William Shatner

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

369

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-03-22 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

William Shatner

Biography

William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, musician, singer, author, film director, spokesman and comedian. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James Tiberius Kirk, commander of the Federation starship USS Enterprise, in the science fiction television series Star Trek, from 1966 to 1969; Star Trek: The Animated Series from 1973 to 1974, and in seven of the subsequent Star Trek feature films from 1979 to 1994. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of Star Trek, and has co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe. He has also authored a series of science fiction novels called TekWar that were adapted for television.

Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker from 1982 to 1986. Afterwards, he hosted the reality-based television series Rescue 911 from 1989 to 1996, which won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Dramatic Series. He has since worked as a musician, author, director and celebrity pitchman. From 2004 to 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane in the television dramas The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal, for which he won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

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Acting

The Atomic Bomb Collection as Narrator
Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Presenter
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The Rose Parade: A Pageant for the Ages as Self
Remembering 'The Intruder' as Himself
2024
You Can Call Me Bill as Self
2024
Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Keldor (voice)
2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
2023
The UnXplained Special Presentation as Self - Presenter
2023
Full Moon's Roadshow Revisited as Self (archive footage)
2023
Stars on Mars as Self - Host
2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
2022
A Tear in the Sky
2022
Piers Morgan Uncensored as Self
2022
Fireheart as Mayor of New York (voice)
2021
2021 and Done with Snoop Dogg & Kevin Hart as Self
2021
Shatner in Space as Self
2021
Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek as Self
2021
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020 as Himself
2021
Senior Moment as Victor Martin
2020
Creators: The Past as Lord Oghma
2019
To Your Last Death as The Overseer (voice)
2019
WWE Backstage as William Shatner
2019
Devil's Revenge as Hayes
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019
The UnXplained as Self - Host
2019
My Life Is Murder as Barton Wallwork
2019
The Masked Singer as Knight
2019
The Masked Singer as Knight (archive footage)
2018
Star Trek: Short Treks as Capt. James T. Kirk (voice) (archive footage)
2018
The Steam Engines of Oz as Oscar "Oz" Diggs (voice)
2018
Aliens Ate My Homework as Phillogenus esk Piemondum (Phil) (voice)
2017
The Indian Detective as David Marlowe
2017
Batman vs. Two-Face as Harvey Dent / Two-Face (voice)
2017
Not a War Story
2017
The Truth Is in the Stars as Self
2017
Heroes Manufactured as Self (archive footage)
2016
Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed as Himself
2016
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault as Self
2016
For the Love of Spock as Himself
2016
Better Late Than Never as Self
2016
When Elephants Were Young as Narrator
2016
Range 15 as Richard Chindler
2016
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People as Self
2016
Private Eyes as Norm Glinski
2016
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé as Himself (voice only)
2016
A Sunday Horse as Kenneth Roubidoux
2016
The Colorful Montreal Expos as Narrator (voice)
2016
The Shannara Chronicles as Captain Kirk (archive footage)
2015
Just in Time for Christmas as Coachman Nick
2015
Baby, Baby, Baby as Actor
2015
WWE Breaking Ground as Himself (narrator)
2015
Being Canadian as Self
2015
A Christmas Horror Story as Dangerous Dan
2015
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self
2015
Tom Felton Meets the Superfans as Self
2014
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con as Self
2014
Chaos on the Bridge as Self
2014
To Be Takei as Self
2014
The Real History of Science Fiction as Self
2013
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale as Self
2013
Escape from Planet Earth as General Shanker (voice)
2013
Still Kicking as Himself
2012
Gotham Comedy Live as Self - Host
2012
Horrorween as Himself
2012
Get a Life! as Himself
2012
Comic Book Men as Self
2011
Corman's World as Self - Actor
2011
Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen as Himself - Roaster
2011
William Shatner Sings O Canada as Himself
2011
The Captains as Himself
2011
The Space Shuttle as Narrator
2011
Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner
2011
Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored as Himself
2010
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
The Talk
2010
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic as Grand Pear (voice)
2010
$#*! My Dad Says as Dr. Edison Milford Goodson III
2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Core (voice)
2010
Haven as Croatoan
2010
Hot in Cleveland as Sally
2010
William Shatner's Weird or What?
2010
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man as Self
2009
William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet as Himself
2009
Star Trek: The Captains' Summit as Self
2009
Fanboys as Himself
2008
Gotta Catch Santa Claus as Santa Claus (voice)
2008
Shatner's Raw Nerve as Self - Host
2008
Everest as Norman Kelly
2008
Million Dollar Password
2008
Murdoch Mysteries as Mark Twain
2008
Extraordinary Animals
2007
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary as Himself
2007
Everest as Norman Kelly
2007
Mars Rising as Narrator (voice)
2007
The Big Bang Theory as William Shatner
2007
The Pixar Story as James T. Kirk (archive footage)
2006
Show Me the Money
2006
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner as Self
2006
Psych as Frank O'Hara
2006
Over the Hedge as Ozzie (voice)
2006
The Wild as Kazar (voice)
2006
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
Stalking Santa as Narrator
2006
William Shatner in Concert as Self
2006
40 Years of Star Trek as Self
2005
Last Laugh '05 as Lucifer
2005
Merry F#%$in' Christmas as Self
2005
How William Shatner Changed The World as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
2005
The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
2005
The Colbert Report
2005
Hell's Kitchen as Self
2005
Invasion Iowa as Col. Shane Yeager
2005
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous as Stan Fields
2005
Lil' Pimp as Tony Gold (voice)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004
Last Laugh '04 as Self
2004
Boston Legal as Denny Crane
2004
Atomic Betty as Jim
2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Dodgeball Chancellor
2004
Best Week Ever
2004
Sci-Fi Visionaries
2004
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
2004
Birth of a Timeless Legacy
2003
A Carol Christmas as Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present
2003
Christmas in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003
Chilly Beach as The President
2003
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
World Poker Tour
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002
Spplat Attack
2002
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages as Self
2002
Groom Lake as John Gossner
2002
One-Hit Wonders
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2002
American Psycho II: All American Girl as Robert Starkman
2002
After They Were Famous as Self
2002
Showtime as William Shatner
2002
Cosmic Odyssey
2002
Shoot or Be Shot! as Harvey Wilkes
2002
Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues as Self
2001
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime as Himself
2001
Festival in Cannes as Self
2001
Gahan Wilson's The Kid as Professor
2001
Whale Shark Hunters of the Philippines as Self
2001
Bob Patterson as Warren Wellman
2001
Good Day Live as Self
2001
Osmosis Jones as Mayor Phlegmming (voice)
2001
Falcon Down as Major Robert Carson
2001
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3 as Narrator
2001
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 2 as Narrator
2001
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 1 as Narrator
2000
Miss Congeniality as Stan Fields
2000
Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero as Narrator (Voice)
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
1999
Futurama as William Shatner (voice)
1999
A Twist in the Tale
1999
Nukes in Space as Narrator
1998
Land of the Free as Aidan Carvell
1998
Hollywood Ghost Stories as Himself
1998
Hercules as Jason of the Argonauts (voice)
1998
Free Enterprise as Bill
1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as James T. Kirk
1997
Trekkies as Self
1997
Jefftowne as Himself
1997
The View as Self
1997
The View as Self - Guest
1997
Space Cadets as Self
1997
Perversions of Science as Admiral Kornfeld
1997
The Practice as Denny Crane
1996
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond as Self
1996
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. as Michael Gatewick
1996
Star Trek Story as Self (archive footage)
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Muppets Tonight as Himself
1996
Dead Man's Island as Chase Prescott
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun as Big Giant Head
1995
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie as Narrator
1995
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories as Host
1994
TekWar as Walter H. Bascom
1994
Janek: The Silent Betrayal as Bodosh
1994
Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown
1994
Star Trek: A Captain's Log as Himself/Host
1994
William Shatner: Captain's Log
1994
Star Trek: Generations as Captain James T. Kirk
1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Adam Harland (uncredited)
1994
TekWar: TekJustice as Walter H. Bascom
1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
TekWar: TekLab as Walter H. Bascom
1994
TekWar: TekLords as Walter H. Bascom
1994
TekWar as Walter H. Bascom
1994
UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King as Self
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993
seaQuest DSV as Milos Tezlof
1993
Family of Strangers as Earl
1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 as General Mortars
1993
WWE Raw
1993
WWE Raw as William Shatner
1993
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations as Self
1992
Eek! The Cat as Santa Claus (voice)
1992
Eek! The Cat as Commander Berzerk (voice)
1992
The Larry Sanders Show as William Shatner
1992
Boomerang as Captain James Tiberius Kirk (archive footage)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Captain James T. Kirk
1991
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special as Self - Host
1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Himself
1990
Dream On
1990
Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
1990
Amazon: Land of the Flooded Forest as Narrator
1989
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier as Captain James T. Kirk
1989
Rescue 911 as Host
1989
Hollywood on Horses as Self
1988
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Broken Angel as Chuck Coburn
1987
Seasons as Narrator (voice)
1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as Admiral James T. Kirk
1986
William Shatner's Mysteries of the Way We Feel as Host
1986
Super Duper Bloopers as Himself
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater as Charles Underhill
1985
Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1985
The Canadian Conspiracy
1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
1984
Secrets of a Married Man as Chris Jordan
1984
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as Admiral James T. Kirk
1983
Prime Times as Self
1982
Airplane II: The Sequel as Cdr. Buck Murdock
1982
Madame's Place as Self
1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as Admiral James T. Kirk
1982
Visiting Hours as Gary Baylor
1982
T. J. Hooker as Sgt TJ Hooker
1982
Night of 100 Stars as Self
1982
Police Squad! as Poisoned Man
1982
Late Night with David Letterman as Self
1980
The Babysitter as Dr. Jeff Benedict
1980
The Kidnapping of the President as Jerry O'Connor
1980
Hypnosis and Beyond as Himself
1979
Star Trek: The Motion Picture as Admiral James T. Kirk
1979
Disaster on the Coastliner as Stuart Peters
1978
The Crash of Flight 401 as Carl Tobias
1978
Little Women as Friedrich Bhaer
1978
Land of No Return as Curt Benell
1978
The Bastard as Paul Revere
1978
The Third Walker as Munro Maclean
1977
The Oregon Trail
1977
Kingdom of the Spiders as Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen
1976
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
A Whale of a Tale as Jack Fredericks
1976
The Tenth Level as Prof. Stephen Turner
1976
Perilous Voyage as Steve Monroe
1976
Mysteries of the Gods as Host
1976
Universe as Narrator
1976
Microworld
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Barbary Coast as Jeff Cable
1975
The Devil's Rain as Mark Preston
1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
1974
Amy Prentiss
1974
Impulse as Matt Stone
1974
Big Bad Mama as William J. Baxter
1974
Police Woman
1974
Police Woman as Mark Ciprio
1974
Kodiak as Buzz Howard
1974
Petrocelli
1974
Amy Prentiss as Bill Parkins
1974
Pray for the Wildcats as Warren Summerfield
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man as Josh Lang
1974
Flick Flack as Host
1974
Indict and Convict as Sam Belden
1973
Pioneer Woman as John Sergeant
1973
The Magician as Ed Cassidy
1973
Star Trek as James T. Kirk (voice)
1973
Police Story
1973
The Horror at 37,000 Feet as Paul Kovalik
1973
Barnaby Jones as Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams
1973
Go Ask Alice as Sam
1973
Incident on a Dark Street as Deaver G. Wallace
1972
Kung Fu
1972
The Rookies
1972
The Hound of the Baskervilles as George Stapleton
1972
The People as Dr. Curtis
1972
The Sixth Sense
1971
Columbo as Ward Fowler
1971
Columbo as Fielding Chase
1971
Vanished as Dave Paulick
1970
The Andersonville Trial as Col. Chipman
1970
Sole Survivor as Lt. Col. Josef Gronke
1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land as John Adams
1969
Shadow Game
1968
Hawaii Five-O as Sam Tolliver
1968
The Name of the Game as Peter
1968
White Comanche as Johnny Moon / Notah
1968
Alexander The Great as Alexander
1967
Mannix
1967
Off to See the Wizard as Alexander the Great
1967
Ironside
1967
Ironside as Bill Parkins
1967
Ironside as Marty Jessup
1966
CBS Playhouse
1966
Incubus as Marc
1966
Mission: Impossible
1966
Star Trek as James T. Kirk
1965
The F.B.I. as Arthur Majors
1965
The Big Valley as Brett
1965
For the People as David Koster
1964
The Outrage as Preacher
1964
Reporter as Horner
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Burke's Law as Arthur Reynolds
1963
Channing as Tom Ericson
1963
The Fugitive as Tony Burrell
1963
The Outer Limits as Gen. Jeff Barton
1963
Arrest and Trial as Larry Tavener
1963
Miss USA as Host
1963
Operation Bikini as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962
The Virginian as Luke Milford
1962
The Intruder as Adam Cramer
1961
Judgment at Nuremberg as Harrison Byers
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961
The Explosive Generation as Peter Gifford
1961
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Toby Cunningham
1961
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Carl Noyes
1961
The Dick Powell Show as Eric Tegman
1961
The Defenders as Jim McCleery
1961
The Defenders as Charles Terranova
1961
The Defenders as Cliff Sellers
1961
The Defenders as Gil Rawson
1961
The Defenders as Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes
1960
Route 66
1960
Insight as Mike Burnett
1960
Outlaws
1960
Thriller as Gil Thrasher
1960
Thriller as Paul Graves
1960
Police Surgeon as Joe Flatt
1959
The Twilight Zone as Bob Wilson
1959
City Out of Time as Narrator
1959
One Step Beyond as Carl Bremer
1958
The Christmas Tree as Philo
1958
77 Sunset Strip as Paul DeVinger
1958
Naked City as Roger Barmer
1958
Naked City as Maung Tun
1958
A Town Has Turned to Dust as Jerry Paul
1958
The Brothers Karamazov as Alexi Karamazov
1957
Suspicion as Eli
1957
The Defender (Studio One) as Kenneth Preston
1957
Oedipus Rex as Chorus
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Jim Whitely
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as John Crane
1955
Gunsmoke as Fred Bateman
1954
Climax! as Ben Tate
1953
The Oscars as James T. Kirk
1953
Space Command
1952
Omnibus
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Philo
1951
The Butler's Night Off
1948
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
Studio One as Dr. David Coleman
1948
Studio One as Kenneth Preston
1948
Studio One as Dr. Franck
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Robert Lomax
1947
Kraft Television Theatre

Creator

1994
TekWar as Creator

Crew

2007
Fire Serpent as Creator
1989
Rescue 911 as Presenter

Directing

2014
Chaos on the Bridge as Director
2013
Still Kicking as Director
2012
Get a Life! as Director
2011
The Captains as Director
2002
Groom Lake as Director
1997
Perversions of Science as Director
1994
TekWar as Director
1994
TekWar as Director
1989
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier as Director
1982
T. J. Hooker as Director

Production

2024
You Can Call Me Bill as Executive Producer
2023
The UnXplained Special Presentation as Executive Producer
2019
The UnXplained as Executive Producer
2017
God Woke as Executive Producer
2012
Get a Life! as Executive Producer
2010
Aftermath with William Shatner as Producer
2010
William Shatner's Weird or What? as Producer
2007
Fire Serpent as Executive Producer
2002
Groom Lake as Producer
1994
TekWar as Producer

Sound

2004
Squidbillies as Theme Song Performance
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins as Theme Song Performance

Writing

2011
The Captains as Writer
2002
Groom Lake as Writer
1994
TekWar: TekJustice as Characters
1994
TekWar: TekLords as Novel
1994
TekWar as Novel
1989
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier as Story
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