William Shatner

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1931-03-22 (93 years old)

Place of Birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Also Known As 威廉·薛特納

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.

Known For

Actor

Aliens Among Us

as Himself

Inner Space

as Narrator

2024
2023
Full Moon's Roadshow Revisited

as Self (archive footage)

2023
2023
Stars on Mars

as Self - Host

2022
Fireheart

as Mayor of New York (voice)

2021
2021
2021
Senior Moment

as Victor Martin

2020
Creators: The Past

as Lord Oghma

2019
To Your Last Death

as The Overseer (voice)

2019
2019
WWE Backstage

as William Shatner

2019
The UnXplained

as Self - Host

2019
My Life Is Murder

as Barton Wallwork

2019
2019
The Masked Singer

as Knight (archive footage)

2018
The Steam Engines of Oz

as Oscar "Oz" Diggs (voice)

2018
Aliens Ate My Homework

as Phillogenus esk Piemondum (Phil) (voice)

2018
Star Trek: Short Treks

as Capt. James T. Kirk (voice) (archive footage)

2017
Batman vs. Two-Face

as Harvey Dent / Two-Face (voice)

2017
Heroes Manufactured

as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Indian Detective

as David Marlowe

2016
Range 15

as Richard Chindler

2016
A Sunday Horse

as Kenneth Roubidoux

2016
The Colorful Montreal Expos

as Narrator (voice)

2016
Private Eyes

as Norm Glinski

2016
The Shannara Chronicles

as Captain Kirk (archive footage)

2015
2015
2015
2015
A Christmas Horror Story

as Dangerous Dan

2015
WWE Breaking Ground

as Himself (narrator)

2014
To Be Takei

as Self

2013
Escape from Planet Earth

as General Shanker (voice)

2012
Horrorween

as Himself

2012
Get a Life!

as Himself

2012
Gotham Comedy Live

as Self - Host

2012
2011
Corman's World

as Self - Actor

2011
The Captains

as Himself

2011
The Space Shuttle

as Narrator

2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

as Captain James T. Kirk (archive footage)

2010
2010
$#*! My Dad Says

as Dr. Edison Milford Goodson III

2010
Haven

as Croatoan

2010
Rookie Blue

as Henry McLeod

2010
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
Murdoch Mysteries

as Mark Twain

2007
The Pixar Story

as James T. Kirk (archive footage)

2007
Mars Rising

as Narrator (voice)

2007
The Big Bang Theory

as William Shatner

2006
Over the Hedge

as Ozzie (voice)

2006
The Wild

as Kazar (voice)

2006
Stalking Santa

as Narrator

2006
Psych

as Frank O'Hara

2005
Last Laugh '05

as Lucifer

2005
How William Shatner Changed The World

as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

2005
Lil' Pimp

as Tony Gold (voice)

2005
The Reichen Show

as Self - Guest

2005
2005
Invasion Iowa

as Col. Shane Yeager

2004
2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

as Dodgeball Chancellor

2004
Boston Legal

as Denny Crane

2004
2004
The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

2003
A Carol Christmas

as Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present

2003
Christmas in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
Chilly Beach

as The President

2003
2002
Groom Lake

as John Gossner

2002
Showtime

as William Shatner

2002
Shoot or Be Shot!

as Harvey Wilkes

2001
2001
2001
Osmosis Jones

as Mayor Phlegmming (voice)

2001
Falcon Down

as Major Robert Carson

2001
Bob Patterson

as Warren Wellman

2001
2000
Miss Congeniality

as Stan Fields

2000
Click

as Self

1999
Nukes in Space

as Narrator

1999
Futurama

as William Shatner (voice)

1998
Land of the Free

as Aidan Carvell

1998
1998
Hercules

as Jason of the Argonauts (voice)

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
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.

as Michael Gatewick

1996
Star Trek Story

as Self (archive footage)

1996
Dead Man's Island

as Chase Prescott

1996
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun

as Big Giant Head

1994
1994
Star Trek: Generations

as Captain James T. Kirk

1994
1994
TekWar: TekJustice

as Walter H. Bascom

1994
TekWar: TekLab

as Walter H. Bascom

1994
TekWar: TekLords

as Walter H. Bascom

1994
TekWar

as Walter H. Bascom

1994
TekWar

as Walter H. Bascom

1993
1993
1993
seaQuest DSV

as Milos Tezlof

1993
WWE Raw

as William Shatner

1992
Boomerang

as Captain James Tiberius Kirk (archive footage)

1992
Eek! The Cat

as Santa Claus (voice)

1992
Eek! The Cat

as Commander Berzerk (voice)

1992
The Larry Sanders Show

as William Shatner

1991
1991
Voices That Care

as Self - Choir Member

1989
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

as Captain James T. Kirk

1989
Rescue 911

as Host

1988
Broken Angel

as Chuck Coburn

1987
Seasons

as Narrator (voice)

1986
T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport

as Sgt. T.J. Hooker

1986
1985
North Beach and Rawhide

as Rawhide MacGregor

1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

as Self (archive footage)

1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater

as Charles Underhill

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
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

as Admiral James T. Kirk

1982
Visiting Hours

as Gary Baylor

1982
1982
1982
T. J. Hooker

as Sgt TJ Hooker

1982
Police Squad!

as Poisoned Man

1980
The Babysitter

as Dr. Jeff Benedict

1980
1980
1979
Star Trek: The Motion Picture

as Admiral James T. Kirk

1979
1978
1978
Land of No Return

as Curt Benell

1978
The Bastard

as Paul Revere

1978
The Third Walker

as Munro Maclean

1978
Little Women

as Friedrich Bhaer

1977
Kingdom of the Spiders

as Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen

1977
How the West Was Won

as Captain Harrison

1976
A Whale of a Tale

as Jack Fredericks

1976
The Tenth Level

as Prof. Stephen Turner

1976
Perilous Voyage

as Steve Monroe

1976
Universe

as Narrator

1975
The Devil's Rain

as Mark Preston

1975
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975
Barbary Coast

as Jeff Cable

1974
Impulse

as Matt Stone

1974
Big Bad Mama

as William J. Baxter

1974
Pray for the Wildcats

as Warren Summerfield

1974
Indict and Convict

as Sam Belden

1974
Kodiak

as Buzz Howard

1974
Police Woman

as Mark Ciprio

1974
Petrocelli

as Adam North

1974
Flick Flack

as Host

1973
Pioneer Woman

as John Sergeant

1973
1973
1973
Incident on a Dark Street

as Deaver G. Wallace

1973
The Magician

as Ed Cassidy

1973
Star Trek

as James T. Kirk (voice)

1973
Barnaby Jones

as Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams

1972
The Hound of the Baskervilles

as George Stapleton

1972
The People

as Dr. Curtis

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

1968
White Comanche

as Johnny Moon / Notah

1968
Alexander The Great

as Alexander

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Sam Tolliver

1967
Mannix

as Adam Langer

1967
Off to See the Wizard

as Alexander the Great

1967
Ironside

as Bill Parkins

1967
Ironside

as Marty Jessup

1966
Incubus

as Marc

1966
Mission: Impossible

as Joseph Conrad

1966
Star Trek

as James T. Kirk

1965
The F.B.I.

as Arthur Majors

1965
1965
For the People

as David Koster

1964
The Outrage

as Preacher

1964
Reporter

as Horner

1963
Operation Bikini

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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

1962
The Intruder

as Adam Cramer

1962
The Virginian

as Luke Milford

1961
Judgment at Nuremberg

as Harrison Byers

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 Gil Rawson

1961
The Defenders

as Cliff Sellers

1961
The Defenders

as Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes

1960
Insight

as Mike Burnett

1960
Thriller

as Gil Thrasher

1960
Thriller

as Paul Graves

1960
Police Surgeon

as Joe Flatt

1959
City Out of Time

as Narrator (voice)

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Bob Wilson

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Don Carter

1959
One Step Beyond

as Carl Bremer

1958
1958
1958
The Brothers Karamazov

as Alexi Karamazov

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Paul DeVinger

1958
Naked City

as Roger Barmer

1958
Naked City

as Maung Tun

1957
The Defender (Studio One)

as Kenneth Preston

1957
Oedipus Rex

as Chorus

1957
Suspicion

as Eli

1955
1955
1955
Gunsmoke

as Fred Bateman

1954
Climax!

as Ben Tate

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1948
Studio One

as Dr. David Coleman

1948
Studio One

as Dr. Franck

1948
Studio One

as Kenneth Preston

1947
Kraft Television Theatre

as Charles Best

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Host

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Producer

2024
2024
765874: Unification

as Executive Producer

2023
2019
The UnXplained

as Executive Producer

2017
God Woke

as Executive Producer

2017
The Truth Is in the Stars

as Executive Producer

2014
Chaos on the Bridge

as Executive Producer

2012
Get a Life!

as Executive Producer

2011
The Captains

as Executive Producer

2007
Fire Serpent

as Executive Producer

2002
Groom Lake

as Producer

1994
TekWar

as Producer

Director

2014
2012
Get a Life!

as Director

2011
The Captains

as Director

2002
Groom Lake

as Director

1997
1994
TekWar

as Director

1994
TekWar

as Director

1982
T. J. Hooker

as Director

Writer

2014
2011
The Captains

as Writer

2002
Groom Lake

as Writer

1994
1994
TekWar

as Novel

1994
TekWar: TekJustice

as Characters

Sound

2004
Squidbillies

as Theme Song Performance

Crew

2007
Fire Serpent

as Creator

1989
Rescue 911

as Presenter

Creator

2013
1994
TekWar

as Creator