William Shatner Canadian Actor Born in 1931

William Shatner, born 22 March 1931 in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, is a Canadian actor. He is known for Star Trek: The Original Series (1966) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).

Early life

William Shatner was educated at Desautels Faculty of Management, finishing in 1952; Camp Massad; and McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management.

Career

The earliest credit on record for William Shatner is The Brothers Karamazov (1958), as Alyosha Karamazov. During the 1960s, he worked on Judgment at Nuremberg (1961, as Captain Harrison Byers, Harrison Byers) and The Longest Day (1962). Work from the 1970s includes The Devil's Rain (1975) and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979, as James T. Kirk). Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982, as James T. Kirk) and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984, as James T. Kirk) are among his 1980s credits. In the 1990s, he appeared in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and Star Trek Generations (1994, as James T. Kirk).

His filmography here covers 70 films and 12 TV series from 1958 to 2024. Science fiction is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (9), followed by action (8) and adventure (8). The most recent title listed is 765874 - Unification (2024). Of his four titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Miss Congeniality (2000) has the highest, at $213 million. His off-screen credits include director on 6 titles, including Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, and writer on 4 titles, including The Captains.

George Takei appears in seven of his listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Leonard Nimoy (seven titles) and Sandra Bullock (two titles). Leonard Nimoy directed two of his titles on record. Nicholas Meyer is credited as director on two of them.

He also has 8 albums on record, including Ponder the Mystery (2013). Notable work listed for him includes The Practice, T. J. Hooker and Star Trek series.

Recognition

In 2004, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for Boston Legal. He has also won two Primetime Emmy Awards (2004 and 2005) and an award at the 56th Primetime Emmy Awards. Awards come to 19 wins and 3 nominations in total.

Personal life

Former marriages on record are to Gloria Rand (1956 to 1969), Marcy Lafferty (1973 to 1996), Nerine Kidd (1997 to 1999, widowed) and Elizabeth Martin (2001 to 2020). He is the father of Melanie Shatner, and has 3 children in total.