Patrick Stewart
Biography
Patrick Stewart is an English actor whose work on stage and screen spans more than six decades. Born in Mirfield, he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966 and stayed with it until 1982, and made his Broadway debut in 1971 in A Midsummer Night's Dream. International fame came with the science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which he played Captain Jean-Luc Picard from 1987 to 1994 and which he later returned to in a run of films. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for his supporting performance in Antony and Cleopatra in 1979, and a second for playing King Claudius in Hamlet, a part that also brought a Tony nomination. He portrayed Professor Charles Xavier throughout the X-Men series from 2000 to 2017. His voice work includes the animated role of Avery Bullock on American Dad!. He was knighted in 2010.
86years old
Turns 87 on July 13in 268 days
- Born Mirfield
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 67
- Career span
- 46 years1980 to 2026
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First role
Stewart made his first professional stage appearance on 19 May 1959 at the Theatre Royal, Bristol, as Cutpurse, a thief among the audience, in John Hale's production of Cyrano de Bergerac.
About the name
While in Hollywood, Stewart used the professional name Patrick Hewes Stewart for 18 months. He was negotiating with an American actor who had already registered his original name with the Screen Actors Guild.
Early training
Stewart and Blessed later got grants to attend the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. From West Riding Council, Stewart became the first person who was not an Oxford or Cambridge graduate to receive a grant.
Getting ready for a role
Stewart wanted to play Othello from the age of 14, so in 1997 he and director Jude Kelly staged a photo-negative production with a white Othello and an otherwise all-black cast for the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Patrick Stewart movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Bryan Singer directed three of these films, Seth MacFarlane two and Jonathan Frakes two. Jonathan Frakes appears in eight of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jonathan Frakes's page
Hugh Jackman's page
Michael Dorn's page
Gates McFadden's page
Marina Sirtis's page
Brent Spiner's page
All films by Bryan Singer
Also six films together1 more actor
- LeVar BurtonReunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation (2012), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994) and Star Trek: Generations (1994)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Patrick Stewart's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$6.5 billion
42 of the 66 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 66 films: 42 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 13 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 42Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 13Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 67% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$956M14.6% of the total
- 2$748M11.4% of the total
- 3$619M9.5% of the total
- 4$549M8.4% of the total
- 5$459M7.0% of the total
- 6$408M6.2% of the total
- 7$314M4.8% of the total
- 8$296M4.5% of the total
$2.2 billionfrom the other 34 films with a worldwide figure, 33% of the total
Awards
Six awards and honors from 1979 to 2015, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Awards | |||
| Grammy Awards | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2015 | Honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Honorary | |
| 2009 | Knight Bachelor | Won | |
| 2000 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
| 1979 | Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won | |
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
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