King of Texas is a 2002 made-for-TV film starring Patrick Stewart.

The film takes the plot of William Shakespeare's King Lear and places it in Texas during the days of the wild west. Stewart stars as John Lear, a wealthy landowner and analog to King Lear. In the story, Lear divides his property among his daughters only to be rejected by them once they have it.

Along with Stewart, the film also stars David Alan Grier, Marcia Gay Harden, Lauren Holly, and Roy Scheider.

An updated version of William Shakespeare's King Lear, by way of Ran (1985), with Lear as a magnate in the Old West whose decision to divide his empire among his three daughters results in disaster. Written by Jonah Falcon