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His first appearance on stage was at a local outdoor history pageant as Tom Of Towngate when he was 9 years old. At the age of 12, he entered the local Secondary Modern School where he continued to study drama. He has said that "the greatest thing that ever happened to me" was after he read Shylock aloud in front of his class and his teacher told him, "Stewart, you're good at this. You should do it for a living."
At 15, he dropped out of school and increased his participation in local theatre. He acquired a job as a news paper reporter, 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. Supposedly, this caught up with him the night of a large fire of which, when questioned by his boss, he knew nothing about.
At 16 he was a furniture salesman, and at 17, he registered in the Bristol Old Vic. He lost most of his hair by the age of 19 ( alopecia runs in his family), but he successfully sold himself to theatre producers, after performing an audition with and without a wig, as "two actors for the price of one!".
He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966 and then the Royal National Theatre in the early 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends. Over the years, Stewart took roles in many major television series without ever becoming a household name. He appeared as SejanusLucius Aelius Sejanus (or Seianus ( 20 BC October 18, 31 AD) was an ambitious soldier, friend and confidant of Tiberius, and for a time the most influential and feared citizen of Rome. Sejanus was born at Volsinii, in Etruria, to the family of Lucius Seiu in I, ClaudiusI, Claudius is a novel by Robert Graves, first published in 1934, dealing sympathetically with the life of the Roman Emperor Claudius and the history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula's and Karla in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, SpyTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a spy novel by John le Carre, published in 1974. It tells the story of how protagonist George Smiley is brought out of retirement from his job working for the British Secret Intelligence Service (referred to as "The Circus", and took the romantic male lead in the BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere adaptation of Mrs GaskellElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell ( September 29, 1810, London, England November 12, 1865, Holybourne, Hampshire, England, UK), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell was a British novelist. She was born Elizabeth Stevenson in London in 1810. Her mother Eliza,'s North and SouthNorth and South is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in 1854. It originally appeared as a serial in the magazine, Household Words''. The title indicates a major theme of the book: the contrast between the way of life in the industrial north of (wearing a hairpiece).
Diehard fans will recognize him in a minor role as a fighting knight in John BoormanJohn Boorman (born 18 January, 1933) is an English film director who is best known for his films Deliverance (1972), Zardoz (1974), Excalibur (1981), and Hope and Glory (1987). Boorman was born in London. Boorman, John Boorman, John.'s Excalibur ( 1981). He played the character Gurney Halleck in David Lynch's 1984 film version of Dune. His character was dramatically cut from the original release of the film due to editing made to make the immensely long film shorter. Much of this footage was restored on the television broadcast of the film on Fox Television.
In 1987 Stewart went to Los Angeles to star as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in ( 1987- 1994). From 1994 he also portrayed Picard in the movie spin-offs ( 1994), ( 1996), ( 1998), and ( 2002). His life was substantially changed by Star Trek, and he has been quoted as saying "It was almost entirely a blessing. It introduced me to a world I never expected to be a part of — celebrity, fame, financial success. It also gave me the chance to work with the finest group of people I've ever known." The accolades included being called the "Sexiest Man on Television" one year in the 1990s, which considered an unusual distinction considering his age and his baldness. Stewart has said that at this point in time, another Star Trek film with the Next Generation cast is unlikely.
In 1991, he performed his one-man-play adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in which he performed the roles of all of the 40-plus characters himself. His radiant energy and marvelous performance was repeated the following year in 1992 and then 1993, 1994, 1996 and then again, to benefit September 11th charities in 2001. For his performances in this play, he 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 has played a great range of characters, from the flamboyantly gay Sterling in the 1995 film Jeffrey to King Henry II in "Lion in Winter" and Captain Ahab in "Moby Dick".
Stewart has also starred in X-Men and X2 as Professor Charles Xavier and the film's success has appeared to have resulted in another lucrative regular role in the burgeoning superhero film series.
Although he has had a tremendous amount of success doing films, he loves the theatre more. He once said "Ingmar Bergman was once asked which he preferred and he said, 'I love making movies, but the theatre is my life.' That exactly sums it up for me, too."
Stewart is currently the chancellor of the University of Huddersfield. He is probably the most famous supporter of the Huddersfield Town Football Club, following in the footsteps of former British Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Stewart was awarded the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in the 2001 New Years' Honours list.
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