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My Take
Patrick Stewart is my favorite example of an actor who treats so-called genre work with total seriousness. A Shakespearean from a small Yorkshire town could easily have condescended to Star Trek or X-Men; instead he gave Picard and Professor X the same gravity he would bring to Lear, and in doing so legitimized science fiction acting for a generation. That voice — measured, warm, capable of sudden steel — does half the work before he moves a muscle. Seven decades on stage and screen, a knighthood for services to drama, and he still seems genuinely delighted by the job. Durability plus humility is a rare pairing, and he has both.
Overview
Sir Patrick Stewart (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor. With a career spanning over seven decades of stage and screen, he has received various accolades, including two Olivier Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for a Tony Award, three Golden Globe Awards, four Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama in 2010.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Patrick Stewart
- Name (Japanese)
- パトリック・スチュワート
- Reading
- ぱとりっく・すちゅわーと
- Born
- July 13, 1940 (age 85)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dragon
- Origin
- Mirfield, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / voice actor / director / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2000 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 2009 Knight Bachelor
- Grammy Awards
- 2015 honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 1979 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | X-Men | — | |
| Notable work | Star Trek: The Next Generation | — |
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.