PATRICK STEWART (Professor Charles Xavier) 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 andMargarita) 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."
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