Announced his engagement to former "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) producer Wendy Neuss, aged 39. [September 1997]
Awarded his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [16 December 1996]
London Fringe Theatre Best Actor Award 1986, for role of George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" at the Young Vic
New York Theater Critics Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance 1993, for "A Christmas Carol" at the Broadhurst
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment 1994, for "A Christmas Carol" at the Old Vic
Honorary Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company
US TV Guide - voted "Most Bodacious" male on TV 1993
Recipient of the Order of the British Empire (January 2001)
During the first season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), he was so convinced that he was going to be fired from the series that he didn't unpack his bags for six weeks.
Began to lose his hair at the age of 19.
Found his beloved cat (which he named 'Bella') on the set of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)
Has a human rights scholarship named after him from Amnesty International.
Is best friends with his Star Trek cast mate, Brent Spiner, who was his best man at his wedding to Star Trek producer Wendy Neuss.
In episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), when he sat down, he had a habit of tugging on the uniform where it was not smooth but creased. Jonathan Frakes jokingly called this "The Picard Maneuver".
Is a life-long supporter of Huddersfield Town Football Club of the Football League.
Is a fan of Beavis and Butthead.
Is a fan of "Red Dwarf" (1988).
November 2003 - accepted the position of Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield. Plans to become a full time UK resident again in 2004.
He is a fan of the graphic novel, "Transmetropolitan". Written by 'Warren Ellis' , "Transmetropolitan" follows the adventures of jounalist Spider Jerusalem in a future of paranoia and corruption. The graphic novel deals with politcs, journalism, and most of all the truth. He has even written a introduction to Transmetorpolitan: Lonely City.
He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1994 (1993 season) Best Entertainment Award for his adaptation and staged performance of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol".
He is the new Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield, England and made his first official visit to the University on Wednesday 10 March 2004.
Is a huge fan of the comic "Transmetropolitan". He even did a foreword for this comic explaining how he enjoys the main characters brutality and hostility towards this world as a desire that we all sometimes feel.
Referred to Commander Riker on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) as "Number One." When he guest-starred on an episode of "The Simpsons" (1989), he played a character named Number One.
Along with Colm Meaney and Armin Shimerman, he is one of only three actors to appear in the pilots of two different 'Star Trek' series. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993))
Had the first line in both "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and the last line in the former.
On the shortlist for Prof Watson (played by Glyn Houston) in "Doctor Who The Hand Of Fear".
On the shortlist for The Castellan (played by Paul Jerrico) in "Doctor Who Arc Of Infinty".
Has appeared in two completely different, unrelated productions with Clive Revill about Robin Hood: 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' and 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights'.
Dating actress Lisa Dillon (2004)
He was originally the narrator of "The Nightmare Before Christmas." However, director Tim Burton decided to cut most of the narration, and also changed the voice. Stewart's original recording can be heard in Danny Elfman's soundtrack. Elfman liked Stewart's reading better.
In Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), he played King Richard I, the Lionheart. In The Lion in Winter (2003) (TV), he played Richard's father, King Henry II.
Has appeared with Kelsey Grammer in three different productions: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), "Frasier" (1993) and X-Men 3 (2006).
Patrick Stewart Detailed Biography
Patrick Stewart reprises his role as the wheelchair-bound mentor of the X-Men, and the world's most powerful telepath.
Stewart recently returned as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the latest installment of the phenomenally successful Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Nemesis. He is starring and producing The Lion in the Winter, for television, and appears on the London stage in The Master Builder.
Stewart supplied the voice of Pharaoh Seti in the animated film The Prince of Egypt and as the voice of King Goobot in Nickelodeon Movies' highly successful computer animated film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
His many film credits include Jeffrey, Hedda, Dune, Excalibur, L.A. Story, Death Train, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Gunmen, Masterminds, The Pagemaster, The Conspiracy Theory, Safe House and Doc Savage.
Stewart originated the role of Captain Picard in the hit television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, which aired from 1988 to 1994. The role earned him Best Actor nominations from the American TV Awards and the Screen Actors Guild. He also directed several episodes of the series, including A Fistful of Datas, which won an Emmy Award.
Stewart earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge in TNT's A Christmas Carol, which he produced with Robert Halmi for Hallmark Entertainment. Also for TNT, Stewart played the title role in King of Texas, an updated version of Shakespeare's classic King Lear, set during the Mexican revolt of the mid-1800s. Stewart also co-produced King of Texas with Hallmark.
He was honored with Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series or Miniseries for his role as Captain Ahab in USA Network's Moby Dick, which also starred Gregory Peck and Henry Thomas.
Stewart's television credits include the title role of The Canterville Ghost for ABC and Hallmark Hall of Fame, TNT's In Search of Dr. Seuss, and Fox's animated series The Simpsons. He has also hosted several documentary series, including The Shape of the World on PBS, and TNT's MGM: When the Lion Roars, a six-part series on the history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
For the BBC, Stewart has been seen in the acclaimed miniseries I, Claudius, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People. He also portrayed Salieri in The Mozart Inquest, Oedipus in Oedipus Rex, and Reverend Anderson in The Devil's Disciple.
In the summer of 2000, Stewart starred in the Broadway production of Arthur Miller's Tony-nominated play The Ride Down Mt. Morgan and in 1998 he played Othello at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. In 1996, in honor of his work in the theater, Stewart received the prestigious Will Award from The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. The award is given annually to an individual who makes "a significant contribution to classical theatre in America.
In the same year, Stewart brought A Christmas Carol," his award-winning adaptation of Dickens' classic tale, to an exclusive engagement at the Doolittle Theatre in Los Angeles. This acclaimed one-man show, in which he played over 40 characters, earned Stewart a Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performer in 1995. When Stewart presented A Christmas Carol at London's Old Vic Theatre, he received an Olivier Award nomination as Best Actor and won the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.
Stewart brought A Christmas Carol back to Broadway for eight benefit performances over the 2001 holiday season. The ticket sales from the sold-out performances were the highest single week sales for any play in the history of Broadway.
In 1995 Stewart starred as Prospero in the Broadway production of Shakespeare's classic The Tempest, for which he received a Best Actor nomination from the Outer Critics Circle. In 1971 he appeared on the New York stage in Peter Brook's now legendary production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Stewart is an Honorary Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), having been made an Associate Artist in 1967. He has played Shylock, Henry IV, Titus Andronicus, Oberon, Leontes, Touchstone, Launce, and Enobarbus in RSC productions. Stewart won the Society of West End Theaters' (SWET) Award for his performance as Enobarbus in Peter Brook's production of Anthony and Cleopatra, and was nominated for his Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
He has also starred in many contemporary works with the RSC, including premiere productions by Tom Stoppard, Edward Bond, Howard Barker and David Rudkin. In 1986, he played the title role in Peter Shaffer's play Yonadab at the National Theater.
Stewart has adapted other works for the stage, television and radio, including two works by Mikhail Bulgahov, The Procurator (from the novel The Master and Margarita) and A Country Doctor's Notebook. In 1992, he directed the music/drama Every Good Boy Deserves Favor by Tom Stoppard and Andre Previn, starring along with four other cast members of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the Orange County Symphony Orchestra. The same production was presented with symphony orchestras in Minneapolis, Chicago and Atlanta.
In 1993 Stewart won a Grammy Award for his narrative work on the Best Spoken Word Album for Children, Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf.
