, CBS and Stewart jointly announced that he would reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard in a new ''Star Trek'' series. In a prepared statement, Stewart said he and the new show's producers would "endeavour to bring a fresh, unexpected and pertinent story to life once more."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2018/08/04/patrick-stewart-to-reprise-star-trek-role-in-new-series.html |title=Patrick Stewart to reprise 'Star Trek' role in new series |work=Toronto Star |date=4 August 2018 |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/08/05/patrick-stewart-returns-star-trek-ascaptain-jean-luc-picard/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/08/05/patrick-stewart-returns-star-trek-ascaptain-jean-luc-picard/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Patrick Stewart returns to Star Trek as Captain Jean-Luc Picard |date=5 August 2018 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=5 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

====''X-Men'' film series====
The success of the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' TV and film franchises [[typecasting (acting)|typecast]] Stewart as Picard and obtaining other roles became difficult.{{r|appleyard20071104}}<ref name="portsmouth20100413">{{cite news |url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/what-s-on/patrick-stewart-can-t-wait-for-chichester-role-1-1249400 |title=Patrick Stewart can't wait for Chichester role |work=Portsmouth News |date=13 April 2010 |access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref> He also found returning to the stage difficult because of his long absence.{{r|appleyard20071104}} He commented that he would never have joined ''The Next Generation'' had he known that it would air for seven years: "No, no. NO. And looking back now it still frightens me a little bit to think that so much of my life was totally devoted to Star Trek and almost nothing else."{{r|bbcstewart}}

[[File:World Premiere Logan Berlinale 2017 21.jpg|thumb|Stewart with co-star [[Hugh Jackman]] at the 2017 world premiere of ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]'']]
However, in the late 1990s he accepted a key role in the big-budget [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' film series]], as [[Charles Xavier (film series character)|Professor Charles Xavier]], founder and mentor of the superhero team, a role similar in many ways to Picard.<ref name="appleyard20071104" /> He was initially reluctant to sign on to another movie franchise, but his interest in working with director [[Bryan Singer]] persuaded him.<ref name="appleyard20071104" /> In addition, Stewart was joined by Ian McKellen, who had by then conceded that his friend had made a prudent choice performing in popular screen science fiction, who played Xavier's friend and ideological nemesis, the [[supervillain]] [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]]. Stewart has played the role in seven feature films (''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'', ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'', ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'', ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'', ''[[The Wolverine (film)|The Wolverine]]'', ''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]'' and ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]'') and voiced the role in several video games (''[[X-Men Legends]]'', ''[[X-Men Legends II]]'', and ''[[X-Men: Next Dimension]]''). Stewart announced that he would be leaving the ''X-Men'' film franchise after ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Collis |first1=Clark |title=Patrick Stewart says he's retiring from X-Men franchise: 'I'm done' |url=http://comicbook.com/2017/02/24/patrick-stewart-retiring-x-men-movies-xavier/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>

In 2022, Stewart portrayed Professor Xavier of Earth-838 in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] film ''[[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness]].''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abdulbaki |first1=Mae |title=Doctor Strange's Illuminati Members Explained: New Origins, Actors & Powers |url=https://screenrant.com/doctor-strange-multiverse-madness-illuminati-identity-powers-2/ |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=Screen Rant |date=5 May 2022 }}</ref> He is reprising his role in the upcoming film ''[[Avengers: Doomsday]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=26 March 2025 |title=Marvel Confirming 'Avengers: Doomsday' Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Paul Rudd, Letitia Wright, Sebastian Stan, Vanessa Kirby & More…. |url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/avengers-doomsday-cast-1236351122/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326161401/https://deadline.com/2025/03/avengers-doomsday-cast-1236351122/ |archive-date=26 March 2025 |access-date=26 March 2025 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

====Documentaries====
In 2011, Stewart appeared in the feature-length documentary ''[[The Captains (film)|The Captains]]'' alongside [[William Shatner]] (who played ''Star Trek'' Captain [[James T. Kirk|James Kirk]]) – Shatner also wrote and directed the film. In the film, Shatner interviews actors who have portrayed captains within the ''Star Trek'' franchise. The film pays a great deal of attention to Shatner's interviews with Stewart at his home in [[Oxfordshire]], as well as at a [[Star Trek convention|''Star Trek'' Convention]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]; Stewart reveals the fear and personal failings that came along with his tenure as a [[Starfleet]] captain, and also the great triumphs he believes accompanied his role as Picard.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exclusive Clips from William Shatner's 'The Captains' |url=http://trekmovie.com/2011/07/18/exclusive-clips-from-william-shatners-the-captains-how-to-watch-doc-for-free-online/ |work=Trekmovie.com}}</ref> In 2016, he narrated ''Connected Universe'', a crowdfunded documentary film directed by Malcolm Carter on the ideas of self-styled physicist Nassim Haramein.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/patrick-stewart-narrates-connected-universe-932045 |title=Patrick Stewart Narrating New Documentary 'The Connected Universe' |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=22 September 2016 |access-date=27 November 2016}}</ref>

====Other film and television====
[[File:PatrickStew211023 (3 of 23) (53275039331) (cropped).jpg|upright|thumb|Stewart in 2023]]
Stewart's other film and television roles include the flamboyantly gay Sterling in the 1995 film ''[[Jeffrey (1995 film)|Jeffrey]]'' and [[Henry II of England|King Henry II]] in ''[[The Lion in Winter (2003 film)|The Lion in Winter]]'', for which he received a [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination for his performance and an [[Emmy Award]] nomination for executive-producing the film. He portrayed [[Ahab (Moby-Dick)|Captain Ahab]] in the 1998 made-for-television film version of ''[[Moby Dick (1998 miniseries)|Moby Dick]]'', receiving an Emmy Award nomination<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/patrick-stewart |title=Patrick Stewart Emmy Winner |work=Emmys.com |access-date=15 January 2014}}</ref> and Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance. He starred in the 1998 film ''[[Safe House (1998 film)|Safe House]]''. He also starred as [[Ebenezer Scrooge|Scrooge]] in a 1999 [[A Christmas Carol (1999 film)|television film version of Charles Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol'']], receiving a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his performance.

In late 2003, during the 11th and final season of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Frasier]]'', Stewart appeared on the show as a gay [[Seattle]] socialite and opera director, who mistakes [[Frasier Crane|Frasier]] for a potential lover. In July 2003, he appeared in Series 2 (Episode 09) of ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' in the [[Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car]] segment, achieving a time of 1:50 in the [[Suzuki Liana|Liana]]. In 2005, he was cast as Professor Ian Hood in an [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] thriller 4-episode series ''[[Eleventh Hour (UK TV series)|Eleventh Hour]]'', created by [[Stephen Gallagher]]. The first episode was broadcast on 19 January 2006. He also, in 2005, played [[Captain Nemo]] in a two-part adaptation of ''[[Mysterious Island (2005 film)|The Mysterious Island]]''. Stewart also appeared as a nudity-obsessed caricature of himself in [[Ricky Gervais]] and [[Stephen Merchant]]'s television series ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]''. He played [[John Bosley (Charlie's Angels)|John Bosley]] in the 2019 action comedy film ''[[Charlie's Angels (2019 film)|Charlie's Angels]]'', released on 15 November.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/patrick-stewart-to-play-bosley-in-charlies-angels-exclusive/ar-BBNt3Q8 |title=Patrick Stewart to Play Bosley in 'Charlie's Angels' (Exclusive) |website=www.msn.com |access-date=18 September 2018}}</ref>

He also was a voice actor on the animated films ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'', ''[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (film)|Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'', ''[[Chicken Little (2005 film)|Chicken Little]]'', ''[[The Pagemaster]]'', ''[[The Emoji Movie]]'', ''[[Dragon Rider (film)|Dragon Rider]]'',  the English [[dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbings]] of the Japanese [[anime]] films ''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)|Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]]'', by [[Hayao Miyazaki]], and ''[[Steamboy]]'', by [[Katsuhiro Otomo]]. He supported his home town of [[Dewsbury]] in West Yorkshire by lending his voice to a series of videos on the town in 1999. He voiced the pig [[Napoleon (Animal Farm)|Napoleon]] in a [[Animal Farm (1999 film)|made-for-TV film adaptation]] of [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Animal Farm]]'' and guest starred in the ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Homer the Great]]" as Number One. Stewart also recorded a narration planned for the prologue and epilogue for Tim Burton's ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' but the final movie used another voice (the original narration appears only on the first edition of the film's soundtrack). He plays a recurring role as [[CIA]] Deputy Director [[Avery Bullock]], lending his likeness as well as his voice on the animated series ''[[American Dad!]]''. He has also made several guest appearances on ''[[Family Guy]]'' in various roles. Stewart also appears as narrator in [[Seth MacFarlane]]'s 2012 film directorial debut, ''Ted''. In 2006, Stewart voiced Bambi's father, the Great Prince of the Forest, in Disney's direct-to-video sequel ''[[Bambi II]]''.

===Theatre (1990–present)===
After ''The Next Generation'' began, Stewart soon found that he missed acting on the stage.{{r|appleyard20071104}} Although he remained associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the lengthy filming for the series had prevented him from participating in most other works, leaving a "gaping hole" of many years in his [[Curriculum vitae|CV]] as a Shakespearean actor, causing him to miss opportunities to play such notable roles as [[Prince Hamlet|Hamlet]], [[Romeo Montague|Romeo]], and [[Richard III (play)|Richard III]].{{r|appleyard20071104}}{{r|lyall20080127}} Instead, Stewart began writing [[one-man show]]s that he performed in California universities and acting schools. One of these—a version of [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' in which he portrayed all 40-plus characters—became ideal for him as an actor as well, because of its limited performing schedule.<ref name="collins19911215">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/15/theater/theater-a-voice-that-launched-a-thousand-trips.html |title=A Voice That Launched a Thousand Trips |work=The New York Times |date=15 December 1991 |access-date=28 April 2011 |last=Collins |first=Glenn}}</ref>

[[File:Patrick Stewart signing autographs.jpg|upright|left|thumb|Stewart signing autographs following a production of ''[[Hamlet]]'' at the [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]] in July 2008]]
In 1991, Stewart performed it on Broadway,{{r|appleyard20071104}} receiving a nomination for that year's [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dramadesk.com/1991_1992dd.html |title=1991–1992 38th Drama Desk Awards |access-date=1 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080704130634/http://www.dramadesk.com/1991_1992dd.html |archive-date=4 July 2008}}</ref> He staged encore Broadway performances in 1992 and 1994, with the 1993 run held in London and the 1996 production in Los Angeles. Stewart brought the show back to Broadway in 2001, with all proceeds going to charity – and the show of 28 December's revenue, specifically, going to the [[September 11 attacks|11 September]] campaign of the [[Actors Fund of America]].<ref>{{cite web |author-link1=Robert Simonson |last1=Simonson |first1=Robert |title=Patrick Stewart Returns to Broadway with One-Man A Christmas Carol, Dec. 24–30 |url=https://www.playbill.com/news/article/patrick-stewart-returns-to-broadway-with-one-man-a-christmas-carol-dec.-24--99806 |work=[[Playbill]] |date=17 November 2001 |access-date=30 March 2018}}</ref> A 23-day run re-opened in London's West End in December 2005. For his performances in this play, Stewart has received 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 [[Theatrical producer|co-producer]] of the show, through the company he set up for the purpose: Camm Lane Productions, a reference to his birthplace in Camm Lane, Mirfield.

[[File:9.24.13WaitingForGodot-NoMansLandPressJunketByLuigiNovi8.jpg|thumb|Stewart with actors [[Ian McKellen]] and [[Billy Crudup]] at a September 2013 press event at [[Sardi's]] restaurant for ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' and ''[[No Man's Land (play)|No Man's Land]]'']]
Shakespeare roles during this period included [[Prospero]] in Shakespeare's ''[[The Tempest (play)|The Tempest]]'', on Broadway in 1995, a role he would reprise in [[Rupert Goold]]'s 2006 production of ''The Tempest'' as part of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]'s Complete Works Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsc.org.uk/newsandevents/events/2193.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115221701/http://www.rsc.org.uk/newsandevents/events/2193.aspx |archive-date=15 January 2008 |title=The Tempest |date=21 July 2005 |publisher=Royal Shakespeare Company |access-date=20 September 2008}}</ref> In 1997, he took the role of [[Othello (character)|Othello]] with the [[Shakespeare Theatre Company]] (Washington, D.C.) in a [[Race-reversed casting|"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, so he and director [[Jude Kelly]] inverted the play so Othello became a comment on a white man entering a black society.<ref name="BMC1">{{cite web |url=http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/jacobus/content/cat_960/RaceAndOthello.htm?v=category&i=00960.01&s=00960&n=99000&o= |title=The Issue of Race and Othello |work=Bcs.bedfordstmartins.com |access-date=2 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716171355/http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/jacobus/content/cat_960/RaceAndOthello.htm?v=category&i=00960.01&s=00960&n=99000&o= |archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref><ref name="Othelloby">{{cite web |url=http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/plays/details.aspx?id=44&source=l |title=Othello by William Shakespeare directed by Jude Kelly |publisher=The Shakespeare Theatre Company |access-date=20 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108233725/http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/plays/details.aspx?id=44&source=l |archive-date=8 January 2009}}</ref>

{{Quote box|width=300px|align=left|salign=right|quote=[London theatre] critics ... have showered him with perhaps the highest compliment they can conjure. He has, they say, overcome the technique-destroying indignity of being a major American television star.|source=''The New York Times'', 2008{{r|lyall20080127}}}}

He played Antony again opposite [[Harriet Walter]]'s Cleopatra in ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' at the [[Novello Theatre]] in London in 2007 to excellent reviews.{{r|lyall20080127}} During this period, Stewart also addressed the [[Durham Union Society]] on his life in film and theatre. When Stewart began playing [[Macbeth (Macbeth)|Macbeth]] in the West End in 2007, some said that he was too old for the role; he and the show again received excellent reviews, with one critic calling Stewart "one of our finest Shakespearean actors".{{r|appleyard20071104}}<ref name="lyall20080127">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/theater/27lyal.html?pagewanted=all |title=To Boldly Go Where Shakespeare Calls |work=The New York Times |date=27 January 2008 |access-date=27 April 2011 |last=Lyall |first=Sarah}}</ref> He was named as the next [[Cameron Mackintosh]] Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre based at [[St Catherine's College, Oxford]] in January 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/po/070117.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526203531/http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/po/070117.shtml |archive-date=26 May 2008 |title=Patrick Stewart named Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor at Oxford |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] |date=17 January 2007 |access-date=20 September 2008}}</ref> In 2008, Stewart played [[King Claudius]] in ''[[Hamlet]]'' alongside [[David Tennant]]. He won the [[Laurence Olivier Award]] for Best Supporting Actor for the part. When collecting his award, he dedicated the award "in part" to Tennant and Tennant's understudy Edward Bennett, after Tennant's back injury and subsequent absence from four weeks of ''Hamlet'' disqualified him from an Olivier nomination.<ref>{{cite web |author=Staff |date=8 March 2009 |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/03-2009/speeches-and-the-laurence-olivier-winners-said_18513.html |title=Speeches: And the Laurence Olivier Winners Said |work=WhatsonStage.com |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2009, Stewart appeared alongside Ian McKellen as the lead duo of Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), in ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''. Stewart had previously appeared only once alongside McKellen on stage, but the pair had developed a close friendship while waiting around on set filming the ''X-Men'' films.<ref name="Cav">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/dominiccavendish/5083707/Sir-Ian-McKellen-and-Patrick-Stewart-on-Waiting-For-Godot.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403012126/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/dominiccavendish/5083707/Sir-Ian-McKellen-and-Patrick-Stewart-on-Waiting-For-Godot.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 April 2009 |title=Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart on Waiting For Godot |last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |date=31 March 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |access-date=8 July 2009}}</ref> Stewart stated that performing in this play was the fulfilment of a 50-year ambition, having seen [[Peter O'Toole]] appear in it at the [[Bristol Old Vic]] while Stewart was just 17.<ref name="Cav" /> Reviewers stated that his interpretation captured well the balance between humour and despair that characterises the work.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/arts/08iht-LON8.html |title=McKellen and Stewart Deliver a 'Godot' With a Difference |last=Wolf |first=Matt |date=7 May 2009 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=8 July 2009 |quote=...the two tramps suspended in the limbo that, broadly speaking, is life. But in my extensive experience of this play, I've never seen a staging as attuned to the presence of mortality that underpins even Beckett's jauntiest repartee.}}</ref>

In 2014, Stewart and McKellen appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] with two alternating productions, ''Waiting for Godot'' and ''[[No Man's Land (play)|No Man's Land]]''. To promote the plays, Stewart and McKellen, acted on Stewart's wife's suggestion to tour New York City in a Twitter campaign in which the actors would take playful photographs of themselves visiting various tourist locations on their days off while wearing their ''Godot'' characters' [[bowler hat]]s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hosmer |first1=Katie |title=Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart Act Like NYC Tourists |url=https://mymodernmet.com/ian-mckellen-patrick-stewart-nyc-tourist-photos/ |website=My Modern Met |date=3 April 2014 |access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref> Although the plays' marketing department disapproved of the idea, the actors proceeded with the inexpensive publicity campaign, which proved a major success. Furthermore, this campaign changed Stewart's image as a serious actor by emphasising his sense of humour, which led to frequent guest appearances in various comedy programs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Reilly |first1=Terry |title=The Show Must Go On: Broadway Marketing |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/the-percentage-of-broadway-shows-that-break-even-may-surprise-you-1.6051734 |website=CBC |access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref>

Stewart has been a prolific actor in performances by the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], appearing in more than 60 productions.<ref name=sbt>{{cite web |title=RSC performances Patrick Stewart |url=https://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/view_as/list/search/rsc_person:patrick-stewart/page/4 |website=[[Shakespeare Birthplace Trust]] |access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref> His first appearance was in 1966 in ''[[The Investigation (play)|The Investigation]]'' and in the years that followed he became a core member of the company, taking on three or four major roles each season.<ref name="Trowbridge">{{cite book |last=Trowbridge |first=Simon |title=Stratfordians: a Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company |publisher=Editions Albert Creed |location=Oxford, England |year=2008 |pages=471–473 |isbn=978-0-9559830-1-6}}</ref> On 18 November 2012, Stewart appeared on stage at [[St Martin's Theatre]] in the West End for a 60th anniversary performance of [[Agatha Christie]]'s ''[[The Mousetrap]]'', the world's longest-running play.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mousetrap celebrates 60 years with gala performance |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20385087 |access-date=26 November 2022 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>

===Voice work===
[[File:Patrick Stewart 2012.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Stewart at the 2012 [[Peabody Awards]]]]
Known for his strong and authoritative voice, Stewart has lent his voice to a number of projects. He has narrated recordings of [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]]'s ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'' (winning a [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children|Grammy]]), [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]]'s ''[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|The Four Seasons]]'' (which had also been narrated by [[William Shatner]]<ref>The Four Seasons (Vivaldi), [[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)#Derivative works|derivative works]] (1987, 1995)</ref>), [[C. S. Lewis]]'s ''[[The Last Battle]]'' (conclusion of the series ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''), [[Rick Wakeman]]'s ''[[Return to the Centre of the Earth]]''; as well as numerous TV programmes 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''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tky2t |title=Mountain Gorilla (2010) |publisher=BBC |access-date=18 July 2011}}</ref> He is heard as the voice of the Magic Mirror in [[Disneyland Park (Anaheim)|Disneyland]]'s live show, ''Snow White – An Enchanting Musical''. He also was the narrator for the American release of ''[[Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real]]''. He is narrator for 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]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Armada II|Armada II]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Command III]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Invasion]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Bridge Commander|Bridge Commander]]'', and ''[[Star Trek: Elite Force II|Elite Force II]]'', all reprising his role as Picard. Stewart reprised his role as Picard in ''[[Star Trek: Legacy]]'' for both PC and Xbox 360, along with the four other major Starfleet captains from the different Star Trek series.

In addition to voicing his characters from ''Star Trek'' and ''X-Men'' in several related [[video game|computer and video games]], Stewart worked as a voice actor on games unrelated to both franchises, such as ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow]]'', ''[[Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone]]'', ''[[Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos]]'' and ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'' for which in 2006 he won a [[Spike TV Video Game Awards|Spike TV Video Game Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oblivion-war-rule-at-spike-145930|title='Oblivion,' 'War' rule at Spike video game awards|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=11 December 2006|access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref> for his work as Emperor Uriel Septim. He also lent his voice to several editions of the ''[[Compton's Encyclopedia|Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia]]''.

His voice talents also appeared in a number of commercials including the UK TV adverts for the relaunch of [[TSB Bank (United Kingdom)|TSB Bank]], Domestos bleach and [[Moneysupermarket.com]], an advertisement for Shell fuel and an American advertisement for the prescription drug [[Crestor]]. He also voiced the UK and Australian TV advertisements for the PAL version of ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Boyes |first=Emma |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6165967.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=morenews&tag=morenews;title;1 |title=Patrick Stewart voicing FFXII ads |work=Gamespot.com |date=15 February 2007 |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>

Stewart used his voice for [[Pontiac (automobile)|Pontiac]] and [[Porsche]] cars and [[MasterCard]] Gold commercials in 1996, and [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] Assurance Tyres in 2004. He also did voice-overs for RCA televisions. He provided the voice of Max Winters in ''[[TMNT (film)|TMNT]]'' in March 2007. In 2008, he was also the voice of television advertisements for [[Currys]] and [[Stella Artois]] beer. Currently, he is heard during [[National Car Rental]] television spots.

He voiced the narrator of the [[Electronic Arts]] computer game, ''[[The Sims Medieval]]'', for the game's cinematic introduction and trailer released on 22 March 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/147403/cue-the-patrick-stewart-voiceover-the-sims-machin.html |title=Cue the Patrick Stewart Voiceover: The Sims Machine Marches On |date=25 March 2011 |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref> He also voiced the story plaques and trailer of the [[MMOG]] ''[[LEGO Universe]]'' and the narrator of ''My Memory Of Us''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.engadget.com/2018-08-15-patrick-stewart-will-narrate-holocaust-game-my-memory-of-us.html |title=Patrick Stewart will narrate Holocaust game 'My Memory of Us' |date=15 August 2018 |access-date=22 June 2020}}</ref>

==Acting credits==
{{main|Patrick Stewart on stage and screen}}

==Awards and honours==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Patrick Stewart}}

In 2004, Stewart was appointed [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hud.ac.uk/about/honorary-graduates/patrick-stewart/ |title=Sir Patrick Stewart – Emeritus Chancellor |publisher=University of Huddersfield |website=www.hud.ac.uk |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> of the [[University of Huddersfield]] and subsequently as a professor of performing arts in July 2008. In these roles, Stewart has regularly attended graduation ceremonies in the UK and Hong Kong and teaches master classes for drama students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hud.ac.uk/news/interviews/sir-patrick-stewarts-acting-masterclass/ |title=Sir Patrick Stewart's acting masterclass |publisher=University of Huddersfield |website=www.hud.ac.uk |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> He stepped down from the chancellorship in July 2015, and was named chancellor emeritus in the installation ceremony for his successor, [[Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor|Prince Andrew, Duke of York]] (now Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news-archive.hud.ac.uk/news/2015/july/hrhthedukeofyorkinstalledasuniversitychancellor.php |title=HRH The Duke of York installed as University Chancellor |publisher=University of Huddersfield |website=www.hud.ac.uk |access-date=11 November 2019 }}</ref> In August 2016 a building at the university was renamed the "Sir Patrick Stewart Building".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news-archive.hud.ac.uk/news/2016/august/adayofdramaforsirpatrick.php |title=University's Emeritus Chancellor returns as the drama building is renamed in his honour |publisher=University of Huddersfield |website=www.hud.ac.uk |access-date=11 November 2019 }}</ref>

[[File:Patrick Stewart (111434472).jpg|thumb|upright|Waxwork of Stewart at [[Madame Tussauds]], London]]
On 16 December 1996, Patrick Stewart received a Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. In 1993, ''[[TV Guide]]'' named him the Best Dramatic Television Actor of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite book |title=TV Guide 17–23 April 1993 |year=1993 |page=32 |title-link=TV Guide}}</ref> Stewart was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2001 New Year Honours]] for services to acting and the cinema and a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[2010 New Year Honours]] for services to drama.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56070 |date=30 December 2000 |page=24 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=59282|date=31 December 2009|page=1 |supp=y}}</ref> Stewart's knighthood was conferred by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] at an [[investiture]] ceremony at [[Buckingham Palace]] on 2 June 2010.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59520 |date=17 August 2010 |page=15861}}</ref> Stewart carried the Olympic torch in July 2012 as part of the official relay for the [[2012 London Summer Olympics]] and stated it was an experience he "will never forget", adding that it was better than any movie premiere.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2012/jul/23/olympic-torch-patrick-stewart-video |title=Patrick Stewart carries Olympic Torch |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 July 2012 |access-date=15 January 2014 |location=London}}</ref> In a 2018 poll for [[Yorkshire Day]], Stewart was ranked the third greatest Yorkshireman ever behind [[Monty Python]] comedian [[Michael Palin]] and fellow actor [[Sean Bean]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ed Sheeran named among the greatest Yorkshiremen of all time |url=https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/lifestyle/ed-sheeran-named-among-the-greatest-yorkshiremen-of-all-time/31/07/ |access-date=27 August 2019 |work=London Economic |archive-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827213747/https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/lifestyle/ed-sheeran-named-among-the-greatest-yorkshiremen-of-all-time/31/07/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In July 2001, Stewart received an honorary fellowship from the University of Wales, Cardiff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1431711.stm|title=Picard beams down for university honour|date=10 July 2001|access-date=28 November 2019|work=BBC News}}</ref> In 2011, he received an honorary [[Doctorate of Letters|doctorate of letters]] (D.Litt.) from the [[University of East Anglia]].<ref>[http://www.uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/press/2011/June/hongrads2011 It's a degree Jim but not as we know it]. Retrieved 25 June 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/star_trek_star_patrick_stewart_receives_honorary_doctorate_from_the_uea_1_968776 Star Trek star Patrick Stewart receives Honorary Doctorate from the UEA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617214031/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/star_trek_star_patrick_stewart_receives_honorary_doctorate_from_the_uea_1_968776 |date=17 June 2015 }}. Retrieved 20 July 2011.</ref> In July 2014, he received a D.Litt. from the [[University of Leeds]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leeds.ac.uk/info/30310/honorary_graduates/ |title=Honorary graduates |website=leeds.ac.uk |access-date=23 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004084355/http://www.leeds.ac.uk/info/30310/honorary_graduates |archive-date=4 October 2009}}</ref> In May 2015, Stewart received an honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) from the [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]].<ref>Furniere, Andy; [http://www.flanderstoday.eu/education/vub-awards-honorary-doctorate-patrick-stewart-star-trek-fame "VUB awards honorary doctorate to Patrick Stewart of Star Trek fame"], Flanders Today, 22 May 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015</ref> He is an emeritus fellow of [[St Catherine's College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/Academic-Staff/Emeritus-Fellows|title=Emeritus Fellows|website=www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014065341/https://www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/Academic-Staff/Emeritus-Fellows|archive-date=14 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

From 2017 until 2021, Stewart shared with [[Hugh Jackman]] the [[Guinness World Record]] for the longest career as a live-action [[Marvel Comics]] superhero for his portrayal of [[Charles Xavier (film series character)|Professor X]]; they were subsequently eclipsed by [[Tobey Maguire]] and [[Willem Dafoe]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Longest career as a live action Marvel character |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/556291-longest-career-as-a-live-action-marvel-superhero |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=[[Guinness World Records]]}}</ref> In 2022, Stewart retook the record by appearing as the character in ''[[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness]]'', but was once again eclipsed by [[Wesley Snipes]] in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Patrick Stewart retakes record for longest Marvel career
|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/10/patrick-stewart-retakes-record-for-longest-marvel-career-720577 |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=[[Guinness World Records]]|date=6 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Longest career as a live action Marvel character|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/556291-longest-career-as-a-live-action-marvel-superhero|work=[[Guinness World Records]]|access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> Also in 2022, Stewart was awarded as [[Institution of Engineering and Technology|Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology]] (Hon FIET), this "in recognition of the inspiration given through the promotion of science and technology to future generations of engineers and technicians".<ref>[https://www.theiet.org/media/press-releases/press-releases-2022/press-releases-2022-october-december/7-october-2022-iet-announces-honorary-fellows-2022-line-up IET announces Honorary Fellows 2022 line-up] - website of [[Institution of Engineering and Technology|IET]]</ref>

==Charity work and activism==
In 2006, Stewart made a short video against [[domestic violence]] for [[Amnesty International]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10633 |title=AIUK : Patrick Stewart: Turning the tide |work=Amnesty.org.uk |date=4 December 2006 |access-date=20 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307091309/http://amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10633 |archive-date=7 March 2013}}</ref> in which he recollected his father's physical attacks on his mother and the effect it had on him as a child. He said, "The physical harm ... [was] a shocking pain. But there are other aspects of violence which have more lasting impact psychologically on family members. It is destructive and tainting. As a child witnessing these events, one cannot simply help somehow feeling responsible for them; for the pain, and the screaming, and the misery."<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/SPzVUGE3dds Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100319154029/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPzVUGE3dds Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPzVUGE3dds |title=Patrick Stewart Talks about Domestic Violence |date=8 May 2007 |work=[[Amnesty International]] |minutes=1:12}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In the same year, he gave his name to a scholarship at the [[University of Huddersfield]], where he was Chancellor (2004–2015),<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Patrick Stewart – Emeritus Chancellor |url=https://www.hud.ac.uk/about/honorary-graduates/patrick-stewart/ |publisher=University of Huddersfield |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> to fund post-graduate study into domestic violence.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stewart |first=Patrick |title=Turning the Tide |publisher=Amnesty International |date=May 2006 |url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10633 |access-date=9 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307091309/http://amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10633 |archive-date=7 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2009/09/10/hollywood-star-patrick-stewart-backs-domestic-violence-scholarship-project-86081-24650695/2/ |title=Hollywood star Patrick Stewart backs domestic violence scholarship project |last=Atkinson |first=Neil |date=10 September 2009 |work=Huddersfield Examiner |access-date=11 September 2009}}</ref> Stewart's childhood experience also led him to become a patron of [[Refuge (United Kingdom charity)|Refuge]], a UK charity for abused women.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Patrick |title=Patrick Stewart: the legacy of domestic violence |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=November 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/nov/27/patrick-stewart-domestic-violence |access-date=27 November 2009}}</ref>

In 2009, Stewart gave a speech at the launch of ''Created Equal,'' a book about women's rights, talking again about his personal experiences with domestic violence and the impacts they had on him.<ref name=":0">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Xi_27bpIb30 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20101103010547/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi_27bpIb30 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi_27bpIb30 |title=Patrick Stewart on Violence against Women |date=9 October 2009 |access-date=15 November 2015 |publisher=YouTube |last=Stewart |first=Patrick}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He said, "Violence is a choice, and it's a choice a man makes ... the lasting impact on my mother&nbsp;... and indeed on myself ... was extreme. Overcoming the lessons of that male stereotype that I was being shown was a struggle."<ref name=":0" /> He now hopes to set an example of "what it has been like to be in an environment of such violence and that it can pass and that one can survive it and even though sometimes still a struggle."<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, in October 2011, he presented a BBC Lifeline Appeal on behalf of Refuge, discussing his own experience of domestic violence and interviewing a woman whose daughter was murdered by her ex-husband.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Patrick |title=BBC Lifeline Appeal |publisher=BBC |location=UK |date=October 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016bt8s |access-date=14 October 2011}}</ref>

Stewart has supported the armed forces charity [[Combat Stress]] since learning about his father's [[post-traumatic stress]] disorder when researching his family genealogy for the documentary series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (UK TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Patrick Stewart supports Combat Stress |url=http://www.combatstress.org.uk/news/2013/03/sir-patrick-stewart-and-combat-stress/ |work=[[Combat Stress|combatstress.org.uk]] |date=March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813231108/http://combatstress.org.uk/news/2013/03/sir-patrick-stewart-and-combat-stress/ |archive-date=13 August 2013}}</ref> He is a patron of the [[United Nations Association UK|United Nations Association – UK]], and delivered a speech at UNA-UK's UN Forum 2012 on Saturday 14 July 2012,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.una.org.uk/media/video/sir-patrick-stewart-un-forum-2012 |title=Sir Patrick Stewart at UN Forum 2012 &#124; United Nations Association of the UK |work=Una.org.uk |date=14 July 2012 |access-date=15 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226224257/http://www.una.org.uk/media/video/sir-patrick-stewart-un-forum-2012 |archive-date=26 December 2013}}</ref> speaking of his father's experiences in the [[Second World War]], and how he believed the UN was the best legacy of that period.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.una.org.uk/news/12/07/lord-malloch-brown-and-sir-patrick-stewart-address-sold-out-un-forum |title=Lord Malloch-Brown and Sir Patrick Stewart address sold-out UN Forum &#124; United Nations Association of the UK |work=Una.org.uk |date=16 July 2012 |access-date=15 January 2014}}</ref>

On 15 April 2018 Stewart attended the launch event of the [[People's Vote]], a campaign group calling for a public vote on the final [[Brexit]] deal between the UK and the European Union.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brexit: 'People's Vote' campaign group launched |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43774200 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=15 April 2018 |access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>

In 2019, he acted as an [[International Rescue Committee]] spokesperson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rescue.org/video/patrick-stewart-millions-refugees-need-our-help|title=Patrick Stewart: Millions of refugees need our help|website=International Rescue Committee (IRC)|date=19 November 2019 |access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref>

Stewart is an avid advocate for pit bulls. He has fostered several dogs through Wags and Walks, a dog rescue in Los Angeles, and was honoured at the rescue's annual gala in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/pets/wags-and-walks-celebrity-pet-adoption/|title=Sir Patrick Stewart to be Honored by Los Angeles Dog Rescue; Learn More about Wags and Walks|website=People|last=Bender|first=Kelli|date=20 September 2018|access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref> He partnered with the [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|ASPCA]] in 2017 for their National Dog Fighting Awareness Day Campaign.<ref>{{cite web|website=ASPCA|url=https://www.aspca.org/about-us/press-releases/aspca-partners-sir-patrick-stewart-national-dog-fighting-awareness-day|title=ASPCA Partners with Sir Patrick Stewart for National Dog Fighting Awareness Day Campaign|date=3 April 2017|access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref> He frequently tweets pictures of himself with his foster dogs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SirPatStew/status/1109882648795582465|title=Patrick Stewart on Twitter|access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref> In 2021, the ASPCA gave him their Pit Bull Advocate & Protector Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Legendary Actor Patrick Stewart Honored with ASPCA Pit Bull Advocate & Protector Award |url=https://www.aspca.org/news/legendary-actor-patrick-stewart-honored-aspca-pit-bull-advocate-protector-award |website=ASPCA |publisher=American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |access-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020213203/https://www.aspca.org/news/legendary-actor-patrick-stewart-honored-aspca-pit-bull-advocate-protector-award |archive-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==

===Relationships and children===
[[File:Patrick Stewart Met Opera 2010 Shankbone.jpg|thumb|upright|Stewart at the 2010 [[Metropolitan Opera]]'s opening night of ''[[Das Rheingold]]'']]

Stewart married his first wife, Sheila Falconer, in 1966; they divorced in 1990.<ref name="Ritter Remembered">{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,627109,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019120203/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,627109,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 October 2008 |title=PASSAGES: Ritter Remembered at Tribute |work=People |access-date=4 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="independent2009">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/patrick-stewart-people-would-never-believe-my-father-could-be-responsible-for-these-things-1837135.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/patrick-stewart-people-would-never-believe-my-father-could-be-responsible-for-these-things-1837135.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Patrick Stewart: 'People would never believe my father could be responsible for these things' |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=29 August 2013 |date=12 December 2009 |location=London}}</ref> Together, they have a son, Daniel, and a daughter, Sophia.<ref name="independent2009" /> Daniel is also an actor,<ref>{{cite news |title=Daniel Stewart: I don't want to get by on being Patrick Stewart's son |url=https://metro.co.uk/2012/04/03/daniel-stewart-i-dont-want-to-get-by-on-being-patrick-stewarts-son-384345/ |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=3 April 2012 }}</ref> and appeared alongside his father in the film ''[[Death Train]]'', the sitcom ''[[Blunt Talk]]'', and the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "[[The Inner Light (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Inner Light]]", playing his son in the latter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Freydkin |first1=Donna |title=Patrick Stewart gets 'Blunt' with his son |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/08/26/patrick-stewart-gets-blunt-his-son/32270113/ |work=[[USA Today]] |date=26 August 2015}}</ref><ref group="n">In the episode "[[The Inner Light (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Inner Light]]", Daniel Stewart played Batai, son of Kamin, an alternate persona which Picard had unknowingly taken on for the purposes of that single episode's plot.</ref>

In 1997, Stewart became engaged to American producer [[Wendy Neuss]], one of the producers of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''. They married on 25 August 2000 and divorced three years later.<ref name="Ritter Remembered" />{{refn|group="n"|In William Shatner's 2011 film [[The Captains (film)|''The Captains'']], Stewart stated: "I have two major regrets, and they're both to do with the failure of – my failure in – my marriages."}}<ref name="independent2009" /> Four months before his divorce from Neuss, Stewart co-starred with English actress [[Lisa Dillon]] in a production of ''[[The Master Builder]]'', and the two were romantically involved until 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Patrick Stewart boldly goes to 'Macbeth' |date=14 February 2008 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2008/02/15/2008-02-15_patrick_stewart_boldly_goes_to_macbeth.html?print=1&page=all |work=[[New York Daily News]] |first=Ellen |last=Tumposky |access-date=19 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Patrick Stewart: from captain to Hamlet |newspaper=[[Times Online]] |date=14 July 2008 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/patrick-stewart-from-captain-to-hamlet-svrbzjqs75p |location=London |first=Jane |last=Wheatley |access-date=18 January 2025 }}</ref>

In 2008, Stewart began dating American singer and songwriter [[Sunny Ozell]], whom he met while performing in ''[[Macbeth (play)|Macbeth]]'' at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]].<ref name="nytimes2013">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/fashion/weddings/ian-mckellen-to-lead-wedding-for-patrick-stewart.html |title=Ian McKellen to Lead Wedding for Patrick Stewart |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=20 March 2013 |date=19 March 2013 |first=Bob |last=Woletz}}</ref> He purchased a home in Brooklyn's [[Park Slope]] neighbourhood in August 2012,<ref>{{cite news |first=Kim |last=Velsey |url=http://observer.com/2012/10/see-patrick-stewart/ |title=See Patrick Stewart's Park Slope Starship |work=New York Observer |date=2 October 2012 |access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref> and subsequently began living there with Ozell.<ref name="nytimes2013" /> In March 2013, it was reported that they were engaged,<ref name="nytimes2013" /> and they married in September 2013 with Ian McKellen officiating.<ref name="nytimes2013" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/08/patrick-stewart-marries_n_3890553.html?ir=Celebrity |title=Patrick Stewart Marries Sunny Ozell |work=Huffington Post |access-date=8 September 2013 |date=8 September 2013 |first=Leigh |last=Blickley}}</ref> In 2020, Stewart revealed that his marriage to Ozell in Nevada had not been legally binding because McKellen's marriage credentials were not valid in Nevada.<ref name="hr2020">{{cite web |title=Patrick Stewart Got Married in a Mexican Restaurant |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/patrick-stewart-got-married-a-mexican-restaurant-1284478 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=13 March 2020 |access-date=4 April 2020 }}</ref> Upon learning that McKellen's credentials would not be valid, the couple held a secret official ceremony with McKellen at a Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles a couple weeks prior to the Nevada ceremony.<ref name="hr2020"/>

===Beliefs, causes, and interests===
Stewart has stated that his politics are rooted in a belief in "fairness" and "[[Social equality|equality]]".<ref name="back on stage" /> He considers himself a [[Socialism|socialist]] and is a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].{{r|ind20030630}}<ref name="xfactor">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/patrick-stewart-the-x-factor-actor-6102310.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/patrick-stewart-the-x-factor-actor-6102310.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Patrick Stewart: The X factor actor |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=30 April 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/7598529/Patrick-Stewart-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/7598529/Patrick-Stewart-interview.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |first=Cassandra |last=Jardine |author-link=Cassandra Jardine |title=Patrick Stewart: interview |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=16 April 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He stated, "My father was a very strong trade unionist and those fundamental issues of Labour were ingrained into me."<ref name="xfactor" /> He was critical of the [[Iraq War]] and UK government legislation in the area of [[civil liberties]], in particular its plans to extend [[Counter-Terrorism Act 2008#42 day terrorist detention without charge|detention without charge to 42 days for terrorist suspects]]. He signed an open letter of objection to this proposal in March 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17706 |title=UK: Consensus against 42 days pre-trial detention grows as more names signal opposition |publisher=Amnesty international, UK |website=www.amnesty.org.uk |date=31 March 2008 |access-date=20 September 2008}}</ref> In August 2018 he was widely misquoted by the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' among others, who announced that he had left Labour owing to concerns over the leadership of [[Jeremy Corbyn]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/08/16/sir-patrick-stewart-quits-labour-party-reveals-awkward-encounter/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/08/16/sir-patrick-stewart-quits-labour-party-reveals-awkward-encounter/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sir Patrick Stewart quits Labour Party and reveals 'awkward' encounter with Jeremy Corbyn|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|date=16 August 2018|access-date=24 April 2019|work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He posted on Twitter to confirm that he had been misquoted and denied that he had left the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SirPatStew/status/1031544706822557699|title=I deleted my previous tweet as I see there is some confusion. I have not resigned from the Labour Party and The New European did not misquote me. They did a first class interview, which was misinterpreted elsewhere.|last=Stewart|first=Patrick|date=20 August 2018|website=@SirPatStew|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref>

Stewart is an [[atheist]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bramptonguardian.com/whatson-story/6212482-atheist-patrick-stewart/|title=Atheist Patrick Stewart|date=30 December 2015|website=BramptonGuardian.com|access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref> and a patron of [[Humanists UK]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/distinguished-supporters/ |title=Patrons: British Humanist Association |work=Humanism.org.uk |access-date=15 January 2014}}</ref> He also identifies as a feminist.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mackie |first=Bella |title=This is what a feminist really looks like |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/21/what-a-feminist-looks-like-godfrey-bloom-ukip |website=The Guardian |date=21 August 2013 |access-date=21 November 2014}}</ref> He has publicly advocated the right to [[assisted suicide]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/star-trek-actor-backs-the-right-to-choose-assisted-suicide-2269235.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/star-trek-actor-backs-the-right-to-choose-assisted-suicide-2269235.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |location=London |work=The Independent |first=Diana |last=Pilkington |title='Star Trek' actor backs the right to choose assisted suicide |date=18 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Grant |first=Alistair |date=21 June 2022 |title=Sir Patrick Stewart urges MSPs to back assisted dying in Scotland |work=The Scotsman |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/sir-patrick-stewart-urges-msps-to-back-assisted-dying-in-scotland-3740254 |access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref> In January 2011, he became a patron of [[Dignity in Dying]] and campaigns for an assisted dying law in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dignityindying.org.uk/about-us/patrons.html#stewart |title=Patrons |publisher=Dignity in Dying |access-date=15 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701211419/http://www.dignityindying.org.uk/about-us/patrons.html |archive-date=1 July 2013}}</ref>

In August 2014, Stewart was one of 200 public figures who signed a letter to ''[[The Guardian]]'' expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|referendum on that issue]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=7 August 2014 |access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref> In 2016, Stewart was among more than 280 figures from the arts world who backed a vote to remain in the EU in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|referendum]] on that issue.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=The celebrities that support Brexit (and the ones backing Remain) |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref>

On 2 March 2017, Stewart said he was going to apply for [[Citizenship of the United States|US citizenship]] to oppose the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/sir-patrick-stewart-is-applying-for-us-citizenship-so-he-can-fight-donald-trump-a7608791.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/sir-patrick-stewart-is-applying-for-us-citizenship-so-he-can-fight-donald-trump-a7608791.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Sir Patrick Stewart is applying for U.S. citizenship so he can fight Donald Trump |newspaper=The Independent |date=3 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Patrick Stewart applying for US citizenship |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39151848 |publisher=BBC |date=3 March 2017}}</ref> However, in an interview by the [[Press Association]] at the [[British Film Institute]] Luminous Fundraising Gala on 3 October 2017, he said that he hoped the US would pass [[Gun laws in the United States by state|stronger gun laws]], but did not mention any intention of becoming an American citizen in furtherance of that hope.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/showbiz/15573892.Sir_Patrick_Stewart__I_hope_for_tighter_gun_laws_in_US_after_Las_Vegas_tragedy/ |title=Sir Patrick Stewart: I hope for tighter gun laws in US after Las Vegas tragedy |newspaper=The Chorley Citizen |date=3 October 2017 |access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref>

Stewart is a lifelong supporter of his local [[Association football|football]] club [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-town-fc/huddersfield-town-news/2010/03/05/huddersfield-town-academy-role-for-sir-patrick-stewart-86081-25966217/ |title=Huddersfield Town Academy role for Sir Patrick Stewart |date=5 March 2010 |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |access-date=6 March 2010}}</ref> He was at Wembley Stadium in 2017 when the club won promotion to the [[Premier League|top division]] for the first time since 1972.<ref>[https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2017/05/29/huddersfield-town-wins-premier-league-promotion "Huddersfield Town wins promotion to Premier League, Patrick Stewart celebrates"]. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 30 May 2017</ref> Since 2010, he has been president of [[Huddersfield Town F.C. Reserves and Academy|Huddersfield Town Academy]], the club's project for identifying and developing young talent.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://fcbusiness.co.uk/community/news/club/article/newsitem=134/title=sir+patrick+stewart+obe+named+huddersfield+town+academy+president |title=Sir Patrick Stewart OBE Named Huddersfield Town Academy President |magazine=F.C. Business |date=3 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819073832/http://fcbusiness.co.uk/community/news/club/article/newsitem=134/title=sir+patrick+stewart+obe+named+huddersfield+town+academy+president |archive-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>

In an interview with ''[[American Theatre (magazine)|American Theatre]]'', he said: "From time to time, I have fantasies of becoming a concert pianist. I've been lucky enough through the years to work very closely with the great [[Emanuel Ax]]. I've said to him that if I could switch places with anyone it would be with him."<ref name="Twenty Questions" />

In 2015, Stewart defended the [[Belfast]]-based Christian bakers who were penalised for discrimination after refusing to bake a cake with words reading, "Support Gay Marriage". Stewart, on his Facebook profile, said that while he was still opposed to organised religion, "It was not because it was a gay couple that they objected, it was not because they were celebrating some sort of marriage or an agreement between them. It was the actual words on the cake they objected to. Because they found the words offensive. I would support their rights to say 'No, this is personally offensive to my beliefs, I will not do it.'" The Christian bakers ultimately won in [[Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd and others|a landmark Supreme Court decision]] for the United Kingdom, almost simultaneously with a [[Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission|similar case in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/11653932/Patrick-Stewart-defends-Christian-bakers-in-gay-cake-controversy.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/11653932/Patrick-Stewart-defends-Christian-bakers-in-gay-cake-controversy.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Patrick Stewart defends Christian bakers in 'gay cake' controversy|first=Saffron|last=Alexander|date=5 June 2015|access-date=17 September 2019|newspaper=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Stewart is an avid car enthusiast and is regularly seen at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] during [[British Grand Prix]] weekends. He conducted the podium interview with the top three finishers in the [[2017 Canadian Grand Prix]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fia.com/file/58136/download?token=3OIkgLmM|title=Post-race interview transcript, Canadian Grand Prix 2017|access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref> On a 2003 appearance on ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'', he set a lap time of 1 minute and 50 seconds on the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" feature. He holds a [[Motorsport UK]] competition licence and competed in the 2012 [[Silverstone Classic]] Celebrity Challenge race, finishing ninth, 3 m 02.808 s behind winner [[Kelvin Fletcher]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.silverstoneclassic.com/page.cfm/Action=press/libID=1/listID=2/listID=2/libEntryID=47 |title=SPEEDY CELEBS PUT ON A GREAT RACE AT SILVERSTONE & RAISE VITAL FUNDS FOR CHARITY |work=silverstoneclassic.com |access-date=27 February 2013 |location=Cleckheaton |date=22 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522125550/http://www.silverstoneclassic.com/page.cfm/Action=press/libID=1/listID=2/listID=2/libEntryID=47 |archive-date=22 May 2013}}</ref> In 2012, Stewart met his racing hero [[Stirling Moss]] for the [[BBC Two]] documentary ''Racing Legends''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pm87p ''BBC Two''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Racing Legends page]. Retrieved 27 February 2013.</ref>

Stewart is a fan of the animated television series ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/patrick-stewart/news/patrick-stewart-an-.obsessed.-beavis-and-butthead-fan|title=Patrick Stewart An 'Obsessed' Beavis And Butthead Fan|date=21 May 2004|website=Contactmusic.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019042028/https://www.contactmusic.com/patrick-stewart/news/patrick-stewart-an-.obsessed.-beavis-and-butthead-fan |accessdate=2 June 2022 |archive-date=19 October 2022 }}</ref>

== Audiobooks ==
* 2005: ''[[The Last Battle]]'' by [[C. S. Lewis]]
* 2006: ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]] ([[Audible (service)|Audible]])
* 2023: ''Making It So: A Memoir'' by himself

== Books ==
* {{cite book |last=Stewart |first=Patrick |title=Making It So: A Memoir |year=2023 |publisher=Gallery Books |isbn=9781982167738 |location=New York, NY |oclc=1398633873 |ref=none}}

== Explanatory notes ==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite magazine |last=Schulman |first=Michael |date=15 November 2010 |title=The Talk of the Town: The Boards: Roommates |url=http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2010/11/15/101115ta_talk_schulman |access-date=28 January 2012 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |pages=36–? |volume=86 |issue=36 |ref=none}}

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