An internationally respected actor known for successfully bridging the gap between the theatrical world of Shakespearean stage and that of contemporary film and television, Patrick Stewart continues to demonstrate his versatility with a wide range of projects. His passion for classical music has also led to various narrations with leading conductors and orchestras internationally. He recently recorded Enoch Arden with pianist Emanuel Ax. Stewart won a Grammy Award for his narrative work on the Best Spoken Word Album for Children, Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf with The Orchestre de Lyon, conducted by Kent Nagano

In London in 2009 Stewart starred opposite his friend and fellow actor, Sir Ian McKellen in Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece Waiting for Godot.  The highly praised production was described as ‘the theatrical event of the year’.

In 2006-2007, Stewart returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he is an Honorary Associate Artist, for the first time in 25 years. He starred in two productions as part of The Complete Works cycle: Antony and Cleopatra and The Tempest which played at Stratford-upon-Avon, Ann Arbor Michigan and London's West End. Having been made an Associate Artist of the RSC since 1967, he has played such roles as King John, Shylock, Henry IV, Cassius, Titus Andronicus, Oberon, Leontes, Enobarbus, Touchstone and Launce. He has also starred in many contemporary works with the RSC, including premiere productions by Tom Stoppard, Edward Bond, Howard Barker and David Rudkin ... read full bio

An internationally respected actor known for successfully bridging the gap between the theatrical world of Shakespearean stage and that of contemporary film and television, Patrick Stewart continues to demonstrate his versatility with a wide range of projects. His passion for classical music has also led to various narrations with leading conductors and orchestras internationally. He recently recorded Enoch Arden with pianist Emanuel Ax. Stewart won a Grammy Award for his narrative work on the Best Spoken Word Album for Children, Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf with The Orchestre de Lyon, conducted by Kent Nagano

In London in 2009 Stewart starred opposite his friend and fellow actor, Sir Ian McKellen in Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece Waiting for Godot.  The highly praised production was described as ‘the theatrical event of the year’.

In 2006-2007, Stewart returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he is an Honorary Associate Artist, for the first time in 25 years. He starred in two productions as part of The Complete Works cycle: Antony and Cleopatra and The Tempest which played at Stratford-upon-Avon, Ann Arbor Michigan and London's West End. Having been made an Associate Artist of the RSC since 1967, he has played such roles as King John, Shylock, Henry IV, Cassius, Titus Andronicus, Oberon, Leontes, Enobarbus, Touchstone and Launce. 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 2007, Stewart stared in two productions at the Chichester Theatre Festival;  Twelfth Night playing Malvolio  and the title role in Macbeth, which production went on to play to capacity in London,  Brooklyn Academy of Music and on Broadway, where he received a Best Actor Tony nomination. The production was also filmed and will be seen on PBS in the Fall as will Hamlet in April, with Stewart as Claudius and David Tennant as The Prince.

Previous to RSC engagements, Patrick appeared in London's West End in December 2005 in his acclaimed one-man show, A Christmas Carol at the Albery Theatre. In early 2005, Patrick appeared in the David Mamet drama A Life in the Theatre, co-starring Joshua Jackson, also in the West End.

In film, Stewart starred in the highly successful "X-Men," and “X2-X-Men United” based on the popular comic.

In April 2000, Stewart reprised his role in the Arthur Miller play, "The Ride Down Mt. Morgan," for a limited Broadway run. Stewart played a bigamist, Lyman Felt, who is visited by his two wives while he is convalescing in a hospital after an automobile accident. Stewart starred in the show's debut in 1998. That same year, Stewart lent his considerable vocal talents to the character of 'Seti' in Dreamworks' highly acclaimed animated feature film, "The Prince of Egypt."

Stewart has also recently been seen in the USA Network's "Moby Dick" opposite Gregory Peck and Henry Thomas. Stewart earned an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Captain Ahab.

Also, Stewart was seen in the psychological thriller "Safe House" for Filmquest Pictures. He plays Mace Sowell, an ex-government official who, suffering the effects of Alzheimer's, becomes a recluse in an impenetrable high-tech home, fearing that what he knows about a former boss has put his life in jeopardy.

One of Stewart's recent stage appearance was in the title role of "Othello" at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. Stewart's performance was praised in the NY Times as "Never anything less than uncanny in his psychological portrait: It's like watching an autopsy on human feeling."

In December of 1996, Stewart brought "A Christmas Carol" his award-winning adaptation of Dickens' classic tale, to an exclusive engagement at the Doolittle Theatre, after having performed at several venues both in Los Angeles, New York and London's West End. In time for Christmas 1999, Stewart starred in a full-cast version of this production, produced by his company, Flying Freehold, and Hallmark Entertainment. Stewart's portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries. "A Christmas Carol" airs on TNT.

On television Stewart originated the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the hit series, Star Trek: The Next Generation and has subsequently reprised that role in three feature films, with a fourth to be produced.

Stewart's additional film credits include the film adaptation of Paul Rudnick's play, Jeffrey, Hedda, Dune, Lady Jane, Excalibur, LA Story, Death Train, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Gunmen, Masterminds, The Pagemaster, and Conspiracy Theory.

Other television roles include the title role of "The Canterville Ghost" for ABC and Hallmark Hall of Fame, as well as TNT's "In Search of Dr. Seuss" and "Animal Farm." In Fox's popular animated series The Simpsons, Stewart lends his voice to the episode "Homer the Great." 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 MGM Studios.

For the BBC, Stewart has been seen in the acclaimed miniseries, "I, Claudius," "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," and "Smiley's People." He has also portrayed Salieri in "The Mozart Inquest," Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" and Rev. Anderson in "The Devil's Disciple."

In addition to "A Christmas Carol," Stewart has adapted other works for stage, TV and radio, including "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" by Tom Stoppard which he directed in 1992. This show starred Stewart and four other cast members of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the Orange County Symphony Orchestra. In 1993, the same production was presented with symphony orchestras in Minneapolis, Chicago and Atlanta.

In 1995 Stewart starred on Broadway as Prospero in Shakespeare's classic "The Tempest" for which he received a best actor nomination from the Outer Critics Circle. In 1996, in honor of his work on the stage, Stewart received the prestigious "Will Award" from the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. The Honor is given annually to an individual who makes "A significant contribution to classical theatre in America."

He has been nominated for and received many awards for his various works, most recently the Theatre Wing Award in New York.

In 2001 New Years' Honor list, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth conferred on Stewart the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) and in the 2010 New Year Honors he was awarded a Knighthood.

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