Patrick Stewart’s career spanned Shakespeare, Star Trek and film

Culture · First reported 29 Oct, 20:11 · Updated 00:51

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Patrick Stewart’s stage career and Shakespearean roles preceded international fame as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek and Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men. The supplied reports also describe his London theatre work and his early choice to leave journalism for acting.

Stewart spent 16 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company and received Olivier Awards for Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet.
He became widely known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and later played Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men films.
He left school at 15 for a local newspaper job, then chose acting when an editor asked him to decide between journalism and acting.

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Key facts

Royal Shakespeare Company tenure: 16 years
First Olivier Award cited: Supporting actor for Antony and Cleopatra in 1979
Macbeth Tony nomination: 2008
Age when he left school: 15