History Creator / PatrickStewart

Stewart currently reprises the role of Picard (now a retired Admiral) in ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', streaming on Paramount+.

* 2020-present ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' as Admiral (ret.) Jean-Luc Picard

Sir Patrick Stewart, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born 13 July 1940) is a British actor best known for playing Captain [[Characters/StarTrekTheNextGenerationJeanLucPicard Jean-Luc Picard]] in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Professor Charles Xavier]] in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''.

* AlternateShowInterpretation: Instead of painting his face black to play ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', Creator/PatrickStewart played the titular role in a racially inverted production, opposite an otherwise all-black cast. This was by all accounts one of the more unusual productions of the play in recent memory.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Zigzagged. He went bald at a young age, so he was initially [[YoungerThanTheyLook younger than he looked]]. He then seemed to stop visibly aging altogether until the mid-2010s, where he finally began showing his age.

Sir Patrick Stewart, OBE (born 13 July 1940) is a British actor best known for playing Captain [[Characters/StarTrekTheNextGenerationJeanLucPicard Jean-Luc Picard]] in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Professor Charles Xavier]] in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''.

* ActingForTwo: More like [[UpToEleven Acting for Fifty]]. He put on a one-man stage production of Creator/CharlesDickens's ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', in which he played every character.

** He was considered for a number of roles in ''Series/DoctorWho'' over the decades, especially during the '80s, yet plans to feature him in the show fell through every single time. In chronological order, he was considered for the following parts: Professor Watson in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E2TheHandOfFear "The Hand of Fear"]], Aukon in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E4StateOfDecay "State of Decay"]], Commander Scott in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock "Earthshock"]], The Castellan in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity "Arc of Infinity"]], Valgard in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E4Terminus "Terminus"]], Vorshak in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep "Warriors of the Deep"]], Colonel Wolsey in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E2TheAwakening "The Awakening"]], Colonel Archer and/or Lytton in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]], the Chief Officer in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E2VengeanceOnVaros "Vengeance on Varos"]], Lord Ravensworth in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E3TheMarkOfTheRani "The Mark of the Rani"]], Orcini in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks "Revelation of the Daleks"]], Commodore Travers in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E3TerrorOfTheVervoids "Terror of the Vervoids"]], Bruce/The Master in [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the TV movie]], and Rassilon in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[BaldOfAuthority Yes, I'm bald. Who said I wasn't awesome though?]][[note]][[CantUnHearIt You just read that in my own voice, did you?]][[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Yes, I'm bald. Who said I wasn't awesome though?[[note]][[CantUnHearIt You just read that in my own voice, did you?]][[/note]]]]

* Professor Charles Xavier in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', then in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse

** 2022 ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' (Earth-838 Xavier)

* 2009 ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' as Professor Xavier

* 2000 ''Film/XMen1'' as Professor Xavier

* 2003 ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' as Professor Xavier

* 2006 ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' as Professor Xavier

* 2013 ''Film/TheWolverine'' as Professor Xavier
* 2014 ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' as Professor Xavier

* 2017 ''Film/{{Logan}}'' as Charles Xavier

* 2022 ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' as TBA

* 2022 ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' as Professor Charles Xavier

* 2022 ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' %%as [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Professor Charles Xavier]].

* 1997 ''Film/{{Masterminds}}'' as Bentley

Stewart currently reprises the role of Picard (now a retired Admiral) in a new ''Trek'' series for CBS All Access, ''Series/StarTrekPicard''.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Allegedly, Stewart was apparently the OnlySaneMan among the cast of ''TNG'', falling back on his dignity of being a Shakespearian actor surrounded by a bunch of goofballs on set. This faded away by Season 2.
* DodgyToupee:
** He used to have an entire collection of them, in various styles, when he was a younger actor starting out and would try and use them as leverage when auditioning for parts (because he could easily change his look as required and he'd save the hair and makeup department time and money). He eventually got rid of them.
** When he was auditioning for the role of Picard, some executives were worried that his baldness would be a distraction to the audience. Roddenberry had him audition bald and again with the worst toupee they could get their hands on to drive home the point that the strength of Stewart's acting was what was important.

* LargeHam: When he's having fun, Stewart can ham it up with the best of them. For a good example, see the [=MoneySupermarket=] ads in the UK. Another example is his appearance on ''Series/TheDailyShow'' "disguised" as John Oliver. Likewise, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_4LtBDCUEg this story]] about him on set, as told by Creator/MichaelDorn.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Though his age has managed to catch up with him in the past few years, he looked very similar in the late 1970's as he did in the early 2000's. It helped that he was mostly bald by the time he was 19.

* StopHavingFunGuys: [[invoked]] While the first season of TNG was being filmed, Stewart (as a [[ConsummateProfessional disciplined veteran]] of [[SeriousBusiness very serious classical theatre]]) was [[OnlySaneMan disconcerted]] and exasperated with his castmates' constant clowning around on set. When he demanded they cut it out and take things seriously, Denise Crosby said, "Patrick, we have to have some fun." He snapped back, "We are not here to have fun!" The rest of the cast [[NeverLiveItDown never let him live this one down]], and he gradually thawed, joined in the antics, and [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment made lasting friendships with all of them]]. This showed in the [[HilariousOuttakes blooper reels]], where [[NotSoAboveItAll he gets downright giggly]].
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: [[invoked]] During his time on TNG, he gained a reputation for being able to deliver even awful and/or ridiculous lines of dialogue with conviction worthy of a Shakespeare play. {{Parodied}} when he made a live appearance on ''Radio/AskMeAnother'', and was asked (as clues for one quiz) to recite parts of the lyrics to "[[Music/{{ACDC}} You Shook Me All Night Long]]" and "[[Music/TaylorSwift Blank Space]]" (which he did as himself), [[Music/{{Toto}} "Africa"]] (doing a Creator/LaurenceOlivier impression) and "[[Music/SpiceGirls Wannabe]]" (as John Gielgud).

* 2022 ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness''

* 2020 ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' as Admiral (ret.) Jean-Luc Picard

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 [[ConsummateProfessional took their job fully seriously and didn't mess around on-set]], until he loosened up and, according to co-star Creator/LeVarBurton, would mess around and wreak havoc with the best of them.

* StopHavingFunGuys: [[invoked]] While the first season of TNG was being filmed, Stewart (as a disciplined veteran of [[SeriousBusiness very serious classical theatre]]) was [[OnlySaneMan disconcerted]] and exasperated with his castmates' constant clowning around on set. When he demanded they cut it out and take things seriously, Denise Crosby said, "Patrick, we have to have some fun." He snapped back, "We are not here to have fun!" The rest of the cast [[NeverLiveItDown never let him live this one down]], and he gradually thawed, joined in the antics, and [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment made lasting friendships with all of them]].

Sir Patrick Stewart, OBE (born 13 July 1940) is a British actor best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Professor Charles Xavier]] in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''.