Why is picard bald

He might have paid it no mind, or he may have chosen not to get hair. Baldness really worked out for Sisko. He looks so badass bald. After Picard and Dr. So the DS9 crew were forced to kill Jadzia off.

As far as I know, the cast got along fine, but, unlike with the TNG cast who are all apparently good friends , the DS9 folks simply kept it a bit more professional. Deep Space 9 was the Federation name for the outpost.

Starfleet officers were assigned there, so they needed a name for the post. At the age of 19, long before his roles of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Professor X, Stewart started losing all of his hair due to male pattern baldness. At the time, he was working as a journalist and wanting to get into acting. By the time he was twenty, he was the loss of his hair completely shook his identity.

Diesel, as we all know, is as bald as the day as long. In the video, he puts his new bald head on display for the first time after struggling with hair loss from age I couldn't tell the difference at all.

Thank goodness they had Hardy shave his head. Even though the scene with the picture in question has Picard flat out tell Crusher that it's a picture of him at the Academy? I never would have understood it at all. Thankfully, they did all that for stupid ole me.

On the other hand , maybe Picard was simply "going through a phase" when that picture was taken. I know plenty of guys who go "cueball" when their hair begins to thin. Maybe Picard shaved his head bald at some point in the academy.

Problem solved! Usually, I'm very much in favor of such explanations when it comes to alleged "canon violations" which, most of the time, are just due to a lack of imagination. Regardless of the hair issue. But Jean-Luc's hair wasn't beginning to thin. Sir Patrick went bald around that age, not Jean-Luc. HE still had hair many years later when he commanded the Stargazer. It is, however, possible that he went through some kind of weird phase he was a complete rebel in his Academy days He practically dated the entire Academy back then, he was vain, arrogant and selfish.

I can't see ANY vain guy shaving his head just like that - he'd have been all like "Noooo, my precious hair! Jean-Luc would participate in just about and insane bet. But, in any case, he shows the cadet pic to Crusher in NEM and it seems like as if she doesn't appear to be the least bit surprised that he is bald on the pic. She should have been either like "oh, a pic from THAT phase" or pull a "what happened to your hair" Boothby.

Baird really thought the audience would be too stupid to recognize Jean-Luc with hair. And it would have caused 'if young Jean-Luc had hair, then why is Shinzon bald' questions. Too bad for Baird that these were asked anyway, haha. It just would've been easier to have Sir Patrick playing himself. While I adore Tom Hardy, and I actually do enjoy his performance in Nemesis , it just didn't seem the same. Besides, when I can fix a fo-pah better than the Nemesis crew dared to bother with, you know that's a problem.

That's a fair point, but stuff like this shouldn't be necessary for the audience. Us filling in their gaps is not fan responsibility and reeks of laziness on their part. Good job indeed! Although the Sir Patrick fan in me does feel the need to point out that Sir Patrick was actually 35 at the time of that pic. It would make an excellent Stargazer times pic, though.

A nice addition to this one:. You had me at "Slaps Stuart Baird. Well I wouldn't resort to violence. Leave the slapping to me then Share More sharing options Followers 0. Start new topic. Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2. Recommended Posts. Guest Ftt Posted December 24, Posted December 24, It's nothing but nitpicking Merry Christmas, Gus. Patrick Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography [ Gene Roddenberry's first thought was that he "can't put a bald head man in the captain's chair".

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No guesses? Aww, darn.