To baldly go: Patrick Stewart was an icon for bald men everywhere

The actor was an exemplary bald star, embracing his hair loss and the freedoms it brought. He didn’t go grey or recede – and he didn’t wear a wig like William Shatner as Captain Kirk

Patrick Stewart managed to be lots of different things at once. He was a towering figure on stage. He was a literal superhero onscreen. And, at times, he wasn’t above sending himself up. It also needs to be said that he was a bald man.

And a pioneering one at that. Nowhere was this more clear than during his stint on Star Trek: The Next Generation.