It is, to sum up, an absolutely remarkable life. A trained Shakespearean actor, a gifted comedian, an unabashed participant in schlock, and a science fiction icon who revitalized a franchise.

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Let's also not forget Stewart's advocacy off-screen. He spoke frankly about growing up with domestic violence and his father's untreated PTSD. And he talked about the disappearance of the sort of programs that permitted him, a working class lad, to train in acting.

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But looking over his filmography, I keep coming across performances that have stayed with me: a Hallmark version of The Canterville Ghost that he made his own; a wordless appearance as Karla in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; the ending of Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

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These kinds of roles didn't seem to come along for Stewart that often. He was perhaps more memorable for memeable moments like Gurney Halleck yelling in rage while clutching a pug dog. Or, like Ian McKellen, for being a popularizer of Shakespeare, as in The Hollow Crown.

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Stewart's Harry Blunt is a parodic take on Jean Luc Picard. A man who made a career out of projecting gravitas as a news anchor, while being fundamentally silly and vain. But, much in the way Picard was never just one thing, Stewart also makes Harry soulful, and possessed of a profound love of life.

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