Sir Patrick Stewart, (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor. He served as Chancellor of University of Huddersfield from 2004 to 2015. He is a Shakespearian actor who spent 16 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but is most famous for playing Jean-Luc Picard on . He also played Professor Xavier in the X-Men movies and voiced Avery Bullock in the animated series "American Dad!". He was given a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in her New Years Honours at the start of 2010, and became "Sir Patrick".