 Beginning his career with a long run with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stewart received the 1979 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in "Antony and Cleopatra" in the West End.Stewart's first major screen roles were in BBC-broadcast television productions during the mid-late 1970s, including "Hedda", and the "I, Claudius" miniseries.From the 1980s onward, Stewart began working in American television and film, with prominent leading roles such as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in "", its subsequent films, and 2020's ";" as Professor Charles Xavier in the "X-Men" series of superhero films; the lead of the Starz TV series "Blunt Talk;" and voice roles such as CIA Deputy Director Avery Bullock in "American Dad!"