Biography
William Shatner, OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk in the seventh Star Trek feature film, Star Trek Generations (1994).
Shatner began his screen acting career in Canadian films and television productions before moving into guest-starring roles in various American television shows. He appeared as James Kirk in all the episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, 21 of the 22 episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series, and the first seven Star Trek movies. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences before, during and after his time in a Starfleet uniform. He has also co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe and a series of science fiction novels, the TekWar sequence, that were adapted for television. Outside Star Trek, Shatner played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker (1982–1986), hosted the reality-based television series Rescue 911 (1989–1996), guest starred on the detective series Columbo, and acted in the comedy film Miss Congeniality (2000).
After his last appearance as Captain Kirk, Shatner's television career has embraced comedy, drama and reality shows. In seasons 4 and 5 of the NBC series 3rd Rock from the Sun, he played the alien "Big Giant Head", to which the main characters reported. From 2004 until 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane in the final season of the legal show The Practice and in its spinoff Boston Legal, a role that earned him two Emmy Awards, one for his contribution to each series. In 2016, 2017 and 2018, he starred in both seasons of NBC's Better Late Than Never, a comical travel series in which a band of elderly celebrities toured East Asia and Europe.
Aside from acting, Shatner has had a career as a recording artist, beginning in 1968 with his album The Transformed Man. His cover versions of songs are dramatic recitations of their lyrics rather than musical performances: the most notable are his versions of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man", and Elton John's "Rocket Man". His most successful album was his third, Seeking Major Tom (2011), which includes covers of Pink Floyd's "Learning to Fly", David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".
In 2021, Shatner flew into space aboard Blue Origin NS-18, a Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule. At age 90, he became the oldest person to fly in space and one of the first 600 to do so. Minutes after the flight, he described experiencing the overview effect.
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Filmography
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Movies 210
TV Shows 177
self 137
Voice 24
Narrator 12
Producer 6
Director 3

765874: Unification (2024)

The UnXplained: Mysteries of the Universe (2024)

William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill (2024)

Masters of the Universe: Revolution (2024)

The UnXplained Special Presentation (2023)

Full Moon's Roadshow Revisited (2023)

Stars on Mars (2023)

Fireheart (2022)

Senior Moment (2021)

Creators: The Past (2020)

To Your Last Death (2019)

WWE Backstage (2019)

The UnXplained (2019)

The Underground World (2019)

My Life Is Murder (2019)

The Masked Singer (2019)

Star Trek: Short Treks (2018)

The Steam Engines of Oz (2018)

Aliens Ate My Homework (2018)

The Indian Detective (2017)

Batman vs. Two-Face (2017)

God Woke (2017)

The Truth Is in the Stars (2017)

Heroes Manufactured (2017)

Range 15 (2016)

Private Eyes (2016)

They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé (2016)

A Sunday Horse (2016)

The Colorful Montreal Expos (2016)

The Shannara Chronicles (2016)

Just in Time for Christmas (2015)

WWE Breaking Ground (2015)

A Christmas Horror Story (2015)

Chaos on the Bridge (2014)

The Captains Close Up (2013)

The Captains: Still Kicking (2013)

Gotham Comedy Live (2012)

Horrorween (2012)

Escape from Planet Earth (2012)

Get a Life! (2012)

Corman's World (2011)

Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen (2011)

The Captains (2011)

The Space Shuttle (2011)

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored (2011)

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010)

$#*! My Dad Says (2010)

Aftermath with William Shatner (2010)

Haven (2010)

Rookie Blue (2010)

Fanboys (2009)

Gotta Catch Santa Claus (2008)

Shatner's Raw Nerve (2008)

Everest (2008)

Murdoch Mysteries (2008)

Mars Rising (2007)

The Big Bang Theory (2007)

The Pixar Story (2007)

Fire Serpent (2007)

Psych (2006)

Over the Hedge (2006)

The Wild (2006)

Stalking Santa (2006)

Last Laugh '05 (2005)

How William Shatner Changed The World (2005)

The Reichen Show (2005)

Squidbillies (2005)

Invasion Iowa (2005)

Lil' Pimp (2005)

Boston Legal (2004)

The Tony Danza Show (2004)

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)

Reflections on Spock (2004)

A Carol Christmas (2003)

Christmas in Hollywood (2003)

Chilly Beach (2003)

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest (2003)

Groom Lake (2002)

Showtime (2002)

Shoot or Be Shot! (2002)

Gahan Wilson's The Kid (2001)

Bob Patterson (2001)

Osmosis Jones (2001)

Falcon Down (2001)

Miss Congeniality (2000)

Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero (2000)

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)

Click (2000)

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999)

Futurama (1999)

Nukes in Space (1999)

Land of the Free (1998)

Hercules (1998)

Jefftowne (1997)

The View (1997)

Perversions of Science (1997)

The Practice (1997)

The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. (1996)

Star Trek Story (1996)

Dead Man's Island (1996)

3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)

TekWar (1994)

Star Trek: A Captain's Log (1994)

Star Trek: Generations (1994)

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)

TekWar: TekJustice (1994)

TekWar: TekLab (1994)

TekWar: TekLords (1994)

TekWar (1994)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

seaQuest DSV (1993)

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

WWE Raw (1993)

Eek! The Cat (1992)

The Larry Sanders Show (1992)

Boomerang (1992)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Voices That Care (1991)

Rescue 911 (1989)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

Broken Angel (1988)

Seasons (1987)

T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport (1986)

North Beach and Rawhide (1985)

The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)

Star Trek: The Menagerie (1985)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)

Secrets of a Married Man (1984)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Visiting Hours (1982)

T. J. Hooker (1982)

Police Squad! (1982)

The Babysitter (1980)

The Kidnapping of the President (1980)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)

The Crash of Flight 401 (1978)

Little Women (1978)

Land of No Return (1978)

The Bastard (1978)

The Third Walker (1978)

Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)

How the West Was Won (1977)

A Whale of a Tale (1976)

The Tenth Level (1976)

Perilous Voyage (1976)

Universe (1976)

Saturday Night Live (1975)

Match Game PM (1975)

Barbary Coast (1975)

The Devil's Rain (1975)

Impulse (1974)

Big Bad Mama (1974)

Kodiak (1974)

Police Woman (1974)

Petrocelli (1974)

Pray for the Wildcats (1974)

Indict and Convict (1974)

Pioneer Woman (1973)

Star Trek (1973)

The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973)

Barnaby Jones (1973)

Incident on a Dark Street (1973)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)

The People (1972)

Columbo (1971)

Vanished (1971)

The Andersonville Trial (1970)

Sole Survivor (1970)

Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)

Hawaii Five-O (1968)

White Comanche (1968)

Alexander The Great (1968)

Mannix (1967)

Off to See the Wizard (1967)

Ironside (1967)

Mission: Impossible (1966)

Star Trek (1966)

The F.B.I. (1965)

For the People (1965)

The Outrage (1964)

Reporter (1964)

Burke's Law (1963)

Channing (1963)

The Fugitive (1963)

The Outer Limits (1963)

Arrest and Trial (1963)

Operation Bikini (1963)

The Virginian (1962)

The Intruder (1962)

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

The Explosive Generation (1961)

Dr. Kildare (1961)

The Dick Powell Show (1961)

The Defenders (1961)

Insight (1960)

Thriller (1960)

Police Surgeon (1960)

The Twilight Zone (1959)

City Out of Time (1959)

One Step Beyond (1959)

77 Sunset Strip (1958)

Naked City (1958)

A Town Has Turned to Dust (1958)

The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

The Defender (Studio One) (1957)

Oedipus Rex (1957)

The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Gunsmoke (1955)

Climax! (1954)

Omnibus (1952)

Studio One (1948)

Kraft Television Theatre (1947)

Golden Globe Awards (1944)

Inner Space

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Aliens Among Us

Weakest Link
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1931-03-22 (94 years old)
Birth NameWilliam Shatner
Birth PlaceNotre-Dame-de-Grâce, Canada
ReligionJudaism
RelationshipsNerine Kidd (1997 - 1999), Elizabeth Martin (2001 - 2020), Gloria Rand (1956 - 1969), Marcy Lafferty (1973 - 1996)
ChildrenMelanie Shatner, Leslie Carol Shatner, Lisabeth Shatner
RelativesJoel Gretsch
CitizenshipsUnited States, Canada
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known Asویلیام شاتنر
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Officer of the Order of Canada, Television Hall of Fame, Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, 10th Saturn Awards, NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, 56th Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, 42nd Saturn Awards, Theatre World Award, 57th Primetime Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor, 62nd Golden Globe Awards, Canada's Walk of Fame, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director, Order of Canada, WWE Hall of Fame
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