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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Shatner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
(Admiral James T. Kirk)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
(Admiral James T. Kirk)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
(Admiral James T. Kirk)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
(Kirk)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
(Captain James T. Kirk)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
(Captain James T. Kirk)
Star Trek: Generations
(Captain James T. Kirk)
Miss Congeniality
(Stan Fields)
Mitzi & 100 Guys
(Self)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
(Self (archive footage))
Judgment at Nuremberg
(Harrison Byers)
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
(Stan Fields)
A Town Has Turned to Dust
(Jerry Paul)
Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek
(Self)
Airplane II: The Sequel
(Cdr. Buck Murdock)
American Psycho II: All American Girl
(Starkman)
Nukes in Space
(Narrator)
Kingdom of the Spiders
(Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
(Narrator)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
(Captain James T. Kirk (archive footage))
Showtime
(William Shatner)
How William Shatner Changed The World
(Self - Host / Narrator (voice))
Over the Hedge
(Ozzie (voice))
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
(Core (voice))
Star Trek: The Captains' Summit
(Self)
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime
(Himself)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
(General Mortars)
William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill
(Self)
The Wild
(Kazar (voice))
Fanboys
(Himself)
Free Enterprise
(Bill)
Mysteries of the Gods
(Host)
Gotta Catch Santa Claus
(Santa Claus (voice))
Falcon Down
(Major Robert Carson)
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
(Paul Kovalik)
Impulse
(Matt Stone)
The Brothers Karamazov
(Alexi Karamazov)
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
(Self)
Shatner in Space
(Self)
Trekkies
(Self)
Big Bad Mama
(William J. Baxter)
Voices That Care
(Self - Choir Member)
2021 and Done with Snoop Dogg & Kevin Hart
(Self)
The Devil's Rain
(Mark Preston)
Visiting Hours
(Gary Baylor)
White Comanche
(Johnny Moon / Notah)
Shoot or Be Shot!
(Harvey Wilkes)
Escape from Planet Earth
(General Shanker (voice))
Whale Shark Hunters of the Philippines
(Self)
The Captains
(Himself)
Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero
(Narrator (Voice))
Sole Survivor
(Lt. Col. Josef Gronke)
A Carol Christmas
(Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present)
Operation Bikini
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Stalking Santa
(Narrator)
Groom Lake
(John Gossner)
Corman's World
(Self - Actor)
The Outrage
(Preacher)
Incubus
(Marc)
Pray for the Wildcats
(Warren Summerfield)
William Shatner's Mysteries of the Way We Feel
(Host)
The Intruder
(Adam Cramer)
Disaster on the Coastliner
(Stuart Peters)
The Space Shuttle
(Narrator)
Heroes Manufactured
(Self (archive footage))
The Kidnapping of the President
(Jerry O'Connor)
Jefftowne
(Himself)
Land of No Return
(Curt Benell)
Go Ask Alice
(Sam)
The Atomic Bomb Collection
(Narrator)
Get a Life!
(Himself)
TekWar: TekLords
(Walter H. Bascom)
TekWar: TekJustice
(Walter H. Bascom)
TekWar: TekLab
(Walter H. Bascom)
William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet
(Himself)
A Tear in the Sky
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
The Explosive Generation
(Peter Gifford)
Secrets of a Married Man
(Chris Jordan)
Pioneer Woman
(John Sergeant)
To Be Takei
(Self)
The People
(Dr. Curtis)
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
(Self)
Universe
(Narrator)
Swing Out, Sweet Land
(John Adams)
Spplat Attack
Star Trek Story
(Self (archive footage))
The Third Walker
(Munro Maclean)
The Pixar Story
(James T. Kirk (archive footage))
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.
(Michael Gatewick)
The Tenth Level
(Prof. Stephen Turner)
Dead Man's Island
(Chase Prescott)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(George Stapleton)
The Andersonville Trial
(Col. Chipman)
Hollywood Ghost Stories
(Himself)
Full Moon's Roadshow Revisited
(Self (archive footage))
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
(Self - Host)
The Babysitter
(Dr. Jeff Benedict)
Super Duper Bloopers
(Self)
Alexander The Great
(Alexander)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
(Self)
UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King
(Self)
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
(Adam Harland (uncredited))
Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen
(Self - Roaster)
Osmosis Jones
(Mayor Phlegmming (voice))
The Bastard
(Paul Revere)
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
(Self)
Hypnosis and Beyond
(Himself)
Microworld
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
(James T. Kirk)
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
(Self)
Being Canadian
(Self)
Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown
Land of the Free
(Aidan Carvell)
Chaos on the Bridge
(Self)
A Christmas Horror Story
(Dangerous Dan)
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
(Self)
Tom Felton Meets the Superfans
(Self)
Broken Angel
(Chuck Coburn)
Night of 100 Stars II
(Self)
Just in Time for Christmas
(Coachman Nick)
Baby, Baby, Baby
(Actor)
Christmas in Hollywood
(Self (archive footage))
A Sunday Horse
(Kenneth Roubidoux)
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
(Host)
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
(Self)
The Colorful Montreal Expos
(Narrator (voice))
When Elephants Were Young
(Narrator)
For the Love of Spock
(Self)
North Beach and Rawhide
(Rawhide MacGregor)
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
(Himself (voice only))
Range 15
(Richard Chindler)
William Shatner Sings O Canada
(Himself)
William Shatner in Concert
(Self)
The Star Trek Dream
(Self)
The Crash of Flight 401
(Carl Tobias)
Remembering 'The Intruder'
(Himself)
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
(Himself/Host)
A Whale of a Tale
(Jack Fredericks)
Oedipus Rex
(Chorus)
City Out of Time
(Narrator (voice))
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations
(Self)
The Canadian Conspiracy
Seasons
(Narrator (voice))
The Truth Is in the Stars
(Self)
Batman vs. Two-Face
(Harvey Dent / Two-Face (voice))
Amazon: Land of the Flooded Forest
(Narrator)
To Your Last Death
(The Overseer (voice))
Not a War Story
William Shatner: Captain's Log
(Self)
Indict and Convict
(Sam Belden)
Aliens Ate My Homework
(Phillogenus esk Piemondum (Phil) (voice))
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 1
(Narrator)
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 2
(Narrator)
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3
(Narrator)
Incident on a Dark Street
(Deaver G. Wallace)
The Captains: Still Kicking
(Himself)
Horrorween
(Himself)
The Steam Engines of Oz
(Oscar "Oz" Diggs (voice))
Perilous Voyage
(Steve Monroe)
TekWar
(Walter H. Bascom)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
(Dodgeball Chancellor)
Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner
Sci-Fi Visionaries
Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
Birth of a Timeless Legacy
Creators: The Past
(Lord Oghma)
40 Years of Star Trek
(Self)
Lil' Pimp
(Tony Gold (voice))
The Christmas Tree
(Philo)
Devil's Revenge
(Hayes)
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
(Self)
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
(Himself)
Family of Strangers
(Earl)
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
(Self)
Boomerang
(Captain James Tiberius Kirk (archive footage))
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
(Professor)
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
(Self)
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
(Bodosh)
Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues
(Self)
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
(Self)
Senior Moment
(Victor Martin)
Shadow Game
The Defender (Studio One)
(Kenneth Preston)
Last Laugh '05
(Lucifer)
Last Laugh '04
(Self)
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020
(Himself)
Fireheart
(Mayor of New York (voice))
Festival in Cannes
(Self)
Hollywood on Horses
(Self)
Night of 100 Stars
(Self)
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
(Self)
The Butler's Night Off
The Rose Parade: A Pageant for the Ages
(Self)
Keeper of the Cup
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
(Self)
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
(Self)
T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport
(Sgt. T.J. Hooker)
765874: Unification
(Kirk)
Star Trek: The Menagerie
(James T. Kirk)
Corwin
(Self)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
(Self)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Columbo
(Ward Fowler)
The Dick Powell Show
(Eric Tegman)
Star Trek
(James T. Kirk)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
The Tony Danza Show
(Self - Guest)
Burke's Law
(Arthur Reynolds)
Perversions of Science
(Admiral Kornfeld)
Chilly Beach
(The President)
The Rookies
Futurama
(William Shatner (voice))
Best Week Ever
Police Surgeon
(Joe Flatt)
Kung Fu
T. J. Hooker
(Sgt TJ Hooker)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The F.B.I.
(Arthur Majors)
Atomic Betty
(Jim)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
(Himself)
seaQuest DSV
(Milos Tezlof)
The Larry Sanders Show
(William Shatner)
Hawaii Five-O
(Sam Tolliver)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Route 66
The View
(Self)
Star Trek
(James T. Kirk (voice))
Comic Book Men
(Self)
E! True Hollywood Story
(Self)
Omnibus
Space Cadets
(Self)
Naked City
(Roger Barmer)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Show Me the Money
Gunsmoke
(Fred Bateman)
Studio One
(Dr. David Coleman)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
The View
(Self - Guest)
Mission: Impossible
(Joseph Conrad)
The Colbert Report
The Ray Bradbury Theater
(Charles Underhill)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Philo)
Late Night with David Letterman
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
The Twilight Zone
(Bob Wilson)
The Henry Rollins Show
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
(Self)
Ironside
Muppets Tonight
(Self)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Jim Whitely)
Boston Legal
(Denny Crane)
Million Dollar Password
TekWar
(Walter H. Bascom)
Outlaws
Shatner's Raw Nerve
(Self - Host)
Battle of the Network Stars
Police Woman
The Name of the Game
(Peter)
Bob Patterson
(Warren Wellman)
Police Story
The Fugitive
(Tony Burrell)
Invasion Iowa
(Col. Shane Yeager)
The Virginian
(Luke Milford)
Thriller
(Gil Thrasher)
Amy Prentiss
One Step Beyond
(Carl Bremer)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Climax!
(Ben Tate)
The Big Valley
(Brett)
Rescue 911
(Self - Host)
The Magician
(Ed Cassidy)
The Sixth Sense
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
(Self)
Barbary Coast
(Jeff Cable)
Vanished
(Dave Paulick)
CBS Playhouse
Insight
(Mike Burnett)
Reporter
(Horner)
A Twist in the Tale
Cosmic Odyssey
Dr. Kildare
(Dr. Toby Cunningham)
The Masked Singer
(Knight)
The Defenders
(Jim McCleery)
The Defenders
(Charles Terranova)
The Defenders
(Gil Rawson)
The Defenders
(Cliff Sellers)
The Outer Limits
(Gen. Jeff Barton)
The Defenders
(Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes)
The Oregon Trail
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
(Self - Guest)
Good Day Live
(Self)
The Masked Singer
(Knight (archive footage))
Click
(Self)
Stars on Mars
(Self - Host)
Extraordinary Animals
For the People
(David Koster)
Off to See the Wizard
(Alexander the Great)
Channing
(Tom Ericson)
William Shatner's Weird or What?
$#*! My Dad Says
(Dr. Edison Milford Goodson III)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
One-Hit Wonders
Dream On
Psych
(Frank O'Hara)
Naked City
(Maung Tun)
Hell's Kitchen
(Self)
My Life Is Murder
(Barton Wallwork)
Everest
(Norman Kelly)
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
(Grand Pear (voice))
The Practice
(Denny Crane)
WWE Backstage
(William Shatner)
Murdoch Mysteries
(Mark Twain)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Cameo (uncredited))
Dr. Kildare
(Dr. Carl Noyes)
WWE Breaking Ground
(Himself (narrator))
Better Late Than Never
(Self)
Space Command
Hercules
(Jason of the Argonauts (voice))
Kraft Television Theatre
The Six Million Dollar Man
(Josh Lang)
Haven
(Croatoan)
Gotham Comedy Live
(Self - Host)
Arrest and Trial
(Larry Tavener)
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
(Keldor (voice))
The UnXplained Special Presentation
(Self - Presenter)
The Indian Detective
(David Marlowe)
Police Squad!
(Poisoned Man)
Eek! The Cat
(Santa Claus (voice))
Eek! The Cat
(Commander Berzerk (voice))
Columbo
(Fielding Chase)
Lamp Unto My Feet
Piers Morgan Uncensored
(Self)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Thriller
(Paul Graves)
Flick Flack
(Host)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(John Crane)
Kodiak
(Buzz Howard)
After They Were Famous
(Self)
Ironside
(Bill Parkins)
The Reichen Show
(Self - Guest)
Studio One
(Dr. Franck)
Studio One
(Kenneth Preston)
The Talk
Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
(Self)
The Fran Drescher Show
3rd Rock from the Sun
(Big Giant Head)
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
(Self - Presenter)
Prime Times
(Self)
Raw
The Big Bang Theory
(William Shatner)
Raw
(William Shatner)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
Ironside
(Marty Jessup)
The UnXplained
(Self - Host)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
(Self)
Real Time with Bill Maher
(Self)
Private Eyes
(Norm Glinski)
77 Sunset Strip
(Paul DeVinger)
The Captains Close Up
(Self)
Aftermath with William Shatner
(Self - Host)
Comedy Central Roasts
(Self)
The UnXplained: Mysteries of the Universe
(Self - Presenter)
The Real History of Science Fiction
(Self)
Hot in Cleveland
(Sally)
Madame's Place
(Self)
Rookie Blue
(Henry McLeod)
The Oscars
(Self)
Police Woman
(Mark Ciprio)
Little Women
(Friedrich Bhaer)
The Twilight Zone
(Don Carter)
The D-Con Chamber
(Self)
Star Trek: Short Treks
(Capt. James T. Kirk (voice) (archive footage))
Barnaby Jones
(Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams)
How the West Was Won
(Captain Harrison)
The Shannara Chronicles
(Captain Kirk (archive footage))
Aliens Among Us
(Himself)
Suspicion
(Eli)
Mars Rising
(Narrator (voice))
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
Inner Space
(Narrator)
Petrocelli
(Adam North)
Miss USA
(Host)
Kraft Television Theatre
(Charles Best)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Winner)
Mannix
(Adam Langer)
Omnibus
(Palace Messenger)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Host)
On Camera
Science Fiction Film Awards
(Himself)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
(Director)
The Captains
(Director)
The Captains
(Writer)
Groom Lake
(Director)
Groom Lake
(Writer)
Get a Life!
(Director)
Get a Life!
(Executive Producer)
TekWar: TekLords
(Novel)
TekWar
(Director)
TekWar
(Novel)
Groom Lake
(Producer)
TekWar: TekJustice
(Characters)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
(Theme Song Performance)
Chaos on the Bridge
(Director)
William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill
(Executive Producer)
Fire Serpent
(Creator)
Fire Serpent
(Executive Producer)
God Woke
(Executive Producer)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
(Story)
The Truth Is in the Stars
(Executive Producer)
Chaos on the Bridge
(Writer)
Chaos on the Bridge
(Executive Producer)
The Captains
(Executive Producer)
The Captains: Still Kicking
(Director)
765874: Unification
(Executive Producer)
Perversions of Science
(Director)
TekWar
(Producer)
TekWar
(Director)
T. J. Hooker
(Director)
Aftermath with William Shatner
(Producer)
William Shatner's Weird or What?
(Producer)
The UnXplained
(Executive Producer)
Squidbillies
(Theme Song Performance)
The UnXplained Special Presentation
(Executive Producer)
The UnXplained: Mysteries of the Universe
(Executive Producer)
TekWar
(Creator)
The Captains Close Up
(Creator)