Learn about Andy Whitfield, the actor everybody thinks is a young Patrick Stewart with hair

If you Google “Patrick Stewart with hair,” as we all do every day or so, one of the first results will be a black and white photo of a man in a suit who kind of, sort of looks like a young Stewart. This man, it turns out, is not Patrick Stewart, but Andy Whitfield, an actor who has never been on Star Trek and, as his fans are using the latest Stewart confusion to remind the internet, deserves better than to be relegated to meme side note.
The latest instance of the “Patrick Stewart with hair” phenomenon popped up again on Twitter a few days ago. Before long, people like Jared Pechacek began countering the claim that the photo in question was of anyone but Whitfield.
Some saw this as an opportunity to highlight how Google results can be skewed by misinformation, which creates more misinformation over time.