William Shatner
Known for Acting · 391 credits
- Born
- 1931-03-22 (age 95)
- Place of birth
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Also known as
- ویلیام شاتنر
Biography
William Shatner, OC (born March 22, 1931) 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.
Known For
TV Shows (180)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Narrator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Raw
1993
as Self / William Shatner
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Star Trek
1966
as James T. Kirk
Columbo
1971
as Ward Fowler / Fielding Chase
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self - Guest
Psych
2006
as Frank O'Hara
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Boston Legal
2004
as Denny Crane
The View
1997
as Self / Self - Guest
The Fugitive
1963
as Tony Burrell
Futurama
1999
as William Shatner (voice)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Captain James T. Kirk
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as William Shatner
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Self - Host
Mannix
1967
as Adam Langer
Ironside
1967
as Bill Parkins / Marty Jessup
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self - Guest
The Practice
1997
as Denny Crane
Murdoch Mysteries
2008
as Mark Twain
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Sam Tolliver
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
2010
as Grand Pear (voice)
Climax!
1954
as Ben Tate
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Hell's Kitchen
2005
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest / Self - Musical Guest
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Joseph Conrad / Thomas 'Tommy' Kroll
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Bob Wilson / Don Carter
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Host
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Virginian
1962
as Luke Milford
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Sally
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
as Big Giant Head
T. J. Hooker
1982
as Sgt TJ Hooker
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Toby Cunningham / Dr. Carl Noyes
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Josh Lang
Naked City
1958
as Roger Barmer / Maung Tun
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Studio One
1948
as Dr. David Coleman / Dr. Franck / Kenneth Preston
The F.B.I.
1965
as Arthur Majors
Haven
2010
as Croatoan
The Masked Singer
2019
as Knight / Knight (archive footage)
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
Police Woman
1974
as Mark Ciprio
The Big Valley
1965
as Brett
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Milos Tezlof
Private Eyes
2016
as Norm Glinski
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams
Hercules
1998
as Jason of the Argonauts (voice)
Rookie Blue
2010
as Henry McLeod
Movies (211)
Over the Hedge
2006
as Ozzie (voice)
Miss Congeniality
2000
as Stan Fields
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
as Dodgeball Chancellor
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
as Admiral James T. Kirk
The Wild
2006
as Kazar (voice)
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Cdr. Buck Murdock
Fanboys
2009
as Himself
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986
as Admiral James T. Kirk
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
as Stan Fields
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
as Captain James T. Kirk
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
as Admiral James T. Kirk
Osmosis Jones
2001
as Mayor Phlegmming (voice)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
as Captain James T. Kirk
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
as Harrison Byers
Escape from Planet Earth
2013
as General Shanker (voice)
Showtime
2002
as William Shatner
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
as Admiral James T. Kirk
Star Trek: Generations
1994
as Captain James T. Kirk
Corman's World
2011
as Self - Actor
American Psycho II: All American Girl
2002
as Starkman
Virtuosity
1995
as Captain James T. Kirk (archive footage) (uncredited)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as General Mortars
Fireheart
2022
as Mayor of New York (voice)
The Pixar Story
2007
as James T. Kirk (archive footage)
The Brothers Karamazov
1958
as Alexi Karamazov
Big Bad Mama
1974
as William J. Baxter
The Devil’s Rain
1975
as Mark Preston
Batman vs. Two-Face
2017
as Harvey Dent / Two-Face (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
as Self
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
as Actor
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
as Adam Harland (uncredited)
The Captains
2011
as Self
To Your Last Death
2019
as The Overseer (voice)
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The Outrage
1964
as Preacher
Range 15
2016
as Richard Chindler
A Christmas Horror Story
2015
as Dangerous Dan
Incubus
1966
as Marc
Trekkies
1997
as Self
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
1995
as Narrator
Corwin
1996
as Self
Lil' Pimp
2005
as Tony Gold (voice)
TekWar: TekJustice
1994
as Walter H. Bascom
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
For the Love of Spock
2016
as Self
Being Canadian
2015
as Self
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
2006
as Self
A Sunday Horse
2016
as Kenneth Roubidoux
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
as James T. Kirk
Heroes Manufactured
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Senior Moment
2021
as Victor Martin
Horrorween
2012
as Self
The Andersonville Trial
1970
as Col. Chipman
The Intruder
1962
as Adam Cramer
TekWar
1994
as Walter H. Bascom
Kingdom of the Spiders
1977
as Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
as Self
Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen
2011
as Self - Roaster
Visiting Hours
1982
as Gary Baylor
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
as Self
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2010
as Himself
Go Ask Alice
1973
as Sam
Tom Felton Meets the Superfans
2015
as Self
Groom Lake
2002
as John Gossner
Hypnosis and Beyond
1980
as Self
Falcon Down
2001
as Major Robert Carson
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988
as Self
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
as Kenneth Preston
Devil's Revenge
2019
as Hayes
The People
1972
as Dr. Curtis
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
as Self
Just in Time for Christmas
2015
as Coachman Nick
The Babysitter
1980
as Dr. Jeff Benedict
Aliens Ate My Homework
2018
as Phillogenus esk Piemondum (Phil) (voice)
Star Trek Story
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Voices That Care
1991
as Self - Choir Member
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
1973
as Paul Kovalik
Disaster on the Coastliner
1979
as Stuart Peters
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.
1996
as Michael Gatewick
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
2013
as Self
How William Shatner Changed the World
2005
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Get a Life!
2012
as Self
Riel
1979
as The Barker
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
as John Adams
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
2014
as Self
Christmas in Hollywood
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
as Core (voice)
40 Years of Star Trek
2006
as Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Pray for the Wildcats
1974
as Warren Summerfield
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Steam Engines of Oz
2018
as Oscar 'Oz' Diggs (voice)
To Be Takei
2014
as Self
Sole Survivor
1970
as Lt. Col. Josef Gronke
Dead Man's Island
1996
as Chase Prescott
Perilous Voyage
1976
as Steve Monroe
The Tenth Level
1976
as Prof. Stephen Turner
Festival in Cannes
2001
as Self
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
as Captain James T. Kirk (archive footage)
Impulse
1974
as Matt Stone
Creators: The Past
2020
as Lord Oghma
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
as Self
White Comanche
1968
as Johnny Moon / Notah
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations
1993
as Self
Last Laugh '05
2005
as Lucifer
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
as Carl Tobias
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
2007
as Himself
Land of the Free
1998
as Aidan Carvell
Family of Strangers
1993
as Earl
Amazon: Land of the Flooded Forest
1990
as Narrator
Shadow Game
1969
as Peter Hoyt
Oedipus Rex
1957
as Chorus
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
as Self
The Christmas Tree
1958
as Philo
T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport
1986
as Sgt. T.J. Hooker
The Kidnapping of the President
1980
as Jerry O'Connor
Indict and Convict
1974
as Sam Belden
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009
as Self
About William Shatner
William Shatner, OC (born March 22, 1931) 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 Ame… With 391 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, William Shatner has appeared in 211 films and 180 TV shows.
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Most Popular William Shatner Movies
- Over the Hedge (2006) — as Ozzie (voice)
- Miss Congeniality (2000) — as Stan Fields
- DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004) — as Dodgeball Chancellor
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) — as Admiral James T. Kirk
- The Wild (2006) — as Kazar (voice)
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