William Shatner
Actor/Actriz
200
Movies
164
TV Shows
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.
As Actor/Actress
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Daily Show
Narrator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
WWE Raw
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Viaje a las estrellas
James T. Kirk
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Columbo
Ward Fowler
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest
Psych
Frank O'Hara
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
The View
Self
Viaje a las estrellas: Espacio Profundo Nueve
Captain James T. Kirk
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
Mannix
Adam Langer
Futurama
William Shatner (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
La Teoría del Big Bang
William Shatner
El fugitivo
Tony Burrell
Justicia Ciega
Denny Crane
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Hawaii 5-0
Sam Tolliver
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self - Guest
Ironside
My Little Pony: La Magia de la Amistad
Grand Pear (voice)
Murdoch Mysteries
Mark Twain
Los Practicantes
Denny Crane
Behind the Camera
T. J. Hooker
Director
Squidbillies
Theme Song Performance
The UnXplained
Productor Ejecutivo
Perversions of Science
Director
Viaje a las estrellas V: La última frontera
Director, Historia
TekWar
Director, Productor, Creator
Serpiente de Fuego
Productor Ejecutivo, Creator
The Captains Close Up
Creator
Buzz Lightyear, Comando Estelar: La aventura comienza
Theme Song Performance
The UnXplained Special Presentation
Productor Ejecutivo
Weird or What?
Productor
The Captains
Director, Escritor, Productor Ejecutivo
The UnXplained: Mysteries of the Universe
Productor Ejecutivo
Groom Lake
Director, Historia
Aftermath with William Shatner
Productor
TekWar
Director, Novela
Get a Life!
Productor Ejecutivo, Director
TekWar: TekJustice
Personajes
765874: Unification
Productor Ejecutivo
The Truth Is in the Stars
Productor Ejecutivo
TekWar: TekLords
Novela
Chaos on the Bridge
Director, Escritor, Productor Ejecutivo
How William Shatner Changed the World
Book
The Captains: Still Kicking
Director
God Woke
Productor Ejecutivo
William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill
Productor Ejecutivo