Sir Patrick Stewart, OBE (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor whose career has included roles on stage, television, and film in a career spanning almost six decades. He is a multiple-time Olivier, Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild and Saturn Award nominee.
In the 1980s, Stewart began working in American television and film, with roles such as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men series of superhero films. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 16 December 1996.