Person Details

Birthday:

Aliases: ویلیام شاتنر

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Homepage: https://williamshatner.com/

Movie Involvements: 152

TV Involvements: 104


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Shatner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

WWE Raw
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7

WWE Raw

(1993) William Shatner
Star Trek
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8

Star Trek

(1966) James T. Kirk
Columbo
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8

Columbo

(1971) Fielding Chase
Ironside
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7

Ironside

(1967) Marty Jessup
The Fugitive
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7

The Fugitive

(1963) Tony Burrell
Murdoch Mysteries
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8

Murdoch Mysteries

(2008) Mark Twain
Hell's Kitchen
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7

Hell's Kitchen

(2005) Self
Climax!
Average
3

Climax!

(1954) Ben Tate

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Self
Self - Presenter
Self
Keldor (voice)
2023 Self
Self - Presenter
Self (archive footage)
Self - Host
2022 Self
N/A
Self
Mayor of New York (voice)
2021 Self
Self
Self
Himself
Victor Martin
2020 Lord Oghma
2019 The Overseer (voice)
William Shatner
Hayes
Self
Self - Host
Barton Wallwork
Knight
Knight (archive footage)
2018 Capt. James T. Kirk (voice) (archive footage)
Oscar "Oz" Diggs (voice)
Phillogenus esk Piemondum (Phil) (voice)
2017 David Marlowe
Harvey Dent / Two-Face (voice)
N/A
Self
Self (archive footage)
2016 Himself
Self
Himself
Self
Narrator
Richard Chindler
Self
Norm Glinski
Himself (voice only)
Kenneth Roubidoux
Narrator (voice)
Captain Kirk (archive footage)
2015 Coachman Nick
Actor
Himself (narrator)
Self
Dangerous Dan
Self
Self
2014 Self
Self
Self
Self
2013 Self
Self
General Shanker (voice)
Himself
2012 Self - Host
Himself
Himself
Self
2011 Self - Actor
Himself - Roaster
Himself
Himself
Narrator
N/A
N/A
Himself
2010 N/A
N/A
Grand Pear (voice)
Dr. Edison Milford Goodson III
Core (voice)
Self - Host
Croatoan
Henry McLeod
Sally
N/A
Self
2009 Himself
Self
Himself
2008 Santa Claus (voice)
Self - Host
Norman Kelly
N/A
Mark Twain
N/A
2007 Himself
Norman Kelly
Narrator (voice)
William Shatner
James T. Kirk (archive footage)
2006 N/A
Self
Frank O'Hara
Ozzie (voice)
Kazar (voice)
N/A
Narrator
Self
Self
2005 Lucifer
Self
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Self - Guest
N/A
Self
Col. Shane Yeager
Stan Fields
Tony Gold (voice)
Self
2004 Self
Denny Crane
Jim
Self - Guest
Dodgeball Chancellor
Self
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2003 Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present
Self (archive footage)
Self
The President
Self
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self
N/A
Self
2002 N/A
Self
John Gossner
N/A
Self
Robert Starkman
Self
William Shatner
N/A
Harvey Wilkes
Self
2001 Himself
Self
Professor
Self
Warren Wellman
Self
Mayor Phlegmming (voice)
Major Robert Carson
Himself
Narrator
Narrator
Narrator
2000 Stan Fields
Narrator (Voice)
1999 Self - Guest
William Shatner (voice)
N/A
Narrator
1998 Aidan Carvell
Himself
Jason of the Argonauts (voice)
Bill
James T. Kirk
1997 Self
Himself
Self
Self - Guest
Self
Admiral Kornfeld
Denny Crane
1996 Self
Michael Gatewick
Self (archive footage)
N/A
Self
Chase Prescott
Big Giant Head
1995 Narrator
Host
1994 Walter H. Bascom
Bodosh
N/A
Himself/Host
Self
Captain James T. Kirk
Adam Harland (uncredited)
Walter H. Bascom
N/A
Walter H. Bascom
Walter H. Bascom
Walter H. Bascom
Self
1993 Self - Guest
Milos Tezlof
Earl
General Mortars
N/A
William Shatner
Self
1992 Santa Claus (voice)
Commander Berzerk (voice)
William Shatner
Captain James Tiberius Kirk (archive footage)
N/A
1991 Captain James T. Kirk
Self - Host
Self - Choir Member
1990 Himself
N/A
Narrator
1989 Captain James T. Kirk
Host
Self
1988 Self
N/A
Chuck Coburn
1987 Narrator (voice)
1986 Admiral James T. Kirk
Host
N/A
Himself
1985 Rawhide MacGregor
Charles Underhill
Self
Self (archive footage)
1984 Chris Jordan
Admiral James T. Kirk
1983 Self
1982 Cdr. Buck Murdock
Self
Admiral James T. Kirk
Gary Baylor
Sgt TJ Hooker
Self
Poisoned Man
Self
1980 Dr. Jeff Benedict
Jerry O'Connor
Himself
1979 Admiral James T. Kirk
Stuart Peters
1978 Carl Tobias
Friedrich Bhaer
Curt Benell
Paul Revere
Munro Maclean
1977 N/A
Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen
Captain Harrison
1976 N/A
Jack Fredericks
Prof. Stephen Turner
Steve Monroe
Host
Narrator
N/A
1975 Self - Host
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Self
Jeff Cable
Mark Preston
Self
1974 N/A
Matt Stone
William J. Baxter
N/A
Mark Ciprio
Buzz Howard
N/A
Warren Summerfield
Josh Lang
Host
Sam Belden
1973 John Sergeant
Ed Cassidy
James T. Kirk (voice)
N/A
Paul Kovalik
Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams
Sam
Deaver G. Wallace
1972 N/A
N/A
George Stapleton
Dr. Curtis
N/A
1971 Ward Fowler
Fielding Chase
Dave Paulick
1970 Col. Chipman
Lt. Col. Josef Gronke
John Adams
1969 N/A
1968 Sam Tolliver
Peter
Johnny Moon / Notah
Alexander
1967 N/A
Alexander the Great
N/A
Bill Parkins
Marty Jessup
1966 N/A
Marc
Joseph Conrad
James T. Kirk
1965 Arthur Majors
Brett
David Koster
1964 Preacher
Horner
N/A
1963 N/A
Arthur Reynolds
Tom Ericson
Tony Burrell
Gen. Jeff Barton
Larry Tavener
Self - Host
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962 Luke Milford
Adam Cramer
1961 Harrison Byers
Self
Peter Gifford
Dr. Toby Cunningham
Dr. Carl Noyes
Eric Tegman
Jim McCleery
Charles Terranova
Cliff Sellers
Gil Rawson
Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes
1960 N/A
Mike Burnett
N/A
Gil Thrasher
Paul Graves
Joe Flatt
1959 Bob Wilson
Don Carter
Narrator (voice)
Carl Bremer
1958 Philo
Paul DeVinger
Roger Barmer
Maung Tun
Jerry Paul
Alexi Karamazov
1957 Eli
Kenneth Preston
Chorus
1955 Jim Whitely
John Crane
Fred Bateman
1954 Ben Tate
1953 James T. Kirk
N/A
1952 N/A
1951 Philo
N/A
1948 N/A
Dr. David Coleman
Kenneth Preston
Dr. Franck
N/A
Robert Lomax
1947 N/A
Self - Presenter
N/A
Himself
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Directing

Writing

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Creator
1994 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2007 Creator
1989 Presenter
Year Role Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
2004 Theme Song Performance
2000 Theme Song Performance
Year Role Movie/Tv

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