Happy Birthday Sir Patrick Stewart OBE!

Happy Birthday Sir Patrick Stewart OBE!  He began as an actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company and started acting on television with a 1967 episode of Coronation Street.  Stewart had the lead in the adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South (1975).  He had a brief part as King Leondegrance, father of Guinevere in John Boorman’s Excalibur (1981).  Then, he was Gurney Halleck, ally to Paul Artredies, in David Lynch’s Dune (1984).  Next, Stewart was Dr. Armstrong in Tobe Hopper’s horror film, Life-force (1985).  Stewart had a long running part as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994).  He had a cameo as King Richard in Mel Brooks’ comedy, Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993).  Stewart starred in Star Trek films teaming up with William Shatner’s Captain Kirk in Star Trek: Generations (1994).  He played Prospero in The Tempest on Broadway in 1995.  Stewart also won a Grammy for narrating Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf.  Then, he starred in one of the finest of the Next Gen films, Star Trek: First Contact (1996) clashing with the Borg during Earth’s first contact with Zefram Cochrane.   

Next, was Star Trek: Insurrection (1998). He voiced Seti in the Dreamworks’ animated film, The Prince of Egypt (1998).  In 2000, Stewart took the part of Professor Charles Xavier launching another franchise in X-Men.  He was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2001.  The last Next Gen film was Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).  Then, he returned as Professor X in X-Men 2 (2003). He played Henry in the tv adaptation of the brilliant play The Lion in Winter (2003).  Next, he was directed by Russell Mulcahy in the tv movie of Mysterious Island (2005).  Stewart voiced Mr. Woolensworth in Disney’s animated film, Chicken Little (2005).  He was Professor Ian Hood investigating sci fi mysteries in Eleventh Hour (2006).  Stewart starred in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). He shared the stage with Ian McKellan in Waiting for Godot in 2009.  He was knighted in 2010 by Queen Elizabeth II.  Stewart also voiced Bill Shakespeare in the animated Gnomeo & Juliet (2011).  Stewart provided many voices on the Family Guy animated series (2005-2014). He returned as Professor X in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) trying to save the future. Stewart’s final time as Charles Xavier was in Logan (2017). He is of course returning to another fan favorite role with Star Trek: Picard, Happy Birthday Sir Patrick Stewart!

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