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Sir Patrick Stewart (born July 13, 1940) is an British film, television and stage actor. He has had a distinguished career in theatre and television for around half a century. He is most widely known for his television and film roles, as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films. Stewart was born in Mirfield near Dewsbury in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, the son of Gladys, a weaver and textile worker, and Alfred Stewart, a Regimental Sergeant Major in the British Army who served with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and previously worked as a general labourer and as a postman. Stewart and his first wife, Sheila Falconer, have two children: Daniel Freedom and Sophie Alexandra. Stewart and Falconer divorced in 1990. In 1997, he became engaged to Wendy Neuss, one of the producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and they married on 25 August 2000, divorcing three years later. Four months prior to his divorce from Neuss, Stewart played opposite actress Lisa Dillon in a production of The Master Builder. The two dated for four years, but are no longer together. He is now seeing Sunny Ozell; at 31, she is younger than his daughter. "I just don't meet women of my age," he explains. Stewart has been a prolific actor in performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in over 60 productions.
The Subtle Knife is the second in the dark materials trilogy. Northern Lights follows with the addition of a new protagonist Will, who, at the same time as Lyra, discovers a window to access Cittàgazze, a world haunted by Wraiths and a city inhabited entirely by children, Lyra begins to get a bit less selfish and begins to realize some of the true complexities of the alethiometer. The Adventure also deals a lot with the question of Dust or Dark Matter. He also begins to explain about Lord Asriel's rebellion against the Authority and the church. The film will have a much darker tone and add more meaning to the characters' actions in Northern Lights.
