Actor Sir Patrick Stewart paid tribute to a former teacher as he was knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
The 69-year-old said he owed "literally everything" to the English teacher who first encouraged him to perform.
"Although many people in my life have had great influence on me, without this man none of it would have happened," he said following Wednesday's investiture.
The classically trained actor is best known for his roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the X-Men films.
He was recently seen on the London stage appearing alongside fellow actor knight Sir Ian McKellen in Waiting for Godot.
Sir Patrick said his knighthood - announced in the New Year Honours List - had been "an unlooked-for honour".
"But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theatre and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier [and] Sir John Gielgud," he continued.
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