Patrick Stewart was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England on July 13, 1940.

He is best known to most audiences as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-94).

He was memorable as Karla, the Soviet spymaster in the mini-series Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979) and Smiley's People (1982). Patrick played the role in both the television series and the feature films that followed, including Star Trek: Generations (1994) and Star Trek: First Contact (1996).

Stewart has put his classical training to good use in voice work and on film, playing characters with an authoritative bearing in TV movies like Moby Dick (1998) and A Christmas Carol (1999) and in feature films such as Conspiracy Theory (1997) starring with Mel Gibson and the X-Men movies.

His recent projects include TMNT (2007) and TV series "American Dad!".

He was married with Sheila Falconer but they divorced in 1990. In 1997 he became engaged to Wendy Neuss, a production assistant on the series Star Trek: Voyager, and later married on August 25, 2000. They divorced on October 14, 2003. Four months prior to his divorce of Neuss, Stewart played opposite actress Lisa Dillon in a production of The Master Builder.

Filmography

• The Water Warriors (2009)
• "American Dad!" (14 episodes, 2005-2007)
• TMNT (2007)
• Star Trek: Legacy (2006)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)
• "Eleventh Hour" (4 episodes, 2006)
• Bambi II (2006)
• The Snow Queen (2005)
• Chicken Little (2005)
• Mysterious Island (2005)
• "Family Guy" (1 episode, 2005)
• The Game of Their Lives (2005)
• "High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman" (8 episodes, 2005)
• The Last Dragon (2004)
• Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone (2004)
• Suchîmubôi (2004)
• Back to Gaya (2004)
• The Lion in Winter (2003)
• "Frasier" (1 episode, 2003)
• Water for Tea (2003)
• Star Trek: Elite Force II (2003)
• X2 (2003)
• Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
• Star Trek: Starfleet Command III (2002)
• X-Men: Next Dimension (2002)
• King of Texas (2002)
• Star Trek: Bridge Commander (2002)
• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
• Star Trek: Armada II (2001)
• X-Men (2000)
• Star Trek: Invasion (2000)
• A Christmas Carol (1999)
• Animal Farm (1999)
• Star Trek: Armada (1999)
• Star Trek: Hidden Evil (1999)
• The Prince of Egypt (1998)
• Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
• Safe House (1998)
• Dad Savage (1998)
• Moby Dick (1998)
• Star Trek the Experience: The Klingon Encounter (1998)
• Masterminds (1997)
• Conspiracy Theory (1997)
• Star Trek: Generations (1997)
• Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
• The Canterville Ghost (1996)
• Let It Be Me (1995)
• Jeffrey (1995)
• "500 Nations" (1995)
• "The Simpsons" (1 episode, 1995)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity (1995)
• The Pagemaster (1994)
• Star Trek: Generations (1994)
• In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994)
• "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (177 episodes, 1987-1994)
• "Saturday Night Live" (1 episode, 1994)
• Gunmen (1994)
• Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (1994)
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
• Death Train (1993)
• "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1 episode, 1993)
• L.A. Story (1991)
• Liftoff! An Astronaut's Journey (1990)
• The Devil's Disciple (1987)
• Lady Jane (1986)
• Walls of Glass (1985)
• The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
• Code Name: Emerald (1985)
• Wild Geese II (1985)
• Lifeforce (1985)
• Dune (1984)
• Pope John Paul II (1984)
• Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)
• Uindii (1984)
• "Maybury" (1 episode, 1983)
• The Plague Dogs (1982)
• "Smiley's People" (1982)
• Excalibur (1981)
• Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
• Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980)
• "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1 episode, 1979)
• "BBC2 Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1978)
• "Jackanory" (1 episode, 1977)
• "I, Claudius" (1976)
• The Madness (1976)
• North and South (1975)
• Hennessy (1975)
• Joby (1975)
• Hedda (1975)
• The Gathering Storm (1974)
• "Fall of Eagles" (1974)
• Antony and Cleopatra (1974)
• "Play for Today" (1 episode, 1973)
• "Play of the Month" (1 episode, 1973)

Awards

• Grammy Spoken Word Album for Children "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf" 1996
• Olivier Award Best Entertainment "A Christmas Carol" 1994
• Drama Desk Award Outstanding One-Person Show "A Christmas Carol" 1992
• London Fringe Award Best Actor "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" 1987
• Olivier Award Best Supporting Actor "Antony and Cleopatra" 1979