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Sir Patrick Stewart (13 July 1940 – 28 October 2026) was an English actor. With a career spanning over 60 years on stage and screen, he received numerous accolades, including three Laurence Olivier Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for a Tony Award, three Golden Globe Awards, four Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama in 2010. Stewart became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1966 and later acted in several productions with the Royal National Theatre. On the West End stage, he earned two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for playing Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra (1979) and King Claudius in Hamlet (2009). He made his Broadway debut in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1971). He later played the title role in Macbeth (2008), earning a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Stewart also acted alongside Ian McKellen in multiple plays, including repertory productions of Waiting for Godot and No Man's Land, which they performed on the West End and on Broadway. He gained international stardom for his portrayal of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the sci-fi series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), a role he reprised in a series of four films (1994–2002) and Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023). He acted in the television projects Fall of Eagles (1974); I, Claudius (1976); Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979); Moby Dick (1998); A Christmas Carol (1999); and The Lion in Winter (2003). He also took guest roles in the sitcoms Frasier (2003) and Extras (2005) and collaborated with Seth MacFarlane, voicing CIA Deputy Director Avery Bullock in the animated sitcom American Dad! (2005–2026), narrating the two Ted films (2012, 2015), and starring in the Starz sitcom Blunt Talk (2015–2016). In film, Stewart gained further stardom portraying Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series (2000–2017), reprising the role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2022–2026), with Avengers: Doomsday being his final film performance. He also acted in Hedda (1975), Excalibur (1981), Dune (1984), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), Jeffrey (1995), Match (2014), Green Room (2015), and The Kid Who Would Be King (2019), with voice roles in The Pagemaster (1994), The Prince of Egypt (1998), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001), and The Sheep Detectives (2026).