William Shatner
Acting
🎂 1931-03-22
William Shatner, OC 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.
Cast credits(398)
Ozzie (voice)
2006
Mayor of New York (voice)
2022
Dodgeball Chancellor
2004
Stan Fields
2000
Cdr. Buck Murdock
1982
Admiral James T. Kirk
1979
Kazar (voice)
2006
Kirk
1986
Admiral James T. Kirk
1982
Harrison Byers
1961
Captain James T. Kirk
1989
Mayor Phlegmming (voice)
2001
Stan Fields
2005
Captain James T. Kirk
1991
Johnny Moon / Notah
1968
General Shanker (voice)
2013
Starkman
2002
Captain James T. Kirk
1994
Captain James Tiberius Kirk (archive footage)
1992
Mark Preston
1975
Admiral James T. Kirk
1984
Himself
2009
General Mortars
1993
James T. Kirk (archive footage)
2007
William J. Baxter
1974
Adam Harland (uncredited)
1994
William Shatner
2002
Harvey Dent / Two-Face (voice)
2017
Preacher
1964
The Overseer (voice)
2019
Kenneth Preston
1957
Self
2016
Adam Cramer
1962
Self
2015
Richard Chindler
2016
Jerry O'Connor
1980
Coachman Nick
2015
Dangerous Dan
2015
Paul Revere
1978
Hayes
2019
Self - Actor
2011
Actor
2015
Self
2001
Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen
1977
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1963
Self - Choir Member
1991
Core (voice)
2010
Alexi Karamazov
1958
Deaver G. Wallace
1973
Self
2017
Self
1985
Narrator
2011
Kenneth Roubidoux
2016
Lt. Col. Josef Gronke
1970
Victor Martin
2021
Self
2016
Self
2014
Tony Gold (voice)
2005
Himself
2011
Lord Oghma
2020
Self
2022
Gary Baylor
1982
Narrator
1995
Self
2002
Paul Kovalik
1973
Marc
1966
Self
1997
Dr. Curtis
1972
Self - Host
1991
Stuart Peters
1979
Dr. Jeff Benedict
1980
Self
2023
Self (archive footage)
2017
Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present
2003
Self
1982
2017
Peter Gifford
1961
Himself
2012
Self
2021
Sam
1973
Matt Stone
1974
Aidan Carvell
1998
George Stapleton
1972
Self
2006
Professor
2001
Prof. Stephen Turner
1976
Walter H. Bascom
1994
Narrator
1976
Himself
2001
Self
1975
Self
2021
Self
2024
John Sergeant
1973
Self
2003
Chris Jordan
1984
Phillogenus esk Piemondum (Phil) (voice)
2018
Bill
1998
Host
1976
Self
2016
Chuck Coburn
1988
James T. Kirk
1998
Self
2002
Sam Belden
1974
Chase Prescott
1996
Self
2009
Self
2002
Major Robert Carson
2001
Captain James T. Kirk (archive footage)
2011
Santa Claus (voice)
2008
Self
2004
Lucifer
2005
Alexander
1968
Col. Chipman
1970
Self (archive footage)
2003
Kirk
2024
Michael Gatewick
1996
Self
1988
Oscar "Oz" Diggs (voice)
2018
1986
Self - Roaster
2011
Self
2004
Narrator (voice)
1987
Curt Benell
1978
2022
Carl Tobias
1978
Self
1996
Self
1994
Himself
2013
Self
2010
1969
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
Self
2014
Himself
2009
John Adams
1970
Walter H. Bascom
1994
Self (archive footage)
1996
Himself
2012
Self
1994
John Gossner
2002
Walter H. Bascom
1994
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
2005
Self
2006
Self
2006
Chorus
1957
Jack Fredericks
1976
Self
1989
Self
2014
Earl
1993
Narrator
2006
Bodosh
1994
Self (archive footage)
1985
Steve Monroe
1976
Self
2001
Himself
2007
Self
2005
Self
2021
Host
1995
Himself
2001
Self
2013
Rawhide MacGregor
1985
Himself (voice only)
2016
Harvey Wilkes
2002
Self
2015
Sgt. T.J. Hooker
1986
2011
Warren Summerfield
1974
2004
Philo
1958
Self
1993
2004
Narrator
2016
1994
Narrator
2001
Himself
2021
Himself
1997
Narrator (Voice)
2000
2004
Himself
1980
Self
1975
Himself/Host
1994
Himself
2011
Narrator
2001
Narrator
2001
2011
Host
1986
Jerry Paul
1958
Narrator
Self
2005
Self
2015
Self
2019
Self
1962
Grand Pear (voice)
2010
Self
2014
2005
Self - Presenter
Self - Guest
2004
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1997
1988
Santa Claus (voice)
1992
Commander Berzerk (voice)
1992
Self
1948
Self - Guest
1993
Self
2015
James T. Kirk
1966
1993
William Shatner
1993
Denny Crane
1997
William Shatner (voice)
1999
Self
1961
William Shatner
2007
Ward Fowler
1971
Fielding Chase
1971
Sam Tolliver
1968
Sgt TJ Hooker
1982
Self
2001
2010
Josh Lang
1974
Big Giant Head
1996
Arthur Reynolds
1963
Sally
2010
Mark Twain
2008
Self
2005
Frank O'Hara
2006
1992
Self - Guest
2005
Self
2003
Dr. Toby Cunningham
1961
Dr. Carl Noyes
1961
Denny Crane
2004
Self
2003
Adam Langer
1967
William Shatner
1992
Peter
1968
Dr William Grant
1961
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Winner
1944
Self - Host
1944
Self - Host
1989
1974
Mark Ciprio
1974
Henry McLeod
2010
Norm Glinski
2016
2006
Bob Wilson
1959
Don Carter
1959
Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams
1973
Dr. David Coleman
1948
Dr. Franck
1948
Kenneth Preston
1948
Gil Thrasher
1960
Paul Graves
1960
Arthur Majors
1965
Self
2022
1960
Host
1963
Self
2000
Self
2012
Jim McCleery
1961
Charles Terranova
1961
Gil Rawson
1961
Cliff Sellers
1961
Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes
1961
1952
Palace Messenger
1952
1964
1972
Croatoan
2010
1947
Charles Best
1947
1973
Brett
1965
Gen. Jeff Barton
1963
Eric Tegman
1961
Self - Host
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Knight
2019
Knight (archive footage)
2019
Charles Underhill
1985
Larry Tavener
1963
Self
2003
Self
2003
Captain Kirk (archive footage)
2016
Self
1982
The President
2003
1963
Adam North
1974
Milos Tezlof
1993
1960
Ben Tate
1954
Self - Guest
1999
Himself
1990
Self - Host
2023
Tony Burrell
1963
Self
1953
William Shatner
2019
1972
Tom Ericson
1963
Capt. James T. Kirk (voice) (archive footage)
2018
Self - Host
2012
Jason of the Argonauts (voice)
1998
Paul DeVinger
1958
Dr. Edison Milford Goodson III
2010
1976
1948
Alexander the Great
1967
Self
2016
Eli
1957
1967
Bill Parkins
1967
Marty Jessup
1967
Self - Host
2019
Himself (narrator)
2015
Admiral Kornfeld
1997
1994
Barton Wallwork
2019
Carl Bremer
1959
Philo
1951
Roger Barmer
1958
Maung Tun
1958
2010
Luke Milford
1962
1977
Joseph Conrad
1966
Captain Harrison
1977
James T. Kirk (archive footage)
2012
Walter H. Bascom
1994
Jeff Cable
1975
David Marlowe
2017
Keldor (voice)
2024
Self - Host
2008
Host
1974
1954
Self
2022
Self
1997
James T. Kirk (voice)
1973
Jim Whitely
1955
John Crane
1955
Self
1982
Jim
2004
Self
2002
Self
2014
Self
2013
Poisoned Man
1982
Fred Bateman
1955
Col. Shane Yeager
2005
Self - Presenter
2023
David Koster
1965
1999
Narrator
Self - Host
2010
2002
Narrator (voice)
2007
1990
2006
Self
1996
2004
2008
2002
Mike Burnett
1960
Self - Presenter
2024
1966
Self
1996
1953
Ed Cassidy
1973
Buzz Howard
1974
Warren Wellman
2001
2010
Self
2024
Friedrich Bhaer
1978
Self
1983
2008
Capt. Brandywine Gage
1972
Dave Paulick
1971
Norman Kelly
2008
1974
Joe Flatt
1960
Self
2016
Horner
1964
Adrian Ferrier
1977
Self
1987
Himself
Captain James T. Kirk
1966
Self
1996
Self
1986
Walter H. Bascom
1994
2002
Captain James T. Kirk
1966
1976
Self (archive footage)
2023
Munro Maclean
1978
Narrator (voice)
2016
Narrator
1990
Himself
1998
Narrator (voice)
1959
1951
Narrator
1999
