From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Series | The Greatest | 2025 | |
Movie | Remembering 'The Intruder' | Himself | 2025 |
Series | Stars on Mars | Self - Host | 2023-06-05 |
Movie | Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic | Self | 2023-12-21 |
Movie | A Tear in the Sky | 2022-05-03 | |
Movie | Elvis | James T. Kirk (Archival Photo) | 2022-06-22 |
Movie | WWE Hall Of Fame 2020 | Himself | 2021-04-06 |
Movie | Senior Moment | Victor Martin | 2021-03-26 |
Movie | Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek | Self | 2021-07-12 |
Movie | 2021 and Done with Snoop Dogg & Kevin Hart | Self | 2021-12-28 |
Movie | Clifford the Big Red Dog | Clifford (voice) | 2021-11-10 |
Movie | Creators: The Past | Lord Oghma | 2020-10-08 |
Movie | To Your Last Death | The Overseer (voice) | 2019-11-30 |
Series | The UnXplained | Self - Host | 2019-07-19 |
Movie | The Steam Engines of Oz | Oscar "Oz" Diggs (voice) | 2018-05-08 |
Movie | Aliens Ate My Homework | Phillogenus esk Piemondum (Phil) (voice) | 2018-03-06 |
Movie | The Truth Is in the Stars | Self | 2017-05-01 |
Movie | Batman vs. Two-Face | Harvey Dent / Two-Face (voice) | 2017-11-14 |
Series | The Indian Detective | David Marlowe | 2017-11-23 |
Movie | Not a War Story | 2017-06-30 | |
Movie | They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé | Himself (voice only) | 2016-04-19 |
Movie | A Sunday Horse | Kenneth Roubidoux | 2016-02-15 |
Movie | The Colorful Montreal Expos | Narrator (voice) | 2016-01-29 |
Series | Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed | Himself | 2016-12-14 |
Movie | Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People | Self | 2016-06-15 |
Movie | Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault | Self | 2016-12-05 |
Movie | For the Love of Spock | Himself | 2016-09-09 |
Series | Better Late Than Never | Self | 2016-08-23 |
Movie | Range 15 | Richard Chindler | 2016-06-15 |
Movie | When Elephants Were Young | Narrator | 2016-08-12 |
Movie | A Christmas Horror Story | Dangerous Dan | 2015-07-20 |
Movie | Tom Felton Meets the Superfans | Self | 2015-03-23 |
Series | WWE Breaking Ground | Himself (narrator) | 2015-10-25 |
Movie | Being Canadian | Self | 2015-09-18 |
Movie | Just in Time for Christmas | Coachman Nick | 2015-12-05 |
Movie | Baby, Baby, Baby | Actor | 2015-10-30 |
Movie | Chaos on the Bridge | Self | 2014-08-25 |
Movie | To Be Takei | Self | 2014-08-22 |
Movie | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | Self | 2013-12-11 |
Movie | Escape from Planet Earth | General Shanker (voice) | 2013-02-14 |
Movie | Still Kicking | Himself | 2013-01-08 |
Movie | Get a Life! | Himself | 2012-07-28 |
Movie | Horrorween | Himself | 2012-10-26 |
Movie | Corman's World | Self - Actor | 2011-12-16 |
Movie | Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored | Himself | 2011-01-01 |
Movie | The Space Shuttle | Narrator | 2011-07-01 |
Movie | William Shatner Sings O Canada | Himself | 2011-07-26 |
Movie | The Captains | Himself | 2011-07-22 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen | Himself - Roaster | 2011-09-19 |
Movie | Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man | Self | 2010-03-27 |
Series | William Shatner's Weird or What? | 2010-04-21 | |
Series | $#*! My Dad Says | Dr. Edison Milford Goodson III | 2010-09-23 |
Movie | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Core (voice) | 2010-09-17 |
Movie | William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet | Himself | 2009-04-17 |
Movie | Fanboys | Himself | 2009-02-06 |
Movie | Star Trek: The Captains' Summit | Self | 2009-04-12 |
Series | Murdoch Mysteries | Mark Twain | 2008-01-24 |
Series | Extraordinary Animals | 2008-01-02 | |
Series | Shatner's Raw Nerve | Self - Host | 2008-12-02 |
Movie | Gotta Catch Santa Claus | Santa Claus (voice) | 2008-12-11 |
Series | Everest | Norman Kelly | 2008-08-31 |
Series | Million Dollar Password | Unknown | 2008-06-01 |
Movie | The Pixar Story | James T. Kirk (archive footage) | 2007-08-28 |
Series | Mars Rising | Narrator (voice) | 2007-10-07 |
Movie | WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary | Himself | 2007-12-26 |
Movie | William Shatner in Concert | Self | 2006-03-22 |
Movie | Stalking Santa | Narrator | 2006-03-31 |
Movie | 40 Years of Star Trek | Self | 2006-01-01 |
Series | The Henry Rollins Show | Unknown | 2006-04-01 |
Series | Show Me the Money | 2006-11-14 | |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner | Self | 2006-08-20 |
Series | Psych | Frank O'Hara | 2006-07-07 |
Movie | The Wild | Kazar (voice) | 2006-04-06 |
Movie | Over the Hedge | Ozzie (voice) | 2006-05-17 |
Movie | Lil' Pimp | Tony Gold (voice) | 2005-01-11 |
Movie | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Stan Fields | 2005-03-11 |
Series | Invasion Iowa | Col. Shane Yeager | 2005-03-29 |
Movie | Merry F#%$in' Christmas | Self | 2005-11-27 |
Series | The Reichen Show | 2005-11-11 | |
Movie | How William Shatner Changed The World | Self - Host / Narrator (voice) | 2005-11-13 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Movie | Sci-Fi Visionaries | 2004-01-01 | |
Movie | Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century | 2004-01-01 | |
Movie | Birth of a Timeless Legacy | 2004-01-01 | |
Series | Boston Legal | Denny Crane | 2004-10-03 |
Movie | Last Laugh '04 | Self | 2004-12-12 |
Series | Best Week Ever | Unknown | 2004-01-23 |
Series | Atomic Betty | Jim | 2004-09-17 |
Movie | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Dodgeball Chancellor | 2004-06-18 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | 2004-09-13 | |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Series | World Poker Tour | Unknown | 2003-03-30 |
Movie | A Carol Christmas | Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present | 2003-12-07 |
Series | Chilly Beach | The President | 2003-09-03 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Christmas in Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2003-11-13 |
Movie | Shoot or Be Shot! | Harvey Wilkes | 2002-01-25 |
Movie | Showtime | William Shatner | 2002-03-14 |
Series | Cosmic Odyssey | 2002-02-20 | |
Movie | American Psycho II: All American Girl | Robert Starkman | 2002-04-22 |
Movie | Groom Lake | John Gossner | 2002-09-21 |
Movie | Spplat Attack | 2002-11-10 | |
Series | One-Hit Wonders | 2002-05-10 | |
Movie | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2002-05-05 |
Movie | NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 1 | Narrator | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 2 | Narrator | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Falcon Down | Major Robert Carson | 2001-04-17 |
Movie | NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3 | Narrator | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime | Himself | 2001-11-06 |
Movie | Osmosis Jones | Mayor Phlegmming (voice) | 2001-08-10 |
Movie | Festival in Cannes | Self | 2001-11-03 |
Series | Star Trek: Enterprise | Unknown | 2001-09-26 |
Series | Good Day Live | Unknown | 2001-09-17 |
Series | Bob Patterson | Unknown | 2001-10-02 |
Movie | Miss Congeniality | Stan Fields | 2000-12-22 |
Movie | Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero | Narrator (Voice) | 2000-10-03 |
Movie | Nukes in Space | Narrator | 1999-01-01 |
Series | A Twist in the Tale | 1999-02-06 | |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-30 |
Series | Futurama | Unknown | 1999-03-28 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | James T. Kirk | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Free Enterprise | Bill | 1998-06-04 |
Movie | Land of the Free | Aidan Carvell | 1998-11-24 |
Series | Perversions of Science | Unknown | 1997-06-07 |
Movie | Jefftowne | Himself | 1997-09-08 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Trekkies | Self | 1997-10-18 |
Movie | Dead Man's Island | Chase Prescott | 1996-03-05 |
Movie | Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond | Self | 1996-10-06 |
Series | Muppets Tonight | Unknown | 1996-03-08 |
Movie | The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. | Michael Gatewick | 1996-09-01 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie | Narrator | 1995-09-29 |
Movie | William Shatner's Star Trek Memories | Host | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | TekWar: TekLords | Walter H. Bascom | 1994-02-20 |
Movie | TekWar: TekLab | Walter H. Bascom | 1994-02-27 |
Movie | TekWar | Walter H. Bascom | 1994-01-23 |
Movie | UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King | Self | 1994-01-01 |
Series | TekWar | Walter H. Bascom | 1994-12-22 |
Movie | TekWar: TekJustice | Walter H. Bascom | 1994-05-14 |
Movie | Star Trek: A Captain's Log | Himself/Host | 1994-11-30 |
Movie | William Shatner: Captain's Log | 1994-11-30 | |
Movie | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | Adam Harland (uncredited) | 1994-06-10 |
Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Captain James T. Kirk | 1994-11-18 |
Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | General Mortars | 1993-02-04 |
Movie | Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations | Self | 1993-01-01 |
Series | seaQuest DSV | Milos Tezlof | 1993-09-12 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Family of Strangers | Earl | 1993-02-21 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Boomerang | Captain James Tiberius Kirk (archive footage) | 1992-06-30 |
Series | Eek! The Cat | Star Commander Berzerk | 1992-09-11 |
Series | The Larry Sanders Show | Unknown | 1992-08-15 |
Movie | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special | Self - Host | 1991-09-28 |
Movie | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Captain James T. Kirk | 1991-12-06 |
Movie | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Captain James Tiberius Kirk (archive footage) | 1991-07-19 |
Movie | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 1990-02-28 |
Movie | Amazon: Land of the Flooded Forest | Narrator | 1990-01-10 |
Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Himself | 1990-09-10 |
Series | Rescue 911 | Host | 1989-04-18 |
Movie | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | Captain James T. Kirk | 1989-06-09 |
Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
Movie | Broken Angel | Chuck Coburn | 1988-03-13 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Seasons | Narrator (voice) | 1987-06-11 |
Movie | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Admiral James T. Kirk | 1986-11-26 |
Series | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Unknown | 1985-05-21 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
Movie | The Canadian Conspiracy | 1985-01-01 | |
Movie | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Admiral James T. Kirk | 1984-06-01 |
Movie | Secrets of a Married Man | Chris Jordan | 1984-09-24 |
Series | Late Night with David Letterman | Unknown | 1982-02-01 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
Series | Police Squad! | Poisoned Man | 1982-03-04 |
Movie | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Admiral James T. Kirk | 1982-06-04 |
Movie | Visiting Hours | Gary Baylor | 1982-05-21 |
Series | T. J. Hooker | Sgt TJ Hooker | 1982-03-13 |
Movie | Airplane II: The Sequel | Cdr. Buck Murdock | 1982-12-10 |
Movie | The Babysitter | Dr. Jeff Benedict | 1980-11-28 |
Movie | The Kidnapping of the President | Jerry O'Connor | 1980-08-15 |
Movie | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Admiral James T. Kirk | 1979-12-07 |
Movie | Disaster on the Coastliner | Stuart Peters | 1979-10-28 |
Movie | The Third Walker | Munro Maclean | 1978-01-01 |
Movie | Land of No Return | Curt Benell | 1978-08-01 |
Series | Little Women | Prof. Friedrich Bhaer | 1978-10-02 |
Movie | The Crash of Flight 401 | Carl Tobias | 1978-10-29 |
Movie | The Bastard | Paul Revere | 1978-05-22 |
Series | How the West Was Won | Unknown | 1977-02-06 |
Series | The Oregon Trail | Unknown | 1977-09-21 |
Movie | Kingdom of the Spiders | Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen | 1977-08-24 |
Movie | Microworld | 1976-01-01 | |
Movie | Universe | Narrator | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | Mysteries of the Gods | Host | 1976-03-17 |
Movie | A Whale of a Tale | Jack Fredericks | 1976-09-03 |
Movie | The Tenth Level | Prof. Stephen Turner | 1976-08-26 |
Movie | Perilous Voyage | Steve Monroe | 1976-06-29 |
Series | Battle of the Network Stars | Unknown | 1976-11-13 |
Movie | Mitzi & 100 Guys | Self | 1975-03-24 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Barbary Coast | Jeff Cable | 1975-09-08 |
Movie | The Devil's Rain | Mark Preston | 1975-07-01 |
Series | Flick Flack | Host | 1974-01-07 |
Movie | Indict and Convict | Sam Belden | 1974-01-06 |
Movie | Pray for the Wildcats | Warren Summerfield | 1974-01-23 |
Movie | Big Bad Mama | William J. Baxter | 1974-09-19 |
Movie | Impulse | Matt Stone | 1974-10-01 |
Series | Petrocelli | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Series | Amy Prentiss | Unknown | 1974-12-01 |
Movie | Go Ask Alice | Sam | 1973-01-24 |
Movie | Incident on a Dark Street | Deaver G. Wallace | 1973-01-13 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Series | The Magician | Ed Cassidy | 1973-10-02 |
Movie | The Horror at 37,000 Feet | Paul Kovalik | 1973-02-13 |
Movie | Pioneer Woman | John Sergeant | 1973-12-19 |
Series | Star Trek | James T. Kirk (voice) | 1973-09-08 |
Series | The Sixth Sense | Unknown | 1972-01-15 |
Movie | The Hound of the Baskervilles | George Stapleton | 1972-02-12 |
Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Movie | The People | Dr. Curtis | 1972-01-22 |
Series | Columbo | Unknown | 1971-09-15 |
Series | Vanished | Dave Paulick | 1971-03-08 |
Movie | The Andersonville Trial | Col. Chipman | 1970-05-17 |
Movie | Swing Out, Sweet Land | John Adams | 1970-01-01 |
Movie | Sole Survivor | Lt. Col. Josef Gronke | 1970-01-09 |
Series | Clangers | Narrator | 1969-11-16 |
Movie | Alexander The Great | Alexander | 1968-01-26 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | White Comanche | Johnny Moon / Notah | 1968-06-21 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Off to See the Wizard | Alexander the Great | 1967-09-08 |
Series | Star Trek | James T. Kirk | 1966-09-08 |
Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
Movie | Incubus | Marc | 1966-10-26 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | For the People | David Koster | 1965-01-31 |
Series | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown | 1964-09-22 |
Series | Reporter | Horner | 1964-09-25 |
Movie | The Outrage | Preacher | 1964-10-07 |
Series | Miss USA | Unknown | 1963-07-17 |
Movie | Operation Bikini | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1963-03-26 |
Series | Arrest and Trial | Unknown | 1963-09-15 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | Channing | Tom | 1963-09-18 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1963-09-16 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Movie | The Intruder | Adam Cramer | 1962-05-14 |
Series | The Defenders | 1961-09-16 | |
Series | The Dick Powell Show | Unknown | 1961-09-26 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Movie | The Explosive Generation | Peter Gifford | 1961-10-19 |
Movie | Judgment at Nuremberg | Harrison Byers | 1961-12-18 |
Series | Police Surgeon | Joe Flatt | 1960-09-10 |
Series | Thriller | Unknown | 1960-09-13 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | Insight | Mike Burnett | 1960-10-02 |
Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
Movie | City Out of Time | Narrator | 1959-04-15 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Bob Wilson | 1959-10-02 |
Series | NBC Sunday Showcase | Thomas Gore | 1959-09-20 |
Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | The Brothers Karamazov | Alexi Karamazov | 1958-02-20 |
Movie | Oedipus Rex | Chorus | 1957-01-06 |
Series | Suspicion | Eli | 1957-09-30 |
Movie | The Defender (Studio One) | Kenneth Preston | 1957-02-25 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Series | The Oscars | William Shatner | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Space Command | 1953-03-13 | |
Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1952-11-09 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |