name	Don LaFontaine
birth name	Donald Leroy LaFontaine
birth date	August 26, 1940
birth place	Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
death date	September 01, 2008
death place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
death cause	Pneumothorax
nationality	American
occupation	Voice actor
years active	1962–2008
spouse	Joan Studva (1967–1988)Nita Whitaker (1989–2008)
children	Christine LaFontaine (age 40)Skye LaFontaine (age 20)Elyse LaFontaine (age 16)
website	http://www.donlafontaine.com/ }}

Donald Leroy "Don" LaFontaine (August 26, 1940 – September 1, 2008) was an American voice actor famous for recording more than 5,000 film trailers and hundreds of thousands of television advertisements, network promotions, and video game trailers. His nicknames included "Thunder Throat" and "The Voice of God". He became identified with the phrase "In a world…", which has been used in movie trailers so frequently that it has become a cliché. He parodied his career several times, most recently in commercials for GEICO insurance and the Mega Millions lottery game.

Early life

LaFontaine was born August 26, 1940, in Duluth, Minnesota, to Alfred and Ruby LaFontaine. According to LaFontaine himself, his voice cracked at the age of 13 in the middle of a sentence, giving him the bass tones that would later bring him much fame and success. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Army, and worked as a recording engineer for the Army Band and Chorus.

Career

LaFontaine continued to work as a recording engineer after discharge and began working at the National Recording Studios in New York City, where, in 1962, he had the opportunity to work with producer Floyd Peterson on radio spots for ''Dr. Strangelove''. Peterson incorporated many of LaFontaine’s ideas for the spots and, in 1963, they went into business together producing advertising exclusively for the movie industry. LaFontaine claimed that it was this company that first came up with many of the famous movie trailer catch phrases, including his own future signature phrase, "in a world..."

While working on the 1964 western ''Gunfighters of Casa Grande'', LaFontaine had to fill in for an unavailable voice actor in order to have something to present to MGM. After MGM bought the spots, LaFontaine began a career as a voiceover artist.

He became the head of Kaleidoscope Films Ltd., a major movie trailer producer before starting his own company, Don LaFontaine Associates, in 1976. Shortly thereafter, he was hired by Paramount to do their trailers, and was eventually promoted to a vice president. However, he decided to get back into trailer work and left Paramount, moving to Los Angeles in 1981. LaFontaine was contacted by an agent who wanted to promote him for voiceover work. Thereafter, LaFontaine worked in voiceovers. At his peak, he voiced about 60 promotions a week, and sometimes as many as 35 in a single day. Once he established himself, most studios were willing to pay a high fee for his service. His income was reportedly in the millions.

LaFontaine often had jobs at a number of different studios each day, and famously hired a driver to take him from studio to studio in order to save time finding parking. With the advent of ISDN technology, LaFontaine built a recording studio in his Hollywood Hills home and began doing his work from home.

LaFontaine lent his very distinctive voice to thousands of movie trailers during his career, spanning every genre from every major film studio, including The Cannon Group, for which he voiced one of their logos. For a time, LaFontaine had a near-monopoly on movie trailer voiceovers. Some notable trailers which LaFontaine highlighted in the intro on his official website include: ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'', ''Shrek'', ''Friday the 13th'', ''Law & Order'' and ''Batman Returns''. LaFontaine stated in 2007 that his favorite work in a movie trailer was for the hit biographical film ''The Elephant Man'', though according to a response to the question on his website, he had several trailers which stood out in his mind, and he didn't like to choose one.

Lafontaine also did announcing for a few WWE Pay Per View events, as well as the "Don't Try This at Home" bumper.

In a 2007 interview, LaFontaine explained the strategy behind his signature catch phrase, "in a world where...":

We have to very rapidly establish the world we are transporting them to. That's very easily done by saying, "In a world where... violence rules." "In a world where... men are slaves and women are the conquerors." You very rapidly set the scene.

LaFontaine also did other voice work, including as the announcer for the newscasts on WCBS-TV New York, from 2000 to 2001. LaFontaine was a recurring guest narrator for clues on the game show ''Jeopardy!'' and appeared on NPR's ''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' on May 14, 2005, where he played "Not My Job" (a game in which famous people have to accurately answer questions totally unrelated to their chosen professions). The prize (for a listener, not the contestant) is "Carl Kassell's voice on your home answering machine". LaFontaine did not win the game, and offered to record the listener's answering machine message himself. LaFontaine once claimed that he enjoyed recording messages like these because it allowed him to be creative in writing unique messages, and said that he would do so for anyone who contacted him if he had the time. However, by 2007, he found the requests to be too numerous for him to take on, and stopped providing the service.

In 2006, GEICO began airing an ad campaign in which actual customers told their own stories of GEICO experiences, accompanied by a celebrity who helped them make the story interesting. LaFontaine was featured as the celebrity in one of these ads which began airing in August 2006. In the commercial, he was introduced as "that announcer guy from the movies", with his name printed on-screen to identify him. He began his telling of the customer's story with his trademark "In a world...". LaFontaine credited the spot as life-changing for having exposed his name and face to a significant audience, noting, "There goes any anonymity I might have had..."

Death

On Friday, August 22, 2008, LaFontaine was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California with a pulmonary embolism and was reported to be in critical condition the following Tuesday. His family made a public appeal for prayers on the Mediabistro.com site. Ten days later, LaFontaine died on September 1, 2008, six days after his 68th birthday, following complications from a pneumothorax. He is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. His final television voice over role was for the ''Phineas and Ferb'' episode "The Chronicles of Meap" in which he parodied himself. The episode also ended with a short tribute to him. His final movie trailer voice-over was for ''Call + Response'', a documentary about global slave trade, for which he donated his talent.

Dedications

On September 6, 2008, ''America's Most Wanted'' showed a visual with a picture of him with words below that said "In Memoriam: Don LaFontaine August 26, 1940 - September 1, 2008." John Walsh had announced, prior to the dedication sign, that LaFontaine—who had been the show's announcer since 1988—had died at the age of 68.

On the evening of September 7, 2008, ''Adult Swim'' had a bumper that said: Don LaFontaine [1940-2008].

At the end of the credit sequence in the ''Phineas and Ferb'' episode "Chronicles of Meap" there is a message on screen saying "In Memoriam... Don LaFontaine 08/26/40 - 09/01/08. One man, in a land, in a time, in a world... All his own." The credit sequence had been designed as a trailer for the "next" Meap episode, or as LaFontaine put it, "Episode 40 -- Meapless in Seattle". As the Disney Channel Original vanity card appears, you hear him say, "In a world...there, I said it. Happy?"

"The Apprentice Scout", an episode of ''Chowder'', is dedicated to LaFontaine. The episode dedicated his memory and said "To Don LaFontaine 1940-2008"

Fellow voice-over artist and friend John Leader retired from the voice-over business on Sept 1, 2008 upon learning of LaFontaine's death.

Satire and other appearances

His voice has been the subject of homage and parody, as seen in a Cartoon Network commercial for ''The Powerpuff Girls'', and the stand-up comedy of Pablo Francisco. Comedian-actress Janeane Garofalo formerly performed "an impression of every movie trailer ever made" with the words, "In a WORLD!…" saying that every movie trailer seems to begin with LaFontaine saying, "In a world…" or "In a town…"

One trailer for ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' not only spoofs the "In a World Where" theme, but also includes LaFontaine parodying himself when the narrator defines what a trailer is, saying "Trailers also normally employ (enter Don's voice) 'A deep voice, that sounds like a seven-foot-tall man, who has been smoking cigarettes since childhood'.” The trailer is voiced by fellow voice-over artist Stephen Fry.

LaFontaine's voice was used in ''Family Guy'' episodes "North by North Quahog", and "Brian Sings and Swings", and ''The Untold Story'' version of "Stewie B. Goode", and has been featured in musical tracks.

On April 12, 2007, LaFontaine appeared on an episode of ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' with ousted American Idol finalist Haley Scarnato to provide humorous "movie trailer"-esque commentary, as a spoof of his Geico commercial.

Selected filmography

''Fillmore!'' - Narrator

''The Terminator'' -Trailer Voice-over

''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Backdraft (film) - TV Spot Voice-over

''George of the Jungle Trailer Voice-over

''Cast Away'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Fatal Attraction'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Darkman -Trailer Voice-Over

''White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Batman Returns'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Masters of the Universe'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Safety Not Guaranteed'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Daddy Day Care'' - TV Spot Voice-over

''Chicken Run'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Pokémon: The First Movie'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Pokémon: The Movie 2000'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Pokémon 3: The Movie'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' - Episode Trailer Voice-over

''Dr. Strangelove'' - Trailer Voice-over

''PowerSlave'' (video game) - Narrator

''Extreme Makeover Home Edition'' - Commercial Voice-over

''Morrow Road'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Resistance 2'' - Trailer Voice-over

''The World's Greatest Magic'' - Announcer

''The Land Before Time'' - Promo Voice-over

''79th Academy Awards'' - Co-announcer of the 79th Oscars.

''America's Most Wanted'' - Announcer

''Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?'' - Announcer

''Birds-Eye Steam Fresh frozen vegetables'' - voice-over

''Entertainment Tonight'' and ''The Insider'' (2004–2008) - Announcer

''Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games'' - trailer announcer

''Days of our Lives'' (1990) - Promo announcer during the climax of the ''Cruise of Deception'' storyline

''iZ3D Promotional Video'' (2008) - Commercial Voice Over

''Tomb Raider Underworld'' - Commercial Voice-Over

Universal Studios Hollywood - 2001 Commercial Voice-Over

''MotorStorm'' - Opening game intro

''The Simpsons Movie'' - Promo voice-over

''South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'' (1999) - Trailer Voice-Over

''Home Alone'' - Trailer Voice-Over

''Starship Troopers'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Casper: A Spirited Beginning'' - Trailer Voice-over

''A Christmas Carol (1997)'' - Trailer Voice-over

''FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Random! Cartoons'' - Announcer

''Bof Productions Trailer (2008)'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Metal Gear Solid 4'' - Trailer Voice-over

''A Man Called Sarge'' (1990) - Narrator

''Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy'' - Trailer Voice-over

''Jak 3'' - Trailer Voice-over

References

External links

Official site

2008 Interview on World Talk LIVE with host Brett Cohen

The Age (Australia), November 29, 2003: Trailer talk Article about Don LaFontaine by Alan Gelder.

Don LaFontaine - Obituary

New York Times: Don LaFontaine, Voice of Trailers and TV Spots, Is Dead at 68

Los Angeles Times: Don LaFontaine, 68; voice of movie trailers

Washington Post: In a World Without Don LaFontaine, Film Won't Be as Much Fun

Washington Post: In a World of Don LaFontaine, A Reel-Life Figure of Speech

The Daily Telegraph: Don LaFontaine obituary

Online Interview with Don LaFontaine in 2006

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Name	James Hopwood Jeans
Birth date	September 11, 1877
Birth place	Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Death date	September 16, 1946
Death place	Dorking, Surrey, England
Nationality	British
Field	astronomy, mathematics, physics
Work institutions	Trinity College, Cambridge; Princeton University
Alma mater	Merchant Taylors' School; Cambridge University
Doctoral students	Ronald Fisher
Known for	Rayleigh–Jeans law, Astronomer Royal
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Sir James Hopwood Jeans OM FRS MA DSc ScD LLD (11 September 187716 September 1946) was an English physicist, astronomer and mathematician.

Background

Born in Ormskirk, Lancashire, Jeans was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, Wilson's Grammar School, Camberwell and Trinity College, Cambridge, he finished Second Wrangler in the university in the Mathematical Tripos of 1898. He taught at Cambridge, but went to Princeton University in 1904 as a professor of applied mathematics. He returned to Cambridge in 1910.

He made important contributions in many areas of physics, including quantum theory, the theory of radiation and stellar evolution. His analysis of rotating bodies led him to conclude that Laplace's theory that the solar system formed from a single cloud of gas was incorrect, proposing instead that the planets condensed from material drawn out of the sun by a hypothetical catastrophic near-collision with a passing star. This theory is not accepted today.

Jeans, along with Arthur Eddington, is a founder of British cosmology. In 1928 Jeans was the first to conjecture a steady state cosmology based on a hypothesized continuous creation of matter in the universe. This theory was ruled out when the 1965 discovery of the cosmic microwave background was widely interpreted as the tell-tale signature of the Big Bang.

His scientific reputation is grounded in the monographs ''The Dynamical Theory of Gases'' (1904), ''Theoretical Mechanics'' (1906), and ''Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism'' (1908). After retiring in 1929, he wrote a number of books for the lay public, including ''The Stars in Their Courses'' (1931), ''The Universe Around Us,'' ''Through Space and Time'' (1934), ''The New Background of Science'' (1933), and ''The Mysterious Universe.'' These books made Jeans fairly well known as an expositor of the revolutionary scientific discoveries of his day, especially in relativity and physical cosmology.

In 1939, the Journal of the British Astronomical Association reported that Jeans was going to stand as a candidate for parliament for the Cambridge University constituency. The election, expected to take place in 1939 or 1940 did not take place until 1945, and without his involvement.

He also wrote the book "Physics and Philosophy" (1943) where he explores the different views on reality from two different perspectives: science and philosophy.

Jeans married twice, first to the American poet Charlotte Tiffany Mitchell in 1907, then the Austrian organist and harpsichordist Suzanne Hock (better known as Susi Jeans) in 1935. He died in Dorking, Surrey.

At Merchant Taylors' School there is a James Jeans Academic Scholarship for the candidate in the entrance exams who displays outstanding results across the spectrum of subjects but notably in Mathematics and Sciences.

Tidal Hypothesis

The Tidal or Gaseous Hypothesis of the earth involves an original sun that had a close encounter with a passing star. Known also as the tidal disruption or tidal filament hypothesis, this conception of how our solar system formed was proposed in 1918 by two British scientists, Sir James Jeans and Sir Harold Jeffreys. Jeans, an astronomer, and Jeffreys, a geophysicist, offered this proposal to counteract some of the objections that had been raised to the planetesimal hypothesis. They accepted the supposed near-collision between the sun and another star but believed that the material pulled out of the sun came out as a long spindle or cigar-shaped filament of solar gases. This gaseous filament later broke up into units which condensed to a molten and finally a solid stage, thus forming the planets. Astronomers have shown that a gaseous filament of this sort would not form solid bodies such as our planets; it would instead simply disappear in space. For this and many other reasons, this hypothesis is no longer acceptable to most scientists.

Idealism

For an overview see Idealism.

''The stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the Universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine. Mind no longer appears to be an accidental intruder into the realm of matter... we ought rather hail it as the creator and governor of the realm of matter.'' Sir James Jeans "The mysterious universe" page 137.

Sir James Jeans, in an interview published in The Observer (London), when asked the question:

''Do you believe that life on this planet is the result of some sort of accident, or do you believe that it is a part of some great scheme?''

replied:

''I incline to the idealistic theory that consciousness is fundamental, and that the material universe is derivative from consciousness, not consciousness from the material universe... In general the universe seems to me to be nearer to a great thought than to a great machine. It may well be, it seems to me, that each individual consciousness ought to be compared to a brain-cell in a universal mind.''

''What remains is in any case very different from the full-blooded matter and the forbidding materialism of the Victorian scientist. His objective and material universe is proved to consist of little more than constructs of our own minds. To this extent, then, modem physics has moved in the direction of philosophic idealism. Mind and matter, if not proved to be of similar nature, are at least found to be ingredients of one single system. There is no longer room for the kind of dualism which has haunted philosophy since the days of Descartes.'' Sir James Jeans addressing the British Association in 1934.

''Finite picture whose dimensions are a certain amount of space and a certain amount of time; the protons and electrons are the streaks of paint which define the picture against its space-time background. Traveling as far back in time as we can, brings us not to the creation of the picture, but to its edge; the creation of the picture lies as much outside the picture as the artist is outside his canvas. On this view, discussing the creation of the universe in terms of time and space is like trying to discover the artist and the action of painting, by going to the edge of the canvas. This brings us very near to those philosophical systems which regard the universe as a thought in the mind of its Creator, thereby reducing all discussion of material creation to futility.'' Sir James Jeans "The universe around us" page 317.

Major accomplishments

One of Jeans' major discoveries, named Jeans length, is a critical radius of an interstellar cloud in space. It depends on the temperature, and density of the cloud, and the mass of the particles composing the cloud. A cloud that is smaller than its Jeans length will not have sufficient gravity to overcome the repulsive gas pressure forces and condense to form a star, whereas a cloud that is larger than its Jeans length will collapse.

:$\backslash lambda\_J=\backslash sqrt\{\backslash frac\{15k\_\{B\}T\}\{4\backslash pi\; Gm\backslash rho\}\}$

Jeans came up with another version of this equation, called Jeans mass or Jeans instability, that solves for the critical mass a cloud must attain before being able to collapse.

Jeans also helped to discover the Rayleigh–Jeans law, which relates the energy density of blackbody radiation to the temperature of the emission source.

:$f(\backslash lambda)\; =\; 8\backslash pi\; c\; \backslash frac\{k\_\{B\}T\}\{\backslash lambda^4\}$

Books

Available online from the Internet Archive:

1904. ''The Dynamical Theory of Gases''

1906. ''Theoretical Mechanics''

1908. ''Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism''

Other:

1929. ''The Universe Around Us''

1930. ''The Mysterious Universe''

1931. ''The Stars in Their Courses''

1933. ''The New Background of Science''

1937. ''Science and Music''

1942. ''Physics and Philosophy''

Awards and honours

Fellow of the Royal Society in May, 1906

Bakerian Lecture to Royal Society in 1917.

Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1919.

Hopkins Prize of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 1921–1924.

Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1922.

He was knighted in 1928.

Franklin Medal of the Franklin Institute in 1931.

Mukerjee Medal of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in 1937.

President of the 25th session of the Indian Science Congress in 1938.

Calcutta Medal of the Indian Science Congress Association in 1938.

Member of the Order of Merit in 1939.

The crater Jeans on the Moon is named after him, as is the crater Jeans on Mars.

The String Quartet No.7 by Robert Simpson was written in tribute to him on the centenary of his birth, 1977.

See also

Rayleigh–Jeans law

Jeans mass

Jeans length

References

Bibliography

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1947). ''The Growth of Physical Science''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00565-4)

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1942). ''Physics and Philosophy''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00567-8)

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1940). ''An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00560-9)

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1937). ''Science and Music''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00569-2)

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1934). ''Through Space and Time''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00571-5)

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1933). ''The New Background of Science''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00572-2)

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1931). ''Stars in Their Courses''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00570-8)

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1930). ''The Mysterious Universe''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00566-1)

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1928). ''Astronomy and Cosmogony''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00562-3)

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1925). ''Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00561-6)

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1926). ''Atomicity and Quanta''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00563-0)

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1919). ''Problems of Cosmology and Stellar Dynamics''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00568-5)

Jeans, James Hopwood. (1904). ''The Dynamical Theory of Gases''. Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00564-7)

External links

MacTutor (St. Andrews Univ.): More biographical information., including photos

Britannica article includes photo

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name	Sir Patrick Stewart
honorific suffix	OBE
birth name	Patrick Stewart
birth date	July 13, 1940
birth place	Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England
occupation	Actor
years active	1959—present
spouse	Sheila Falconer (1966–90)Wendy Neuss (2000–03)
influences	Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ian Richardson and Ian Holm
website	patrickstewart.org }}

Sir Patrick Stewart, OBE (born 13 July 1940) is an English film, television and stage actor, who has had a distinguished career in theatre and television. He is most widely known for his television and film roles, such as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and its successor films, Professor Charles Xavier in the ''X-Men'' film series, and as the voice of Avery Bullock in ''American Dad!''.

Early life

Stewart was born on 13 July 1940 in Mirfield, near Dewsbury in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He is the son of Gladys (née Barrowclough), a weaver and textile worker, and Alfred Stewart, a Regimental Sergeant Major in the British Army who served with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and previously worked as a general labourer and as a postman.

In a 2008 interview, Stewart said: "My father was a very potent individual, a very powerful man who got what he wanted. It was said that when he strode onto the parade ground, birds stopped singing. It was many, many years before I realised how my father inserted himself into my work. I've grown a moustache for ''Macbeth''. My father didn't have one, but when I looked in the mirror just before I went on stage I saw my father's face staring straight back at me."

Stewart grew up in a poor household rife with domestic violence from his father, an experience which influenced his later political and ideological beliefs. In 2006, Stewart made a short video against domestic violence for Amnesty International, in which he recollected his father's physical attacks on his mother and the effect it had on him as a child, and he has given his name to a scholarship at the University of Huddersfield, where he is Chancellor, to fund post-graduate study into domestic violence. His childhood experiences also led him to become the patron of Refuge, a UK charity for abused women. In October 2011 he presented a BBC Lifeline Appeal on behalf of Refuge, talking about his own experience of domestic violence and interviewing a woman whose daughter was murdered by her ex-husband.

}} Stewart attended Crowlees Church of England Junior and Infants School. He attributes his acting career to an English teacher named Cecil Dormand who "put a copy of Shakespeare in my hand [and] said, 'Now get up on your feet and perform'". In 1951, aged 11, he entered Mirfield Secondary Modern School (now Mirfield Free Grammar School), where he continued to study drama. At age 15, Stewart dropped out of school and increased his participation in local theatre. He acquired a job as a newspaper reporter and obituary writer, but after a year, his employer gave him an ultimatum to choose acting or journalism. He quit the job. His brother tells the story that Stewart would attend rehearsals during work time and then invent the stories he reported. Stewart also trained as a boxer.

Career

Early works

Following a period with Manchester's Library Theatre, he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966, staying with them until 1982. He was as an Associate Artist of the company in 1968. He appeared next to actors such as Ben Kingsley and Ian Richardson. In January 1967, he made his debut TV appearance on ''Coronation Street'' as a Fire Officer. In 1969, he had a brief TV cameo role as Horatio, opposite Ian Richardson's Hamlet, in a performance of the gravedigger scene as part of episode six of Sir Kenneth Clark's ''Civilisation'' television series. He made his Broadway debut as Snout in Peter Brook's legendary production of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream,'' then moved to the Royal National Theatre in the early 1980s. Over the years, Stewart took roles in many major television series without ever becoming a household name. He appeared as Lenin in ''Fall of Eagles''; Sejanus in ''I, Claudius''; Karla in ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'' and ''Smiley's People''; Claudius in a 1980 BBC adaptation of ''Hamlet''. He even took the romantic male lead in the 1975 BBC adaptation of Mrs Gaskell's ''North and South'' (wearing a hairpiece). He also took the lead, playing Psychiatric Consultant Dr. Edward Roebuck in a BBC TV series called ''Maybury'' in 1981.

He also had minor roles in several films such as King Leondegrance in John Boorman's ''Excalibur'' (1981), the character Gurney Halleck in David Lynch's 1984 film version of ''Dune'' and Dr. Armstrong in Tobe Hooper's ''Lifeforce'' (1985).

While not wealthy, Stewart had a comfortable lifestyle as an actor; however, he found that despite a lengthy career, his reputation was not great enough to bring a production of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' to West End theatre. Stewart thus in 1987 agreed to work in Hollywood, after Robert H. Justman, producer for a revival of a long-cancelled television show, saw him while attending a literary reading at UCLA. Stewart knew nothing about the original show, ''Star Trek'', or its iconic status in American culture. He was reluctant to sign the standard contract of six years, but did so as he believed that the new show would quickly fail and he would return to his London stage career after making some money.

''Star Trek: The Next Generation''

When Stewart began his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–94) the ''Los Angeles Times'' called him an unknown British Shakespearean actor. Stewart was unprepared for the long hours of television production, had difficulty in fitting in with his less-disciplined castmates, and his "spirits used to sink" when required to memorise and recite Treknobabble. He came to better understand the cultural differences between the stage and television, remains close friends with his fellow ''Star Trek'' actors, and his favourite technical line became "space-time continuum". Marina Sirtis credited Stewart with "at least 50%, if not more" of the show's success because others emulated his professionalism and dedication to acting.

}} Besides making him immediately wealthy due to the show's great success—Stewart calculated during one break during filming the show that he made more money during that break than from 10 weeks of ''Woolf'' in London—Stewart received a 1995 Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series". From 1994 to 2002, he also portrayed Picard in the films ''Star Trek Generations'' (1994), ''Star Trek: First Contact'' (1996), ''Star Trek: Insurrection'' (1998), and ''Star Trek Nemesis'' (2002); and in ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'''s pilot episode "Emissary".

When asked in 2011 for the highlight of his career, he chose ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', "because it changed everything [for me]." He has also said he is very proud of his work on ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', for its social message and educational impact on young viewers. On being questioned about the significance of his role compared to his distinguished Shakespearean career, Stewart has said that }} The accolades Stewart has received include the readers of ''TV Guide'' in 1992 choosing him with Cindy Crawford, of whom he had never heard, as television's "most bodacious" man and woman. Stewart considered this an unusual distinction considering his age and baldness. In an interview with Michael Parkinson, he expressed gratitude for Gene Roddenberry's riposte to a reporter who said, "Surely they would have cured baldness by the 24th century," to which Roddenberry replied, "In the 24th century, they wouldn't care."

Other notable works

Film and television

Stewart has said that he would never have joined ''The Next Generation'' had he known that it would air for seven years:

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Stewart became so typecast as Picard that he has found obtaining other Hollywood roles difficult. The main exception is the ''X-Men'' film series. The films' success has resulted in another lucrative regular genre role in a major superhero film series. Stewart's character, Charles Xavier, is very similar to Picard and himself; "a grand, deep-voiced, bald English guy". He has also since voiced the role in three video games, ''X-Men Legends'', ''X-Men Legends II'' and ''X-Men: Next Dimension''. Other film and television roles include the flamboyantly gay Sterling in the 1995 film ''Jeffrey'' and King Henry II in ''The Lion in Winter'', for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance and an Emmy Award nomination for executive-producing the film. He portrayed Captain Ahab in the 1998 made-for-television film version of ''Moby Dick'', receiving Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his performance. He also starred as Scrooge in a 1999 television film version, receiving a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his performance.

In late 2003, during the eleventh and final season of NBC's ''Frasier'', Stewart appeared on the show as a gay Seattle socialite and Opera director who mistakes Frasier for a potential lover. In July 2003, he appeared in Series 02 (Episode 09) of ''Top Gear'' in the Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car segment. He achieved 1:50 in the Liana. In 2005, he was cast as Professor Ian Hood in an ITV thriller 4-episode series ''Eleventh Hour'', created by Stephen Gallagher. The first episode was broadcast on 19 January 2006. He also, in 2005, played Captain Nemo in a two part adaptation of ''The Mysterious Island''. Stewart also appeared as a nudity obsessed caricature of himself in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's television series ''Extras'', as a last-minute replacement for Jude Law. For playing himself, he was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2006 for Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.

Stewart is a fairly frequent guest voice on FoX's animated comedy, Family Guy, appearing with the rest of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation in the episode "Not All Dogs Go To Heaven," and has appeared on several other occasions, often voicing himself, but occasionally voicing other characters.

In 2011, Stewart appeared in the feature length documentary ''The Captains'' alongside William Shatner, who also wrote and directed the film. In the film, Shatner interviews actors who have portrayed captains within the ''Star Trek'' franchise. The film pays a great deal of attention to Shatner's interviews with Stewart at his home in Oxfordshire as well as at a ''Star Trek'' Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada; Stewart reveals the fear and personal failings that came along with his tenure as a Starfleet captain, but also the great triumphs he believes accompanied his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. He appeared on ''The Graham Norton Show'' on January 27 2012 to promote ''Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death''.

Stage

After ''The Next Generation'' began, Stewart soon found that he missed acting on the stage. Although he remained associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the lengthy filming for the show prevented Stewart from participating in most other works. He instead began writing one-man shows that he performed in California universities and acting schools. Stewart found that one—a version of Charles Dickens's ''A Christmas Carol'' in which he portrayed all 40-plus characters—was ideal for him because of its limited performing schedule. In 1991, Stewart performed it on Broadway, receiving a nomination for that year's Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show. He staged encore performances in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, again for the benefit of survivors and victims' families in the 11 September attacks, and a 23-day run in London's West End in December 2005. For his performances in this play, Stewart has received the Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance in 1992 and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment for Solo Performance in 1994. He was also the co-producer of the show, through the company he set up for the purpose: Camm Lane Productions, a reference to his birthplace in Camm Lane, Mirfield.

Shakespeare roles during this period included Prospero in Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'', on Broadway in 1995, a role he would reprise in Rupert Goold's 2006 production of ''The Tempest'' as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Complete Works Festival. In 1997, he took the role of Othello with the Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.) in a race-bending performance, in a "photo negative" production of a white ''Othello'' with an otherwise all-black cast. Stewart had wanted to play the title role since the age of 14, so he and director Jude Kelly inverted the play so Othello became a comment on a white man entering a black society.

}} His years in the United States had left Stewart a "gaping hole in his CV" for a Shakespearean actor, as he had missed the opportunity to play such notable roles as Hamlet, Romeo, and Richard III. He played Antony again opposite Harriet Walter's Cleopatra in ''Antony and Cleopatra'' at the Novello Theatre in London in 2007 to excellent reviews. During this period, Stewart also addressed the Durham Union Society on his life in film and theatre. When Stewart began playing Macbeth in the West End in 2007, some said that he was too old for the role; however, he and the show again received excellent reviews, with one critic calling Stewart "one of our finest Shakespearean actors".

He was named as the next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre based at St Catherine's College, Oxford in January 2007. In 2008, Stewart played King Claudius in ''Hamlet'' alongside David Tennant. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for the part. When collecting his award, he dedicated the award "in part" to Tennant and Tennant's understudy Edward Bennett, after Tennant's back injury and subsequent absence from four weeks of ''Hamlet'' disqualified him from an Olivier nomination. Stewart has expressed interest in appearing in ''Doctor Who''.

In 2009, Stewart appeared alongside Ian McKellen as the lead duo of Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), in ''Waiting for Godot''. Stewart had previously only appeared once alongside McKellen on stage, but the pair had developed a close friendship while waiting around on set filming the ''X-Men'' films. Stewart stated that performing in this play was the fulfilment of a 50 year ambition, having seen Peter O'Toole appear in it at the Bristol Old Vic while Stewart was just 17. Reviewers stated that his interpretation captured well the balance between humour and despair that characterises the work.

Voice acting

Known for his strong and authoritative voice, Stewart has lent his voice to a number of projects. He has narrated recordings of Prokofiev's ''Peter and the Wolf'', Vivaldi's ''The Four Seasons'', C. S. Lewis's ''The Last Battle'' (conclusion of the series ''The Chronicles of Narnia''), Rick Wakeman's ''Return to the Centre of the Earth''; as well as numerous TV programs such as ''High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman''. Stewart provided the narration for ''Nine Worlds'', an astronomical tour of the solar system and nature documentaries such as ''The Secret of Life on Earth'' and ''Mountain Gorilla''. He is also heard as the voice of the Magic Mirror in Disneyland's live show, ''Snow White – An Enchanting Musical.'' He also was the narrator for the American release of ''Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real''. He is narrator for two fulldome video shows produced and distributed by Loch Ness Productions, called ''MarsQuest'' and ''The Voyager Encounters''.

He also was a voice actor on the animated films ''The Prince of Egypt'', ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', ''Chicken Little'', ''The Pagemaster'', and on the English dubbings of the Japanese anime films ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' by Hayao Miyazaki and ''Steamboy''. He voiced the pig Napoleon in a TV adaptation of George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'' and guest starred in the ''Simpsons'' episode "Homer the Great" as Number One. Patrick also narrated the prologue and epilogue for the Disney's ''Nightmare Before Christmas'', which also appears on the film's soundtrack. He was originally going to do the voice for Jafar in ''Aladdin'', but couldn't finish due to scheduling conflicts. He said in interviews that not voicing Jafar was the biggest mistake in his career.

More recently, he has played a recurring role as CIA Deputy Director Avery Bullock, lending his likeness as well as his voice on the animated series ''American Dad!'' as well as making (as of 6 August 2011) eight guest appearances on ''Family Guy'' in various roles: first in "Peter's Got Woods", second in "No Meals on Wheels" when Peter likens something to when he once swapped voices with him for a day, third in "Lois Kills Stewie" as his ''American Dad!'' character Bullock, fourth in "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" as himself, fifth in "And Then There Were Fewer" as a cat that proclaims himself a professor, sixth in "Halloween on Spooner Street as Dick Pump, seventh in "The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair" as Susie Swanson and eighth in the DVD version of ''It's A Trap!'' as Captain Picard. In 2006, Stewart voiced Bambi's father, the Great Prince of the Forest in Disney's direct-to-video sequel, ''Bambi II''.

He lent his voice to the Activision-produced ''Star Trek'' computer games ''Star Trek: Armada'', ''Armada II'', ''Star Trek: Starfleet Command III'', ''Star Trek: Invasion'', ''Bridge Commander'', and ''Elite Force II'', all reprising his role as Captain Picard. Stewart reprised his role as Picard in ''Star Trek: Legacy'' for both PC and Xbox 360, along with the four other 'major' Starfleet captains from the different Star Trek series.

In addition to voicing his characters from ''Star Trek'' and ''X-Men'' in several related computer and video games, Stewart worked as a voice actor on games unrelated to both franchises, such as ''Castlevania: Lords of Shadow'', ''Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone'', ''Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos'' and ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion'' for which in 2006 he won a Spike TV Video Game Award for his work as Emperor Uriel Septim. He also lent his voice to several editions of the ''Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia''.

His voice talents also appeared in a number of commercials including the UK TV Adverts for Domestos 5x Longer Bleach and Moneysupermarket.com, an advertisement for Shell fuel, and an American advertisement for the prescription drug Crestor. He also voiced the UK and Australian TV advertisements for the PAL version of ''Final Fantasy XII''.

Stewart used his voice for Pontiac and Porsche cars and MasterCard Gold commercials in 1996, and Goodyear Assurance Tyres in 2004. He also did voice-overs for RCA televisions. He provided the voice of Max Winters in ''TMNT'' in March 2007. In 2008, he is also the voice of television advertisements for Currys and Stella Artois beer. In 2010, he is the voice in television advertisements for National Car Rental.

He voiced the narrator of the Electronic Arts computer game, ''The Sims Medieval'', for the game's introduction cinematic and trailer released on 22 March 2011. He also voiced the story plaques and trailer of the MMOG ''LEGO Universe''.

Personal life

thumb|Stewart at the 2010 Metropolitan Opera's opening night of ''Das Rheingold''Stewart and his first wife, Sheila Falconer, have two children: Daniel Stewart and Sophie Alexandra. Stewart and Falconer divorced in 1990. In 1997, he became engaged to Wendy Neuss, one of the producers of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and they married on 25 August 2000, divorcing three years later. Four months prior to his divorce from Neuss, Stewart played opposite actress Lisa Dillon in a production of ''The Master Builder'', and the two were romantically involved until 2007.

Having lived in Los Angeles for many years, Stewart moved back to England in 2004. In an interview with the BBC's Gavin Esler, he said this was because he was homesick and because he wanted to return to work in the theatre. In the same year, Stewart was appointed as Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield and subsequently as a Professor of Performing Arts in July 2008. In spite of his hectic acting schedule, Stewart takes his university role seriously and regularly attends graduation ceremonies in the UK and Hong Kong, as well as teaching master classes for drama students during his visits. Stewart was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2001 New Year Honours list, after receiving which he said, "I'm very touched and very pleased with this and it was a delightful morning." Stewart was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to drama. He acknowledged the "unlooked-for honour" and paid tribute to his former English teacher who encouraged him to perform.

His politics are rooted in his belief in fairness and equality. He considers himself a socialist and is a member of the Labour Party. He stated, "My father was a very strong trade unionist and those fundamental issues of Labour were ingrained into me." He has been critical of the Iraq War and recent UK government legislation in the area of civil liberties, in particular, its plans to extend detention without charge to 42 days. He signed an open letter of objection to this proposal in March 2008. Stewart identifies himself as a feminist. Additionally, he has publicly advocated for the right to assisted suicide.

Stewart is president of Huddersfield Town Academy, the local football club's project for identifying and developing young talent. He is a lifelong supporter of the club. In an interview with ''American Theatre'', Stewart was asked if he could be something other than an actor, what would he be. He stated "From time to time, I have fantasies of becoming a concert pianist. I've been lucky enough through the years to work very closely with the great Emanuel Ax. I've said to him that if I could switch places with anyone it would be with him."

Stewart's son Daniel is a television actor, and has appeared alongside his father in the 1993 made for television film ''Death Train'', and the 1992 ''Star Trek'' episode "The Inner Light" playing his son.

In July 2011 Stewart received an honourary doctorate of letters from the University of East Anglia.

Theatrical performances

The Royal Shakespeare Company

Stewart has been a prolific actor in performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in more than 60 productions. His first appearance was in 1966 in ''The Investigation'' and in the years that followed he became a core member of the company, taking on three or four major roles each season and rarely taking a break. His most recent appearance was as Claudius in ''Hamlet'' in 2008.

Stewart returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company playing Shylock in Rupert Goold's avant garde production of ''The Merchant of Venice'' in spring 2011, and he will be reprising the role of William Shakespeare in ''Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death'' by Edward Bond at London's Young Vic Theatre in spring 2012.

Other

1995: Played Prospero in ''The Tempest'' for the New York Shakespeare Festival, with the production later transferring to Broadway.

1997: The Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.), Stewart in a race-bending performance, in a "photo negative" production of a white ''Othello'' with an otherwise all-black cast. 2000: On 9 April 2000, Stewart opened in Arthur Miller's ''The Ride Down Mt. Morgan'' at the Broadway Ambassador Theatre. Lukewarm reviews and poor box office convinced the producers (including the Shubert Organisation) to post a closing notice and, in memorably impassioned Saturday matinée and evening curtain speeches, Stewart accused them of not being supportive, stating "Arthur Miller and I no longer have confidence in our producers' commitment to promote and publicise this extraordinarily provocative and vastly entertaining play." They subsequently took the matter to Actors Equity, which ruled that Stewart had to apologise publicly for his outburst.

2001: Played George in Edward Albee's play ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' at the Guthrie in Minneapolis. Also portrayed Robert Johnson in J.B. Priestley's play ''Johnson Over Jordan'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds.

2003: Played the lead role of Halvard Solness in Henrik Ibsen's play ''The Master Builder'' at the Albery Theatre, London. Portrayed Davies in Harold Pinter's ''The Caretaker'' in Broadway's American Airlines Theatre

2006: Portrayed Prospero in ''The Tempest'' at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and then the Novello Theatre, and Mark Antony in ''Antony and Cleopatra'' at the Swan Theatre, for the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of the cycle performing all Shakespeare's works in a year.

2007: He appeared at Chichester Festival Theatre during the Summer 07 Festival playing the title role in Rupert Goold's acclaimed revival of ''Macbeth'' in the Minerva studio theatre, and as a grizzled Malvolio with a Scottish accent and kilt in Philip Franks' inventive main house staging of ''Twelfth Night''. The Chichester production of ''Macbeth'' transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in London's Shaftesbury Avenue, where his performance won him the Best Actor Award in the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007. Goold also received the Best Director Award for the production.

2008: The title role in ''Macbeth'' at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City.

2008: The title role in ''Macbeth'' at the Lyceum Theatre, New York City. Stewart was nominated for the 2008 Tony award for Leading Actor in a Play, but lost out to fellow Shakespearean actor Mark Rylance. 2008: The roles of Claudius and the Ghost in ''Hamlet'' alongside David Tennant as the eponymous Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. This was later made into a television play and broadcast on BBC1 on 26 December 2009. The same production was broadcast in the U.S. as part of PBS' Great Performances series on 28 April 2010. 2009: Performed in ''Waiting for Godot'' in one of the two lead roles, Stewart as Vladimir (Didi) alongside Ian McKellen as Estragon (Gogo). 2010: Performed the part of William Shakespeare in ''Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death'' by Edward Bond at the Chichester Festival Theatre, a role he had first performed in 1976 at the Other Place, Stratford.

2010: Played Robert in a Broadway production of David Mamet's ''A Life in the Theatre'' in 2010.

2012: Stewart will be reprising the role of William Shakespeare in ''Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death'' by Edward Bond at the Young Vic Theatre in London (Feb – Mar 2012)

Filmography

Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1967	''Coronation Street''	Fire Officer	1 Episode
1974	''Fall of Eagles''	Vladimir Lenin	Television mini-series
1974		Enobarbus	Television film
1975		Ejlert Løvborg
1975		Tilney
1976		Sejanus	Television mini-series
1979			Television mini-series
1980		Wilkins
1980		Claudius	Television film
1981		Leondegrance
1982	''''	Major	Voice role
1982			Television mini-series
1984	''Uindii''	Mr. Duffner
1984		Gurney Halleck
1985		Dr. Armstrong
1985	''Wild Geese II''	Russian General
1985	''Code Name: Emerald''	Colonel Peters
1985	''''	Professor Macklin
1985	''Walls of Glass''
1986		Henry Grey/Duke of Suffolk
1987-1994	''Star Trek: The Next Generation''	Captain Jean-Luc Picard	Television series
1987	''''	Anthony Anderson
1991	''L.A. Story''
	1993	''Robin Hood: Men in Tights''
	1993	''Death Train	Malcolm Philpott	Television film
1994		Loomis
1994	''Star Trek Generations''	Captain Jean-Luc Picard
1994	''''	Adventure	Voice role
1994	''Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos''	King Richard	Voice role / Video game
1994	''In Search of Dr. Seuss''	Sgt. Mulvaney	Puppet-voice over / Television film
1995		Sterling
1995		John
1995	''''	Number 1	Episode: "Homer the Great"
1995	''500 Nations''		Voice role / Television mini-series
1996	''Star Trek: First Contact''	Captain Jean-Luc Picard
1996	''''	Sir Simon de Canterville	Television film
1997		Dr. Jonas
1997		Rafe Bentley
1998	''Star Trek: The Experience: The Klingon Encounter''	Captain Jean-Luc Picard	Voice role
1998	''Dad Savage''	Dad Savage
1998			Television film
1998		Mace Sowell
1998	''Star Trek: Insurrection''	Captain Jean-Luc Picard	Also associate producer
1998	''''	Pharaoh Seti I	Voice role
1999	''''	Ebenezer Scrooge	Television film
1999			Voice role / Television film
2000		Professor Charles Xavier
2001		King Goobot	Voice role
2002	''Star Trek Nemesis''	Captain Jean-Luc Picard
2002	''King of Texas''	John Lear	Television film
2002	''X-Men: Next Dimension''	Professor Charles Xavier	Voice role / Video game
2003		Professor Charles Xavier
2003	''''		Television film
2003	''Frasier''	Alastair Burke
2004	''Boo, Zino & The Snurks''	Albert Drollinger	Voice role
2004	''Steamboy''	Dr. Lloyd Steam	English dubbing
2005	''''	Older Dent McSkimming
2005		Mr. Woolensworth	Voice role
2005			Television film
2005		Lord Yupa	English dubbing
2005	''''	The Raven	Voice role / Television film
2005-present	''American Dad''	Avery Bullock	Voice role / Television cartoon
2005	''Extras''	Himself	Television Series
2006	''Bambi II''	The Great Prince/Stag	Voice role
2006	''X-Men: The Last Stand''	Professor Charles Xavier
2006	''''	Emperor Uriel Septim VII	Voice role / video game
2007			Voice role
2007		Narrator	Voice role
2009	''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''	Professor Charles Xavier	Cameo
2009			Television film
2010	''Castlevania: Lords of Shadow''	Zobek / Narrator	Voice role
2010			Television film
2010	''Family Guy''	Dick Pump	Voice Role
2011	''Family Guy''	Himself	Voice Role
2011	''Gnomeo & Juliet''	William Shakespeare	Voice role
2011		Himself / Captain Jean-Luc Picard
2013		Tugg	Voice role
2012		John of Gaunt	TV film

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

Trek star's space travel unease BBC interview

Interview with Sue Lawley on Desert Island Discs

Mirfield – Patrick Stewart's birthplace

Patrick Stewart interview (www.independent.co.uk)

Patrick Stewart at Emmys.com

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