Editing Patrick Stewart (section)

{{short description|English actor (born 1940)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = [[Sir]]
| name               = Patrick Stewart
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE<!--Do not change this to KBE, see [[Knight Bachelor]]-->}}
| image              =Patrick Stewart by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
| caption            = Stewart in July 2019
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| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1940|7|13}}
| birth_place        = [[Mirfield]], West Riding of Yorkshire, England
| occupation         = Actor
| alma_mater         = [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]]
| years_active       = 1959–present
| spouse             = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Sheila Falconer<br />|1966|1990|end=div}}|{{marriage|[[Wendy Neuss]]<br />|2000|2003|end=div}}|{{marriage|[[Sunny Ozell]]<br />|2013}}}}
| children           = 2
| works = [[Patrick Stewart on stage and screen|Full list]]
| awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Patrick Stewart|Full list]]
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'''Sir Patrick Stewart''' (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor. With a career spanning over seven decades of [[Patrick Stewart on stage and screen|stage and screen]], he has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Patrick Stewart|various accolades]], including two [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Olivier Awards]] and a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]], as well as nominations for a [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]], three [[Golden Globe Awards]], four [[Emmy Awards]], and three [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] for services to drama in 2010.

In 1966, Stewart became a member of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. He made his [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] theatre debut in 1971 in a production of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. In 1979, he received the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] for his performance in ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' in the [[West End theatre|West End]]. His first television role was in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' in 1967. His first major screen roles were in ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'' (1974), ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]'' (1976) and ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV series)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]'' (1979). In 2008 he reprised his role as [[King Claudius]] in ''[[Hamlet]]'' and received his second [[Olivier Award]] and his first [[Tony Award]] nomination for respectively the West End and Broadway theatre productions.

Stewart gained international stardom for his leading role as Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (1987–1994), a role he reprised in a [[Star Trek (film series)#The Next Generation films|series of films]] and ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]'' (2020–2023). He starred as [[Captain Ahab]] in the [[USA Network|USA]] miniseries ''[[Moby Dick (1998 miniseries)|Moby Dick]]'' (1998), [[Ebenezer Scrooge]] in [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] television film ''[[A Christmas Carol (1999 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1999) and [[Henry II of England|King Henry II]] in the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] film ''[[The Lion in Winter (2003 film)|The Lion in Winter]]'' (2003). He was [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series|Primetime Emmy Award]]-nominated for his comedic roles in the [[NBC]] sitcoms ''[[Frasier]]'' (2003) and [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]'' (2005). He also starred as the lead of the [[Starz]] comedy series ''[[Blunt Talk]]'' (2015–2016). He voices CIA executive [[Avery Bullock]] on ''[[American Dad!]]'' (2005–present). 

On film, he gained stardom portraying [[Charles Xavier (film series character)|Professor Charles Xavier]] in the [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' film series]] from 2000 to 2017, reprising the role in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]. He also acted in ''[[Hedda (1975 film)|Hedda]]'' (1975), ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]'' (1981), ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'' (1984), ''[[L.A. Story]]'' (1991), ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'' (1993), ''[[Jeffrey (1995 film)|Jeffrey]]'' (1995) and ''[[The Kid Who Would Be King]]'' (2019). He has also voiced roles in ''[[The Pagemaster]]'' (1994), ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' (1998), ''[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'' (2001), ''[[Chicken Little (2005 film)|Chicken Little]]'' (2005), ''[[Gnomeo & Juliet]]'' (2011), and ''[[Ted (film)|Ted]]'' (2012). 
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