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Was [[KnightFever knighted]] in the 2010 New Year Honours List for services to drama. He still contributes to his local community, being the chancellor of the nearby University of Huddersfield and president of the local football (soccer) academy since his return to the UK in 2004.
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Was [[KnightFever knighted]] in the 2010 New Year Honours List for services to drama. He still contributes to his local community, having being the chancellor of the nearby University of Huddersfield and president of the local football (soccer) academy since his return to the UK in 2004.
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* [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave Grandpa, What Massive Hotness You Have]]: The man does not appear to have aged a day since the '70s. The baldness helps.
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* [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave Grandpa, What Massive Hotness You Have]]: The man does not appear to have aged a day since the '70s.'70s and was dubbed The Sexiest Man on TV by ''TV Guide'' during his ''Trek'' years. The baldness helps.
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* PromotedFanboy: On the 10th anniversary night for ''RedDwarf'', he gave the opening introduction while delivering [[StrangeSalute the Rimmer salute]].
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* PromotedFanboy: On the 10th anniversary night for ''RedDwarf'', ''Series/RedDwarf'', he gave the opening introduction while delivering [[StrangeSalute the Rimmer salute]].
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** He appeared on WhoDoYouThinkYouAre where he learned that his father suffered from shell shock (what's now known as "post-traumatic stress disorder") during WWII and this is what led to the abuse.
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** He appeared on WhoDoYouThinkYouAre where he learned that his father suffered from shell shock (what's now known as "post-traumatic stress disorder") during WWII and this is what led to the abuse.abuse--which is not an excuse for it by any means.
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* ThanksForTheMammary: Once [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeDzOgMQ8H8 accidentally felt up]] TNG co-star Gates [=McFadden=] (Beverly Crusher).
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** As well as his role as Bullock on WesternAnimation/AmericanDad, the writers even specifically said they try to make Patrick do as much silly things as then can with him in the show.
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** Behold the [[CrowningMomentOfFunny glory of his appearance]] on ''TheDailyShow'' "disguised" as John Oliver [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-26-2012/the-daily-show-correspondent-strike here]]. The Ham called, and he was not found wanting.
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** Behold the [[CrowningMomentOfFunny glory of his appearance]] on ''TheDailyShow'' ''Series/TheDailyShow'' "disguised" as John Oliver [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-26-2012/the-daily-show-correspondent-strike here]]. The Ham called, and he was not found wanting.
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* MostlyNarmless: He's highly renowned for being able to deliver any material he's given, no matter how ridiculous, with utter sincerity. This served him well during the dodgier episodes of TNG.
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Sir Patrick Stewart, OBE, is a British actor best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and Professor Charles Xavier in the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' movies.
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** His role as Jean-Luc Picard was originally offered to Edward James Olmos. Maybe then we would have seen Patrick Stewart fighting Cylons. Alas such awesomeness did not come to pass.
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** His role as Jean-Luc Picard was originally offered to Edward James Olmos. Maybe then we would have seen Patrick Stewart [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined fighting Cylons.Cylons]]. Alas such awesomeness did not come to pass.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He's a big fan of WarrenEllis' ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' (he even wrote an introduction for volume 5) and at one point was being considered for the role of Spider Jerusalem in a movie adaptation.
** Also, his personal interference prevented ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' from being a TimeTravel farce about Captain Picard impersonating the injured inventor of the warp drive.
** He also auditioned as Data on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' which is HilariousInHindsight as Brent Spiner eventually wanted out of playing Data because he didn't think he could pull off an ageless android.
** Also, his personal interference prevented ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' from being a TimeTravel farce about Captain Picard impersonating the injured inventor of the warp drive.
** He also auditioned as Data on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' which is HilariousInHindsight as Brent Spiner eventually wanted out of playing Data because he didn't think he could pull off an ageless android.
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** He's a big fan of WarrenEllis' ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' (he even wrote an introduction for volume 5) and at one point was being considered for the role of Spider Jerusalem in a movie adaptation.
**Also, his His personal interference prevented ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' from being a TimeTravel farce about Captain Picard impersonating the injured inventor of the warp drive.
** Healso auditioned as Data on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' which is HilariousInHindsight as Brent Spiner eventually wanted out of playing Data because he didn't think he could pull off an ageless android.
** He's a big fan of WarrenEllis' ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' (he even wrote an introduction for volume 5) and at one point was being considered for the role of Spider Jerusalem in a movie adaptation.
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Sir Patrick Stewart, OBE, is a British actor best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and Professor X Charles Xavier in the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' movies.
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** He was considered for the role in ''{{Community}}'' that went to ChevyChase.
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** He appeared on WhoDoYouThinkYouAre where he learned that his father suffered from shell shock (what's now known as "post-traumatic stress disorder") during WWII and this is what led to the abusive.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: The only man who can pull off a French Captain with Yorkshire inflections... and its all the more awesome for it.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: The only man who can pull off a French Captain with Yorkshire inflections... and its all the more awesome for it. For example: [[Film/LAStory playing]] a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7reNuHNoSNg French Matrie D']].
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* ActingForTwo: More like Acting for Fifty. He put on a one-man stage production of Creator/CharlesDickens's ''AChristmasCarol'', in which he played every character.
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* ActingForTwo: More like Acting for Fifty. He put on a one-man stage production of Creator/CharlesDickens's ''AChristmasCarol'', ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', in which he played every character.
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** Behold the glory of his appearance on ''TheDailyShow'' "disguised" as John Oliver [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-26-2012/the-daily-show-correspondent-strike here]]. The Ham called, and he was not found wanting.
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** Behold the [[CrowningMomentOfFunny glory of his appearance appearance]] on ''TheDailyShow'' "disguised" as John Oliver [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-26-2012/the-daily-show-correspondent-strike here]]. The Ham called, and he was not found wanting.
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* LargeHam: When he's having fun, Stewart can carve off slices of pork with the best of them. For a good example, see the [=MoneySupermarket=] ads in the UK. The only was they could be more hamtastic would be for {{BRIAN BLESSED}} to co-star.
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* LargeHam: When he's having fun, Stewart can carve off slices of pork with the best of them. For a good example, see the [=MoneySupermarket=] ads in the UK. The only was they could be more hamtastic would be for {{BRIAN BLESSED}} to co-star. co-star.
** Behold the glory of his appearance on ''TheDailyShow'' "disguised" as John Oliver [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-26-2012/the-daily-show-correspondent-strike here]]. The Ham called, and he was not found wanting.
** Behold the glory of his appearance on ''TheDailyShow'' "disguised" as John Oliver [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-26-2012/the-daily-show-correspondent-strike here]]. The Ham called, and he was not found wanting.
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* LargeHam: When he's having fun, Stewart can carve off slices of pork with the best of them. For a good example, see the MoneySupermarket ads in the UK. The only was they could be more hamtastic would be for BRIAN BLESSED to co-star.
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* LargeHam: When he's having fun, Stewart can carve off slices of pork with the best of them. For a good example, see the MoneySupermarket [=MoneySupermarket=] ads in the UK. The only was they could be more hamtastic would be for BRIAN BLESSED {{BRIAN BLESSED}} to co-star.
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* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Inverted: Once a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he said it was good practice for playing Picard, and has never tried to distance himself from the role. He's still a highly respected Shakespearian actor, though he reportedly refuses to say any of Picard's trademark lines during his other roles - though there are exceptions:
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->"What's wrong, Captain Picard?"
->"What's wrong? I'm a serious, {{Shakespearian actor|s}}, and I'm talking to the ambassador of the FUCKING WORM PEOPLE!"
-->-- '''Frankie Boyle''', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmn-g8FDUek "Scenes We'd Like To See: Deleted Lines From Star Trek"]], ''MockTheWeek''
Sir Patrick Stewart, OBE, is a British actor best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and Professor X in the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' movies.
Stewart was born [[OopNorth in Mirfield, West Yorkshire]], studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school before moving on to the Royal Shakespeare Company. He had lost most of his hair by the age of 19, and impressed during his audition for the Old Vic by performing both with and without a wig and proclaiming himself to be "two actors for the price of one".
While at the RSC, Stewart had small parts in several movies (including ''{{Dune}}'' and ''Film/{{Excalibur}})'', before being cast as a relative unknown in ''Star Trek''.
Stewart has always laughed off those who suggest that, as a classically-trained actor, he was "slumming it" in things like ''Star Trek'' - he suggested that in fact, all the kings and emperors that he had played with the RSC were merely preparation for the iconic role of captaining the new Starship ''Enterprise''.
Similarly, Stewart has always tried to remain in touch with his theatrical roots - spending a season at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in his native Leeds, he had little time for critics who suggested that this was all the work he could find - he was doing it because [[DoingItForTheArt he]] ''[[DoingItForTheArt wanted]]'' [[DoingItForTheArt to do it]]. His various theatre roles include playing Theatre/{{Othello}} among an otherwise entirely black cast. Amusingly, at first he was one of the few TNG castmembers who [[StopHavingFunGuys took their job fully seriously and didn't mess around on-set]], until he loosened up and, according co-star [=LeVar=] Burton, would mess around and wreak havoc with the best of them.
Stewart has been most recently seen as Claudius (and King Hamlet) opposite DavidTennant in ''{{Hamlet}}'' as well as becoming a regular special guest star on Seth [=MacFarlane=]'s ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', as the amoral, James Bond-esque CIA Director Avery Bullock.
Was [[KnightFever knighted]] in the 2010 New Year Honours List for services to drama. He still contributes to his local community, having being the chancellor of the nearby University of Huddersfield and president of the local football (soccer) academy since his return to the UK in 2004.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: As a child he witnessed [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/27/patrick-stewart-domestic-violence his father's regular abuse of his mother.]]
* ActingForTwo: More like Acting for Fifty. He put on a one-man stage production of Creator/CharlesDickens's ''AChristmasCarol'', in which he played every character.
* AdamWesting: His role on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is essentially the writers trying to cram everything that would sound ridiculous coming out of Picard's mouth into the script.
* BaldOfAwesome: A reporter questioned his casting in ''Franchise/StarTrek'', saying "By the 24th century, wouldn't they have cured baldness?" Roddenberry's response: "In the 24th century, they wouldn't ''care''."
* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Inverted: Once a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he said it was good practice for playing Picard, and has never tried to distance himself from the role. He's still a highly respected Shakespearian actor, though he reportedly refuses to say any of Picard's trademark lines during his other roles - though there are exceptions:
** Occasionally on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', but then that's one of the jokes of his character in that show.
** His appearance as himself in ''{{Extras}}'', in keeping with the persona he played.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNatvLe18ro This]] brief appearance with The Count on ''Series/SesameStreet''.
** He also likes to avoid typecasting by intentionally taking humorous and silly roles to contrast with his normally serious and stoic screen persona.
* CloudCuckoolander- Apparently he is quite eccentric in real life
* CoolOldGuy: Definitely one of the coolest around.
** And he will treat individual fans that make a special effort to see him in theatre like kings. Truly a class act.
* {{Facepalm}}: The patron saint of {{facepalm}}s - for a long time, facepalming reaction images on the internet were more likely to be Picard than anyone else.
* HeyItsThatVoice: His voice is instantly recognisable anywhere you go. Just for fun, read this entire article with his voice. Go ahead. You know you want to.
* InkSuitActor: Stewart does this in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''. The character he plays, Bullock, is designed to resemble Stewart. This is particularly noticeable in ''FamilyGuy'' gags involving Patrick Stewart, in which they use the exact same character model as they do for Bullock.
** A weird, partial example in ''XMenEvolution''. While he didn't do the voice acting for that show, the creators designed Professor X to look like Stewart, having been inspired by his performance in the X-Men films.
* LargeHam: When he's having fun, Stewart can carve off slices of pork with the best of them. For a good example, see the MoneySupermarket ads in the UK. The only was they could be more hamtastic would be for BRIAN BLESSED to co-star.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: The only man who can pull off a French Captain with Yorkshire inflections... and its all the more awesome for it.
* OldFriend: Of [[BrianBlessed BRIAN BLESSED!]] no less.
* OneOfUS: He is a classically trained Shakespearean actor who is also a big fan of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', ''Series/RedDwarf'', and ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}''.
* PatrickStewartSpeech: The Trope Namer, with good reason too. Who wouldn't want to listen to him?
* PlayingAgainstType: His ''flaming'' CampGay turn as an interior decorator in ''Jeffrey''
** As well as his role as Bullock on WesternAnimation/AmericanDad, the writers even specifically said they try to make Patrick do as much silly things as then can with him in the show.
* PrematurelyBald: As mentioned above, which made him more recognisable and more awesome.
* ShakespearianActors
* ShoutOut: In the afore mentioned brief appearance on ''Sesame Street'', he uses his classic order of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Make it so, Number One."]] to get the literal number 1 to get back in line.
** During his appearance on ''Extras'', Gervais asks him to give his script to someone he knows, and he says he will "make it so" (and then seems baffled that the man has never seen ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'').
* SophisticatedAsHell: He's a Shakespearean actor who admittedly loves cartoons. In one DavidLetterman interview he said the two things he'd miss most if he went back to England would be valet parking and... ''BeavisAndButthead''.
* TheWestCountry: He learned his art at the Bristol Old Vic theatre.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He's a big fan of WarrenEllis' ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' (he even wrote an introduction for volume 5) and at one point was being considered for the role of Spider Jerusalem in a movie adaptation.
** Also, his personal interference prevented ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' from being a TimeTravel farce about Captain Picard impersonating the injured inventor of the warp drive.
** He also auditioned as Data on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' which is HilariousInHindsight as Brent Spiner eventually wanted out of playing Data because he didn't think he could pull off an ageless android.
** He was up for the role of Jafar in Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', but couldn't fit it into his schedule (since he was filming ''TNG'' at the time). He considers not voicing Jafar one of his biggest career regrets.
** He was a candidate for Mr. Freeze in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
** His role as Jean-Luc Picard was originally offered to Edward James Olmos. Maybe then we would have seen Patrick Stewart fighting Cylons. Alas such awesomeness did not come to pass.
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->"What's wrong, Captain Picard?"
->"What's wrong? I'm a serious, {{Shakespearian actor|s}}, and I'm talking to the ambassador of the FUCKING WORM PEOPLE!"
-->-- '''Frankie Boyle''', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmn-g8FDUek "Scenes We'd Like To See: Deleted Lines From Star Trek"]], ''MockTheWeek''
Sir Patrick Stewart, OBE, is a British actor best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and Professor X in the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' movies.
Stewart was born [[OopNorth in Mirfield, West Yorkshire]], studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school before moving on to the Royal Shakespeare Company. He had lost most of his hair by the age of 19, and impressed during his audition for the Old Vic by performing both with and without a wig and proclaiming himself to be "two actors for the price of one".
While at the RSC, Stewart had small parts in several movies (including ''{{Dune}}'' and ''Film/{{Excalibur}})'', before being cast as a relative unknown in ''Star Trek''.
Stewart has always laughed off those who suggest that, as a classically-trained actor, he was "slumming it" in things like ''Star Trek'' - he suggested that in fact, all the kings and emperors that he had played with the RSC were merely preparation for the iconic role of captaining the new Starship ''Enterprise''.
Similarly, Stewart has always tried to remain in touch with his theatrical roots - spending a season at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in his native Leeds, he had little time for critics who suggested that this was all the work he could find - he was doing it because [[DoingItForTheArt he]] ''[[DoingItForTheArt wanted]]'' [[DoingItForTheArt to do it]]. His various theatre roles include playing Theatre/{{Othello}} among an otherwise entirely black cast. Amusingly, at first he was one of the few TNG castmembers who [[StopHavingFunGuys took their job fully seriously and didn't mess around on-set]], until he loosened up and, according co-star [=LeVar=] Burton, would mess around and wreak havoc with the best of them.
Stewart has been most recently seen as Claudius (and King Hamlet) opposite DavidTennant in ''{{Hamlet}}'' as well as becoming a regular special guest star on Seth [=MacFarlane=]'s ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', as the amoral, James Bond-esque CIA Director Avery Bullock.
Was [[KnightFever knighted]] in the 2010 New Year Honours List for services to drama. He still contributes to his local community, having being the chancellor of the nearby University of Huddersfield and president of the local football (soccer) academy since his return to the UK in 2004.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: As a child he witnessed [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/27/patrick-stewart-domestic-violence his father's regular abuse of his mother.]]
* ActingForTwo: More like Acting for Fifty. He put on a one-man stage production of Creator/CharlesDickens's ''AChristmasCarol'', in which he played every character.
* AdamWesting: His role on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is essentially the writers trying to cram everything that would sound ridiculous coming out of Picard's mouth into the script.
* BaldOfAwesome: A reporter questioned his casting in ''Franchise/StarTrek'', saying "By the 24th century, wouldn't they have cured baldness?" Roddenberry's response: "In the 24th century, they wouldn't ''care''."
* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Inverted: Once a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he said it was good practice for playing Picard, and has never tried to distance himself from the role. He's still a highly respected Shakespearian actor, though he reportedly refuses to say any of Picard's trademark lines during his other roles - though there are exceptions:
** Occasionally on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', but then that's one of the jokes of his character in that show.
** His appearance as himself in ''{{Extras}}'', in keeping with the persona he played.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNatvLe18ro This]] brief appearance with The Count on ''Series/SesameStreet''.
** He also likes to avoid typecasting by intentionally taking humorous and silly roles to contrast with his normally serious and stoic screen persona.
* CloudCuckoolander- Apparently he is quite eccentric in real life
* CoolOldGuy: Definitely one of the coolest around.
** And he will treat individual fans that make a special effort to see him in theatre like kings. Truly a class act.
* {{Facepalm}}: The patron saint of {{facepalm}}s - for a long time, facepalming reaction images on the internet were more likely to be Picard than anyone else.
* HeyItsThatVoice: His voice is instantly recognisable anywhere you go. Just for fun, read this entire article with his voice. Go ahead. You know you want to.
* InkSuitActor: Stewart does this in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''. The character he plays, Bullock, is designed to resemble Stewart. This is particularly noticeable in ''FamilyGuy'' gags involving Patrick Stewart, in which they use the exact same character model as they do for Bullock.
** A weird, partial example in ''XMenEvolution''. While he didn't do the voice acting for that show, the creators designed Professor X to look like Stewart, having been inspired by his performance in the X-Men films.
* LargeHam: When he's having fun, Stewart can carve off slices of pork with the best of them. For a good example, see the MoneySupermarket ads in the UK. The only was they could be more hamtastic would be for BRIAN BLESSED to co-star.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: The only man who can pull off a French Captain with Yorkshire inflections... and its all the more awesome for it.
* OldFriend: Of [[BrianBlessed BRIAN BLESSED!]] no less.
* OneOfUS: He is a classically trained Shakespearean actor who is also a big fan of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', ''Series/RedDwarf'', and ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}''.
* PatrickStewartSpeech: The Trope Namer, with good reason too. Who wouldn't want to listen to him?
* PlayingAgainstType: His ''flaming'' CampGay turn as an interior decorator in ''Jeffrey''
** As well as his role as Bullock on WesternAnimation/AmericanDad, the writers even specifically said they try to make Patrick do as much silly things as then can with him in the show.
* PrematurelyBald: As mentioned above, which made him more recognisable and more awesome.
* ShakespearianActors
* ShoutOut: In the afore mentioned brief appearance on ''Sesame Street'', he uses his classic order of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Make it so, Number One."]] to get the literal number 1 to get back in line.
** During his appearance on ''Extras'', Gervais asks him to give his script to someone he knows, and he says he will "make it so" (and then seems baffled that the man has never seen ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'').
* SophisticatedAsHell: He's a Shakespearean actor who admittedly loves cartoons. In one DavidLetterman interview he said the two things he'd miss most if he went back to England would be valet parking and... ''BeavisAndButthead''.
* TheWestCountry: He learned his art at the Bristol Old Vic theatre.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He's a big fan of WarrenEllis' ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' (he even wrote an introduction for volume 5) and at one point was being considered for the role of Spider Jerusalem in a movie adaptation.
** Also, his personal interference prevented ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' from being a TimeTravel farce about Captain Picard impersonating the injured inventor of the warp drive.
** He also auditioned as Data on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' which is HilariousInHindsight as Brent Spiner eventually wanted out of playing Data because he didn't think he could pull off an ageless android.
** He was up for the role of Jafar in Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', but couldn't fit it into his schedule (since he was filming ''TNG'' at the time). He considers not voicing Jafar one of his biggest career regrets.
** He was a candidate for Mr. Freeze in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
** His role as Jean-Luc Picard was originally offered to Edward James Olmos. Maybe then we would have seen Patrick Stewart fighting Cylons. Alas such awesomeness did not come to pass.
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