Patrick Stewart’s Career Was a Rare and Thrilling Marriage of the Prestigious and the Populist
- Stewart joined popular franchises after a long classical stage career.
- Picard made him internationally recognised across seven Star Trek seasons.
- His seven X-Men films grossed $3.32 billion.
Patrick Stewart brought a distinguished stage career to popular screen roles, most notably Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films. His classical training helped give both characters authority and emotional depth, while his performances helped lend prestige to…