Sir Patrick Stewart has played royalty, villains and professors. Named by TV Guide in 1993 as the best dramatic television actor of the 1980s, and television’s sexiest man the year before, Sir Patrick is best known for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series,

The next film in the franchise opens this weekend. I spoke with him about his work with Amnesty International and some of his other interests.

For more information on Sir Patrick Stewart:

http://ihe.britishcouncil.org/going-global/speakers/prof-sir-patrick-stewart

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001772/

https://twitter.com/SirPatStew