- He lived the first three years of his life in actress Veronica Lake's old apartment in New York (her name was still visible inside the mailbox).
- The priest who christened Stewart when he was a baby was a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II. He sustained serious burns in the attack.
- Successfully completed a two-year Performing Arts course and was awarded an N.C.V.A. (National Council for Vocational Awards) Diploma.
- In the movie Yesterday's Children (2000), he had to carry the actress Jane Seymour on a stretcher for a whole day. Despite the uncomfortable old boots he was given to wear and the uneven ground he had to walk on, Stewart somehow managed to complete his part without injuring himself or Ms. Seymour. (Perhaps it was something to do with the fact that the director jokingly threatened to kill him if he dropped Jane Seymour!).
- Stewart is distantly related to former American astronaut and Air Force Lieutenant General (retired) Thomas P. Stafford, one of only 24 men to have flown to the Moon.
- At 13, Stewart performed on national Irish radio on the children's drama show "Act On".
- He was voted best History student in his year, beating 120 other students. The teacher who chose him for the award also wrote the History book his class used.
- He was almost cast in "The Count of Monte Cristo" (2002) and actually had a costume fitting for one of the roles in the film. Unfortunately, scheduling conflicts meant Stewart was unable to do the movie in the end.
- Stewart is a distant relative of US President William Howard Taft. Taft was the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) and the 10th Chief Justice (1921-1930), the only person to have held both offices. Stewart and Taft are distant cousins who share a common ancestor in Robert de Stafford, an Anglo-Norman nobleman and the first feudal baron of Stafford in England. Stewart and Taft are also both descendants of prominent Norman families that have contributed to various fields and professions in history. Tracing Robert de Stafford's lineage back before the French Norman invasion of England, Stewart is also related to Charlemagne, a Frankish king and emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814. He is considered the father of Europe and the ancestor of many European royal families. This led to William The Conqueror, Stewart's ancestors were William's cousins and standard bearers at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. As a reward, they were granted lands in Staffordshire, England and took its name as their own. After William became King of England, the Staffords intermarried with William's descendants. Following that bloodline, Stewart is also related to King Henry VIII, his daughter Queen Elizabeth I and King Richard III. Through his mother's bloodline Stewart is also distantly related to late Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan and Irish playwright John B. Keane, who wrote the play and the screenplay for The Field (1990) movie, which starred Richard Harris and Tom Berenger.
- He shot a scene for The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (2000) where he played a bouncer on a Jerry Springer-style television show. Sadly, the scene was cut from the final film and Stewart has never seen it.
- He narrowly missed out on a part in The Tiger's Tail (2006). It would have been his second film with director John Boorman and actor Brendan Gleeson after working with them on The General (1998).
- He is also related to the Irish poet Austin Clarke.
- He never gets seasick.
- His first job was at nine years old in his father's hardware store in Dublin, Ireland. He would work there on weekends and during school holidays. Stewart would serve the customers and keep the store and office clean while his father operated woodwork machines in the back.
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