
William Shatner
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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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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Ed Sullivan Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Columbo

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Twilight Zone

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Mannix

Gunsmoke

The Oscars

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Merv Griffin Show

Raw

The Practice

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Studio One

Golden Globe Awards

Psych

Haven

Ironside

The F.B.I.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Dream On

E! True Hollywood Story

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Climax!

Police Woman

Private Eyes

Police Story

Rookie Blue

The Big Bang Theory

The Fugitive

Hot in Cleveland

Mission: Impossible

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Rookies

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

The Defenders

Hell's Kitchen

My Life Is Murder

The Colbert Report

Kung Fu

Comedy Central Roasts

Hawaii Five-O

Outlaws

The Masked Singer

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Kraft Television Theatre

Petrocelli

CBS Playhouse

Route 66

Suspicion

3rd Rock from the Sun

The Shannara Chronicles

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Star Trek: Short Treks

The Larry Sanders Show

The Ray Bradbury Theater

The Virginian

seaQuest DSV

Perversions of Science

Lamp Unto My Feet

Futurama

Comic Book Men

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Oregon Trail

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Million Dollar Password

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Little Women

The Talk

The Real History of Science Fiction

Omnibus

The Dick Powell Show

Late Night with David Letterman

The Name of the Game

Amy Prentiss

Elvis

Miss USA

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

Boomerang

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

Airplane II: The Sequel

Vanished

Atomic Betty

Star Trek: Generations

Judgment at Nuremberg

Masters of the Universe: Revolution

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

Over the Hedge

Miss Congeniality

The Magician

The Wild

Thriller

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Reporter

Better Late Than Never

Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen

Prime Times

Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories

Fireheart

Batman vs. Two-Face

Dr. Kildare

The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.

Dead Man's Island

Star Trek

Boston Legal

Everest

Insight

Mars Rising

American Psycho II: All American Girl

Shadow Game

A Town Has Turned to Dust

Saturday Night Live

For the People

Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner

Star Trek: A Captain's Log

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Rescue 911

William Shatner: Captain's Log

The UnXplained

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek

765874: Unification

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

William Shatner's Star Trek Memories

T. J. Hooker

$#*! My Dad Says

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
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