Biography
William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, musician, singer, author, film director, spokesman and comedian. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James Tiberius Kirk, commander of the Federation starship USS Enterprise, in the science fiction television series Star Trek, from 1966 to 1969; Star Trek: The Animated Series from 1973 to 1974, and in seven of the subsequent Star Trek feature films from 1979 to 1994. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of Star Trek, and has co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe. He has also authored a series of science fiction novels called TekWar that were adapted for television.
Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker from 1982 to 1986. Afterwards, he hosted the reality-based television series Rescue 911 from 1989 to 1996, which won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Dramatic Series. He has since worked as a musician, author, director and celebrity pitchman. From 2004 to 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane in the television dramas The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal, for which he won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
Filmography
all 378
Movies 204
TV Shows 174
self 141
Narrator 13
Voice 12
Director 2
Producer 1
Writer 1
Self - Host
Aliens Among Us (2024)
Movie
Self - Guest
The D-Con Chamber (2024)
TV
Self - Host
The UnXplained Special Presentation (2023)
TV
Self - Mission Control Director
Stars on Mars (2023)
TV
Mayor of New York (voice)
Fireheart (2022)
Movie
Victor Martin
Senior Moment (2021)
Movie
6.4
Lord Ogmha
Creators: The Past (2020)
Movie
The Overseer
To Your Last Death (2019)
Movie
William Shatner
WWE Backstage (2019)
TV
Self - Host
The UnXplained (2019)
TV
Self - Host
The Underground World (2019)
TV
Barton Wallwork
My Life Is Murder (2019)
TV
Knight / Knight (archive footage)
The Masked Singer (2019)
TV
6
Capt. James T. Kirk (voice) (archive footage)
Star Trek: Short Treks (2018)
TV
Oscar 'Oz' Diggs (voice)
The Steam Engines of Oz (2018)
Movie
Phillogenus esk Piemondum (Phil) (voice)
Aliens Ate My Homework (2018)
Movie
David Marlowe
The Indian Detective (2017)
TV
1
Two-Face
Batman vs. Two-Face (2017)
Movie
6
Executive Producer
God Woke (2017)
Movie
Self - Host
The Truth Is in the Stars (2017)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Heroes Manufactured (2017)
Movie
Richard Chindler
Range 15 (2016)
Movie
Norm Glinski
Private Eyes (2016)
TV
6
Himself (voice only)
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé (2016)
Movie
Kenneth Roubidaux
A Sunday Horse (2016)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Colorful Montreal Expos (2016)
Movie
Captain Kirk (archive footage)
The Shannara Chronicles (2016)
TV
6.13
Nick the Coachman
Just in Time for Christmas (2015)
Movie
Narrator
WWE Breaking Ground (2015)
TV
Dangerous Dan
A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
Movie
6
Self - Host
Chaos on the Bridge (2014)
Movie
Network Television Executive
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale (2013)
Movie
General Shanker (voice)
Escape from Planet Earth (2013)
Movie
7
Self - Host
Gotham Comedy Live (2012)
TV
William Shatner
Horrorween (2012)
Movie
Self - Actor
Corman's World (2011)
Movie
6
Self - Roaster
Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen (2011)
Movie
Narrator
The Space Shuttle (2011)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Fran Drescher Show (2010)
TV
Grand Pear (voice)
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010)
TV
7
Dr. Edison Milford Goodson III
$#*! My Dad Says (2010)
TV
6
Self - Host
Aftermath with William Shatner (2010)
TV
Croatoan
Haven (2010)
TV
5.97
Henry McLeod
Rookie Blue (2010)
TV
6.35
Self - Host
William Shatner's Weird or What? (2010)
TV
Himself
Fanboys (2009)
Movie
7.5
Santa Claus (voice)
Gotta Catch Santa Claus (2008)
Movie
Self - Host
Shatner's Raw Nerve (2008)
TV
Norman Kelly
Everest (2008)
TV
Mark Twain
Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
TV
8
Self - Narrator
Mars Rising (2007)
TV
William Shatner
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
TV
8.42
James T. Kirk (archive footage)
The Pixar Story (2007)
Movie
Writer
Fire Serpent (2007)
Movie
Self - Host
Show Me the Money (2006)
TV
Frank O'Hara
Psych (2006)
TV
6.27
Narrator
Stalking Santa (2006)
Movie
Lucifer
Last Laugh '05 (2005)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Reichen Show (2005)
TV
Tony Gold (voice)
Lil' Pimp (2005)
Movie
Theme Song Performance
Squidbillies (2004)
TV
6
Denny Crane
Boston Legal (2004)
TV
5.81
Self - Guest
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
TV
Dodgeball Chancellor
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Movie
8.5
Self - Co-Host
The Rose Parade: A Pageant for the Ages (2004)
Movie
Captain Kirk
Reflections on Spock (2004)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Christmas in Hollywood (2003)
Movie
The President
Chilly Beach (2003)
TV
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest (2003)
Movie
Captain Shatner
Spplat Attack (2002)
Movie
John Gossner
Groom Lake (2002)
Movie
William Shatner
Showtime (2002)
Movie
6
Narrator
Cosmic Odyssey (2002)
TV
Harvey Wilkes
Shoot or Be Shot! (2002)
Movie
Professor
Gahan Wilson's The Kid (2001)
Movie
Warren Wellman
Bob Patterson (2001)
TV
Mayor Phlegmming
Osmosis Jones (2001)
Movie
7
Maj. Robert Carson
Falcon Down (2001)
Movie
Stan Fields
Miss Congeniality (2000)
Movie
7.29
Theme Song Performance
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999)
TV
William Shatner (voice)
Futurama (1999)
TV
6.16
The Storyteller
A Twist in the Tale (1999)
TV
Self - Narrator
Nukes in Space (1999)
Movie
Aidan Carvell
Land of the Free (1998)
Movie
Jason of the Argonauts (voice)
Hercules (1998)
TV
8.67
Self / Self - Guest
The View (1997)
TV
5.5
Admiral Kornfeld / Director
Perversions of Science (1997)
TV
Denny Crane
The Practice (1997)
TV
Michael Gatewick
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. (1996)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Star Trek Story (1996)
Movie
Chase Prescott
Dead Man's Island (1996)
Movie
Big Giant Head
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
TV
5.98
Self - Narrator
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995)
Movie
Walter H. Bascom
TekWar (1994)
TV
6
Adam Harland (uncredited)
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
Movie
6.5
Walter H. Bascom
TekWar: TekJustice (1994)
Movie
Walter H. Bascom
TekWar: TekLab (1994)
Movie
Walter H. Bascom
TekWar: TekLords (1994)
Movie
Director
TekWar (1994)
Movie
5
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
TV
6
Milos Tezlof
seaQuest DSV (1993)
TV
6
William Shatner
WWE Raw (1993)
TV
6.66
Santa Claus (voice) / Commander Berzerk (voice)
Eek! The Cat (1992)
TV
6
William Shatner
The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
TV
Captain James Tiberius Kirk (archive footage)
Boomerang (1992)
Movie
7.5
Self - Choir Member
Voices That Care (1991)
Movie
Self - Host
Rescue 911 (1989)
TV
6
Chuck Coburn
Broken Angel (1988)
Movie
Self (Narrator)
Seasons (1987)
Movie
Rawhide MacGregor
North Beach and Rawhide (1985)
Movie
Charles Underhill
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
TV
6
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
Movie
Chris Jordan
Secrets of a Married Man (1984)
Movie
Cdr. Buck Murdock
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Movie
5.27
Gary Baylor
Visiting Hours (1982)
Movie
Sgt. T.J. Hooker
T. J. Hooker (1982)
TV
6
Poisoned Man
Police Squad! (1982)
TV
3.5
Dr. Jeff Benedict
The Babysitter (1980)
Movie
Jerry O'Connor
The Kidnapping of the President (1980)
Movie
Self - Host
Hypnosis and Beyond (1980)
Movie
Admiral James T. Kirk
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Movie
5.82
Stuart Peters
Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)
Movie
Carl Tobias
The Crash of Flight 401 (1978)
Movie
Friedrich Bhaer
Little Women (1978)
TV
Curt Benell
Land of No Return (1978)
Movie
Paul Revere
The Bastard (1978)
Movie
Munro Maclean
The Third Walker (1978)
Movie
Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
Movie
Captain Harrison
How the West Was Won (1977)
TV
8
Dr. Jack Fredericks
A Whale of a Tale (1976)
Movie
Prof. Stephen Turner
The Tenth Level (1976)
Movie
Steve Monroe
Perilous Voyage (1976)
Movie
Narrator
Universe (1976)
Movie
Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
Self - Panelist
Match Game PM (1975)
TV
Jeff Cable
Barbary Coast (1975)
TV
Mark Preston
The Devil's Rain (1975)
Movie
Bill Parkins
Amy Prentiss (1974)
TV
Matt Stone
Impulse (1974)
Movie
William J. Baxter
Big Bad Mama (1974)
Movie
Buzz Howard
Kodiak (1974)
TV
Mark Ciprio
Police Woman (1974)
TV
5.55
Warren Summerfield
Pray for the Wildcats (1974)
Movie
Sam Belden
Indict and Convict (1974)
Movie
John Sergeant
Pioneer Woman (1973)
Movie
Capt. Kirk
Star Trek (1973)
TV
Paul Kovalik
The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973)
Movie
Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams
Barnaby Jones (1973)
TV
4.75
Deaver G. Wallace
Incident on a Dark Street (1973)
Movie
George Stapleton
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)
Movie
Dr. Curtis
The People (1972)
Movie
Edwin Danbury
The Sixth Sense (1972)
TV
Fielding Chase / Ward Fowler
Columbo (1971)
TV
5.78
Dave Paulick
Vanished (1971)
TV
Col. Chipman
The Andersonville Trial (1970)
Movie
Lt. Col. Josef Gronke
Sole Survivor (1970)
Movie
John Adams
Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
Movie
Peter Hoyt
Shadow Game (1969)
Movie
Sam Tolliver
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Johnny Moon
White Comanche (1968)
Movie
Alexander
Alexander The Great (1968)
Movie
Alexander the Great
Off to See the Wizard (1967)
TV
Marty Jessup / Bill Parkins
Ironside (1967)
TV
6
Joseph Conrad
Mission: Impossible (1966)
TV
6.33
Captain James T. Kirk
Star Trek (1966)
TV
7.9
Arthur Majors
The F.B.I. (1965)
TV
David Koster
For the People (1965)
TV
The Preacher
The Outrage (1964)
Movie
Horner
Reporter (1964)
TV
Arthur Reynolds
Burke's Law (1963)
TV
6
Tom Ericson
Channing (1963)
TV
Tony Burrell
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Gen. Jeff Barton
The Outer Limits (1963)
TV
7.4
Larry Tavener
Arrest and Trial (1963)
TV
Self - Host
Miss USA (1963)
TV
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Operation Bikini (1963)
Movie
Luke Milford
The Virginian (1962)
TV
Adam Cramer
The Intruder (1962)
Movie
Capt. Harrison Byers
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Movie
5
Peter Gifford
The Explosive Generation (1961)
Movie
Dr. Carl Noyes / Dr. Toby Cunningham
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
Eric Tegman
The Dick Powell Show (1961)
TV
Gil Rawson / Cliff Sellers / Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes / Jim McCleery / Charles Terranova
The Defenders (1961)
TV
Mike Burnett
Insight (1960)
TV
Gil Thrasher / Paul Graves
Thriller (1960)
TV
Joe Flatt
Police Surgeon (1960)
TV
Don Carter / Bob Wilson
The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Narration
City Out of Time (1959)
Movie
Carl Bremer
One Step Beyond (1959)
TV
Paul DeVinger
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
Roger Barmer / Maung Tun
Naked City (1958)
TV
Jerry Paul
A Town Has Turned to Dust (1958)
Movie
Alexi Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
Movie
Kenneth Preston
The Defender (Studio One) (1957)
Movie
Chorus
Oedipus Rex (1957)
Movie
John Sandor
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956)
TV
Jim Whitely / John Crane
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Fred Bateman
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
Ben Tate
Climax! (1954)
TV
James T. Kirk
The Oscars (1953)
TV
(1953)
Space Command (1953)
TV
Dr. David Coleman / Kenneth Preston / Dr. Franck
Studio One (1948)
TV
Robert Lomax
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Self - Host
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
TV
Chuck Coburn
Broken Angel
TV
Self - Host
Aliens Among Us
TV
Self - Presenter
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TV
Self
Weakest Link
TV
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1931-03-22 (93 years old)
Birth NameWilliam Shatner
Birth PlaceMontreal, Quebec, Canada
ReligionJudaism
RelationshipsNerine Kidd (1997-01-01 - 1999-01-01), Elizabeth Martin (2001-01-01 - 2020-01-01), Gloria Rand (1956-08-12 - 1969-03-04), Marcy Lafferty (1973-01-01 - 1996-01-01)
ChildrenMelanie Shatner, Leslie Carol Shatner, Lisabeth Shatner
RelativesJoel Gretsch
CitizenshipsCanada
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known As威廉·薛特納
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, 42nd Saturn Awards, 10th Saturn Awards, NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, 56th Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director, Theatre World Award, 57th Primetime Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, 62nd Golden Globe Awards, Canada's Walk of Fame, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor, Order of Canada
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