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(401)
Ozzie (voice)
2006
Stan Fields
2000
Kazar (voice)
2006
Kirk
1986
Stan Fields
2005
Cdr. Buck Murdock
1982
Harrison Byers
1961
Admiral James T. Kirk
1979
General Mortars
1993
Captain James T. Kirk
1989
Captain James T. Kirk
1994
Starkman
2002
Captain James T. Kirk
1991
General Shanker (voice)
2013
Himself
2009
William Shatner
2002
Admiral James T. Kirk
1982
Self
2013
James T. Kirk (archive footage)
2007
Admiral James T. Kirk
1984
Sam
1973
Self
2009
Munro Maclean
1978
Preacher
1964
William J. Baxter
1974
Stuart Peters
1979
John Adams
1970
Michael Gatewick
1996
Self - Actor
2011
George Stapleton
1972
Chase Prescott
1996
Adam Cramer
1962
Self (archive footage)
1996
Gary Baylor
1982
Core (voice)
2010
Himself
1997
Alexi Karamazov
1958
Self - Choir Member
1991
Marc
1966
Self (archive footage)
1985
Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present
2003
Alexander
1968
Chris Jordan
1984
Himself
2011
Narrator
1995
Jerry Paul
1958
Dr. Jeff Benedict
1980
Prof. Stephen Turner
1976
Peter Gifford
1961
Col. Chipman
1970
Jerry O'Connor
1980
Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen
1977
Self - Host
1991
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
Paul Kovalik
1973
Self
1997
Mark Preston
1975
John Gossner
2002
John Sergeant
1973
Self (archive footage)
2017
Captain James T. Kirk (archive footage)
2011
Self
1975
Harvey Wilkes
2002
Warren Summerfield
1974
Lt. Col. Josef Gronke
1970
Himself
2012
Bill
1998
Host
1976
Self
2021
Himself
2001
Johnny Moon / Notah
1968
Santa Claus (voice)
2008
Major Robert Carson
2001
Himself
2009
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1963
Self
2002
Self
2024
Matt Stone
1974
Curt Benell
1978
Self
2021
2022
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
2005
Dr. Curtis
1972
Walter H. Bascom
1994
Walter H. Bascom
1994
Self
2014
Himself
1998
Self
2021
Self
2005
Walter H. Bascom
1994
Self (archive footage)
2023
Narrator
2006
Narrator (Voice)
2000
Self
1986
Self
2001
Narrator
2011
2002
Narrator
1999
Self
1994
Narrator
1976
Host
1986
Narrator
Ward Fowler
1971
Fielding Chase
1971
Self
1993
William Shatner
1993
Self
2003
William Shatner
2007
James T. Kirk
1966
Self
1962
Frank O'Hara
2006
William Shatner (voice)
1999
Self
2019
Self - Host
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Mark Twain
2008
2005
Sam Tolliver
1968
Self
1961
Self
2015
Denny Crane
1997
Tony Burrell
1963
Grand Pear (voice)
2010
Ben Tate
1954
Luke Milford
1962
1967
Bill Parkins
1967
Marty Jessup
1967
Denny Crane
2004
Self
2005
Adam Langer
1967
Big Giant Head
1996
Self
2014
Joseph Conrad
1966
Self - Host
1990
Bob Wilson
1959
Don Carter
1959
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Host
1944
Brett
1965
Self
2005
Dr. David Coleman
1948
Kenneth Preston
1948
Dr. Franck
1948
Roger Barmer
1958
Maung Tun
1958
Self
2000
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1997
1960
Sgt TJ Hooker
1982
1963
Arthur Majors
1965
Sally
2010
Self - Presenter
Josh Lang
1974
Fred Bateman
1955
Dr. Toby Cunningham
1961
Dr. Carl Noyes
1961
1974
Mark Ciprio
1974
Croatoan
2010
1952
Palace Messenger
1952
Arthur Reynolds
1963
Self
2003
1992
Jason of the Argonauts (voice)
1998
Peter
1968
Norm Glinski
2016
Himself
1990
Self
1988
Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams
1973
1994
Paul DeVinger
1958
Gen. Jeff Barton
1963
Henry McLeod
2010
Self - Guest
2004
Milos Tezlof
1993
Self
2003
1972
Knight
2019
Knight (archive footage)
2019
Carl Bremer
1959
Gil Thrasher
1960
Paul Graves
1960
Self - Guest
1993
Self
1948
Jim McCleery
1961
Charles Terranova
1961
Cliff Sellers
1961
Gil Rawson
1961
Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes
1961
Self - Guest
2005
Self
2022
Self
1953
Adam North
1974
Jim Whitely
1955
John Crane
1955
Self
1982
2004
Barton Wallwork
2019
William Shatner
1992
Dodgeball Chancellor
2004
Charles Underhill
1985
Self - Host
2019
Eric Tegman
1961
1973
Captain Kirk (archive footage)
2016
Captain Harrison
1977
Santa Claus (voice)
1992
Commander Berzerk (voice)
1992
Eli
1957
Self
2001
Michael Donfield
1964
Larry Tavener
1963
Self
1982
Self - Guest
1999
Host
1963
Self - Host
2012
Poisoned Man
1982
1990
1947
Charles Best
1947
2010
Ed Cassidy
1973
James T. Kirk (voice)
1973
Self
2012
1976
1960
Keldor (voice)
2024
Capt. James T. Kirk (voice) (archive footage)
2018
2006
Self
2003
Self
2015
Admiral Kornfeld
1997
Mayor Phlegmming (voice)
2001
The President
2003
Captain James Tiberius Kirk (archive footage)
1992
Tom Ericson
1963
1972
Self
2024
1966
Self
1996
Jeff Cable
1975
Aidan Carvell
1998
Self
2014
Mayor of New York (voice)
2022
Jim
2004
2010
Victor Martin
2021
Dr William Grant
1961
Self
2015
1977
Dr. Edison Milford Goodson III
2010
Actor
2015
2010
Earl
1993
Self
2013
1999
William Shatner
2019
Dangerous Dan
2015
Self - Host
2008
Mike Burnett
1960
Self - Host
1989
Walter H. Bascom
1994
Warren Wellman
2001
Self
1982
Self
2003
Self
1988
Buzz Howard
1974
Philo
1951
The Overseer (voice)
2019
Self
2017
Oscar "Oz" Diggs (voice)
2018
Harvey Dent / Two-Face (voice)
2017
Hayes
2019
Adam Harland (uncredited)
1994
Peter Hoyt
1969
Carl Tobias
1978
Self
Himself
2021
Self
2022
Self
2002
Self
2016
Self
2006
Self
2006
Philo
1958
Kenneth Roubidoux
2016
Self
2022
Himself
2007
Dave Paulick
1971
Self
1986
Self
1993
Bodosh
1994
Paul Revere
1978
Captain James T. Kirk
1966
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self
2014
Friedrich Bhaer
1978
Self
1987
Self - Host
2023
Self
2004
Self
2006
Self - Roaster
2011
James T. Kirk
1998
Host
1974
Deaver G. Wallace
1973
Self
2004
Self
2010
Self
1997
Richard Chindler
2016
Narrator
David Marlowe
2017
2008
Lord Oghma
2020
David Koster
1965
Self
1985
Coachman Nick
2015
Self
2016
1954
1948
Kenneth Preston
1957
1974
Narrator (voice)
2007
Self - Presenter
2023
Self
2016
Col. Shane Yeager
2005
Self
1975
Self
2001
Sam Belden
1974
1953
2004
Norman Kelly
2008
Lucifer
2005
Self
1996
Adrian Ferrier
1977
Phillogenus esk Piemondum (Phil) (voice)
2018
Chorus
1957
Self
1996
2017
Chuck Coburn
1988
Self
1989
Tony Gold (voice)
2005
Himself
1980
Self
1996
Joe Flatt
1960
2004
Himself
Kirk
2024
Self
2016
Himself/Host
1994
Self - Presenter
2024
Himself (narrator)
2015
Rawhide MacGregor
1985
Himself
2012
1976
Capt. Brandywine Gage
1972
Host
1995
Walter H. Bascom
1994
Horner
1964
Self
2015
Self - Host
2010
Self
1983
Alexander the Great
1967
Steve Monroe
1976
Self
2023
Self
2002
Sgt. T.J. Hooker
1986
Professor
2001
Self
2002
2002
Self
2016
2002
2008
Himself (voice only)
2016
Narrator (voice)
1987
Self
1994
Self
2014
2006
The Barker
1979
Narrator (voice)
2016
Jack Fredericks
1976
Himself
2011
Narrator
2016
Narrator
1990
Wild Bill
2003
Narrator (voice)
1959
Narrator
2001
Himself
2013
Narrator
2001
2004
Narrator
2013
Narrator
2001
1994
Himself
2001
2011
1951
2011
