by Catherine Eaton

There are so many reasons to love Sir Patrick Stewart. He’s a Shakespearean actor and he starred as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation. If neither of these accomplishments mean anything to you, prepare yourself for unexpected internet sunshine, via Patrick Stewart.

5. The wry joyfulness he exudes as a lobster.

There’s no doubt in my mind that lobsters feel much the same when they climb into bathtubs. I’d climb into a lobster costume and a bathtub if it would give me that kind of joy.

Happy Halloween. pic.twitter.com/ugLBMzAeNF

— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) October 31, 2025

4.His willingness to personify a failed space robot.

It’s one thing to impersonate something as happy-go-lucky as the Curiosity. Roving along Mars, the Curiosity fills its days with sunshine, photos and Martian rocks. It’s a whole other thing to embody the doomed Jade Rabbit, China’s moon rover. With a few head waggles and a dark voice of melodic proportions, Stewart nails the Rabbit’s farewell death elegy.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-february-4-2014/who-froze-jade-rabbit-

3.He’s BFF with Ian McKellen.

They have a best friend outfit, seen both on stage and off. Nothing will do when they’re together but to don a pair jaunty bowler hats and strike a pose. Evidence below. McKellen also officiated at Stewart’s recent wedding.

2. Stewart reveals previously unplumbed depths of erudite cow knowledge.

The intonation of a cow’s moo is not just about location. Stewart sets the record straight asserting that moo cadences are all about class, social status and finally, location. He illustrates this point by mooing in Oxfordshire, Yorkshire, cockney, Nevada and British upper class accents. Delightful as this recording is, I was aggrieved Stewart did not have the time to fully delve into the environmental and culture conditioning he’s witnessed among cows.

http://howtodoeverything.org/post/71309424713/the-great-sir-patrick-stewart-in-perhaps-the-role

1.He’s an advocate against domestic violence.

In 2009, he wrote about the legacy of being raised in a household where his father regularly beat his mother. At a Q&A at Comicpalozza last May, he spoke out against domestic violence again. “The people who could do most to improve the situation of so many women and children are in fact men. It’s in our hands to stop violence towards women. I do what I do in my mother’s name because I couldn’t help her then. Now I can.” He works with a British organization, Refuge, who provide aid for abused women and children. Upon realizing this father suffered from post-traumatic stress due to WWII, Stewart also works with Combat Stress, an organization that provides mental health assistance for returning soldiers.

Bonus Round:

He opens a stocking on Christmas Day and he knows what Angry Birds are. Plus and plus.

He takes catnaps with a cat and is unashamed of both.

Catherine Eaton is a contributor to The Stake. Catherine is a writer living in a western suburb of Chicago. She blogs over at sparrowpost.com and enjoys foraging around the neighborhood in her spare time.