Leonard Nimoy
Acting
🎂 1931-03-26
Leonard Simon Nimoy was an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. Nimoy's most famous role is that of Spock in the original Star Trek series 1966–1969, multiple films, television and video game sequels. Nimoy began his career in his early twenties, teaching acting classes in Hollywood and making minor film and television appearances through the 1950s, as well as playing the title role in Kid Monk Baroni. In 1953, he served in the United States Army. In 1965, he made his first appearance in the rejected Star Trek pilot, "The Cage", and would go on to play the character of Mr. Spock until 1969, followed by seven further films and a number of guest slots in various sequels. His character of Spock generated a significant cultural impact and three Emmy Award nominations; TV Guide named Spock one of the 50 greatest TV characters. Nimoy also had a recurring role in Mission: Impossible and a narrating role in Civilization IV, as well as several well-received stage appearances. Nimoy's fame as Spock is such that both his autobiographies, I Am Not Spock (1977) and I Am Spock (1995) detail his existence as being shared between the character and himself. Nimoy was born to Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Iziaslav, Ukraine. His father, Max Nimoy, owned a barbershop in the Mattapan section of the city. His mother, Dora Nimoy (née Spinner), was a homemaker. Nimoy began acting at the age of eight in children's and neighborhood theater. His parents wanted him to attend college and pursue a stable career, or even learn to play the accordion—which, his father advised, Nimoy could always make a living with—but his grandfather encouraged him to become an actor. His first major role was at 17, as Ralphie in an amateur production of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing!. Nimoy took Drama classes at Boston College in 1953 but failed to complete his studies, and in the 1970s studied photography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has an MA in Education and an honorary doctorate from Antioch University in Ohio. Nimoy served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army from 1953 through 1955, alongside fellow actor Ken Berry and architect Frank Gehry.
Cast credits(214)
Leonard Nimoy (voice)
1989
Self
1996
Barry Mayfield
1971
Pete Chennery
1957
Mr. Spock (voice)
2007
Freddy
1959
Spock
1966
Spock
1987
Leonard Nimoy's Head (Voice)
1999
Dr. William Bell
2008
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Spock (archive footage)
2017
1951
Bernabe Zamora
1957
Self
1982
Self
1961
Wismer
1962
Benjamin Frome
1962
Keith Bentley
1962
Paris
1966
Hansen
1959
Self - Presenter
1944
Anko
1959
Oontah
1964
1965
Lt. Paul McGuire
1982
Grice
1955
Arnie
1955
Holt
1955
John Walking Fox
1955
Harry
1961
Thurman Cutler
1995
Neumann
1962
Pvt. Baum
1962
Professor Emmett Fowler
1998
Henry Auden
1970
1955
Leonard Nimoy
1994
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
1958
Lawrence Brody
1963
Cowell
1963
Ambassador Spock
2009
Self
1968
Self
2009
Jim Colburn
1959
Konig
1963
Judson Ellis
1963
Spock (archive footage)
2016
Ambassador Spock
2013
1955
The Evil Moroccan Magician
1982
1957
King Kashekim Nedakh (voice)
2001
Spock (voice)
2021
1959
1960
Deputy Sheriff Johnny Swift
1960
Spock (archive footage)
1992
Vladeck
1964
Spock (voice)
1973
1961
Spock
1986
Self (archive footage)
2021
Winnoa
1956
Mr. Spock
1979
1960
Ralph Tomek
1961
The Zarn (voice)
2009
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (voice)
1994
Dr. David Kibner
1978
Self
2003
Sentinel Prime (voice)
2011
Insp. Joe Shatley
1962
Captain Spock
1989
1956
Cadet Tom Kennedy
1956
Galvatron (voice)
1986
Narrator
2000
Self
1996
Achmet
1982
Army Sergeant
1954
Captain Spock
1991
Self - Singer
1964
Captain Spock
1982
Gregg Sanders
1963
Self
1977
Burr Jones
1964
Sekhuru (voice)
2012
Captain Spock / Elevator Voice
1984
Samuel
1997
Self
1977
Self
2009
Spock (archive footage)
2007
Self - Host
1991
Self
2002
Self
1988
Spock
1965
Self
1982
Frank James
1995
Self
2005
Dr. Richard Connought
1980
Self
2008
Self
1976
Self - Host
2007
Mustapha Mond
1998
Self
2006
Mr. Spock
1966
Self
2005
Miller
1971
Self
2016
Mitch
1973
1994
Narrator
1994
Paul 'Monk' Baroni
1952
1957
Self (archive footage)
2025
Host
1991
General Konrad (voice)
1998
Mick
1974
1977
Narrator
1977
Self
2006
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self
1996
Self
1969
Self (archive footage)
1985
Narab
1952
Comdr. Phil Kettenring
1971
Self (archive voice)
2023
Self
2002
Young Baseball Player (uncredited)
1951
Akron/ Baraba/ King Chandra
2000
Narrator (voice)
1994
1975
Self
2012
Self
1975
Mr. Moundshroud (voice)
1993
Self - Narrator (voice)
1997
Self
1968
Self
1996
Football Player (uncredited)
1952
1956
Self
1975
Himself
2008
Count Mippipopolous
1984
Self
1967
Self
1997
Tom Kovack
1973
Narrator
1999
(archive footage)
2016
Morris Meyerson
1982
Levi Eshkol (voice)
2013
Spock (archive footage)
2011
Jules LaFranc
1966
Narab
1958
Spence Atherton
1967
Himself
1994
Mel Mermelstein
1991
Rashi (voice)
1999
Self
2002
2004
1958
Sherlock Holmes
Self
1995
Professor Cole
1958
Samuel
1997
Host
1998
narrator
1992
The Evil Moroccan Magician
1986
Self
1995
Samuel
1997
Theo van Gogh
1981
Himself
2001
Paris
1970
1963
Spock (Archival Footage & Face)
2022
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2024
Paris
1969
Self
2009
Morris Meyerson
1982
Narrator
2009
Self
2014
Self
1994
Angus McArdle
1998
Roger
1963
Chief
1951
Chief Black Hawk
1953
Narrator
1998
Self
2009
Rambam (voice)
2005
Self
1986
Greek Nobleman
1984
Host
1983
Self
2014
Sigmund Freud (voice)
2021
Self - Interviewee
2013
Self
2006
Narrator
1985
2004
Self - Host / Narrator
1999
Host
1994
Narrator
Narrator (voice)
1996
2004
Self
2018
Narrator
1996
Narrator (voice)
1995
Narrator (voice)
1997
Narrator
1994
Self
Narrator
2000
2011
