Acting

Patrick Stewart

Born 13 July 1940 · Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Died 28 October 2026 at 86

Sir Patrick Stewart (July 13, 1940 – October 28, 2026) was an English actor. With a career spanning over 60 years on stage and screen, he received various accolades, including two Laurence Olivier Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for a Tony Award, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama in 2010. In 1966, Stewart became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). He made his Broadway theatre debut in 1971 in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 1979, he received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Antony and Cleopatra in the West End. His first television role was in Coronation Street in 1967. His first major screen roles were in the television series Fall of Eagles (1974), I, Claudius (1976) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979). In 2008, he reprised his role as King Claudius in Hamlet and received his second Laurence Olivier Award and his first Tony Award nomination for the West End and Broadway theatre productions. Stewart gained international stardom for his leading role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the U.S. science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), a role he reprised in a series of four films (1994–2002) and Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023). He starred as Captain Ahab in the USA Network television miniseries Moby Dick (1998), Ebenezer Scrooge in the TNT fantasy television film A Christmas Carol (1999), and King Henry II in the Showtime drama television film The Lion in Winter (2003). He was Primetime Emmy Award-nominated for his guest comedic roles in the NBC sitcom Frasier (2003) and BBC sitcom Extras (2005). A recurring collaborator of Seth MacFarlane, he starred as the lead of the MacFarlane-produced Starz sitcom Blunt Talk (2015–2016), the voice of CIA Deputy Director Avery Bullock in the animated sitcom American Dad! (2005–2026), and the narrator of the two Ted films (2012, 2015). On film, Stewart gained further stardom portraying Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series (2000–2017), reprising the role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe(2022, 2026), with his appearance in Avengers: Doomsday (2026) being his final film appearance. He also acted in Hedda (1975), Excalibur (1981), Dune (1984), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), Jeffrey (1995), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001), Green Room (2015), The Kid Who Would Be King (2019), and The Sheep Detectives (2026). Description above from the Wikipedia article Patrick Stewart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.