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Patrick Stewart Biography (1940-)

Full name, Patrick Hewes Stewart; born July 13, 1940, in Mirfield, Yorkshire,England; son of Alfred (a soldier) and Gladys (a weaver; maiden name, Barraclough) Stewart; married Sheila Falconer (a choreographer), March 3, 1966 (divorced); married Wendy Neuss (a producer), August 25, 2000; children: (first marriage) Daniel Freedom (an actor), Sophie Alexandra Falconer (a boutique owner). Addresses: Office: Flying Freehold Productions, 233 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600, Santa Monica, CA 90401.; Agent: Steve Dontanville, William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: Industry Entertainment, 955 South Carrillo Dr., Third Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90048; DavidSeltzer, Management 360, 9111 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Publicist: I/D Public Relations, 8409 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, producer

Birth Details

July 13, 1940

Mirfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Appearances
• Series
• The inventor, Eleventh Hour, BBC, 1975
• Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1987-1994
• Host and narrator, The Shape of the World, PBS, 1991-1992
• Narrator, The Secret of Life on Earth (documentary), 1993
• Miniseries
• Lenin, A Fall of Eagles, BBC, 1974
• Serjanus, I, Claudius, BBC-2, 1976, then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1977
• Karla, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, BBC-2 and PBS, 1979
• Doctor Edward Roebuck, Maybury, BBC-2, 1981 and 1983
• Karla, Smiley's People, BBC-2 and syndicated, 1982
• Playing Shakespeare, London Weekend Television, then PBS, 1983
• Voice, 500 Nations, CBS, 1995
• Movies
• Wilkins, Little Lord Fauntleroy, CBS, 1980
• Party Secretary Wladislaw Gomulka, Pope John Paul II (also known as The Pope), CBS, 1984
• Malcolm Philpott, Alistair MacLean's Death Train (also known as Death Train and Detonator), USA Network, 1993
• Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation--All Good Things... (also known as All Good Things...), syndicated, 1994
• Sergeant Mulvaney, In Search of Dr. Seuss, TNT, 1994
• John, Let It Be Me, Starz!, 1995
• Captain Ahab, Moby Dick, USA Network, 1998
• Mace Sowell, Safe House, Showtime, 1998
• Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
• Voice of Napoleon, Animal Farm, TNT, 1999
• John Lear, King of Texas, TNT, 2002
• King Henry II, The Lion in Winter, Showtime, 2003
• Specials
• Anton, The Artist's Story, BBC, 1973
• Gurvich, "The Love Girl and the Innocent," BBC Play of the Month,BBC, 1973
• Enobarbus, Antony and Cleopatra, Associated Television, 1973, thenPBS, 1975
• Clement Attlee, A Walk with Destiny (also known as Churchill, the Gathering Storm and The Gathering Storm), BBC, 1974
• Father, Joby, Yorkshire Television, 1974
• Guthrum, Alfred the Great, BBC, 1974
• Joseph Conrad (title role), Conrad, BBC, 1974
• John Thorton, North and South, BBC, 1975
• Largo Caballero, The Madness, BBC, 1976
• Title role, Oedipus, BBC, 1976
• Jean, Miss Julie, BBC, 1977
• Milos, When the Actors Come (also known as BBC Play of the Week: When the Actors Come), BBC, 1978
• Sergey Tolstoy, Tolstoy: A Question of Faith, BBC, 1979
• Claudius, Hamlet (also known as The BBC Television Shakespeare:Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, and Hamlet, Prince of Denmark), BBC-2 and PBS, 1980
• Doctor Knox, The Anatomist, BBC, 1980
• Signor Carini, The Holy Experiment, BBC, 1984
• Salieri, The Mozart Inquest, BBC, 1985
• Reverend Anthony Anderson, The Devil's Disciple, BBC, 1986
• Narrator, In the Company of Whales, 1991
• Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special, 1991
• Host and narrator, MGM: When the Lion Roars, TNT, 1992
• Narrator, Stargazers: One Hundred Years of Seeing at the Lowell Observatory (also known as Stargazers), The Discovery Channel, 1994
• Out There II, Comedy Central, 1994
• Narrator, The Secret Life of Earth, 1996
• Sir Simon de Canterville, "The Canterville Ghost," Hallmark Hall of Fame, ABC, 1996
• Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond, UPN, 1996
• Himself, Aliens Invade Hollywood, The Learning Channel, 1997
• Signature: George C. Wolfe, PBS, 1997
• Star Wars: The Magic and the Mystery, Fox, 1997
• Narrator, Amazing Earth, The Discovery Channel, 1998
• Himself, Thar She Blows! The Making of "Moby Dick," USA Network, 1998
• Voice of Captain James Cook, Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey, PBS, 1999
• Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Primetime Special, NBC, 1999
• (In archive footage) Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments,UPN, 1999
• Himself, X-Men: The Mutant Watch, Fox, 2000
• The Green Room, Bravo, 2000
• Himself, The Making of "Jimmy Neutron," 2001
• Himself, When Fate Deals a Hand, 2001
• Himself, X-pose: X2 Mutants Uncovered, Fox, 2003
• Awards Presentations
• Host, The American Television Awards, ABC, 1993
• Presenter, The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, ABC, 1993
• Presenter, The 49th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1995
• Presenter, Screen Actors Guild Awards, NBC, 1995
• Presenter, The 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, NBC, 1996
• The 38th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 1996
• Presenter, The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1997
• Presenter, The 50th Emmy Awards, NBC, 1998
• Presenter, The 54th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 2000
• Episodic
• Michael Williams, "The Defector," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1989
• Narrator, "Neptune's Cold Fury," Nova, PBS, 1990
• Kamin, "The Inner Light," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1992
• Narrator, "Mind of a Serial Killer," Nova, PBS, 1992
• Host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live 80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1994
• "Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek and Beyond," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1994
• Guest, The Late Show with David Letterman, multiple appearances, 1994, 1995, and 1998
• Voice of Number One, "Homer the Great," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1995
• Guest, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 1996
• Narrator, Sex and the Silver Screen, Showtime, 1996
• Host, "Red Dwarf Night," Red Dwarf, BBC-2, 1998
• Himself, "William Shatner," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1998
• Entertainment Tonight (also known as ET), syndicated, 1998
• Narrator, Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole, Lifetime, 1999
• Narrator, Intimate Portrait: Madeleine Albright, Lifetime, 2000
• Guest, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, CBS, 2002
• Guest, RI:SE, 2002
• Guest, Live with Regis and Kelly, syndicated, 2003
• Richard and Judy, Channel 4, 2003
• Guest for "Patrick Stewart" episode, The Best of British, BBC; narrator of "Great Plains Massacre" and "Reflections on a River," Horizon, BBC-2; narrator, The Making of Modern London: London at War, LondonWeekend Television; narrator, "Henry VII," Timewatch, BBC; also appeared in episodes of other series, including Sesame Street, PBS.
• Pilots
• Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation--Encounter atFarpoint (also known as Encounter at Farpoint), syndicated, 1987
• Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine--Emissary (also known as Emissary), syndicated, 1993
• Television Work
• Movies
• Coproducer, "The Canterville Ghost," Hallmark Hall of Fame, ABC, 1996
• Executive producer, A Christmas Carol, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
• Executive producer, King of Texas, TNT, 2002
• Executive producer, The Lion in Winter, Showtime, 2003
• Television Director
• Episodic
• "In Theory," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as StarTrek: TNG), syndicated, 1991
• "A Fistful of Datas," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1992
• "Hero Worship," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1992
• "Phantasms," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as StarTrek: TNG), syndicated, 1993
• Film Appearances
• Ejlert Loevborg, Hedda, Brut, 1975
• McCann (some sources cite Tilney), Hennessy, American International Pictures, 1975
• Leondegrance, Excalibur, Warner Bros., 1981
• Voice of Major, The Plague Dogs (animated), United International,1982
• Exploring a Character, Films for the Humanities, 1983
• Gurney Halek, Dune, Universal, 1984
• Mr. Duffner, Uindii (also known as Races), Toho-Toha, 1984
• Colonel Watson (some sources cite Colonel Peters), Code Name: Emerald (also known as Deep Cover and Emerald), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
• Dr. Armstrong, Lifeforce, TriStar, 1985
• Dr. Macklin, The Doctor and the Devils, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
• Russian General, Wild Geese II, Allied Artists, 1985
• Henry Grey, the Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane, Paramount, 1986
• Narrator, Discovering Hamlet, 1990
• Mr. Perdue, L.A. Story, TriStar, 1991
• King Richard, Robin Hood: Men in Tights (also known as Sacre Robin des bois), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
• Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Generations (also known as Star Trek 7), Paramount, 1994
• Loomis, Gunmen, IAC Film Sales/Dimension, 1994
• Narrator, Liberation (documentary), Samuel Goldwyn, 1994
• Voice of Adventure, The Pagemaster (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
• Sterling, Jeffrey, Orion, 1995
• Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: First Contact (also known as Star Trek 8), Paramount, 1996
• Title role, Dad Savage, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1997
• Dr. Jonas/Henry Finch, Conspiracy Theory, Warner Bros., 1997
• Narrator, Whales (documentary), 1997
• Rafe Bentley, Masterminds, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
• Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Insurrection (also known as Star Trek 9), Paramount, 1998
• Voice of Pharaoh Seti I, The Prince of Egypt (animated), DreamWorks, 1998
• Professor Charles Francis Xavier, X-Men (also known as X-Men 1.5), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
• Narrator, Tibet's Stolen Child, 2001
• Voice of King Goobot, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (animated), Paramount, 2001
• Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Nemesis, Paramount, 2002
• Professor Charles Xavier, X2 (also known as X2: X-Men United), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
• Voice, The Water Warriors (animated), Silver Fox Films, 2003
• Film Work
• Associate producer, Star Trek: Insurrection (also known as StarTrek 9), Paramount, 1998
• Stage Appearances
• Morgan, Treasure Island, Lincoln Repertory Company, Theatre Royal,Lincoln, England, 1959
• Aston, The Caretaker, Manchester Library Theatre, Manchester, England, 1963
• Title role, Henry V, Manchester Library Theatre, 1963
• Galileo Galilei, The Life of Galileo (also known as Galileiand Galileo), Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England, 1965
• Dauphin, Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon,England, 1966
• First player and player king, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1966
• Hippolito, The Revenger's Tragedy, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1966
• Mowbray, Henry IV, Part Two, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1966
• Second witness, The Investigation, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, London, 1966
• Sir Walter Blunt, Henry IV, Part One, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1966
• Duke Senior, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1967
• Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1967
• Worthy, The Relapse, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1967
• Borachio, Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1968
• Cornwall, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1968
• Hector, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1968
• Touchstone, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1968
• Hector, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1969
• Hippolito, The Revenger's Tragedy, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1969
• Leatherhead, Bartholomew Fayre, Royal Shakespeare Company, AldwychTheatre, 1969
• Teddy Foran, The Silver Tassie, Royal Shakespeare Company, AldwychTheatre, 1969
• Edward IV, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1970
• Title role, King John, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1970
• Launce, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1970
• Stephano, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1970
• Kabac, Occupations, Royal Shakespeare Company, Palace Theatre, London, 1971
• Mikhail Skrobotov, Enemies, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1971
• Roger, The Balcony, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1971
• Snout, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, and Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, both 1971
• Aufidius, Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1972
• Bassianus, Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1972
• Cassius, Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1972, then Aldwych Theatre, 1973
• Enobarbus, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1972, then Aldwych Theatre, 1973
• Aaron, Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1973
• Astrov, Uncle Vanya, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1974
• Eilert Lovborg, Hedda Gabler, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1975
• Larry Slade, The Iceman Cometh, Royal Shakespeare Company, AldwychTheatre, 1976
• Basho, The Bundle, Royal Shakespeare Company, Warehouse Theatre, London, 1977
• Doctor, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Royal Shakespeare Company,Royal Festival Hall, London, 1977
• Knatchbull, That Good between Us, Royal Shakespeare Company, Warehouse Theatre, 1977
• Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1977
• Shakespeare, Bingo, Royal Shakespeare Company, Warehouse Theatre,1977
• Enobarbus, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company, RoyalShakespeare Theatre, 1978, then Aldwych Theatre, 1979
• Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company, OtherPlace Theatre, 1978, then Warehouse Theatre, 1979
• Theseus, Hippolytus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, 1978, then Warehouse Theatre, 1979
• Colonel Guieson, The Biko Inquest, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, 1979
• Viktor Myshlaevksy, The White Guard, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1979
• Leontes, The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1981, then London, 1982
• Sir Eglamour, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1981, then London, 1982
• Title role, Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1981, then London, 1982
• Henry IV, Henry IV, Part One [and] Henry IV, Part Two, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London, 1982-1983
• Alexander Grant, Body and Soul, Palace Theatre, Watford, England,1983
• King David, then title role, Yonadab, National Theatre, London, 1985
• George, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1987
• A Christmas Carol (solo show), Los Angeles, 1991-1993, then Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1993, later Old Vic Theatre, 1994, and Richard Rogers Theatre, New York City, 1994-1995
• Gypsy of the Year, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1995
• Prospero, The Tempest, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1995, then Broadhurst Theatre, 1996
• Title role, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC, 1997
• Lyman Felt, The Ride down Mt. Morgan, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1998, then Broadway, 2000
• George, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 2001
• Appeared as Goldberg, The Birthday Party. Also appeared in Cyrano de Bergerac and in other versions of As You Like It.
• Major Tours
• Café customer, Duel of Angels, Old Vic Theatre Company, Australian, New Zealand, and South American cities, 1961-1962
• Duke de Gire, Lady of the Camellias, Old Vic Theatre Company, Australian, New Zealand, and South American cities, 1961-1962
• Second officer, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Theatre Company, Australian, New Zealand, and South American cities, 1961-1962
• Duke Senior, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S. cities, 1967-1968
• Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S. cities, 1967-1968
• Worthy, The Relapse, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S. cities, 1967-1968
• Borachio, Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S.cities, 1968-1969
• Cornwall, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S. cities, 1968-1969
• Hector, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S. cities, 1968-1969
• Touchstone, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S. cities, 1968-1969
• Eilert Lovborg, Hedda Gabler, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S., Canadian, and Australian cities, 1975
• Stage Work
• Director, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (benefit musical production), 1993
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• A Christmas Carol (spoken-word album), Simon & Schuster Audioworks, 1991
• Narrator and performer, The Nightmare before Christmas (soundtrack), Walt Disney Records, 1993
• Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Atlantic, 1996
• Video Games
• Narrator, Titanic--An Interactive History, 1994
• Voice of King Richard, Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (also known as Lands of Lore I), Virgin Interactive, 1994
• Voice of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation--A Final Unity, Micropose, 1995
• Voice of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Generations, Micropose, 1997
• Voice of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Hidden Evil, Activision, 1999
• Voice of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Insurrection, Activision, 1999
• Voice of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (from archive footage), Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, 1999
• Voices of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Locutus of Borg, Star Trek: Armada (also known as Star Trek: Armada 1), Activision, 1999
• Voice of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Invasion, Activision,2000
• Voice of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Armada II, Activision, 2001
• Voice of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Bridge Commander, Activision, 2002
• Voice of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Starfleet Command III, 2002
• Voice of Professor X, X-Men: Next Dimension, Activision, 2002
• Voice of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Elite Force II, Activision, 2003
• Voice of Charles Xavier/Professor X, X2--Wolverine's Revenge (alsoknown as X-Men 2: Wolverine's Revenge), Activision, 2003
• Videos
• Host and narrator, Space Age, 1992
• Host and narrator, From Here to Infinity: The Ultimate Voyage (also known as From Here to Infinity), 1994
• Himself, Journey's End--The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation(documentary), Paramount, 1995
• WRITINGS
• Stage Plays
• With Michael Glenny, adapted The Procurator (based on the novel The Master and Margharita, by M. Bulgakov).
• Radio Scripts
• Adaptor of A Christmas Carol and A Country Doctor's Notebook.
• Nonfiction
• "Shylock," Players of Shakespeare: Essays in Shakespearean Performanceby Twelve Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company, edited by Philip Brockbank, Cambridge University Press, 1985
• Also the author of "Titus Andronicus," Prefaces to Shakespeare, BBC Publications; and Wooing, Wedding, and Repenting (a Shakespeare anthology).

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Newsmakers, Issue 1, Gale, 1996

Periodicals

• American Theatre, February, 1998, p. 12
• DreamWatch, February, 1999, pp. 12-14
• Empire, October, 1997, p. 101; February, 1999, pp. 96-100
• People Weekly, March 16, 1998, p. 16
• Premiere, December, 2002, pp. 108-12
• Starlog, January, 1992; January, 1993; March, 1995; December, 1996; November, 1997; January, 1999
• TV Guide, August 24, 1996, p. 16; March 7, 1998, pp. 30-35; December 7, 2002, pp. 24-31, 67; April 26, 2003, p. 13