Patrick Hewes Stewart, the iconic face of Captain Picard from Star Trek series and Professor Charles from the well known X-Men series, is an eminently famous English actor who paved his way through the local stage dramas and repertory theatres to the Television shows and Hollywood blockbusters.
Patrick Stewart Early Life
Patrick Stewart was born on July 13, 1940(age 77) in Mirfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. His mother, Gladys (Barrowclough) was a weaver and textile worker, while his father, Alfred Stewart, served in British Army.
The pride of the military man was admired and worshiped by his little boy for all the war-stories and adventure tales he shared with him. But, his childhood went through a long period of domestic abuse and trauma from the age of seven.
A few years back, he shared his story in magazines like HELLO! about his childhood battles of protecting his mother from his drunk and violent father whom he deeply respected, yet feared. “Violence is a choice a man makes and he alone is responsible for it.”, he said in an interview.
It wasn’t until 2012 that he discovered his father suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) but Alfred Stewart had been dead for 32 years by then.
His father being a pretty good example of male irresponsibilities, had deep impacts on young Patrick Stewart. It followed him like trails on snow and it was only him who was capable of pulling himself out of this mental disturbance.
He was alone, piqued, depressed, but talented. It was this feeling of isolation and loneliness that drew him towards finding a refuge in acting. “The stage offered escape”, he says. He could be someone else, in some very different situation, at some very different state and could act completely normal without actually thinking about it.
But then, every other role of anger, fury and playing characters having murderous instincts made him re-encounter his fears of surrendering himself to those feelings.
It was 1981 when the role of psychotic Leontes in The Winter’s Tale helped him succeed over his fears of unleashing his subdued emotions. He gave himself completely to the delusions and madness of the character.
He credits the director Ronald Eyre for helping him achieve the breakthrough and he was never again afraid of his impulsive self on stage. Later, in 2007, he became patron of Refuge, a national domestic violence charity supporting the women and children experiencing abuse.
Patrick Stewart’s Net Worth and Salary
Sir Patrick Stewart is an English actor who works in movies, TV shows and plays. Celebrity Net Worth says that he is worth $75 million. There’s a good chance you know Patrick Stewart, whether you love Shakespeare, thrillers, or any kind of science fiction. The British actor with many awards has become both a recognized actor and a cult icon, which is not easy to do.
It’s his job to sell theater seats and TV ads. After working hard for years in the UK but not getting much attention, he chose to get a part on US TV in the hopes of becoming better known. When trade magazines wrote that he had been cast as Jean-Luc Picard on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” he was called “Patrick Stewart—an unknown British Shakespearean actor.”
This was even though he had starred in many shows for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre and in many BBC miniseries and TV shows. He became one of the most adored “Star Trek” leaders.
Because of his work on that show, he got lead parts in movies like “The X-Men” franchise and was nominated for multiple awards for his work on TV shows like “Frasier,” “Extras,” and “Moby Dick.”
In both the US and the UK, he has also won a lot of awards for his work in theater. Queen Elizabeth II knighted Stewart in 2010 for his work in the theater world. He got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1996.
Real Estate Businesses
Stewart doesn’t buy a lot of real estate, but he has bought a few things over the years. In 2004, after his second divorce, he sold his longtime home in Los Angeles for $6.5 million.
It was on the street where Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Conan O’Brien now live. Stewart bought a duplex in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood for $2.5 million in 2012. He joined John Turturro and Steve Buscemi as famous people who also own homes in the New York borough.
While working in Hollywood, he owned a house in Yorkshire, England, for a long time. He did this to stay connected to his British roots. In the end, he sold the house in 2016 for 535,000 pounds. In 2019, he paid $4.3 million for a home in Los Angeles that was 4,500 square feet.
The house used to belong to the director of “Modern Family” Jason Winer and his wife. They didn’t know Stewart bought their house.
Endorsements of Brands
Stewart was a well-known voice actor who did ads for many well-known brands, including Pontiac, Porsche, Stella Artois beer, Mastercard, RCA TVs, Goodyear, and many more.
Patrick Stewart’s Movie Earnings
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | $100,000 per episode |
| Star Trek: First Contact | $5,000,000 |
| Star Trek: Insurrection | $9,500,000 |
| Star Trek: Nemesis | $14,000,000 |
| Wild Geese II | $2900 |
Patrick Stewart’s Career
Stewart began going to Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1957. After a few years, he made his professional appearance at Lincoln’s Repertory Theatre and then at Manchester’s Library Theatre.
His first role on Broadway was as Snout in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 1971. After a couple of years, he started getting small parts in TV shows and British and American movies. Because of how well he did as “Captain Jean-Luc Picard,” he was cast in four more Star Trek movies, from 1994 to 2002.
These were “Star Trek: Generations,” “Star Trek: First Contact,” “Star Trek: Insurrection,” and “Star Trek: Nemesis.”He became very famous for his part as Professor Xavier in the American hit movie “X-Men,” which came out in 2000. He also played the same character in the two sequels of the movie.
People wanted to hire him to voice cartoon figures in TV shows because his British accent was so good. He did voice work for cartoon movies like “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012) and “Gnomeo & Juliet,” which came out in 2011.
Summary
After making a name for himself on the stage, in shows, and on Broadway, Patrick Stewart is a very busy actor. He showed how good an actor he was in movies and TV shows, but he was most passionate about Shakespearean theater, which is where he spent most of his career.
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