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William Shatner. Actor: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. William Shatner has notched up an impressive 70-plus years in front of the camera, displaying heady comedic talent and being instantly recognizable to several generations of cult television fans as the square-jawed Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise. Shatner was born in Côte Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec ...
- Actor, Producer, Writer
- March 22, 1931
- Who Is William Shatner?
- Early Life
- Early Stage and screen Roles
- 'Star Trek' Series and Films
- 'T.J. hooker'
- 'The Practice,' 'Boston Legal'
- 'Shatner's Raw Nerve,' 'Weird Or What?'
- '$#*! My Dad Says,' 'Better Late Than Never'
- 'The Unxplained' on History
- Books
Actor, director, author, singer William Shatner is best known for his roles on Boston Legal and Star Trek.
Born on March 22, 1931, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Shatner started his career as a child performer in radio programs for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. As a student at McGill University, he continued to pursue acting. Shatner spent his summers performing with the Royal Mount Theater Company. He graduated from the university in 1952 and jo...
In 1956, Shatner made his Broadway debut in Tamburlaine the Great, which was directed by Guthrie. He also found work in the emerging medium of television, appearing on such shows as the Goodyear Television Playhouse, Studio One, and Playhouse 90. Playing one of the title characters, Shatner made his film debut in 1958's The Brothers Karamazov with ...
The following year, Shatner took on the role that made him famous around the world. As Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek, he commanded the U.S.S. Enterprise, a starship traveling through space in the twenty-third century. Kirk encountered all sorts of unusual aliens and challenging situations during his journeys. Accompanying him on these adventur...
In 1982, Shatner took on a new leading television role in T. J. Hooker, as a veteran police officer who returns to a street beat. The supporting cast included Heather Locklear and Adrian Zmed as younger officers who work with and look up to Shatner's character. Unlike the original Star Trek series, T. J. Hookerwas immediately popular with televisio...
On the big screen, Shatner appeared as a beauty pageant host in Miss Congeniality (2000) and its sequel Miss Congeniality 2 (2005), with Sandra Bullock. In 2003, he made a guest appearance as a talented, but eccentric lawyer on The Practice. His turn as Denny Crane brought him his first Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 20...
In 2008, Shatner began work on Shatner's Raw Nerve, a celebrity interview program on the Biography Channel. He then worked on another Biography Channel project entitled Aftermath with William Shatner, which focused on the stories of ordinary citizens who became overnight celebrities, and also hosted the supernatural-themed Weird or What?
In 2010, Shatner returned to sitcom TV in the short-lived $#*! My Dad Says, based on a Twitter feed of the same name. He began hosting the U.S. version of the stop-motion series Clangers in 2015, and enjoyed some success with the reality-travel series Better Late Than Never the following year, alongside Henry Winkler, George Foreman and Terry Brads...
Shatner is the host and executive producer of the HISTORY nonfiction series The UnXplained, which premiered on July 19, 2019, at 10 pm ET/PT. The series tackles subjects that have mystified mankind for centuries, from mysterious structures and cursed ancient cities to extraterrestrial sightings and bizarre rituals. “It’s an intriguing show that wil...
Shatner has experienced great success as an author. During the writers' strike of 1987, he transformed a screenplay idea into a novel. The result was TekWar(1989), a work of science fiction featuring a middle-aged private detective working in the twenty-second century. More Tek titles followed and were later adapted for television. Additionally, Sh...
6 days ago · William Shatner (born March 22, 1931, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Canadian actor whose prolific output and self-deprecating sense of humour secured him a place in the North American pop culture pantheon. He was best known for playing Capt. James T. Kirk in the science fiction television series Star Trek (1966–69) and in several Star Trek films.
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Feb 14, 2024 · Captain James T Kirk. Picture: Getty. William Shatner is 92 years old as of 2024, and he was born on March 22, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His parents were Joseph Shatner and Ann Garmaise. His father was a clothing manufacturer and his mother was a homemaker. He had two sisters, Joy (who died in 2023) and Farla.
Mar 12, 2024 · William Shatner, center, with Audrey Powers, left, and Chris Boshuizen, when the actor took a space flight on a Blue Origin rocket in 2021. “I think that’s probably my best characteristic.
- Robert Lloyd
- Television Critic
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Mar 18, 2024 · Shatner, who will turn 93 the day after the movie is released, is motivated by the desire to leave behind a legacy for his family before he's unable to do so.
May 20, 2021 · Shatner with Heather Locklear and the cast of cop drama TJ Hooker, 1983. Photograph: Bob D’Amico/Walt Disney Television/Getty. There is a website dedicated to Shatner’s toupee, but his ...
