# Tom Morello pays tribute to late Star Trek star Sir Patrick Stewart

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tom-morello-pays-tribute-to-late-star-trek-star-sir-patrick-stewart/
- Published: 2026-10-30T11:10:56+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T01:51:08+00:00
- Original publisher: Louder
- Original article: https://www.loudersound.com/culture/films-tv-shows/tom-morello-sir-patrick-stewart-tribute-star-trek
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, UK, World

## Key points

- Morello remembered Stewart’s humanity and acting.
- Stewart became widely known as Captain Picard.
- Morello had a disguised cameo in Insurrection.

## Summary

Tom Morello has paid tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart, remembering the Star Trek actor for his brilliance and humanity. Morello appeared alongside Stewart in Star Trek: Insurrection, linking the guitarist’s own brief film cameo to Stewart’s best-known role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

Stewart, who died aged 86 from Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia, played Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987 to 1994 and reprised the role in four films. Morello’s uncredited, non-speaking appearance in the 1998 film was as a Son’a officer, concealed beneath prosthetic make-up.

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