This feels like just the right time and age for Captain Picard to show up again, portrayed by Patrick Stewart. The always proper ambassador of peace is underway in outer space, searching for new forms of life and a society in which every living being has equal rights. Of course he will fight evil again, because even peaceful galaxies have villains who prefer power over peaceful coexistence. Gene Roddenberry is the man who invented Star Trek in the mids, and he had the vision of a peaceful universe at a time when both the US and the Soviet Union were trying to seize control of space.
Roddenberry placed a multicultural crew on the good ship Enterprise, including a Japanese, a Russian and an Afro-American communications officer. Leonard Nimoy left played the Vulcan Spock, the first extraterrestrial on board a spaceship from Earth. Captain James T. Kirk William Shatner was commander on board in the first Enterprise series.
He and Spock were a dream team that straightened up outer space from to The story came to an end three seasons and 69 episodes later. Pike nevertheless reappeared in one of the Enterprise episodes, and his story was finally wrapped up.
The TV series also inspired several movies. Through a leap in time, Kirk and Picard end up in a kind of parallel universe, where they join forces to fight the bad guy. Picard's crew includes numerous aliens, among them a Klingon by the name of Worf and the ship's psychologist Troi left from the planet Betazed.
Data right , a friendly android who shoots with deadly precision and has all too human features, has cult status in "The next Generation. This is where the Star Trek creators made their first leap in time: years before Captain James T. There are 13 Star Trek movies to date. In the 11th Star Trek movie from , the reckless young Kirk enjoys racing through the desert to the sound of the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" — until he and Spock embark on their first adventure.
The film was directed by J. Abrams, best known as a Star Wars filmmaker. In , Netflix launched "Discovery," the next Star Trek series. This time, the captain and the first officer were female. Captain Philippa Georgiou Michelle Yeoh is portrayed as an ambivalent character who repeatedly caused surprises throughout the series.
Like in the Star Wars saga, the makers of Star Trek extended the timelines of the various series, allowing them to produce more spin-offs and sequels. A woman was at the helm in one of the successful spin-off series. Janeway even met Jean-Luc Picard in the 10th Star Trek movie, the "Nemesis," where the two captains communicated via their screens.
The series about the "Deep Space Nine" space station was another spin-off. Trekkies look forward to the "Star Trek: Picard" series because "Jean-Luc" is the most popular of all Starfleet captains. Above all, they want him to be the captain everyone remembers — a hope they've been promoting on Twitter with the hashtag bethemanweremember.
The series reflects much of the present, says Stewart, an avowed leftist who makes no secret of his contempt for US President Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and is concerned about the rise of nationalism and growing economic inequality. In an interview in June , shortly before his 80th birthday, Playboy magazine asked him whether he had thought of quitting acting soon.
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His childhood experiences also led him to become the patron of Refuge, a UK charity for abused women. In , aged 11, he entered Mirfield Secondary Modern School, where he continued to study drama. At age 15, Stewart dropped out of school and increased his participation in local theatre. He acquired a job as a newspaper reporter and obituary writer, but after a year, his employer gave him an ultimatum to choose acting or journalism.
He quit the job. In his second appearance on the program, he ordered " Make it so, number 1 ", to the number 1 when he kept running around the set. In , Stewart played the villain in two films: Richard Donner's action thriller Conspiracy Theory for which he won as Favorite Supporting Actor in a Suspense film from the Blockbuster Movie Awards and the lighter-hearted Masterminds.
The following year, he returned to the role of the hero as the star of the film Safe House , with Joy Kilpatrick playing his daughter. Stewart also served as an executive producer for the latter three movies.
Even before he was cast as Xavier, Stewart was long a fan-favorite choice to play the part. Stewart's performance in the first film earned him his third Saturn Award nomination and third Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination. The first two also featured Bruce Davison , while the last film also co-starred Kelsey Grammer. Stewart and Grammer — the latter of whom guest-starred in the TNG episode " Cause and Effect " — co-starred with each other on an episode in the final season of Grammer's hit sitcom, Frasier in which Stewart played the very gay theater producer, Alistair Burke.
He portrayed the character one final time to much acclaim for 's Logan. Stewart had a notable role in the Ricky Gervais vehicle Extras , stepping in when Jude Law cancelled. The episode is named after him, and stars him as a nudity obsessed and somewhat adolescent minded man - he also sends up Captain Picard, and is bemused when Gervais' character Andy Millman admits he has never seen TNG.
According to Steward [24] [25]. Stewart appeared in a comedy skit on The Daily Show hosted by the similarly named Jon Stewart when he wore a wig pretending to be Daily Show correspondent John Oliver making satire of the recent American football replacement referee controversy. Stewart took off the wig when the real Oliver emerged and for the duration of the sketch, Stewart quoted lines from the vast Shakespearean productions in which he has starred.
A lifelong fan of motor racing, Stewart holds a racing competition license and hosted an episode of Racing Legends for the BBC in which he met his childhood hero Sir Stirling Moss.
In , Stewart portrayed the leader of a Neo-Nazi gang in the horror thriller Green Room , co-starring Anton Yelchin as the bassist of a punk band the gang terrorizes. The episode mainly focused on Stewart's father Alfred, and includes interviews with his brothers. Stewart remembered his father Alfred being physically abusive towards his mother, but also remembered that his father, while dour and strict, never laid a hand on his children.
During his research however, he, with the help of experts, began to realize this had mostly been due to a case of undiagnosed, and thus untreated, post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD that Alfred had contracted during his World War II service in the British Army — which included his evacuation from Dunkirk one month before Stewart's birth, alluded to by Picard in " Remembrance ". He also voiced Dr. Stewart was the narrator in Wakeman 's album Return to the Centre of the Earth of Regarding his work in this film, Stewart said in an interview for Disney's Movie Surfer that "umpteenth time's the charm".
He also had to turn down the title role in Disney's The Great Mouse Detective due to his commitment to a play. In addition, he was turned down for the role of Clayton in Disney's Tarzan as the director felt Brian Blessed's voice was perfect for the character.
Stewart also lent his voice to the sixth season The Simpsons episode "Homer the Great", playing a character named "Number One. Whether his voice will be used in the game itself remains to be seen. Stewart supplied his voice for 's Dorothy of Oz working again with Kelsey Grammer and also behind the microphone with Michael Krawic. Stewart provided narration for Sinbad: the Fifth Voyage , and Match , a film about an eccentric choreographer. His role often has references to Star Trek ; for example, Bullock refers to his close aide as "Number One.
This scene actually replaced one which would have featured Stewart and Marina Sirtis in their roles as Picard and Troi , with Troi picking up some disturbing thoughts from a panicky Picard. Stewart and all his fellow castmates had lent their voices for the episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" in which Stewie Griffin kidnaps them and forces them to spend the day together.
In addition, Michael Dorn appeared as Worf. Also Golden Brooks recurs as Blunt's second ex-wife. Co-star Brent Spiner portrays Kevin, the piano player at Blunt's favorite bar. Stewart and Ronald Reagan on the set of " Redemption " in The honor is given annually to an individual who makes "a significant contribution to classical theater in America.
In , Patrick Stewart was named Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield, a role which he retained until He then accepted the role of Emeritus Chancellor. In , Stewart received an Emmy Award nomination for appearing — as himself — on the sitcom Extras.
Catherine's College, University of Oxford. He shared the award with actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, who won for his performance in a production of Othello. Stewart was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his se [39].
Stewart shared in the honor of carrying the Olympic Flame in London to celebrate the Summer games. Memory Alpha Explore. Christopher Pike Number One.
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